Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-16

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OUR AGENTS.
JOHN F. WEIBUsoH, Burton, Texas.
F. NJ. GRIFFIN, Lyons, Texas.
10 MIKEsKI, Wesley, Texas.
PAUL C. STRECKERT, Caldwell, Texas
TIE notional board of steam nayl-
gators are in session in New YORK
The general time convention open
ed its annual session IN New Aofh
Tuesday.
Hon. ROGER Q. Mills is IN Arkan,
sas stumping Gates congressional
district.
JOHN f. Dunn, a bookmaker OF
Chicago, it is said, is defaulter Tor
large amount.
WILLIAM SpRAGUE, a grandson of
the late Salmon P. Chase, committed
suicide Tuesday at Seattle, Wash.
THERE were ten killed..outrigh hit and
nine badly wounded in the Whining
ton powder explosion on Tuesday.
IT is claimed that an error has
been found IN the enrolment OF the
tariff bill. The whole thing is 8
mistake.
AcT1NG Commissioner Bell Of the
Indian bureau has issued notice tt
allscattlemen occupying Indian re
servations in the Indian Territory tt
vacate them not later than Deem
Der l.
Mrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS expects tt
see the first volume of her life of he
husband published this month. Tht
subscribers for the work are said to
number more than forty-fye thous
and.
GurHER1, 1. I. continues in stat
of intense excitement over the CAPT
tai question. They adjourned
ing the legislature for fifteen days tt
allow things to cool down. SpeakeI
Daniels is still at Oklahoma cit.
afraid to return as his life is threat
ened.
President HARRISON threatens t,
call an extra session of congress
Oh Lord deliver us from a repeti
ton of this evil that has so nearl
drained the public treasury, an
held on, passing Ubiquitous measure
after the country was weary, oh S
weary. Give us rest.
ALREADY we begin to hear abou
the errors that were made in th
Tariff bill in the haste of passing i
But the important fact is that th
bill is one outrageous error from b.
ginning to end. The other erro,
are really Of no consequence in con
parison with that.
Judge Patterson of the New Yor
supreme court Thursday handle
down decision sustaining the Gel
trail Trust company inits assessmel
of the Houston and Texas stoc
holders to bring about a new orgal
ization.
''S1aNoR ROBERTO is the thrilliI
feat performer Of the year. Fro
the top of $50 foot tower he div
sheer into a net below, placed but
few feet from the ground. II
''Signor" brings and erects his ov
tower-a handsome pyramid shape
iron erection-and those who d
light in the bold and marvellous W
witness his performance with int
est. He has been drawing immen
crowds in the North and East.
The st. Louis Globe-Democr
tells of young scamp on river {
cursion who planted himself in vie
of the brass band and began to su
a lemon. As every one knows,
sight of a lemon will make on
mouth water, and that is Just wi
the musicians wish to avoid. 7
harder the boy sucked the more V
terry became the mouths of the phi
ers, and finally they had to stop
drain their instruments. The YOU
ster claimed he cOi1l1 sion a ha