Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-11-05

10 Wolenta, Latium, Texas.
JAPAN has had a terrible eartl
quake.
Born parties are doubtful of th
result of Tuesdays election in Ohio
TIE United States Steamshi
Petral has been ordered to China
WASHINGTON is making UNUSUAL
elaborate preparations for the al
preaching session of congress.
AT Leland, Mich, the City G
Erie dragged anchor during gal
Wednesday and was totally wrecked
ACCORDING to the decision regard
ing the Tilden will, the sum Sc
aside for the library was disaliowed
By compromise, however, 100000
will be available.
The Grenadier guards stationed
at Windsor castle, again rebelled
this time on account of the unpalat
able food given them, which they
were ordered to eat.
A LIVERY stable and ten head Of
horses, the Hallin house, a lumber
yard, two stores and number Of
dwellings at Hardin, Kan, burned
Wednesday afternoon. Loss, S25,.
600.
Tue Boston club left at AGO
Wednesday evening in special train
for Chicago scheduled to arrive at
$50 p. m. Thursday, the fastest
time ever made between the two
cities.
IT is stated that a new paper to
be known as the South Texan will
shortly appear at Richmond. j. W.
Henry will be editor. The Zephyr is
a breezy little sheet.
TIE glaze mill of the Ohio pow
der works, four miles from Youngs
town, OHIO, exploded Wednesday,
killing Joseph Maugs and Burt
Somans. The mill, in which was
500 kegs of powder, is complete
wreck.
BERNHARDT for two weeks cost
Chicago 100000, and the Chicago
Mail critic considers her engage
ment an artistic success on the part
of her advertising agent in working
the press.
JOIN SHERMAN, of Ohio, sneers at
Southern men, but, icicle though he
is, he once warmed to a Southern
woman. Everybody remembers his
fondness for Eliza Pinkston when
he was engaged in stealing the vote
of Louisiana for Hayes.
Mrs. WILLIAM ELDIoTT in attempt
ing to save some bed clothes from
her burning house was killed by the
falling of the floor and her husband
was badly burned in endeavoring to
rescue her. They were an aged
couple and lived on a farm two miles
from Shoals, Ind.
HARRISON is now making a desper-
ate effort to climb onto Blalne's
reciprocity pony says the Appeal
Avalanch. But he will fail The
reciprocity pony is entirely too small
to carry double. It has already
about broken down with only one
rider.
EVERY day or two bulletin is is
sued from the census Office. In view
of the fact that the fraudulent char
acter of Porter's census has been
thoroughly proven, it would be just
as well not to waste any more of
the peoples money in publishing
the results.
The Manufacturers Record of
Baltimore, Md, has opened branch
Office in London. This is done to |
further attract the attention of fore
ign capitalists to the South as a i
field of investment and will be pro-
ductive of a vast amount of good. |
The Record is our great industrial
missionary and has been worth mil
lions to the south.
SUGAR-BoUNTY accounts are now
coming in at the treasury depart |
ment. With the bills for the amounts
of the bounty come certificates as to
the weights of the various quantities
of sugar produced signed by the in
specting officers of the internal
revenue service. The amount of the
bounty is two cents a pound. The
treasury officials are already estimat-
ing the probable amount which will
be required to satisfy the sugar
hountv DrOvjSionS for all kinds of /