Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

VIC MAO4Soa1S Immigration OF nus
sian Jews.
GERMANY has warned China thatS
the outrages recently committed by
the Chinese must not be repeated.
The largest ship yard in the world
IS at Christiana, in Norway. Forty
ships can load at its docks at the
same time.
The crop failure in Europe is
general and distress is expected to
follow. They will have to look to
this country for relief.
The cruiser Presidente Pinto will
remain at Kiel six weeks repairing
and arming. British vessels with
guns are reported on their way to
Kiel.
A NEGRO lynching in George
town, KY, has caused several ineen-
diary fires. Guns and ammunition have
been ordered and further trouble is
expected,
The Mexican tariff law which goes
into effect November LIST, viii in
crease the import duty on goods
into the IONA Libre from three to
ten per cent.
A New JERSEY jury has decided
that man has right to whip his
wife. Jersey justice should restore
the whipping post for the benefit of
that kind of jury.
JIM BLAINE, who has for several
weeks been inthe hands of his doc.
tors, may now be considered in the
hands of his friends, all reports to Z
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Col. Polk the Alliance leader of
North Carolina, denounced the dem
ocratic papers of N. G. as frauds.
and now they are branding him as
traitor, liar, hypocrit and coward.
The Gar is one of the few liv.
ing banqueters, it is said, who can
''drink toast" accordingly to the
old style, swallowing toasted apple,
liquor and all from the trimming
cup.
THERE is a socialistic element in
the Missouri Alliance, a wheel with
in wheel, that threatens to do BY
force of bullets what it can't do by
vote, and the Alliance have their
hands full choking of. the social ele-
ment and thwarting their efforts.
The foreign sYndicates who are
sending out their carefully prepared
and printed arguments to the vari-
GUS papers throughout Texas against .
the alien land law, are wasting post
age IN sending them here if they
expect to get them published in
these columns. (
The Texas Farm and Ranch sent
a representative with the artificial
rain-makers out to the Nelson Nor
ris stock ranch, and on its return
devotes its front page to a report of
their failure to produce rain The
paper makes it a worse failure than
any report yet.
ROGER @. Mills, the Texas apos-
tie of tariff reform, says the New
Orleans New Delta, is going to sup
plement his good work in Iowa BY I
some speeches in Ohio. It is said
that the logic of this Texan grinds
exceeding fine, and protect1onist
doctrine is his favorite grist.
The State is having little sensa-
ton by the alleged discovery that
the enacting clause of the bill allow
ing cities over a stipulated popula-
ton to become little principalities
all to themselves, is exactly ike
that of Senator Pages text book
bill, which the lawyers say is no
good, null and void.
An old Irish woman, Mrs. Hur-
ley, has recently died IN California,
at the age of one hundred snd eight,
who always prided herself upon the
fact that as a child she had been
kissed by the patriot Robert Emmett.
She could distinctly remember the
Irish rising, under the French
general, Hoche, in 179S.
IT is believed that the outcome of
the war in Chill will hasten revo
luton in Mexico, as it is said that
President Disz is gmlry of many of
the same things that President Bal
maceda had imposed upon the Re-
public of Chill, and there is much
foundation for it. The liberty of
the press in Mexico is terrorized by
execution of every newspaper man
that is not run in accordance with
the views of President Diaz, and q,
score of them have suffered the PEN
atty of execution for expressing SEN
timents contrary to President Diaz
way of thinking.
As the history of the past is
criterion by which to judge the fu
ture the permanence of the Alliance