Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

lizard provided with three eyes
The McCarthyites in Ireland are
very sanguine that the Parnellites
will not hold more than four seats
at the approaching general election
A CIRCULAR has been issued to the
governors of the various provinces
of the Russian empire notifying
them to forbid Hebrews to buy
corn.
A MONUMENT to the memory of the
poet priest of the South Father A.
J. Ryan is to be erected at Mobile,
Ala. 1t is a celtic cross of white
Vermont marble.
GEORGE DRIER, the Pole who muir,
dered Mrs. Fannie NJ. Fadden on
October 13, near Cape Charles, Va,
has been seen sentenced to be hanged
on January Is, 1892.
BoUNTIEs were paid for sixty-one
bears, thirty wolves, forty-nine
lynxes, 6O16 foxes, 739 eagles and
4539 hawks in Norway last year.
The supply is not exhausted.
THERE is a dog at Cheyenne that
will, it is claimed, pick an American
dollar from a pile including any
number or sort of coins of similar
appearance, size and weight.
A WASHINGTON letter says: "Sen-
ator John NJ. Palmer is one of the
most inveterate pedestrians in
Washington, and his wife seems to
share his love Of outdoor walks
about the capital"
IT has been decided that all goods
manufactured in foreign countries
must be entered, if all is foreign ex-
hibits, even though the capital of the
manufacturing concerns has been
furnished bv Americans.
THERE are records of elephants
that have lived for 200 years, and an
age of $50 years is not regarded as
SO very old for an elephant. 1t
takes about a quarter of century
to get the elephant to full maturity.
A NEW kind of bird has been dis
covered in Wyoming. 1t has the
head and beak of a boot owl, the
body and mech of a rooster, and its
tail is similar to that of a peacock,
and when shot made noise not IN
like that of guinea hen.
AT PRESENT Russian writer's seem
to be the persons of genius and
originality in literature. An
Authors Museum" is to be es-
tablished in st. Petersburg to con-
tain mementoes and relics of famous
Russian literary men and women.
HERE is probably the first claim to
be above the 'Bard of Avon A
French critic, Mirabeau, says Mau-
rice Maeterlinck, a new writer in
Belgium, has put into his Princess
Maleine" things more beautiful than
the most beautiful things in Shake
speare.
Mex will almost risk their lives
for a free pass. An Illinois man
threw himself in front of fast train
on the Big Four railroad, near
Middlesworth, with the hope that
the railroad officials would compro-
mise damages by giving him an an
nual pass over the line.
Poor old st. Louis! There is an
item out of this kind: In St. Louis
recently large building in one OF
The best business streets of the city
was torn down simply because it
was thought to be "hoodooed, which
shows that superstition still has a
strong hold on some people.
The announcement is make that
W. d. Howells will shortly cease to
occupy the editors study" OF
Harper's Magazine. His place will
be taken by Mr.. Charles Dudley
Warner, whose knowledge of men
and books and whose critical powers
ape Of the frst-class order.
WHEN the supply is greater than
the demand the man who holds the
supply has to suffer. Last year
there was a potato famine. This
year, in one California district near
Sacramento, 10000 bushels of pota-
toes were not dug up because ii