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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The Alabama people are urging a
constitutional Amendment which pro-
vides for a special school tax, of
which the revenues derived from
white property owners shall be ap-
piled to supporting schools for the
whites, and the part from colored
property owners to the education of
colored children. This may seem
fair and reasonable, but the liberal
policy in Texas of Jumping the taxes
would be much better.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03
- AZ WEEKLY BANNER.

IT is estimated that nearly half of
the next legislature of Dakota will
be composed of farmers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The race war is gradually extend
ing northward. There was riot at
Wilmington, Del, on Christmas day,
growing out of an attempt of the
officers to arrest a colored man. The
little blue-hen state seems to be 60
ing to the bad. Last November it
elected republican Legislature for
the first time in it's history.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

AN exchange says: eff Col. J. T
Breckenridge does become a candi-
date for governor and has another
circular written, he should employ
the man who writes it to also read it
for him at his public meetings. As
a reader the colonel is not an exam
pie of success" 1t is told on the
colonel that when he was candi-
date for presidential elector and
went over the district delivering a
speechhe got Judge Terrell or Judge
Hancock, one or the other, to write
it for him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The Richmond Democrat has sus-
pended publication and announces
that its plant will be moved to Vic
toria.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The Pail Mall Gazette has opened
vote for the twelve greatest women
the world ever produced. Joan of
Arc leads with George Sand and
Queen Elizabeth next. The nine
next highest are Maria Theresa,
George Eliot, Nine. Roland, Cathe-
rine of Siena, Sappho, Mrs. Brown
ing, Queen Esther, Charlotte Bronte
and Mime. de Stael. These seem to
have taken the lead on their literary
and blue stocking qualifications
principally. Among the others NAM
ed are Semiramis, Cleopatra, Helen
of Troy, Aspasia, Zenobia, Florence
and Grace Darling.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03
PILES

All sufferers witr piles can be cured With
out the use of knife, ligature or carbolic acid
does not interfere with business No cure no
pay. References given. Address
Commencing Saturday October I'D will
be in Brecham every Saturday
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The legislature, which meets on
the 9Th proximo, will begin balloting
for United States senator on the
22nd. Some of the members may
wish to tender a complimentary
vote to individual friends on the
first ballot, but on the second it is
safe to say that Hon. Richard Coke
will be almost unanimously re-elec-
ted.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

heretofore given and repeated.
Don't swear off but just simply quit
off.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

FoRAKER's amnesty proclamation
extended to the Ohio White caps
doesn't seem to have the desired eff
feet. A prominent citizen of Mar
tins Ferry, in that state, was wait
ed on at his residence the other
night and was taken out of bed and
horsewhipped. 1t is in order for
Foraker to take a lemonade, soak
his head and issue another procla-
nation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

ONLY few days more and the an
nual crop of swear-offs will be devel-
oped. Take the BANNERS advice
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

HOPE springs eternal in the breast
of the politicians. The democrats
are at present indulging in the two
fold hope that President Harrison
will not call an extra session of the
congress and that by the time the
next regular session convenes Kind
Providence will call hence to join
the angels enough republicans to
give the democrats majority.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

Gov. IRELAND does not seem to
have fortified anywhat his claim to
the title of sage" by his recent in
terview, in which he predicted that
the south would become the hot
bed of protection and that the young
men of the present would probably
die and pass away without being
privileged to see the democracy re-
stored to power in the administra-
ton of federal affairs.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The new New York has
put the judge awkward posi-
ton as to e sentence of
fore in passing &c the judges
have l'n, been in pit Of saying:
''The sentence e court is that
you be taken hence toelse county
jail, and there confined until the
day of -; and that on that day you
be taken thence to the place of exc
cution and hanged by the neck until
you are dead-dead. And may the
lord have mercy on your soul" The
New Orleans Times-Democrat sug-
gests that the following will be in
order
The sentence of the court is that
you be taken hence to the county
jail, and there confined until the =
day of -; and that on that day you
be taken thence to the place of exc
cution, and laid upon table suita-
bly, prepared fo- the purpose that
an electrode connected with the
positive pole of the electric current
be put on your head, and an cleo
trode connected with the negative
pole be placed against your back,
between the shoulders; that a dyna-
mo generating an electro-motive
force of sufficient number of volts
to extinguish life be employed to
send current of electricity through
these electrodes, and that this cur
rent shall be kept IN action until
you are -dead-dead.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The actors association of the
United States is taking steps to
memorable congress to pass laws
prohibiting the importation of for
eign members of the profession. We
were of the opinion that the probes
sion prided itself more highly than
to be guilty of such puerility and
imbeeility.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

The Columbus Citizen adds its
testimony to numerous other papers
by saying: 'The Brennan BANNER
is the best daily published in the
interior of the state" We're it not
for the fact that the Citizen is a
weekly and not daily paper it
might very reasonably except itself.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03
lamp" Sherman's torch and
dagger" article and to the speeches
of Crank Cable.

of Crank Cable.
The Texas Farmer entertains Q
prejudice against the prairie dog.
1t says:
The National democracy ought to
hire the two Abilene young men
who made a meal off of prairie dog.
Anybody who can go prairie dog
certainly ought not object to crow.
The prairie dog is nothing more
than species of the squirrel family.
1t feeds upon leaves, buds and herbs
and is one of the cleanest of anima Is
And yet, while the Texas Farmer
man would, no doubt, feast with de-
light on possum, which is regular
scavenger and one of the uncleanest
of things, it turns up its nose at
prairie dog simply on account of
its name. Nothing more nor less.
The legislature of Idaho is wrest-
ling seriously with the issue of Nor
monism. There is a law disqualify-
ing Mormons from voting, in order
to prevent the spread of their doc
trine in the territory. 1t has been
ascertained that the tricky Nor
mons have been accustomed to evad-
ing the law by suffering themselves
to be communicated from the
church until after the election, when
they were taken back again. To
prevent this evasion q new law is
prohibiting anyone from
voting who has at any time been
connected with the Mormon church
within two years next preceding
the election.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

= AZ WEEKLY BANNER
IT is estimated that nearly half o
the next legislature of Dakota vii
be composed of farmers.
HARRISON is said to have admitted
unsolicited that he will call an extr
session of congress Immediately al
ter he is inaugurated.
For downright brutality and hell
born fendishness some of the deed
of crime reported from the norti
have no parallel in this section.
TIE prospects are that there vii
be more contests in the next nationa
house of representatives than in any
preceding congress that ever sat.
-<N
The election returns are still com
ing in from West Virginia. Accor
ding to the very latest the election
of Golf, the republican, is conceded
HoN. HENRY E1ALL, one of the
most popular young democrats in
the state, is being mentioned occas
ionally for governor two years hence.
Gov. Hill has ordered an e1traor-
binary term of the oyer and terminer
court in New York City for the pur-
pose of investigating some of the
Doodle aldermen.
THE Day is vigorously opposing
the proposed amendment to the city
charter of Waco, which, among
other things, has in view the extend
ing of the city limits.
GAINESVILLE is keeping up its
reputation as the center of CONNER
cial failures. Three in one day
were reported in Fridays issue of
the Galveston News.
THE Laredo city council has reviy-
ed the memory of the old curfew
laws by passing an ordinance fning
the parents of children caught ont
loafing on the streets after 10, p. m.
WrTH the opproach of the new
year the suspension of newspapers
becomes more frequent. The Fair
field News is one of the latest to
announce its publication suspended.
IT can scarcely be that the boom
for the annexation of Canada to the
United States has already lapsed
into innocuous desuetude, and yet
we hear but very little of it at pres
emit.
An exchange says that there is
some talk of another morning paper !
being started at Dallas. What for ?
Not to fill the usual long-felt want,
certainly, for the News fills that va
csncy.
SINCE the result of the Boston
election has been made known it will |
hardly be contended any longer in
favor of female suffrage that to al
low the women to vote will elevate
politics.
SAN ANTONIO claims population
of more than fifty thousand accord
ing to its new city directory.
Whether.these figures will be corrob-
grated by the census taker or not,
the Alamo city is undoubtedly the
largest town in the state.
THE rumor of the contemplated
assassination of Presidential Har
rison, which was sent out over the
country few days ago, shows how
enterprising the newspaper reporters
can be at times. There was not the
slightest foundation for it.
The Columbus Citizen adds its
testimony to numerous other papers
by saying: "The Brennan BANNER
is the best daily published in the
interior of the state" We're it not
for the fact that tho Ci}i1a,, &c
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

Discoverer of "Cacterine" and invent,
its appliances.
SURE CURE FOR CATARRl
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-03

IT is stated as fact that the pop
ulation of Illinois outside of thu
cities is actually decreasing.
The Richmond Democrat has sus
pended publication and announces
that its plant will be moved to Vic
toria.
OLIVER DrsoN, the wealthy Bos
ton music dealer, recently deceased
by the provisions of his will left
$4,000 for poor and needy must
clan.
The crime of wife-murder seems
again becoming to be fashionable in
the north, and New York has more
than its share of this species of dew
iltry to its credit.
ANNE GRooTE, of Milbury, Mass,
has given the place in which she
resides national fame by presenting
her husband with four girl babies,
at single birth, and all of whom
are alive and healthy.
They were a little late in being
heard from, but the deadly blizzard
is at last getting in its work in the
northwest, and in Kansas searching
parties are being sent out after peo-
pie lost in the snow storms.
ADRIAN HEWITT admitted to q re-
porter the other day that his race
for the mayoralty of New York at
the recent election cost him $4,000.
And the beauty of it is that nobody
outside of Gotham has any tears to
shed over his defeat.
The Corsicana Courier doesn't be-
lieve in the Fort Worth Gazette's
booming method. The Courier comes
out in plain language and says that
Corsicana is worse off than it ever
saw it and that its citizens are lack
ing in enterprise and energy.
The latest reference to R. u.
Hayes imaginary poultry farm is
that he is to have newly created
portfolio of agriculture in the presi-
dents cabinet, as it is thought his
knowledge of chickens viii fit him
'or bucolic Office of this kind.
CHRISTMAS was probably observed
IS generally i'm Brennan as any
where else in the state. But while |
drunken rowdyism was manifest in
many places, we we're entirely free
rom it. Brennan, it may be OBJ
served, is in many respects a model
title city.
ONLY a few days more and the an
lual crop of swear-ofs will be deyel-
ped. Take the BANNERS advice
given and repeated
DON'T swear off but just simply quit
If.
The Whitecap organization has
ppeared at Asbury Park and Ocean
1rove, New Jersey. Its attacks are
mainly directed against the liquor
Iealers, in which it has the support
nd encouragement of a local paper
Health is Wealth!
So III <cw, aRAlN
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
G. T. Beauregard,
J. A. Early,

COMMISSIONERS.
We, the undersigned Banks and Bankers,
VIII pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
state Lotteries which may be presented at our
counters:
J. II. OGLESBY, Pres. La. Nat. Bank.
PIERRE LANAUX, Pres. State Nat. Bank.
A.BALDWIN, Pres. N. o. Nat. Bank
CARL kOHN, Pres Union Nat. Bank.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
Rare Americnn COINS.

The following information may interest
coin collectors Tie halfdollar of 1852,
representing Liberty seated, is in circula-
ton. 1t is worth $l.15. The quarter OF
1853, with rays, is also occasionally met.
1t brings 81. Among silver dollars of re-
cent coinage the 1858 dollar, represent
ing Liberty seated, is the most valuable.
IT is worth SO. The dollar of 1928 has a
flying eagle on the reverse side. A little
worn, it would pass without notice. 1t is
worth SO. So is the same coin of 1889.
Both are in circulation. The twenty-cent
piece of 1877 is worth 81 80, and Of 1873,
Sl.25. They are to be met, though rarely.
The valuable dimes and halfdimes were
all coined before 1916. The silver three
cent piece of 1873, with the large star,
brings sixty cents; the copper two-cent
piece of the same year is worth the same.
The flying eagle cent of 1856 sells for 81
All the gold coins coined prior TO 1883
command premiums.-[N. Y. Herald
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
A Nurse of Some style.

Madrid letter 10 the Pail MAJ Ga.ette.
The Austrian nurse has gorgeous attire
Wealthy ladies will spend fortune dress
ing them up. Little King Alphonzo KILL
has one of these nurses from the noun.
tains near Santander, and her costume
las always been a conspicuous feature at
court ceremonies. She wore it when the
the King was christened, and again when
he was presented to the Cortes. 1t con.
sists Of rich velvet skirt with two broad
bands of gold around it, blue velvet
apron also trimmed with gold, bodice OF
black velvet fastened with lovely silver
buttons, which opens on an inner bodice
of fine lawn with rich lace. Round hei
neck are five or six rows of coral beads
and long earrings of the same. A rich
silk handkerchief is fastened over hei
dark hair which she arranges Madonna
fashion in front,
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
Eieht DAYS in n Coffin

Says Il Louisville correspondent of the
Chicago Hrad: William Hancock OF
this city spent eight days of his life nailed
up IN coffin i'll u burial vault. The hor.
Iible experience unsettled the mans
reason, and he seldom leaves the room in
which he sleeps and eats. Sixteen year.
ago Hancock was man of some means
living then III Kansas City. lie was taken
i'll one day, and gradually grew worse
until apparently he died. An undertaken
was called in, and the usual CHASTITY
preparations for an interment were
gone through with. Two days after bis
death the funeral took place, and the
man was followed to the burial ground
by his sorowing friends. The body. in.
stead of being put in the grave at once,
was placed in the receiving vault.
Eight days afterward the sexton took
his men and started to remove the coffin
to the grave that had been prepared, when
lie was horriied to feel something move
and hear slight groan from the supposed
dead man. The lid was removed. and il
was found that the man was breathing
slightly. Physicians were summoned and
a galvanic battery APPLIED. He has never
recovered from the effects of his awful
experience, mentally, but is still fairly
strong and healthy man of his age.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
LOST IN A 0uicwsAND.
The Strange Fate Of Locomotive .
the Santa he Road.

The Strange Fate of v Locomotive on
the Santa he Road.
Wichita, (kas) Bedc0n. "In tho
construction Of the Kansas Pacific
and Atchison, Topeka and Santa l7e
Railroads." said II. u. Carter, q rail
road contractor of st. Joseph the
other day, zone difficulty Of frequent
occurrence was met with, which, as
far as my experience goes, is uniqe in
railroad history. lrefer to the trouble
arising from quicksands. From West
ern Kansas to the mountains quick
sands are TO be found in nearly every
stream, no matter how small, and TO
successfully bridge them required
an expenditure out of all pro-
portion TO the size of the stream
to be crossed. We tried pile-driving,
but the longest piles disappeared
without touching bottom. Then filling
with earth and stone was attempted,
and met with equally poor success, as
the quicksand was apparently capable
of swallowing the entire Rocky
Mountains. The only means of cross
ing quicksand was found to be to
build short truss bridges across them.
| This was very expensive, but was the
only thing TO be done.
Gas an instance of the practically
bottomless nature Of the quicksands,
/ may cite the case of an engine that
| ran Off the track at River Bend, about
ninety miles from Denver, on the
Kansas Pacific. The engine, large
freight, fell into quicksand, and in
| twenty minutes had entirely disap-
peared. Within two days the COM
pany sent out gang of men and a
wrecking train TO raise the engine.
10 their surprise they could not find
a trace of it. Careful search was
made, magnified rods were sunk to
the depth of sixty-fve feet, but no
engine could be found. 1t
had sunk beyond human ken,
| and from that day to this has
| never been discovered. Cattle and
| horses are frequently lost, the only
animal that is safe being a mule--the
only animal that never gets caught.
| No greater instance of the inteli-
| gence of this much-maligned quadru-
| ped can be cited than the skill and
! care with which il avoids all unsound
| bottom. AS its hoofs are much
smaller and narrower than those of u
horse, il would mire in places where a
horse could safely pass. Recognizing
this fact, whenever mule feels the
| ground giving way under its feet, il
draws back and cannot be induced to
advance step, although whole
drove Of horses may have imme-
diatcly preceded it,"
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
WASHINGTON CRITIC
SOCIAL CHIT.CHAr.

Nine. Preston, the wife of the Hay ticn
Minister is much improved in health and
is now accepting social invitations. Miss
Preston, who was such q favortc in So
cicty when the family lived here before,
has two pretty young sisters who made
their debut abroad and who attended sew
eral of the entertainments lust before Lent
came. The family are now comfortably
located on Vermont avenue adjoining
Senator McPhcrson's residence.
Mrs. n. l.. Anderson gave ladies'
luncheon to-day.
Representative and Mrs. Fisher gave a
dancing party last night.
Mrs and Miss Bacon saw callers on
Tuesday afternoon, and will observe that
day during Lent.
Mr.. McCue and Mrs. Berger came Oh to
see Judge McCue and accompany him TO
New York. Mrs. Preston Sands will
make frequent trips to New York to see
her father.
Miss West and Miss Lucy Frelinghuy-
sen enjoyed ride together yesterday ai-
ternoon.
Mrs. Archibald of ST. Paul, who was
Mrs. Sabin's guest, is now visiting Mrs.
Carey, wife of Delegate Carey.
Mrs. John Chew has sent ont cards for
o'clock.
Minister Qucsada keeps up his dinner
parties during Lent. He has invitations
ont for another of eight covers during
Lent.
Mrs. r. J. Coiiey gave pretty luncheon
yesterday of twelve covers to young
ladies'. They were: Miss Hearsey, Miss
Rodgers, Miss Rosalie Brown, Miss Kate
Beach, Miss Dahlgren, Miss Black, Miss
spier, Miss James, and Miss Taylor. The
table had as central decoration great
bunch of pink and white roses, tied in
corsage bouquets, which the young ladies
carried away with them. There were also
pretty iavors.
Mrs. Acosta gives young peoples dim
ner tonight.
Mrs. j. V. i. Pruyn gave luncheon
to-day of twelve covers.
Mrs. Scott Townsend is in New York
for visit, but Is expected back again
soon. Her children are here with her
mother.
Mr.. Guion Miller, SON of the late Fran
els Miller of this city, and Miss Annie
Tyler were married yesterday ut Easton,
Md, by the Quaker ceremonial. The
bride wore white faille and tulle veil.
The event was quiet, owing to the recent
death Of the groom's father After a
wedding tour, the young couple will re-
side in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Hyde completed
on Monday lifty-six years of married life.
Rev Dr. ii. II. Naylor married Frank
lin j. Nash and Elite A. Moore at the
Hamline VI. II. Church last night. They
left Tor tour through the north.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
The Latest Thing in Blinds.

English Venetian blinds are becoming
very fashionable in this country, Outside
Venetian shades have always been in use,
particularly to keep out the hot rays OF
the summers sun. The English Vene.
tian blinds are made of Stats similar to
the outside shade, but are arranged with
cords, so that they can be drawn up on
lowered at will, Just rs linen shade can.
They are more expensive than the linen
shades, but they last longer. Linen
shades hold the dust and fade, bnt the
Venetian blinds do not. These blinds
are made Of thin wooden Stats, about two
and q half inches wide and about am
eighth ofan inch in thickness. They are
supported by tapes arranged like ladders.
cord runs through hole in each sat,
and by this means they are drawn up.
They are made Of white pine bass, cherry,
oak, on ash and are stained or vanished
amy shade or color that is wanted. They
cost from eighteen cents to twenty-six
cents square foot. The most fashion.
able colors now are gray. plain oak, or
grecn,-l Boston Transcript.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
CRY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The Knights of rythias fair. at the
Rifles armory, is nightly crQwacd.
The fair of the Washington Cadet
Corps began last night " was crowded
The Volunteer Fircmcn's ball at
Edcrs Hall last night was very success
ful.
Tho Union Veterans Union give a
campfire next Friday at Masonic Tenn
pie.
Professor Storum lectured to the
Bethel Literary Association last night ON
"The elements of national strength"
The Newsboys' Aid Society gave an
entertainment 10 the newsboys last night
at All Souls Church.
The Philharmonic Club gave an en-
ioyable concert for the benefit of ST. An
drew's Sunday-school ut the Church of
Our Father last night.
AT meeting of Citizens Association,
No. ., last night, the Representative Clu-
zens Committees plan for substituting a
single Commissioner and fifteen council
men for the present form of District gov
ernment was indorsed
Clements Lodge of Good Templars
will hold q temperance mass-meetng at
North Carolina NJ. T.. Church ON next
Sunday evening.
AT meeting of the Anti-Poverty So.
cicty, at Seventh and u streets, last night,
several new members were enrolled. DIR.
ii. .. Pentecost will lecture to the society
on March /.
The bill TO turn over to the Mount
Vernon Avenue Association $4,000, due
the State of Virginia, passed the Virginia
State Senate yesterday.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-23
STEAMBOATS,.

MOUNT VERNON
Nl MOUNT VERNONl
MOUNT VERNON I