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A VISIONARY SCHEIIE.

Current mention was made i'll
these columns the other day OF ali
announcement from Waco published
in the telegraph dispatches OF the
Galveston News to the effect that a
movement was on foot among the
business men of the Central City
looking to the improvement of the
Brazos river by making it navigable
from the mouth to that city, a dis
lance of nearly five hundred miles
The plan OF improvement was not
unfolded in the telegram to the
News and it excited only passing no.
tice as the visionary scheme of some
wild-eyed crank of the Col. Mulber-
" Sellers order. But since casual
mention was made OF the matter in
the BANNER a copy of the Waco Day
has come to hand containing quite
plausible '.leader" on the proposed
navigation OF the Brazos, in which it
lends its endorsement to the scheme
as being practical and feasible. At
ter prefacing the subject with the
remark that shat iniquity fathered
by pinewoods craftsmanship, and
called the Interstate commerce bill, !"
makes it impossible for inland towns
under its operation to compete with
those having water transportation
in the wholesale trade-hence the
great advantage which would i!ure
to Waco il the Brazos COD. DC
made navigabie-the Day s.sys ::
Engineers say that with boat chan
nels cut through the falls and a few
jetties at points where the river is
disposed to take country excursions
across the farms the current will
carry off the accumulation of sand in
the channel and render the river
uavigable the most of the year.
High water renders the river naviga.
bic at least four months in the year
as the river is by nature, and some
work on the falls will double the
time of navigation. What's the
matter with getting the Brazos on
the river and harbor bill? If it had
been in a congressional district with
vote close between the political
parties it would have been getting
congressional aid years ago. Many
q small stream in higher ATTITUDES,
with far less navigable qualities
than has the Brazos, is on the bill
every year. Sunset Cox once said
in a speech attacking the river and
harbor appropriation, that there was
Il river provided for that only could
be made navigable by 'macadamiz-
ing it" The Day might have also
referred to the appropriation that
was made for scooping out little
creek in New Jersey to enable the
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CITATION
STATE OF TEXAS.

To the Sheriff or any Constable of Wash
ington county, said State-Greeting. You
are hereby commanded, That by making
publication of this citation in the Brenham
Banner, newspaper published in Washing
ton county, for four consecutive weeks, pre-
vious to the return day hereof, you summon
r. W. Patton, whose residence is unknown
to be and appear before me, Justice of the
Peace, in and for Washington county, at the
next regular term of the Jsutice's court, for
Precinct No. 7, OF said COUNTY, to be begun
and holden at my Office, in Gay Hill. on the
10th day of June, A. D. 1890, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, to answer the complaint of J. b.
Campbell in a certain suit therein pending,
in which 7. B. Campbell is plaintiff, against
R. w. Patton defendant, filed on the Ord day
OF May A. D. 1890, and numbered on docks<
No. do
The natures of plaintiffs demand being in
substance as follows, to-wit: for plea of
debt due upon o certain promi Dry NOT
which is hereby set out in full and mad
part of this citation: ''On or before the Fl
day of August next, promise to paw j.
Campbell Three Hundred Dollars for two
dark brown mules branded ] BY on shoulder
the above amounts to be paid in installments
of fifty dollars at the end of each and every
month, or 30 days, commencing from the
date of this note, said Campbell sstaining a
lien on said mules, subject to the above
promise" signed K. w. Patton, this 31st
day of January 1887, Gay Hill. Texas. On
the back of said note are the following en-
dorsements: "Received payment On the
within note the sum of Eighty-nine Dollars,
this May 2, 1887" signed j. B. Campbesl.
And received Twenty Dollars on within note
January IA, 1888. signed ]. B. Campbell.
leaving balance due plaintiff of S191 90
for which said suit, plaintiff asks judgment,
and foreclosure of the vendors lien on said
mules.
HEREIN FAIL NOT, and of this writ make
due return. as the law directs. Given under
my hand, this 9Th day OF May, A. D. 1890
S. H. GOODLETT,
]. P. Precinct MOI, Wash Co., Texas
hereby certify that this is true copy of
the original citation placed in my hands in
this case.
G. c. BOYD.
Constable Washington County
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THE MoNuMENr CRAZE.

Some writer has said that good
way to Judge of the patriotism,
craftsmanship, loyalty and stability
of a people, OF words to that effect,
is by the reverence and loving and
tender affection shown by them for
their dead in erecting enduring
monuments to their memory. The
American people have always been
distinguished On account Of the hon
ors paid to their dead, and in many
cities of the. United States there are
to be found monuments erected in
the public squares and parks and in
situations of learning and handsome
public building reared on the streets
as a memorial OF their great and no.
bic deeds Ill behalf Of their country
and OF their benefactions and CHAIR,
ties practiced towards their fellow
men. But, while we have never
been untrue to the memory of our
consecrated dead, there is at present
what might be termed a regular
craze or mania for building monu-
ments in this country at the expense
of the government. And, alas like
many other things noble in them
selves the craze is prompted for
base uses to further and to facilitate
the scheme of the republican party
to plumber the national Golfers so as
to have an excuse to keep up the
robber tariff system. The craze in
favor of building national monu-
ments seems to have been suggested
by the bill introduced in congress
authorizing an appropriation of
S25,000 for the purpose of erecting
monument over the grave of Presi-
dent Harrison's grandfather. Since
this bill has been introduced there
have been hosts of others proposed,
among which are the following: An
appropriation of 100000 for a
Grant monument in Washington, a
memorial monument to the first
century of American independence,
to be erected in Paramount, Park,
Philadelphia; 100000 monument
at Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in honor
Of the American prisoners who died
on British hulks during the Revolu-
tionary War monument at Point
Pleasant, preceding the revolution a
few years; a monument each at
Trenton and Princeton to common
crate battles fought at those places;
a monument in honor of Patrick
Henry, Mary Washington, the
mother of the father of his country,
Generals Greene, Davidson, Ethan
Allen, Warren, Morgan and Sewer,
Presidents Madison and Zachary
Taylor, Secretary Stanton, Maury,
Commodore Tucker, Francis S. Key,
author of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" and J. Gray, the last survivor
of the Revolutionary War. These
are only few invidual monuments
proposed, and do not include forty
in lump proposed for the field OF
Gettysburg. Should the monuments
be built they might incidentally
commemorate the once ''congested
but now "busted" treasury.
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SENATOR BECK DEAD.

Hon. James B. Beck, senior men,
Der of the United States senate from
Kentucky, dropped dead on last
Saturday afternoon in the Baltimore
and Potomac depot at the national
capital shortly after his arrival from
a visit to New York, of heart disease.
He was attended by his married
daughter and private secretary at
the time and was waiting for car
riage to convey him to his home.
Mr.. Beck had been in falling health
for several months and was inca
pacitated for active duty. His in
tended resignation Of his seat in the
senate was frequently rumored, and
it lis said the only thing which kept
him from resigning was the mIsgiv-
ings which he had of ex-Speaker
Carlisle not being elected his sue
cessor. Jas. B. Beck was one OF the
most deservedly popular members
of the United States senate. Al
though born in a foreign country,
(Scotland) he came to America at an
early age and located in the blue
grass state, for which he contracted
love as earnest and as devoted as
for the land of his childhood which
he had left behind; and in every
emergency and under every circum-
stance he proved as true as steel to
the best interests of his state. The
deceased was considered about the
strongest debater on financial and
economic questions the democrats
had in the senate, but he had not
been able to participate in any of
the proceedings for a year past, and
it is predicted that his absence will
be still more severely felt when the
tariff contest opens in the upper
house. Senator Beck was popular
with people of every political shade.
The news of his death spread like
wildfre and casta gloom everywhere.
From nearly every pulpit at the
national capital feeling reference was
made to his death on the day follow
ing, and eulogiums were pronounced
on his character in New York,
Brooklyn and other Northern cities.
Of him Talmage, the eminent
Brooklyn divine, said: "His was
one of the most magnificent souls I
ever knew. At times in eloquence a
Demosthenes, the terror of all po-
litical corporations and friend Of
God" The election of a successor
to Senator Beck will be by the leg
islature. Among the probable can
didates named are Mr.. Carlisle,
Proctor Knott, State Senator Lind
seY, Congressman McCrary and
Lieutenant Governor Bryan. The
election will take place Tuesday,
May 20, and that the honors will be
conferred on Hon. John G. Carlisle
is considered such foregone con-
clusion in Washington that talk has
already begun as to who will be
speaker of the next house in case it
is democratic. 1t is pretty generally
thought that in case Mr.. Carlisle is
elevated to the senate, Mr.. Crisp, of
Georgia, will have the best chance.
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WORK OF THE TORNADO.

Reports flom the northern por-
ton Of the state indicate that Bren.
ham and the country contiguous to
this city were exceedingly fortunate in
not experiencing agreater blow than
they did in the wind and rainstorm
which occurred last Monday morning
between 3 and 4 o'clock. The blow
appears to have been the tail-end, OF
rather an otshoot, OF a devastating
tornado which swept down on North
ern Texas the evening before, and
which swept down into South
America. The hand of afliction
was laid heavily upon several com,
munities in the passage of the storm,
and at some points it was also &C,
companied by waterspouts. Wills
Point, in Van Zandt county, was
one of the places which experienced
the effects of the storm in the worst
form. Here a tornado and water.
spout combined strewed the streets
with wreck of buildings and tele
graph poles, entailing a loss of fully
100000. Several lives were lost,
others were severely crippled and
in the memories of the youngest in
habitants it will not be forgotten.
The tornado left death and destruc.
ton in its wake also in johnson coun-
ty near Cleburne, in What is known
as Robinson Branch community.
The school house was blown down
and three of Dock Grifin's children
and his sister were killed; DR.. W.
January's four-year-old son was
killed outright, and numerous others
received fatal wounds. The house
of Mr.. A. F. johnson was converted
into hospital and Immediately be
came overcrowded with manned and
bruised victims of the terrible vista
ton. At the same time a cyclone
visited Fall creek, in the eastern por,
ton of Hood county, where three
were killed and numerous persons
wounded. A great deal of damage
was done at Granbury, although
no loss of life is reported. The little
villBge of Acton, on the line of Par
ker and Hood counties, was com.
pletely blown away. -Four people
were killed outright and seven were
seriously wounded. Several places
were also visited by hailstorms and
crops were nearly ruined. At Ora
ham, in Young county, all crops and
vegetation were completely ruined
wheat, oats and corn being beaten
to the ground, and the fruit crop is
also total loss, Truly the farmers
OF Texas have had great deal tc
co1tend with all over the state this
year. The ways of Providence are
inscrutible and past finding out.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

The Bosque Citizen contains an
interesting biographical sketch of
Judge A. R. Barry, present county
judge of that county, who is candi-
date for state treasurer. Judge
Barry was born at the national
capital, is just tifty-one years old and
served with distinction in the, con-
federate army. The editor of this
paper has the honor of personal
acquaintance with Judge Barry.
While he was following the lonely
occupation of her dingsheep in the
judges county the judge was in the
drug business at Kopperl. He is a
most congenial, companionable and
refined gentleman, and is worthy
of any position he may ask for.
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farmers to raft their gooseberries to
market, and to other foolish appro-
priations of that sort to silence OBJ
lection against the improvement of
the Brazos There have been more
wasteful appropriations by congress
and for more impracticable purposes
than the proposed appropriation for
the Improvement of the Brazos
would be. Still we are Of the opin-
ion that the scheme suggested is
visionary and will never result in re-
atty.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

AFTER all the sensational and
blood-curdling details of the pro
posed execution, descriptions and
cuts OF the electrical appliances and
so forth to be used and in relating
the last words of the doomed man,
with which the ':ready-made print
papers have been filled for days and
days, Kemmler, the New York wife
murderer, is not to be "electrocuted''
just yet. A stay of execution has
been obtained on habeas corpus ap-
plication to the federal court on the
ground that the manner of death is
"cruel and unusual" contrary to the
expressed words of the federal con-
stitution.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

WHILE protesting to believe that
Hon. r. B. Hubbard will have com
paratively easy sailing in his race
for congress, the Tyler Democrat
and Reporter sensibly protests
against making war on his oppon-
ents, and especially against the pres
ent incumbent, Col. Buck Kilgore.
The services of the fool-killer are bad
iy needed in great many newspaper
offices in Texas during election years.
The idiotic notion that it is necessary
to indulge in mud-slinging in order
to help along a friend for Office is
too prevalent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

In reply to a paragraph in the
Victoria Advocate suggesting
Hannibal Fl. Boone for attorney
general, the Hallettsville Herald
asks who he is. Gen. Boone could
ask with much greater sincerity
and much more appropriately who
the devil the editor of the Halletts
vile Herald is and where the devil
Hallettsville is situated any way.
Gen. Boone is an ex-confederate
soldier who was shot to pieces while
doing gallant service and performing
hero1ce deeds on the field of battle.
1t Ill becomes the Hallettsville paper
to attempt to belittle him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

Hon. Tom Brown, of Sherman,
one of the ablest and most earnest
of all who have yet spoken in behalf
of the people against the evil prac-
tees of railroad and other corpora
tons, is an ardent friend and sup
porter of "Old Throck" for the
gubernatorial nomination.-Hills-
boro Reflector.
For the above reason the BANNER
has already predicted that Hon.
Thos. Brown will be ex-governor. There
isn't any doubt but that majority
of the people favor Mr.. H2gg, but
under the two-thirds rule it is very
doubtful about his securing the
nomination. In this case Hon. Tom
Brown will prove an acceptable dark
horse and compromise on both sides.
He is the champion of the farmers
and 1t can't be denied that the farm
ers are for Hogg-while he is the
old law partner and intimate friend
of Governor Throckmorton.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

GETTING on a "how-came-you- So
plays the dickens sometimes. The
whole force of men in charge of a
furnace at the Bellaire, Ohio, nail
works went on a protracted spree
a few nights ago and allowed the
furnace to become chilled with a
hundred tons of metal in it. The
metal will have to be blasted out.
The loss is at least twenty thousand
dollars.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

A. COFFIN was shipped from this
city to Gay Hill on Tuesday morn
ing for the little four-year-old son of
Mr.. George Ward, who died at that
place the night before.
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The Paris News says: "The Bren.
ham BANNER puts it right when ii
says that if the farmers and country
people do not turn out and take q
hand in making the nominations
and in selecting the delegates to the
conventions they should not make
any kick if bad nominations are
made or unworthy men elected to
Office"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

Some of the members of the Bap,
list church in this city, including
Dr. Lloyd, the pastor, will leave to-
day on the northbound Santa Fe
train for Fort Worth to attend the
annual session of the Southern Bap-
fist convention.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

GEN. JOHN B. GohDoN, commander
of the recently organized United
Confederate Veterans, has issued an
ord r designating Chattanooga,
Tenn, as the place for holding a
general reunion of all ez-confeder.
ates on the Bird, 4th and 18th of next
July.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

The summer will be on US in a,
few more weeks, which fact sug1j
gests that it is about cleaning upS
time. Since the numerous rains.
there is great deal of decayed mat
ter that should be hauled away.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

The block of buildings on the
north side of Main street. between
st. Charles and Ant streets, were
draped in bunting yesterday after
noon the entire width in honor of
the fremen's maifest. Others will
decorate to-day.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

HoN. R. NJ. HALL positively de-
clares that he is not being groomed
as a dark horse for governor and
that he is not candidate for any
Office, but proposes.to take a hand
in the campaign. Mr.. Hall would
better retire on his laurels.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

SENATOR McDoNALD appears to be
making a sectional race for governor
and to be running only in the north
eastern portion Of the state, Judging
/. by his published list of appoint
ments.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

Mr.. ". NJ. LoNGM1RE, of the Santa
Fe, returned from Clay Station yes
terday and reported that the Brazos
river at that point was falling.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

Two or three bills have been in
troduced into congress providing
for the election of members of the
United States senate by the people.
1t will be only a question of time at
most when they will be elected By
the popular vote.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

The railroad committee was. not
as actively at work yesterday as on
the day before, but several addition
al subscriptions were secured.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

SOME Of the folks out at Gay Hill
have organized fishing club. The
editor of the BANNER has received an
invitation to participate with them
in frolic.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

A PARTY of neighbors and friends
met at Mr.. Joe Wilfu-'s on last Sum-
day AMI had very pleasant time,
the occasion being the christening
of his infant daughter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

BENJAMIN HARRISON has at last
opened his mouth and given express
sion to an opinion. He says appro-
priations for public improvements
should cease until the Pretorian
Guard shall have filed their pockets
out of the national Golfers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

ONLY four marriage licenses were
issued from the county clerks office
last week to the following parties ::
B. E. White and Emma LAS, Allen
Lockett and Tempe Pitts, ]. E. Nc.
Lean and Leila Bowers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

HENRY GRoTE, who clerks at Mr..
Fritz Krentzlin's, received letter
from the old country yesterday after
noon announcing the death of two
little brothers and little sister
from typhus fever.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

Mr.. HENRY J. MORGAN gave $3.50
for his lot between Main and Sandy
streets instead of $1,000, the pur-
chase of which was reported on
Sunday morning.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

Mr.. AUGUST ScHwE1ss has done,
handsomely for the new railroad
He has subscribed S25OO, and says
if necessary he will double his sub
scription.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

BARNEY GIBBS has taken the
stump in favor of Hogg and rail
way commission, Here of late Bar
ney has begun to manifest sYmp-
toms of returning reason.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

The Floresville Chronicle says that
that three. cents overplus which was
found in the state treasury and
which did not show on the books,
might be used in damming the
Colorado.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

IT was reported as arumor yes
terday that Governor Throckmorton
would probably address the citizens
of Brennan on next Saturday night.
Nothing additional has been learned,
and it is probably mistake.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

SPEAKING of the record of the
courts of last resort in this state in
defeating the ends Of justice in no.
toriously bad cases by reversing the
findings of the lower court on the
fimsiest technicalties, the Navasota
Tablet remarks:
We have not only too much law
and too many statutes. but the
wording is complex; so it is easy to
pick a flaw. The laws of Texas, for
instance, should be rewritten in
about one-fourth the number of
words now used. Such thing Ba-
con did for the old common law
of England. Said a distinguished
jurist of this country, when urged
to simplify the laws: "Why, con
found it, man, if we made the laws
Ineligible, there would be an end
to litigation. You would not lave
me do anything SO unprofessional."
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-08

JUST as we might have expected
Since the people of Brennan, Nava-
sofa, Huntsville and LaGrange have
put their heads together and decided
to build q railroad all of the towns
want it. The HaIlettsville Herald
says:
Brepham and LAGRANGE have be
come fully aroused on the railroad
question and seem determined to
secure that road from Huntsville,
via Navasota. The question now
arises will Hallettsv.lle make an at
tempt to get the road? 1t will in
tersect the Aransas somewhere south
of LAGRANGE, and as we are in line
the road can scarcely afford to give
US the go-by.
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FOR SALE CHEAP.

FOR SALE CHEAP.
A good secondhand Sorghum mill
and Evaporation. Apply to
JOHN GRABow,
q miles South of BRENNAN.
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THIS paper endorses with its
whole heart the following from the
Greenville Herald: at is disgrace
to civilization and a crime upon
humanity to work convicts upon
railroads, or anywhere else where a
chance is offered them to make their
escape, and then to shoot them down
like wild beasts for trying to gain
what is SO temptingly held out to
them is infamous brutality. Texas
has had enough OF this, and in the
name of justice and humanity the
people should enter their solemn
protest against it"