Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-04-30

at Galveston INDUCED IN the nope
that letter postage would be reduced
to one cent.
CAE1 d. W. SroEss, brother-in-law
of jefferson Davis, and prominent
merchant of Liverpool, England,
died recently.
A CAREFUL study of the press opin-
ions shows that Mills, of Texas, is
leading Crisp, of Georgia, in the race
for Speakership of the House.
CRE1GER, who was contesting the
seat of Hampstead Washburne for
Mayor of Chicago, has withdrawn all
objections and Washburne has been
declared mayor.
THE third party movement was
voted down by the Alliance at Waco
by large majority. The Alliance
can do no better than to vote with
the Democratic party.
SENATOR VANCE thinks that Cleve
land will not be in it in 1892. He
of the opinion that if Palmer would
be elected if he were strong enough
and not to old to stand the fatigue.
Russia is to expend S5,OOO,OOO at
the Worlds Fair. If it pays that
far away country to have an exhibit
how much more reasonable is it to
suppose q Texas exhibit would be a
paying investment.
An exchange says there is "dan-
ger of the South being inundated
by English capital" Is there =?
Well let the South be thankful, for
she is amphibious enough not to be
injured by such an overflow.
TIE federal grand jury at Chicago
returned an indictment against G. |
T. Gibson, former secretary of the
whisky trust, charging him with an
attempt to bride a government Off
cial to blow up Sherfeldt's distillery.
A DIsr1NcTIvELY white republican
convention was recently held in
South Carolina, with the object of |
forming republican league in the
state as branch of the National
league to elect delegates to the Gin
cinnati convention.
In addition to the monumental
fund of $4,000 raised in behalf of
the late Gen. Sherman, in New
York, personal friends have been
able to secure an additional sum of
$1,000, which will be turned over to
his two unmarried daughters.
The emigrant ships from Italy
continue to bring their thousands
to our shores. It doesn't look as if
the people took much stock IN their
governments statement that the
United States is a country where it
is impossible to obtain justice.
The war news from Chill says that
the gunboat Pilcomayo was struck
amidships by a torpedo gunboat
which lifted her clean out of the
water, the entire crew of the gun
boat numbering 1876 men were lost.
The poorer classes at Valparaiso are
starving.
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PENNSYLVANIA and California each
appropriated 100000 for proper
exhibition of their resources at the
Worlds fair. Texas appropriated
nothing, but she must be represen-
ted. A 100000 investment of
this kind would pay Texas better
than either CT the States that gave
this amount.
The Post says the Harris county
grand jury continues to grind out
indictments. As the Post has been
engaged in waging a vigorous crusade
against the gamblers and bawdy-
houses of that city, it is but reason
able to suppose tLat this accounts
for the unusual number of indict-
ments being returned by the grand
jury.
THE White Republican league
which was in session in
Cincinnati Tuesday dealt Harrison
an undercut which boosts Blaine
for tho presidency. It was an
nounced that a similar meeting
would be held in Ohio and McKinly
would be chosen as leader and
booiaed for Governor.
HENRI WATTERsoN, the editor of the
Louisville Courier-J Journal simon
pure democratic journal-delivered
his celebrated lecture on "Money
and Morals at the fremont Opera (
House. Galveston, on Wednesday
night. in which he stated that the ;
issues that now divide the two great
parties amounted, in his opinion, to
small politics.