Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The BANNER wishes a happy new
year to its subscribers and patrons
one and all.
TIE Houston papers have an is
sue. The question of increasing
the mayors salary is under discuss
ion.
The Austin Statesman is on a
cold trail. 1t has just row come to
the conclusion that the pistol law
must go.
Now is the time to swear off and
form good resolutions Let one of
your resolutions be that Eou Will not
break the others.
The San Antonio Express favors
the Blair bill. The democrats OPP
pose it. Therefore the Express
choice of positions is not strange.
The coolest spot in the world is
said to be Werchajnrsk, in Siberia.
The mean temperature there during
the entire year is 2. . degrees below
zero.
JOIN WANAMAKER, the famous Phil
adelphia clothier, who employs three
hundred people in his establishment,
began life working in brick-yard
for S1.50 week.
OWING to the infrmities of the
aged emperor and sad affection of
the Crown Prince, it is probable that
a regency will be established over
the German empire.
A REPETITION of the Chicago hang
ing promises to take place in New
York, if the author and printer of
that bloodthTsty circular can be fer
retted out by the detectives.
Mrs. SARAH J. EWING, an old lady |
SO years old, who lived near Shelby
vile, Ind; went out in the lot the
other morning to milk and was at
tackled and deyoured by hogs.
The BANNER received in yesterdays
mail a copy of the Austin Call, dated
January 81, 1887. 1t may have been
only the Calls ghost, as the paper
has been dead too long to talk about.
TEXAS now ranks fourth among the
states of the Union in point of the
of miles of railroad in this
state. Illinois is first and New York
has dropped down to sixth in the
list.
The press of the state almost
without exception censure the action
the papers of San Antonio in oppos-
ing the grand immigration scheme.
The opposition, however, will do no
harm.
The Gimlet says that the Office
seeking business needs a protective
tariff. 1t is already so high that
says that poor man
has no business running for con-
gress.
FROM the number of leapyear
balls that are taking place it looks
rs if the dear creatures were deter
mined to avail themselves of the
privilege which the year gives to
them.
IT IS entirely too bad that the |
5heachers in the public |
schools of the state have been I
to go through the Christ |
mas holidays without receiving their
salaries.
The city editor of the London g
Times recently died worth SG2O,OOO, {
md yet there be some people who {
'oolishly believe that there isn't a {
mint of money in the newspaper t
business. !
DE-. LYIAS ABBOTT, an eminent di-
zine, discusses the question of go '
ng to theatres in the current issue
If the Epoch. and concludes that 1
here can be no harm in attending a
good play.
The BANNER is not 4 prophet nor ]
he son of prophet, but it predicts !
hat in 1892 the grand old party of
"reminiscences will appear in the po- l
itical arena as the tail to the prohi- l
Dition kite.
4 NUMBER of republicans, white i
md coIored, are stumping Louis {
ana in the interest of Nichols and 5
,eform. This is reason sufficient S
Why the other fellow should receive |
he nomination. I