Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16
z-E4.s'4f0Mfan NOTES.

The Navasota News is now issued
as semi-weekly paper, and is max
ing rapid strides in journalistic EN-
terprise. 1t. deserves to succeed.
The Baltimore Sun heads its write
ups of weddings "the pursuit of hap
piness." With some people it has
been all pursuit and no realization.
The pope's jubilee gifts in pres
ents and in money amounted to sew
enteen millions of dollars. In vul-
gar parlance, he is 'tfxed," let come
what may.
A LOYAL and patriotic couple in
Somersetshire, England, have named
their twins, recently born to them,
"Ju" and Billy" in honor of the
queens jubilee.
The funeral of the Blair Educa-
tional bill is formally announced to
take place on next Wednesday.
That is the day set apart for vote
on it to be taken.
The poppy grows to such luxur
ious extent in Southern Florida that
it is thought the manufacture of
opium will at no distant day be one
of that states chief industries.
FIRST Texas, then Arkansas held
a state immigration convention, and
Louisiana is to hold one March 5.
The movement must possess decided
merits to meet with such favor.
The latest exhibition of Boston
"culchaw" is exhibited in a sermonic
discourse of Rev. Mr.. Fitzroy, who
referred to Mr.. Lofts 'lady. trans
formed into monolith of sodium.
IT has, indeed come to pretty
pass when members of congress are
charged with operating bucket-shops
on Wall street by a wire connection
with their seats in the capitol build
ing.
BIsMARcK's great speech before the
German reichstag the other day was
greeted with expressions of give
Boulanger, vive Russell" from the
French. Herein is a pointer, if not
an open threat.
The most popular candidate for
mayor of Wilmington, Del, at the
coming election is dancing master,
and the popular move in his favor is
headed by the ladies and young peo-
pie who are his pupils.
HENRY GEORGE stands by the pres
ident on his message and is opposed
to third ticket in the race this
fall. Barring his ,yagaries on land
ownership, Henry is pretty good,
sensible sort of a fellow.
The Blair bill still hobs up serene
ly in the United States senate under
the head of unfinished business. No
report ofprogress has yet been made,
and it is liable to remain as unfnish-
ed business to doomsday.
The Times Democrat complains
loudly of New Orleans being ring
ridden, and ratiocinates wotful fate
for the city's future, should the peo-
pie fail to seize the opportunity to
break it up in the fall election.
WHILE congress has its hands in
appointing committees generally and
promiscuously to nose into every
thing, it ought to investigate the
cause of the proposed exodus of
colored people to South America.
GEO. T1cKNcR CURTIS, the cratic
literateur from the effete East,
has taken upon himself to defend
the practice of Mormon whoredom
and to manage the scheme of getting
Utah into the sisterhood of states.
In affirming the Thumm murder
case the court of appeals strongly
intimated its opinion that he ought
to have hanged, and any fair, ordina-
rily intelligent and impartial jury
would have been led to the same be
lief.
The state superintendent of ed
ucation is in receipt of letter from
Senator Coke, in which the senator
expresses the belief that the Blair
bill is dead Its opponents in the
senate have increased from eleven