Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-10-22

The Weekly Banner.
j. G, RANKIN. Proprietor.
Thursday, October %, 1881.
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JupGE TUCKER, of Dallas, has de-
cided case adversely to the alien
laud law, declaring it unconstltu-
tional
Ar Montreal, P. O., the Lou. lara
lottery company has established
branch Office and has sent circulars
throughout Canada by mail.
THE Brindisi express, with b. n.
Stanley and party aboard, was
wrecked at Carovigno, nineteen miles
from Brindi, but nobody was hu'
TIE tug Ranter of New York,
with crew of ten men, went ashore
at 4 o'clock Monday morning near
Cape Hampton. All on board were
saved
GEN. BUTLER is now an indepen-
dent Republican. At least he says
now that such is his political status,
but who can tell where he may be
next week?
THR robber arrested at Helena,
Mon, Friday while attempting to
leave town, proves to be a young
woman, named Helen Forstund, from
Spokane, Wash.
ADvIcRs from various points in
Russia state that great masses of
peasants are focking into the towns
from the country districts perlshine
for food, many Of them dying by the
way side.
TIE Russian government is pur-
chasing corn for the sufferer. from
famine. These in the Volga dis
tricts will b. supplied first, as the
river may soon be frozen over.
Twenty pounds of wheat will be
given each.
IT is said that both Cameron and
Quay are much alarmed about the
political situation in Pennsylvania.
They are fully aware of the state of
public feeling all over the State and
are fearful that the Democrats may
again carry the Stale this fall.
The indianapolis city election
Wednesday resulted in a Democratic
victory for the general ticket. The
Democrats elected the mayor, city
clerk, police judge, all six of the
councilmen at large and nine OF the
fifteen ward councilmen.
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The cry for deep water on the
coast has been answered at Velasco,
and III due course of time her i'm
portance as a deep water port will
be felt all over Texas, but it takes
time for her to prepare for the bust
ness of a deep water port.
'.Ir there is a man in this audi |
ence,' exclaimed Gov. Campbell in a
recent speech in Ohio, whose wages
have been increased by the McKin-
ley bill let him stand up. And no
man stood. There is no such man
in the United States of Ameria. Out
of GO, 100000 people there is not one
man who has realized the promises
of Mckinley in one cents addition
to the wages he is receiving, though
millions of dollars have been added
to the cost of the necessaries of life.
IT IS gratifying to note that Mr..
Jay Gould looks for "a long period
of great prosperity in this country"
Jay does not have to worry over his
winters coal quite as much as some
of us, and he could probably stand
siege of hard times with as much equi.
nimity as any man. But he is one of
the greatest tinanciers in the world, {
and in this case 1t would seem safe to
gamble on his foresight. The abun-
dant harvest in this country will
find ready market in Europe, {
where the crop failures have been 6
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CONGRESSMAN MILLS about sized
up. the financial situation when he
said in his opening speech in Ohio:
''Let US not be deceived by super
fetal appearances. 1t is not the
scarcity of money in the country, it
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