Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-07-31

i HE w EEkLY bANNENs
j. G. RANKIN, Proprietor.
Oh. p. GARRETT. Editor.
Thursday, July 81, 1890
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The United States census returns
give Atlanta, Ga, popu Iatien of
sixty-six thousand
DALLAS county, inc uding the
town, went for Hogg almost unani-
And yet De LAS was head
quarters of the gan 4 that opposed
him..
The present hs S certainly been a
year of cyclones. Lawrence, Mass,
is the latest to suffer visitation of
the kind, and fIs usual 1t left numer-
GUS dead bodies in its wake.
The Veto ria Advocate has new
headdress, out has the same editor
Col. Barto WHO always manages
to make IL Ie editorial columns of his
paper bri gbt- sparkling and interest
ing.
Hon. w Il. Gram had decided
ly narrow escape from being sat
down on by the Galveston county
convention. On a motion to IN
struct be received bare majority of
ope.
THERE is a report from Ireland
that the potato rot threatens to cut
short the supply. In that country
potatoes are the staff of lite as much
as bread is in this, and failure OF
the crop will be an awful calamity OF
the people.
TEE Houston Post IS vieing with
the Galveston News 50 make Itself
as distinctively creature and repre-
sentative of the corporate interests
as possible as against the interests
of the farmers and the people al
large.
ABOUT twenty more county con
ventions met on Saturday and cleo
ted delegates to- the state conven
ton instructed for Eogg. The. two
thirds notch has. been reached long
ago and the onl " question now il
VIII it be unani nous?
Mrs. FRANK JiEsEEE's head iRlevel
Ever since her late husbands .deatt
the papers h ave been trying to
marry her off o some foreign count
But she says That when she gets
ready to marry, again she will marry
newspaper man or none at all
THAMES to the prohibitionists
General Hog g failed to secure thu
San Antonio delegation to the stat'
convention. And yet they meant t.
be his friends but only served to il
lustrate the Importance of onel
praying with but ceasing to be de
,liHered from his fool friends.
The Weatlaerford Constitution ma.
absorbed the Sun and now issues {
daily paper which would be q credi
to any town two or three times the
size, of Weatherford. Col. Carey "
Styles, formerly of Brennan, still
remains at the helm as managing
editor.
The latest news is that a revolu
tionary movement has broken out il
the Argentine Republic It needu't
surprise anybody should the othel
little South American government!
be driven by the force of example t.
also engage in a little shindig @
some kind.
THERE is some consolation in thu
fact that the republican state con
vention of Nebraska did not endorse
the Lodge election bill. Senator
Paddock is said to be stronly op
posed to the bill and may have useG
his influence to prevent endorsement
Theeouyention refused to renominatt
Coz. Thayer.
THE republicans of Alabama met
at Birmingham last week and passed
resolutions protesting in no measured
tones against the infamous election
bill. The decent white republicans
who have interests at stake should
meet throughout the South anG
make similar protests.
IT is reported that Chalmers. Of
Mississippi, having become disgust
ed with the conduct of the republi
cans in net seating him in the nation.
al house of representatives, will
have tale to unfold, showing W
some of the rascality and fraud of his
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