Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-05-21

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severe attack of the govt, is said to
be convalescing.
CLEvELAND's stock for first place
in The great presidential handicap In
of 1892 is at par.
The date of the state prohibition
conference has been postponed and
will be held in Corsicana, May IS.
The strike of the nine hour men
on the cable road of Dallas is fail
ure. A full force of men have been
put to work and officers are on guard
to keep the agitators and strikers
from molesting the men at work,
PRESIDENT of the National ALI
ance, Polk, in recent interview
says that if the Democratic or Re
publican party does not grant them
what they want that there is no
question but that the third party
will be the result.
The forest fires of Michigan and
Pennsylvania last week caused wide
spread destruction throughout those
regions, destroying many lives, and
devasting homes. Unless help is
rendered those fame stricken regions
great suffering must follow.
The time has expired in the Chic
asaw Nation for delinquents to pay
their permit tax and the work of
eiecting them will be commenced at
once. All of those who do not hold
receipts will be placed under arrest
and Immediately hustled out of the
country.
The Fl. Worth Gazette accounts
for the agreement of the Western
laborites with Senator Blair, who in
their recently expressed admiration
want him appointed immigration
commissioner, on the grounds of
their ''harmony of hate" towards the
Chinese.
''THE familiar face of Rankin. of
the BRENNAN BANNER, did not mate
rialize at the press convention. Is
he determined to work 365 days in a
year and 366 in a leap year ?"-State
Press of Galveston News.
No, my friend, we put in one day
with the Firemen at Houston, all
that we could spare.
The postofice department says
that the reports sent out from Ell
Paso about the whole mail edition
of the Times being refused trans
mission through the mails, has not
been fairly presented, and that the
postmaster only held it until he
could wire for instructions. 4
TaE President and party have re-
turned to Washington, arriving there
Friday on schedule time. just be-
fore his arrival he gathered the train
officials and made the 140th speech
of the tour of 10000 miles and
presented then all with a substan-
tail token of his appreciation of their
services.
The Kansas City Sun has been
giving some Dallas young men a
deal and it is alledged wrote up the
wrong men. An injunction was
sued out restraining the Sun from
circulating, and a wagon load of
Suns went away from the depot
there Saturday under the charge of
deputy Sherifs.
The state shoot at San Antonio
last week was well attended and the
San Antonio gun club are getting
ronndly abused by the visiting par
Elephants for the penurions DISPOSE
ton shown in the management. The
Express says that visitors were not
treated with that consideration to
which they were entitled.
The New York weekly bank state
ment last week was a genuine sur
prise, not only to Wall street, but
the bankers themselves. All the
financiers seemed to think there
would be a great falling off in the
gold receipts on account of the
steady drain for Europe but the sur
prise came in the fact that the re-
serve showed handsome increase.
The United States war ship Char
lesion, who was sent out to capture
the Etata, has been heard from at
Acapulco harbor. The Esmeralda
is also at the same port, and it IS
said that if there is any attempt to
capture the Etata fight will be the
result. 1t all probability the Etata