Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-26


ST.. PAuL's Episcopal church was
burned in New Orleans Monday,
which was the only account OF any
fire in New Orleans, though there
was report that reached this city
to the effect that New Orleans was
burning up, the work OF Italian In
cendisries. l was doubtless an IN
grounded rumor.
IT was one of General Sherman
daughters, the eldest, who refused
to dance with the Russian Grown
Prince when he made his tour Of
the United States. Her refusa,
raised a cloud of social dust at the
time, but she explained it on the
ground that out of Difference to hel
mothers wishes she had decided
not to waltz at all.
The Railway Age, of st. Louis
says the Texas Legislature has In
troduced so many Inconsistent
amendments to the Commission bill
that it is time to call a halt, and that
if Texas wants railroads she must
deal fairly with them, Texas wants
the railroads to deal fairly as well
and for that reason the people have
demanded railway regulation.
The Malta Assassination Society
are still threatening the life of the
Mayor of New Orleans and since the
Italians all over the country are
calling the attention of the Italian
Government to the recent lynching
of italian assassins, the attention of
the Government of Italy will be called
to the threats and assassinations
executed by the sons of that sunny
cline.
A RELIC of the great Chicago fire
in 1871 in the shape of a mass of
melted iron, brass and copper will
be one of the exhibits. The inten-
ton is to have the Exposition ma
chinery started by the only living
descendent of Columbus. The
Duke of Seragua of Madrid claims
this unique distinction. The Duke
is a literary man and has perhaps
the finest collection of Columbian
relics in existence.
THERE are over eighty thousand
suffering children in the schools of
Germany. The increase has been so
great during the past four years
that the defect is considered conta-
gious. The famous DR.. Gutman is
for the statement that the
increase is due to mimicry, that the
young mimics who initiate Sufferers.
The school of the city of Breslau
have total of two thousand four
hundred suffering children.
The experiment of producing rain
by conclusion in the up
per atmosphere is soon to be tried
in New York by Prof. Carl Myers, a
distinguished scientist of that State. |
Congress at its last session appro-
priated funds for the redemption of
arid lands of the far West and un-
der this appropriation Prof. Myers
can make his experiments, which he
claims will produce rain whenever it |
IS needed.
The boy that is given scrub ed
1cation is very apt to develop into q |
scrub man. He rents or buys a |
scrub farm, invests in scrub stock,
Buys scrub implements and raises
scrub crops. His pleasures and en-
oYments of life are all of the scrub
order, aud his poor wife, as she
lrudges YEARLY through life, seems
n her daily rounds to be sounding
he sad refrain of her life, scrub,
Grub, scrub!
The Mississippi river continues to
Use in an alarming manner. There
re now four crevasses open; three
q Louisiana, and there does not
eem much chance of closing any of
hem. The people have made a
trong fight against the floods this
ear, have been heavily taxed for
svees and had government aid, but
hese annual overhows seems inevi-
able and great destruction of prop
rty and sometimes of life follows.
A KANSAS farmer refused to pay
lterest to a Connecticut money
'nder, and it is reported that the
liance of Kansas are going to re-
udiate all their mortgage debts.
he Boston investment company
re investigating the matter, and !
they find the report true )
} withdraw all of their three mil
on capital out of the State. But t
rominent Alliance men say they ]
ant do it as the land won't pay off