Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-06-18

The Weekly Banner.
j. G. RANKIN, Proprietor.
Thursday, June Is, 1891.
SENATOR GoRMAN, of Maryland, is
mentioned as a democratic presiden-
tial possibility.
THE railway commission met in
Austin recently and organized with
Judge Reagan as chairman.
An attempt is now being made to
erect monument to the memory
of Gen. Forrest, in Memphis, Ten
nessee.
THE Memphis Appeal-Avalanche
thinks the farmers should strike at
the tariff instead of striking for the
national treasury.
'.UNcLE" DANIEL of the Houston
Age never forgets a friend, as shown
by notice of coincidence for q
friend who recently lost his mother
in Missouri, who he has not seen III
AZ years.
THE Mayor of Chicago says he
will not preside at the meeting OF
the council because it is distasteful
to him and the city council is beer
garden. The city council have
asked him to resign.
An extra session of the Legisla-
ture for the purpose Of re-distruct-
ing the State is the demand of the
people in favor of equal representa-
ton, and it is believed that it will
be called. 1t should be.
The report has reached San Fran
cisco that agents have secured 300,-
600 negroes from Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Kansas to colonize lower
California. and that the advance
guard will be on the ground in No
vember
BULL1NG. a wife murder escaped
from the Savannah, Mo-, jail recently
and Pinkerton detectives captured
him but kept him on the quiet until
the reward was fixed and now an
nounce that be is in st. Louis await
ing requisition.
a MAN in Sherman selling stencils
claims to be Jesus Christ and re-
fuses all money except gold and sill
ver.s There's where he gives him
self away or he would know that
Uncle SanI's promise to pay" GER
tifcates were Just as good and more
convenient to carry.
THIRTY years ago there was at
Springfield, Ohio, a mischievous
boy named Lattler. Recently a
number of old citizens of that place
have received sums of money aggre-
eating $500 from DR.. Lattler, of
Buffalo, to pay for property des-
troyed in his boyhood pranks.
The rain of Thursday was God
send to this immediate section. It
renders the corn crop sure by and
peradvelture, gave the farmers
good chance to set out potato slips,
cooled the atmoshere, kept down the
rising dust of Brenham's usually
dusty streets ond will be of inesti-
mable benefit to growing vegetation,
AKS1vERsARz.-On the 30th of
June, 1891, the town of BaIlinger,
in Runnels county, will celebrate its
fifth anniversary. Excursion rates
over the Santa Fe will be issued at 4
cents mile for the round trip.
This will afford those desiring to
visit that section a fine opportunity
of doing SO at small cost. Our
thanks are due the invitation com
mittee for an invitation to be
present.
GENIAL ALGER said recently, in
Seattle, Wash. IF Mr.. Blaine in
dicates to the Republican party that
he will be candidate for president.
I believe he would be nominated IN
a moment. 1 believe he would be
the strongest man the Republicans
could place in nomination" This
would seem to indicate that if
Blame is a candidate the general
would be willing to accept second
place on the ticket with him.
A RESOLUTION was adopted by the
railroad officials of the State at their
recent meeting in Galveston tender
ing to the railway commission their
active cooperation and assistance in
ascertaining all facts or information
touching their rates, conditions and
also agreed to hold themselves in