Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-02-12

A postofice in Charlton county, |
No, has been named Mike.
Blind Bill-Naw, I never see
nothrn' durin business hours
Judge.
Bullock's sweetbread when decom-
posed yields principle named col
indine.
Eighty-fve descendants of Miss
the dam of Maud S. are in
the $50.
Seven hundred million oranges are
every year from Europe to
this country,
The average number of murders
annually committed in England anf 1
Wales is ITO.
Florence, Ala. is soon to poss ess
one of the handsomest female col
leges i'll the South.
Salt has been found near 4 anapo-
lis, Kan, at a depth of $40 feet.
The vein is 240 feet thick.
Joe Raphael, a noted restauran-
teur of New Orleans, died of con-
9estion Of the brain recently.
Several washouts on the Natchez,
jackson and Columbus Railroad, de-
layed the trains for some time
1t is said to be curious fact all
of the girls in WELLESLEY college who
lead their classes are blondes.
The meanest thing a man can do
is to tell his friend he is succeeding
when he knows his friend is failing.
Indispensable.-Wiley: Tell me
something good for a joke.
Driley-Point.
The American trotters Governor
Hill and Spoford won about $780,
600 in purses in South America last
season.
If a dog desecrates any church in
Salt Lake City by entering the door
the owner of the brute is liable to a
fine of S..
When a person, by reason of hav-
ing been vaccinated, fails to take e
case of smallpox, he may be said to
miss it by scratch.
Alaska can't be very bad land.
The birds like it. Already there has
been made a list of 210 birds that
say Alaska is good enough for me-
A luminous crayon has recently
been invented to enable lecturers to
1raw on the blackboard when the
,oom is dalheped for the use of the
anterh.
Harry billiard has gone abroad
20 fill several important engage
nents, and he will make an effort to
secure a comic opera at the same
ime.
a new theatre is being built in
london for Agnes Huntington.
She is to have a fifteen year lease of
t aud to return to open it next Oc-
ober.
With ticket commissions abol-
shed and mileage books made un-
what will the fraternity
# railway ticket brokers do for
wing? 4
The Countess Edia, whose eharita
lie and kindly deeds have endeared
er to all the people in Libson, was
nee a Boston girl, Elise Hensler,
y name.
The sewing machine is only forty
our years old Matches have been
1 common use since 1929, and
first street car line datesi
rom 1926. h
Richard Ratchford, an 11-year.old l,
ID of Natchez, Miss, fell from the
OF an uncompleted ma
onie temple, sustaining fatal inter :
al injuries. L
Texas is proud of her school I
.ws. But why do children under /
gnt years of age and over sixteen
ears of age have to pay?-Corpus
hristi Caller.
All the work of the world is not /
one in the six week days, It has j
cen estimated that two and half :
illion of people in this country :
ork on Sunday.
The Emperor William is showing .
great many good streaks III his +
lie. He has given orders that in f
overnment factories No women
lall do night work. Il
A telegraph line to connect Lou ?
'n and Paris is now under con-
ructiop, and it is expected that
'mmunication will be established
rly next month.
My barber told me a very funny I
DRY this morning, said Smithers.