Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-24

The Weekly Banner
j. G, RANKIN, Proprietor.
Thursday, September "a, 1891
IT was all mistake about Eng
land SEEING the Island of Mitylene
FIFTEEN deaths from cholera have
occurred aboard the British war-shiI
Marathon at Bombay.
Four persons were killed at Wen
ma by an explosion on rock boring
vessel at the iron gates Monday.
IT is now estimated that the Mar
Unique hurricane caused loss o.
$10,0O0,000 and 37S lives.
The Liquor Dealers Association
is to have an organ in Austin. Il
will be the Daily Morning Herald.
CONGRESSMAN Mills chances grow
brighter for the Speakership as the
time approaches for Congress tc
convene.
An effort is being made in London
for the release of Mrs. Maybrick.
and Sir Chas. Russell and Sir Hor,
ace Davy have been retained.
The st. Louis Alliance convention
appointed committee of seven to
devise ways and means to start q
campaign of education in each state
against the sub-treasury and land
loan schemes.
TIE chief of police of the City OF
Mexico, are endeavoring to ascer.
tain who concocted the story of a
threatened revolution in Mexico. If
they succeed we pity the promulga-
tor of the story.
HEART rending accounts of the
floods in South Spain tell of thous-
ands drowned, houses, fields and
crops all swept away and towns and
village completely wiped out, by the
oYerfowing of the Consuegra river.
Urn fo-yoa-c of RT,Dnocoko orc Cd
vised to hold their wheat for famine
prices. The claim is made by the
Alliance papers there that owing to
the shortage in Europe the price
will, in all probability go to $3.50 if
not 81 per bushel.
1T is reported that Ex-Speaker
Reed will enter the Ohio campaign
to help out his friend, Maj. McKin
ley. This is a very gratifying re-
port to the Democrats, as wherever
he spoke in 1890 the Democraticic
majority was increased.
MEXICAN Congress is in session
and President Diaz message says
that the foreign relations of Mexico
with the other nations were excel
lent. The 18th was universally cele-
brated on account of its being the
Presidents birthday.
The esteemed Houston Post has
adopted 6 heading that gives it
more metropolitan appearance, and
which is a great improvement on the
old. 1t says: "HaYe you noticed the
progress the Post is making? We
have with qualification.
The Canadian census has proved
about as unsatisfactory as Superin-
tendent Potters census of the United
Safes. Between 1871 and 1881 the
gain was % per cent and the recent
" published census for the succeed
ing ten years only shows IA gain of
III per cent.
Some correspondent of the daily
press, who is opposed to Sunday sa-
looms and the Chicago Fair being
opened on that day, says there is an
element in Chicago, who would like
to see law making beer drinking
compulsory and see it taught in the
public schools.
A REPORT received from Asiatic
Turkey says that cholera is spread
ing with alarming rapidity, and $50
deaths are reported in the city of
Aleppo from June to August. Total
number of deaths in the province is
3114. The people are leaving the
villages and towns.
TIE invasion of Mexico by Carlos
J. Garcia proves that the report of
fba LhraoEanod ravoI,1EiO,, ~, Moy;oo