Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-23

HENRY WATTERsoN, in an editorial
in the Courier-Journal, advocates
the nomination of John g. Carlisle
for president.
The latest report from Chill are 10
the effect that the war is drawing to
a close and that Balmaceda's govern
ment will be o7erthrown. It is
evidently time this little farce down
there was being settled one way or
the other.
UNITED STATES troops are putting
intruders out of the Indian TERRITORY
by the wholesale. st. 10 has been
the dumping ground for a good
many worthless ones on the verge
of starvation and the people are
making considerable complaint.
ACCOMPANYING the American Book
maker for July, for which we are in
debted to Howard Lockwood & Co.,
126 and 128 Duane street corner
Church, New York, has been re-
ceived the American Directory ~
Printing and Book making, for
which we return thanks. |,
A MAN named Birdwell gave hiS
self up at San Augustine Sunday
for the killing of a man named
Brown ten miles south of Third.
Brown attacked Blrdwell with hoe
and then with knife. and ID the
struggle BirdweIl got his knife out
and killed his antagonist in self de-
tense.
The colored people of Texarkana
Ark, who came originally from the
ante bellum home of jeff Davis, will
give an entertainment Wednesday
night, the proceeds of which are to
go to the JEFF Davis monument fund.
Local fire eaters tried to prevent
the colored men from this action
but they would not be deferred.
The Southern Interstate EXPOSE
ton at Raleigh, N. c., has set apast
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesda B
the 18th, 18th and 18th of October
as special Texas days. The State
will be well represented. in the way
of an exhibit of agricultural crops,
woods and timbers. The EXPOSE
ton promises to be great success.
A powder magazine at the Rock
Springs mines, Wyoming, exploded
and killed two employees. Many wo-
men and children were injured by
the flying glass. Halfa dozen blast
ing powder and 500 pounds of dyna-
mite exploded, and the mining camp
was badly wrecked. Two employees
who were killed caused the explosion
by firing at mark on the MAGAZINE
wall.
Col. HARRY TRACY, who is traYel
ing over the state ostensibly in tEe
interest of the people-the poor
people-the down-trodden insignif-
cant, poverty-stricken masses, de-
clared in speech at W1nkler Nevar.
70 county recently, repeated it and
that all renters and
tenants are no more than anarchial
cramps"
THE Waco Day says: Some of
the papers seem to think that the
call for an extra session of the legis-
lature to redistrict the state has re-
ference only to congressional dis
tricts. If that were so then, indeed,
would an extra session be little
needed. 1t is the unequal division
Of the state into senatorial, represen-
tative and judicial districts that cries
so loud for amending. And the cry
grows louder each day.
The case of the State of Texas VS..
Larkin Hope, charged with the muir
der of Bob and John Stafford at
Columbus, which has been before
the court at Bellville for the pa
week, was submitted to the jury a.
1890 Saturday and at o'clock they
a verdict of not guilty.
The argument for the State was bf
Governor Thompson, Captain Phil
lips and J. O. Hutchinson, of Hous-
ton, for the defense NJ. Kennon,
Judge Bell and Senator Jonathan
Lane. This was not unexpected
with those who remember the de
tails and have kept up with the de-
velopments.
The latest crop report from
abroad says: ''Not only in France,
but all Europe is looking longingly
to the wheatfelds of the United
States. Last year many hoped that
South America would help supply
the deficit, ESPECIALLY the Argentine
but to gay 10 mention
is made of those countries. All
hope is built on the United States
harvest. The fact, as recently
stated. is that the bread of Europe