Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-16


ing devastated by grass-hoppers-
A HERD of eighty-fve buffalo will
be exhibited at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago.
This glorious union is now com
posed of forty-four States, with a
few more precincts to hear from.
FRANCE has squanaered S260,000,-
900 on the Panama canal project,
and has little or nothing to show
for it.
A CANVASS of the political situa-
ton shows Cleveland and Blaine
the fa7orites for the head of the Ma
tional tickets.
The railway commission are re-
ceiving complaints fore and aft on
the long and short haul, which they
are requested to regulate.
WITH big corn, oat and wheat
crop Texas invites the immigrant to
come and cast his lot among US.
Now is the accepted time.
The Houston Post truthfullY re-
marks that the most merciless critics
to newspapers are those who give
them the least patronage.
4 BLooDLEss revolution has taken
place in Santiago and the president
has been quietly bounced into jail
awaiting the election of his success
or. Whether bloodless revolution
down there will be popular or not
remains to be seen.
The republicans just now are
striving hard to convince themselves
that Grover Cleveland will not be in
the Presidential contest in 1892.
Poor deluded creatures!
JUsT at this time Texas is Offering
greater and grander inducements to
farmers. merchants, mechanics, man
ufacturers and laboring men gener-
ally than any other state in the
Union.
The Saturday half holiday move
ment is being advocated by a
.brother-in- black has ever since the
war been an advocate of this system,
and wherever practical carried his
views into practice.
TIE good people of Louisiana are
now engaged in waging war against
that giant corporation known as the
Louisiana Lottery. and the BANNER
hopes that the cause of the people
may win in the fight.
TIE white cappers of Indiana,
who beat man half to death for
whipping his sick wife, committed
an act that will meet with the ap-
proval of every person, with spark
of humanity in his bosom.
TAUNENBEcK, chairman of the
Peoples party is in Kentucky taking
personal control of the organization
of THAT State for purpose of polling
heavy vote for the Peoples candi-
at the election in August.
A. J. SEARcY, United States Dis
trict Judge at King Fisher, o. T.,
has rendered decision adverse to
the Cherokee title to the Cherokee
strip, and if sustained virtually ex-
all rights of the. Chero-
KEGS to the land.
The city of St. Louis is already
in the field as a candidate for the ,
next national democratic conven
ton, and believes that it will be
held in that city. Nothing like
starting out early-taking stime by
the forelock, as it were.
The astounding discovery has {
been made that gambling house is :
permitted to run on the military ;
at Fort Smelling by !
United States soldiers, and Col.
Edwin G. Mason, commanding third
regiment q. S. Infantry, has been
ordered to report to Secretary '
Proctor in consequence.
A SPECIAL to the Republic from
Columbia, Mo-, says the National
Editorial association Will meet July a.
l6 in st. Paul. Every state and
territory will be represented and the
convention will be the largest ever (
held in this country, 700 delegates
having already been appointed. The q
first public exhibition of type set c
ting machines will take place at the L
The Austin Statesman makes the I
encouraging statement that the 2
Board in charge of the permanent o
fund will see to it that :,
visitors are not subjected to the t
'gouglng" process. We presume he C
means the same as obtained aft the I