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will be in no danger of elbowin,
each other into the sea and hold al
anti-immigration convention all t.
themselves.
The paupers on the Graysol
county poor farm have gone on
strike and refuse to do another icl
of work unless they are paid regu
lar wages for it. This is ahead o
any of the strikes that have takel
place lately, and is one in which tn,
comfy will be greatly benefited.
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch o
the 18th inst. says that "Gov. Rost
and State Senator Coke are the lead
ing candidates for United States sen
ator before the Texas legislature.
Jupiter is said to have some times
nodded, but it is not recorded that
he ever went as fast asleep as the
Post-Dispatch.
The BANNER predicted that latel
reports would disprove the assertion
that there were no perceptible losses
of cattle on the northwestern ranges
from the cold, and now comes the
news that in one county alone in
Dakota five thousand cattle persisted
and the railroad cuts are filed up
with their carcasses.
Rory O'MooRE, formerly on the
Galveston News, talks glibly of Tex
as politics, and gets off a great deal
of twaddle in recent issue of the
st. Louis Republican on the senator
ial succession. The fact that he dis
cusses Barney Gibbs as a probable
successor to Senator Coke stamps
the editorial as gibberish.
DIR. PALMY Brown, of New York,
beat a dog which had bitten one of
his children, and was tried and fined
S15for cruelty to animals. In his
defense the doctor claimed that he
was a friend of dumb animals, and
proved that fifteen years agohe made
a false set of teeth for an old COW
that had worn out her grinders.
The democracy of Pittsburg, Pa,
have declared hostility to Hon. Sam
lel j. Randall. Il is stated to be
notorious fact that he has openly or
secretly opposed every federal ap-
oointment in that city made by the
president, and they have selected
state committeeman who Will fight
lin bitterly whenever an opportuni-
y is presented.
Gov. HILL will send into the sen
tie for confirmation the name of
Fred D. Grant to be quarantine com
missioner at New York City, vice
VI e-Too-Platt, ousted. Mr.. Hill is a
thoroughbred democrat, but he can
.fford to be generous when it comes
% dealing out non-poitical Offices
With republican senate to pass up
IN his nominations.
TIE Express says that "Mr. Car
isle owes it to himself, to his party
nd to his country to refuse to ac-
ept the verdict of the committee
which heard Thebe's contest for his
eat" Now look out for denial of
his. The Express outherods Herod
n its zeal for the republicans, and
an always be depended upon to
make itself disgustingly ridiculous.
The specials to the New York
World, st. Louis Post-Dispatch and
number of other papers, indi-
ate that Mr.. Mills conduct last
friday on the floor of the House
vas much more reprehensible than
me would have been led to believe
rom reading the associated press
ccount of it. To say the least, if
hese reports be true, Mr.. Mills
yves Mr.. Hatch an abject apology.
THE Chicago Herald pays high
ribute to Senator Reagan's speech
N the Blair bill. 1t says that ''the
people may safely trust men of the
tamp of Senator Reagan, who have
behind them long records of patient
abor in the public interest" and
hat "Mr. Reagan denounced the
Blair divide in terms which do credit
o the state of Texas" And yet
ONE popinjays already have read
lin out of the party.
The New York World has inter
iewed all of the members of con-
ress in regard to the Reading mil |