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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-29
TO BUY MORE SNAKE HILL.

A scheme in on foot by the Board Of
Freeholders to buy the portion Of Snake
Hill owned by f. K. Thurber, of
New York, and Judge Abel J. Smith. of
Hoboken. If this large territory, which is
about or" one hald tne the, hlh. a +. IS pougnt
rhe matter will be considered tomor-
row by the Committee on County
institutions, and it is expected
Judge Smith will attend the meeting and
make a definite proposition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-29
Hoboken Notes.

The remains OF the unknown man who
was struck by an engine on the Erie Rail
road last week were buried II Potters'
Field Saturday afternoon.
During the winter season Company c,
Second Regiment, will hold monthly re-
ceptions at the armory.
The Fritz Reuter- Mannerchor held a
concert at the Town Hall last night. 1t
was q success.
Company d, Second Regiment, will
hold its annual reception at The armory
on Thanksgiving Eve.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-29

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. 1890. Weather in
dieations for twenty-four hours for East
ern New York, New Jersey and Eastern
ennsylvania:-Fair; stationary tempera-
ture; northeasterly winds; brisk to nigh
on the coast.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-29

Johnson, the present Assemblyman from
the Freehold district. The county has
The Republicans are tickled over the dis
affection in their enemy's ranks and will
nominate their strongest candidate, possi-
bly, William II. Vreedenburg, Freehold
lawyer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-29
Where's the Difference ?

He:--"When woman says no she is al
Ways ready TO be convinced. I"
She:-''Yes; and when man says no he
only wants q little persuading to make
him say, ] don't care if do "-lMstn-
selfs IFeelely
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-29

Merit wins as the marvellous success Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla show. II possesses truo
medicinal merit. Sold by all druggists.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06
AN ARMY EPISODE.

A little occurrence has recently
transpired which is calculated to
teach a much-needed and important
lesson to some of the heightened
young blue-coated and brass-but,
toned West Point graduates who are
pampered in idleness at the expense
of the public. The incident is rela-
ted in special from Fort Smelling,
in Minnesota, to the Chicago Times.
This post is located near Minneapo-
lis, and Troop F., Eighth Cavalry,
compose a portion of the garrison.
In this troop was private, Dell P.
Wild. There is also III the garrison
a second lieutenant by the name of
NJ. F. Steele. One day the ieuten-
ant imperiously ordered Wild, by no
other right than that of ranking as a
superior in the army, to assist him
in placing a canvas upon a shed.
Private Wild refused to obey the or
der, on the ground that he did not
enlist to do such work. Whereat
he was cursed and struck by the Off
Ger, placed in confinement and
brought before a courtmartial, of
which Lieutenant Steele, the com
planning and prosecuting witness,
was the judge advocate. Private
Wild was convicted of disobedience
and sentenced to dishonorable DIS
charge, with forfeiture of all pay and
allowance, and confinement in the
military prison at Fort Smelling for
a term of one year. This finding of
the court martial received the en-
dorsement of General Thomas Ru-
ger. commander of the department
of Dakota. Wild appealed from his
sentence to the secretary of war and
to the president, who forthwith di-
rected Gen. Ruger to remit 50 much
of the punishment as still remained
unexecuted, on the ground that the
punishment was excessive in a very
marked degree. The president also
administered a personal rebuke to
Gen. Ruger for his grossly improp-
er" conduct il detailing Lieut.
Steele as judge advocate of the
court. The dispatch to the Times
says that the news that President
Harrison had seen fit to rebuke Gen.
Ruger had thrown the whole garri-
son in a ferment. 1t is apt to ex-
cite comment throughout the army.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06
AN AUDACIOUs MOVE.

Ever since the formation Of the
government Of the United States
and the adoption of the constitution
two central ideas and distinctive car
dinal principles have been upper
most in the minds OF the politicians
and Statesmen, which have conscious
ly or unconsciously formed the basis
upon which the political parties have
been reared and are constantly
fighting their battles. One of these
ideas embraces a true republican
form of government, republican in
spirit as well as in name, and
guided strictly by the constitution.
The other idea is that of central
lied, paternalistic form OF govern
ment. 1t is needless to say that the
democratic party represents the
former and the republican party the
latter cardinal principle, By what
ever names the parties have been
previously designated, the fight on
the one hand has been to uphold the
majesty of the state and to restrain
federal authority within constitu-
tional limits, while on the other
there has been constant encroach-
ment and constant efforts at usurpa-
ton of state supremacy in the inter-
est of centralized federal dictation
and supervision. But in all the de-
cades that have elapsed since the
formation of our government there
have never been so many and so vio-
lent and insane and persistent as
saults made upon its free institu-
tions as there have been by the re-
publican party within the past three
or four years. And of all the auda-
cious, Infamous and bigh-handed
moves ever made or attempted in
the interest of Capitalization, pater
nalism and federal usurpation the
most impudent is embodied in the
bill recently introduced into con-
gress by Senator Hoar (and which is
said to have been prepared by
Speaker Reed to prohibit the redis-
tricting of congressional districts in
any state before the apportionment
of representatives shall be made &C
cording to the next census. No at
tempt at concealment is made of the
fact that the object OF Hoars bill is
to prevent the Ohio Legislature,
which is democratic for the first
time in four or five years, from I'M
doing the rascally gerrymander work
of previous republican legislature
by which the republicans are en-
abled to elect sixteen of twenty-five
members. The democrats can
change the districts around so as to
exactly reverse these figures and at
one sweep change the political com
plexion of the next national house OF
representatives without the demo
Gratis having to look for gains in any
other state. To prevent this the re-
publicans are willing to sell their
souls to the devil.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06
THE WORLDS FAIR.

The papers of New York, st.
Louis and other places are still dis
cussing the worlds fair scheme with
as great persistency as they did be-
fore Chicago was selected as the
site, in case fair is held. The
great cry now is that the selection
of Chicago was controlled by politi-
cal influences, and that it is the re-
suit of partisan scheme in the in
terest of the republican party. This
is strenuously denied, on the other
hand, and the fact that many South
ern States gave Chicago votes, and
the fact that many democrats, North
and South, supported the "Windy
City," are cited in disproof of the as
sertion that political influences con-
trolled the selection. But these
facts do not prove anything, except
that the democrats were honest and
unbiased in their votes, and that
they were either unaware that the
epublicans favored Chicago as al
party policy, or else didn't care.
The New York Stars analysis of the
vote, however, as cast in the house,
leaves no room to doubt that the Sc
lection of Chicago was a republican
party measure. For instance, out
of the twenty-one republican votes
which Pennsylvania has in the house
OF representatives, seventeen of them
voted against New York, in which
fact the fine italian hand of Boss
Quay looms up. Massachusetts has
ten republican representatives in
congress, and seven of them desert
ed their own section and voted
against New York. New England
has twenty three republican repro :.
sentatives in congress, and six of
them voted for New York and seven
teen voted against the eastern ME.
tropolis. Fifty-three democrats and
only eighteen republicans stood by
New York in the contest. The fact
that the republicans made straight
shoot for Chicago of itself possesses
marked significance. 1t could hard
ly have been a coincidence. And
the fact that the eastern republican
representatives almost unanimously
deserted their own section and voted
to locate the fair at point removed
nearly half way across the continent
from them leaves no room to doubt
that the administration was at the
back of the selection. By whatever
hook OF crook Chicago was chosen,
the location of the worlds fair at
that place is a big mistake. New
York is the only place at which it
could have been held and at the
same time reflect the greatest posi-
BILE credit on the American people.
1t will be no great loss and no mat
ter of deep regret if the fair is never
held.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

The politicians and some OF the
political parties are pretty apt to
have a monkey and-parrot time
of it in Jayhawker ingalls, state the
coming fall. The state prohibition
convention of Kansas held an inter
esting meeting last week at Topeka,
which was more largely attended
and in which there was livelier par
ticipation, than perhaps any previ-
Gus gathering of the prohibition
clans. A ringing string of resolu-
lions we're adopted, which among
other things declared against resub-
mission in the most emphatic terms
and denounced the appointment
and hasty confirmation of Judge
Brewer to the United States supreme
court, Notwithstanding his decisions
adverse to our state prohibitory law
and the earnest circumstances OF
the friends of prohibition every
where, as a conclusive proof that the
first concern of the present admins
tration is to propitiate the liquor
power and pave the way tor such a
change in the personnel OF that au-
gust body as may lead to a reversal
of its decisions in regard to prohibi,
tory legislation Ex-Governor st.
John was present and made a
speech in which he denounced Pres
ident Harrison without stint, re-
ferred to him as christian presi-
dent who holds family prayers"
while he sees daily open 1000 sa-
looms in Washington without put
ting his seal of condemnation on
them; that in his inaugural process
sion were one thousand saloon-keep-
ers; that after the Inauguration he
went to big dance in the pension
Office where Roman punch flowed
like water, and so forth. The
doughty cold water advocate did
not forget to give the vice-presiden-
tial proprietor of the Shoram cafe a
raking-over for allowing liquor to
be sold in his establishment, and
charged that the republican party
was more closely identified with the
liquor interests than the democratic
party. In proof of this he asserted
that the states which gave their
electoral votes to Harrison have two
saloons to the Cleveland states one,
that six states had prohibition be-
fore the republican party was born,
and that six eastern republican
states gave victory to the saloons
during the past year. In trying to
identify the republican party with
the liquor interests Gov. st. John
allows himself to be- deceived by the
fraud and duplicity of the harrison
administration and of the republican
party. Ever since its birth the re-
publican party has been a narrow
minded, bigoted, fanatical and pro-
scriptive party, and if the republi-
can administration or the republican
party appears to favor the liquor in
terests it is because of its attempts
to carry water on both shoulders.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

signal for other papers which have
other favorites to enter, making
coarse attacks on him. The re-
cipient of the gratuitous advertising
may not be an aspirant for the Office
for which he has been suggested, or
in fact for any Office, but all the
same undue andunwarranted license
and liberty are taken with his name
and he is unfairly treated and made
the subject of sport and Jest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

MEssRs. ROSE and PosT, the travel
ing artists who are engaged in writ
ing up the principal points along
the line of the Houston & Texas
Central road and its branches, are
still in the city in their private car,
and will leave some time to-day.
Yesterday they made several sketch
es in and about the city, including
one East Main street, the courthouse
Col. Giddings' new residence and an
interior view of NJ. Heber Stones
new bank.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

Wild that he had influential friends
to bring the matter to the attention
of the highest authority. Most of
the poor devils who enlist as pri-
Yates in the army do so as a last re
sort when they have lost friends and
everything else. Since this little
episode it is probable that high pri-
Yates in the army will be given some
other employment than blackening
officers boots and holding their stir
rups while they mount their steeds.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

The BANNER hasn't noted the ar
rival of Benjamin Butler in the city.
But nearly all of the saloons report
the theft of spoons from their bars
the last few days These spoons
are used as toddy spoons and are
usually silver OF silver-plated and
are very costly. Mr.. Murphy, of
the Merchants Exchange, says that
he has had about fifteen of them
stolen from him, and the other sa-
looms also report big losses.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

WHILE Mr.. Adam Meyer, a Ger
man farmer residing just beyond
West Mill Greek, sixteen miles
southwest from town, was making q
slight excavation on the bank of
branch near his house, he came
across a portion of the bones and
teeth of a mastodon near the surface
which he brought to town yesterday
and exhibited at the BANNER Office.
Some of the bones had crumbled al
most away, but the grinders were
petrifed and in a fine state of pre-
servation. A single jaw-tooth was
as large as ones first, and they evil
IDENTIFY had belonged to some extinct,
prehistoric animal.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

WALDRoN, the Pacific express agent
at Dallas, who recently absconded
with $4,000 of the company's money
and was arrested in st. Johns, New
Brunswick, has been released from
custody. It is understood that he
made good all of the sum stolen ex-
cept $4,000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

The stockholders of the Atlantic
Fire and Marine insurance company
of Providence, Rhode Island, has
authorized its directors to wind up
the affairs of the company. Losing
heavily by the great fires at Lynn and
Boston is the cause of the company
retiring from business.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

HAYES, the wife and child muir
derer of Alabama, who was the cause
of the Birmingham riot, has been
executed at last. He confessed his
crime on the gallows.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

LORD WoLsELEY, the commander-in
chief of the British armies, who is
frequently spoken of contemptuously
on this side of the big ditch as the
''parlor soldier and "carpet general, :
has been severely reprimanded by
the English secretary of war on ac-
count of an article written by him
for Harper'S Magazine on the British
army.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06
BEL1TTLNIG OFFICIAL AsPIKANTs

BELITTLNIG OFFICIAL AsPIRANTS.
The Marlin Ball makes the assei.
ton that the mention of the name of
the Hon. Henry E1all for governor
is unfortunate for that gentleman
out in the piney woods of Eastern
Texas, for the reason that when the
people out in that section hear his
name mentioned they think he is one
of the race horses at the Dallas fair.
This is only one of a number of
sighting remarks and uncompli-
mentary insinuations made with re-
gard to the mention of the name of
the Dallas gentleman by some of his
friends in connection with the
gubernatorial succession. And not
only has an effort been made to be-
little the proposed candidacy of Mr..
Exall for the governorship, but there
is certain class of papers always
ready to engage in the work of try
ing to belittle and to sling mud at
every public man, it makes no differ
ence how respectable he may be or
what ability he may possess, whose
name is mentioned in connection
with an ofice-especiaIly if the afore-
said papers have any particular
favorite or favorites for the place.
Hence, in quoting the opening re-
mark of the Marlin Ball with re-
ference to Mr.. Exall, the BANNER
does not appear as champion of the
gentleman, but simply usus it as an
illustration, and as convenient text
to use in uttering few words of
protest against the too common
practice, which is neither smart,
witty, dignified nor in good form
and taste. To attempt to belittle
Henry Exall, of Dallas, by pretend
ing that he is unknown and obscure,
is to belittle the democratic party
II Henry Exall were not man of
some wisdom, prominence and stand
ing in the democratic party, he
would never have been honored with
the craftsmanship of the state
democratic executive committee. 1t
is high tine that the old Eat-and-
Swill Gazette and Independent style
of conducting political campaigns,
as has been ably burlesqued by
Dickens III the immortal Fickwick
Papers, We're becoming obsolete. If
newspapers which have favorites for
Office cannot bring them forward on
their OWL merits they should not at
tempt to beiittle or black uard
honorable opponents who aspire for
the same position. This species of
campaigning is abominable, is run
entirely into the ground aud is
rapidly growing into an abuse. 1t
is becoming SO that a self-constituted
organ and mouthpiece cannot gratu-
itously suggest the name of friend
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

The law of the survival of the fit
test has received fresh illustration
in the absorption of the Mexia Sen
tinel by the Mexia Ledger. 1t is a
pity such instances are not more
common. Fewer and better papers
would be good rule to apply to a
great many towns in Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

Mr.. VIM Watson proprietor of the
Rosedale Nurseries, is reported to
have lost $1,000 in Mareschal Mel
roses alone by'the freeze last week,
not counting deciduous plants.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

FLORENCE GERALD and her Silver
King company have cancelled the
balance of their Texas dates and re-
turned to New Orleans.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06
Musical News.

R. Gross sells pianos and organs
on easy payments. No house in
Texas has larger list, or lower
prices. His list comprises the cele-
brated Shoemer, Wagner, Hallet &
Davis, Starr, Collins & Armstrong,
&C., Chicago cottage organs. Call
and see his elegant stock.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

The building next to the Central
meat market, on Sandy street, is be-
ing got in readiness for n. g. Hey
man, who will occupy it on the 18th
with full line of dry goods.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

PoT-METAL cuts of the baby king
of Spain are going the rounds of the
press. He isn't scarcely anywhat
different from any other soldering,
ugly, chubby-fsted brat, and the
fact that his picture is being para
ded shows that the American people
are as great toadies as they are in
the old country.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

THREE candidates for sheriff of
Milan county at the election next
fall have already announced in the
Rockdale Messenger. They are be-
ginning to announce throughout the
state. The Corslcana Courier has
nine announcements for various Of
fees.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

HoGG may be, and probably is, at
the present time the strongest indi-
vidual candidate in the race for the
governorship, but it is noticeable
that the field is solid against him
and that all of the opposition ele-
ments can be combined with the ut
most ease.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

THE Millican News is a sprightly
little candidate for public favor, the
initial number of which has just
appeared with the name of W. D.
Ward at the masthead. 1t is in
every way a worthy representative
of its town.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

VICE president MORTON and fam
lily leave the latter part of the pres
ent week for Florida, where they
will remain for some time, as there
is no particular need of the vice
president hurrying back to preside
over the senate.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

MAJOR Moses AUSTIN BRYAN, of
this city, contributes nearly four
columns to Sundays Fort Worth
Gazette of his life "reminiscences,
which will be continued in next Sun
DAYS paper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

AT joint democratic caucus last
Saturday evening S. L. Bestow, the
defeated candidate for lieutenant
governor of Iowa last fall, was nom
mated to succeed Allison in the
United States senate.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06
The Waco Day says: "a railroa

The Waco Day says: "a railroad
commission in Texas may be classed
as a foregone conclusion. Throck-
morton favors it; ditto Hogg; ditto
Wheeler. Where is the anti-com-
mission or railroad candidate? We
have an idea that he never had any
existence in fact. The BANNER is
one of the few daily papers which
favored a commission from the be-
ginning.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

JOIN JACOB AsToR left every cent
of his fortune of one hundred and
fifty millions, except S76O,OOO, to
his son William Waldorf. What
a SAD commentary on his life to think
that with such vast capabilities for
doing good ard relieving suffering
humanity he goes down to his grave
unwept, unhOnored and unsung. He
will only be known in history as a
man who possessed immense wealth
in his lifetime.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

A TRAMP prize-fghter was tried
last week in Dallas on charge OF
vagrancy and was acquitted. Dallas
is rapidly coming to the font in an
unenYiable way.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

JUDGE NORMAN G. KILLRELL is said
to have congressional aspirations
over in his district.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

GROVER CLEvELAND's record for
luck was broken in the last race for
president. But he still very fire.
quently strikes lucky streak. He
has just sold his Oakview property
at Washington at a clear profit of
100000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

Rev. ABE MULKEY will begin his
ten days services in this city to-mor-
row. His tent was expected to ar
rive from Caldwell yesterday even
ing.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

LIEUT.-Gov. WHEELER in an inter
view with a correspondent of the
Galveston News at his home in Cisco
authorized the announcement that
he was candidate for the governor
ship. The race promises to be inter
esting this year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

The pious Wan Johnnymaker
didn't like the name of Jug Tavern,
a postoffice in Georgia, and changed
it. The Memphis Avalanche sug-
gests that he turn his attention to
Brandy Station, in Virginia.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-06

THERE was only small attend
ance at the dance at Eldringe hall
on Tuesday evening.