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The Weekly Banner.
' J. Q. KANKIN, Proprietor.
Thursday, September 3, 1891.
The third party managers ought
to have consulted Wright Cuney be
fore attempting to '-scoop the negro
vote.' as he is still doing business at
the old stand.
The wiley Mahone thinks it unad
visable for the republicans of Tir
ginia to make nominations for the
-fall elections. Straws sometimes
how which way the wind blows.
-It iB said that there is no chance
Jor the insureeants to make a retreat
-and that they must either whip the
JBalmacedist at Yalpraiso, Chili, or
get whipped. The Chilian war is
neaiing a close.
Jf you want a sub-treasury build
one, says the Henderson Times,
but for the sake of democracy don't
ask the government to build your
corn cribs and cotton pens. Away
with such tomfoolery.
The republicans in Ohio are
dodging the discussion of the tariff
question, feeling conhuent that if
the question is thoroughly under-
. stood by the voters, it can but re
sult in McKinley's defeat for the
' governorship.
The Kansas Alliance having de
cided to go into the co-operative
store business, the Fort Worth Ga
zette suggests that Dr. Macune
might give the Kansas Alliance a lot
of valuable pointers in this business.
Also, the subscribers to the Alliance
exchange.
xheee nave been nineteen nres in
Dallas this month and some of the
insurance companies are withdraw
ing their business there refusing
to either renew old or write new
polices on account of the insuffi
ciency" of the fire department and
water Bupply.
Coxgeessmax Mnxs thinks that the
main issue in the approaching presi
dential campaign "will be the tariff,
as thequestion is of so much greater
importance than anything else which
can be brought before the people
that the party platform should be
built on it alone.
in !
SEXATonGoEMAsis now being talk
ed of as the democratic presidential
candidate and it is said that Hill, of
New York, has expressed his prefer
ence for him and will undertake to
throw the influence of Tammany in
- xus lavor. uorman is an able man,
out, being irom the south, it is
doubtful if he can muster support
sufficient to nominate, much less
, elect him.
Dispatches of the 27th, gaye the
details of one of the most shocking
.railroad disasters that ever occurred
in this country. A passenger train
near Statesville, N. C, went over a
stone bridge by spreading rails, and
plunged sixty-five feet below. Twen
ty were killed outright. Only one
man, the conductor, was able to go
to the nearest station to tell the
news. The number of deaths will
" reach, 40 and all were injured.
The South continues to 'hold its
own in the matter of railroad build
ing. During the past six months
Alabama has built 137 miles, Geor
gia 155, South Carolina 120, Vir
ginia 100, West Virginia 111, North
. Carolina 84, Tennessee 45, Louisi
ana 36, Texas 23, Kentucky 11, Ar
kansas and Florida 7 each. It is
worthy of remark that but three
states outside of the South has
reached 100 miles, viz : Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Washington.
The death of Gen. Bragg creates
a vacancy in the' interstate com
merce commission, and the act cre
ating the commission limited repre
sentation on in it of any one politi
cal paity to a bare majoritv, three
members out of five, as there are al
ready three republican members
President Harrison has got Hob
son's choice of appointing a Demo
crat. It is a S7.500 place; there will
no doubt be a lot of applicants for
it, and it should go to a southern
Democrat, but who it will be yet is
hard to, conjecture.
The Farmers1 World appears to be
in a comparative state of mind
just now and makes some very sig
nificant allusionB in the following
paragraph, which really coutains
more truth than fiction: "There is
.a marked difference in the personnel
-of the leaders of the State alliance
.at the present session and two years
.mo. It will be remembered that at
"that time the State exchange had
just failed and the concern was
about to be sold out. The people
excited ana wanted
EDITORIAL JN'OTES.
The name has been changed. It is
now called 'lEacuneism."
The queston of cheaper postage
is being agitated by the press.
Chicago now has a newspaper
published in the Welsh language.
Ax Italian steamer and two cut
ters weie wrecked in a hurricane at
Senegal.
Oxe hundred more Cherokees have
joined the already large colony on
the strip.
The rain makers of West Texas
made a complete success, says the
latest reports.
The Chilian cruiser, President
Pinto, has arrived at Kiel to take
some Armstrong guns aboard.
Now comes the news that Canada
will export more wheat this year
than ever before in her history.
The Cherokee Herald denounces
the sub-treasury scheme as visionary
impracticable and undemocratic
The sub-treasury advocates met
with a veritable slaughter in Missis
sippi a regular Waterloo defeat.
Gexebal Alger will opposeBlaine's
nomination for the presidency on
the republican ticket Sour grapes!
Ax armv of locusts, ten miles
wide, recently swept over the Punjab
in India. It occupied five days in
passing.
Loxdox rejoices at the war news
of Chili, as they are anxious to see
it ended and Chilian bonds advanced
slightly.
Four women were arrested at
Szeentamas, Hungary, for poisoning
their husbands and selling poison to
other women.
Keep up the cry of Texas lands
for Texas people. Ho alien land
lordism in a great and growing
State like Texas.
Sexatob Vest has been wearing
this summer a plain suit of home
spun hemp linen, a gift to him from
Sanator Blackburn, of Kentucky.
Gov. Hogg has declared that he
lias no 'ambition to g to the Senate,
that to be Governor of Texas, said
he, is the greatest honor I feel could
be conferred upon me.
THEtDallas News says: "The sud-
treasury cannot convoy money to
the man who has no crops any more
than free coinage will convey money
to the man who has no bullion."
lr'the Government wants to re
solve itself into a pawn-broker's
shop, then the sub-treasury scheme
should be adopted, but this is a
mighty undignified position for a
great government.
Some lively timeg are expected in
Mississippi when the Ocala platform
is presented for their adoption.
They know what it is there and will
kick against it, but it remains to be
seen if they will be whipped in
line.
The Galveston Evening Tribune
savs it will match Judge Duncan, of
Tyler, against Morrison Munford,
of Kansas City or any other attenu
ated light weight in Missouri, Kan
sas or Texas. Trot out vour jnan
and name the stakes.
The "incorruptible'' alliance men
of Texas recently sent ereetinjr to
the "incorruptible"' alliance men of
Mississippi. It is now in order for
the "corruptibles" to send greeting
to the "corruptibles"' of Georgia.
There ought to be a lellow feeling
among them.
It is now conceded that Roswell
P. Flower will be the democratic
candidate for governor of New York.
It is Mr. Flower's especial distinc
tion that he was chairman of the
democratic congressional committee
last year when the republican party
was overthrown in the congressional
elections.
W. S McAllister, assistant State
Alliance lecturer, of Mississippi, has
been impeached by the State Alli
ance in session. He thought Ma
cune was largely responsible for his
impeachment and after endeavoring
to provoke Macune into a quarrel,
slapped him two or three times in
the face anyway.
The Chilian war news Friday was
refreshing. As soon as you would
read how the Balmacedist whipped
the insurgeants a dispatch was fol
lowing it to the effect that the re
port was untrue, the insurgeants
had whipped. Both sides claim the
victory", from which we infer that
neither side has been completely
whipped yet.
It is being found that it is not1
practicable to secure and hold good
firemen in the navy. The trouble
appears to be that thev are looked
upon, aboard ship, as necessary evils,
and are not allowed many privileges,
because their occupation does not
tend to cleanliness. So thev are.
when off duty, confined to narrow
limits?, which thev verv naturally
STATE NEWS.
at
Coleman needs a laundry.
Henrietta needs an ice factory.
Pecos City wants a wool scour
ing mill.
Whitney, Hill county, wants
new hotel.
Crowell, Foard county, needs
flouring mill.
A. G. McDaniel, postmaster
Jewett, is dead.
The fat men will cougregate at
Galveston on the 30th.
Hon. O. P. Poe was elected
mayor of Denton Tuesday.
Prospects are good for an aver
age cotton crop in Morns county.
Preparations are being made to
work the asphalt beds .near fat. Jo.
The new bank building at Gid-
dings will oe occupied September 1
The sheriff at Eagle Pass, found
a small knife under Dick Duncan s
arm.
A New York gentleman has con
tributed S5000 toward a Baptist col
lege at Abilene.
Mrs. Peggs, a widow near Glen-
rose, shot Tom Hally as he was com
ing towards her room.
A skeleton was found in a gar
rett at the old Stephens residence
near Bonham recently.
A. J. Goodgame, a farmer near
Mexia, was thrown from his wagon
Wednesday and killed.
S. N. Beard shot and instantly
killed Sam McLure in a saloon at
Montgomery Wednesday.
The pecan and mast crop in this
section will be unusually heavy this
year. uastrop Advertiser.
James Armstrong, Jr., of Hemp
stead, has returned home Irom a
nine months visit to Mexico.
La Grange had received 1700
bales of cotton up to the 25th. That
was nearly as much as Brenham.
The report of the financial agent
of the penitentiaries showed a cash
balance on hand Aug. 1 of 826,000.
K. L. Wooten, at Denison, was
struck in the eye with a sharp piece
of steel from which he lost an eye.
The Carson County Chronicle
says Holland Bros., are preparing
to put in 300 acres of wheat this
fall.
The Delta Banner says the boll
worms are doing considerable dam
age to the cotton crop of Cooper
county.
Judge J. I. Guoin lost his resi
dence at Bailinger. It was set on
fire by trying to smoke out mos
quitoes.
Charlie Pande, the escaped Cot
ton Belt train robber, has been cap
tured and taken to Marshall for safe
keeping.
The fat men's association will
leave Dallas on the 29th to hold
their first convention in Galveston
on the 30th.
The Priest tried at Fort Worth
for the alleged outrage upon a
woman at the hotel there was held
in a $250 bond.
One million dollars worth of
property has burned in Dallas this
year and the insurance companies
have lost S700.000.
The cotton of some fields is re
ported as shedding its squares so
much that the yield will be material
ly diminished. Brucenlle Herald
Trimble, a young horse thief
tried at Vernon, was convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary in fif
teen minutes. He will serve for five
years.
A protracted meeting has been
in progiess at McGregor over a
month. About forty have been bap
tised and a number united with the
church.
Omaha, Texas, was visited by a
$5,000 fire Monday night, when
eight houses were burned down.
There was only 81,500 worth of in
surance. Attorney General Culberson
rules that no county is obliged to
pay for scalps taken in an unorgan
ized county attached to it for judi
cial proposes. The question comes
up from Big Springs.
&. circular from the general
freight office of the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass railway announces the
appointment of F. A. Fulwiler com
mercial agent, headquarters Cincin
nati, O., and G. E. Toulleiton trav
eling freight agent, headquaiters
Waco, Tex.
Will Ratcliff, of Marshal, known
as the "Bum Baker robbed Mrs.
C. Berger's resilience of S500 woith
of diamonds mid jewelry and lan
away Ho wa subsequently captur
ed in Galveston, and at Marshal was
recently sentenced to the years in
the penitentiary.
The big fire in Waco was
started by Ollie Tillman, a 14-year-old
boy, who was in the habit of
striking matches and throwing them
down. TTo umt m Hie show win
dow to luioe the curtain ami invol
untarily struck u match and threw
it down as he came out.
-The San Angelo wool scouring
mill commenced operations on the
20th, with 200,000 pounds of wool
on hand. The capacity of the mill
is from G000 to 8000 pounds of wool
per day. Thirteen hands are em
ployed at present but the force will
be doubled in a short time.
-Galveston Evening Tribune
says: "The jetty contractors are
just playing. At the present rate of
progress, the jetties will be finished
5000 years hence. Of course the
contractors must get started, but it
takes some people about ten times
as long to get started as others."
Frank Martin, recently released
from the penitentiary where he has
been serving a term for forgery, has
forged three checks aggregating
only S75 on parties in Tyler. He
got a three years cut in his time on
the recommendation of the (prison
omcials and had only been released
a short time.
The Childress Star says almost
every train is crowded with prospec
tors and home seekers. A party of
distinguished gentlemen from Geor
gia visited Childress last week and
were enthusiastic in their praises of
the Panhandle. They are negotiat
ing for the purchase of three sec
tions east of town.
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We 8X3 prepared to fnrniEh your house from lop lo Dottorn, at short notice. Carpet
sawed and pat down. Gall and . e us. Goods delivered m the city ?
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Cold, Fresh,Boor always on tap. Responsible for all
valuables left in my cave.
SrLunch at all hours. Special attentiea given to
lunch lor travelers.
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Staple Drop. fine Ctaaicals, Patent Mete,
Finest -Perfumerv and Toilet Soaps, Combs, Xsur, f aV
and Sooth Brushes in Endless Variety.
Phys-cians prescriptions always receive prompt attention and will be filled with
utmost care at any time, dar or night. In medicines, quality is of the first importanc
T.19 ooa 13 the chfenpost.
were excited and wanted to know
what had become of the money they object to.
-put into it, a matter on which they ' Gov. Hogg in an interview w ith a
.have i ever been informed, even unto , News correspondent, said that the
-this day. At the meeting referred withdrawal of $50,000,000 by the
ito Macune. Terrell. Tracey and oth-lalien land law would not give Texas
-ois were conspicuous by their ab-i a chill, and that the law grew out of
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nonce, .iuii iuui. mo -uuuucf. iias me crying aouse. wnicn existed m
beeu transformed into a political ma-'this and other states against large
chine and all ihe third partyite3 of ! alien -cornoiations holding hutre
the state have become members of
the order, these fellows return as
the heroes of the day."
bodies of Jand. which they had -purchased
for a song, and which they
held for speculative purposes.
A Houston lady, Mary M. Ful
ler, sues her brother for the recov
ery of a deed for $20,000 worth of
property, which she claims he se
cured from her through force, fraud
and violence.
Tillie Gohman, a very pretty
fresh looking and innooeiit' country
girl of Kendall county, was saduced
in San Antonio, went into the slums
and now has gone out by the rough
on rats route.
Jim Rotan, dish-washer at the
Gould hotel in Hillsboro, was
struck with a club while on his way
home, and then shot, the pistol
ball striking him in the leg, going
through shattering his thigh bone.
Vincent Johnson and Oliver
Harris, quarreled over a peach and
came to blows, but were separated.
They met after supper and renewed
the quarrel, when Harris shot John
son with a double barrel gun, kill
ing him.
Lists of patents for Toxas :
Wagon brake, Jas. Z. Garrett, Pitts
burg; seed planter, John W. Thomp
son, Alvord; machine for handling
and cleaning seed cotton, Robert S.
Thompson, S. W. Hardwick and W.
Elan. Dallas.
After an etcitiiig chase through
seeral counties Charlie Ponder; the;
escaped Cotton Belt train robber
and part', who robbed and set fire
to the postofiice at Big Sandy, was
captured near Gladewater by Sheriff
Littlepage, of Upshur county.
Mrs. M. Gardner, of Galveston,
is the name of the 17-year-old woman
who claims to have been assaulted
at the Mansion hotel in Fort Worth
by a priest named M. C. Brennan.
The woman swears to a clear case
of assault but it looks a little like
she could have got out of his room
if she had wanted to or raised an
alarm.
Wednesday was the final test of
the sky stormers out beyond Midland
Seven balloons were sent in a sky as
clear as clear could be with every
indication of fair weather, and in
fours after the experiments cease
their racket, there is a heavy rainfall.
The experiment was an indisputable
success. J. bo next test will be made
at El Paso.
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ALL KINDS OF MONUMENTAL WORKS.
fine Statuary, Tombstones, Crosses. Vaults, eta, on
of the best Italian and American Marble andDomes
tic Granites. Carved work and Drapery a specials
Large Slabs lor Printers and Candy Manufacture
famished. Estimates carefully made for any work in
Marble. Granite or Stone. Marble and Stone Curb
ing, also Iron fencing for burial places or lots alwajsi
Kept on nana, can turnisn same, as also Uresting ana
Ornaments for tirivate residences, etc.. verv cheat.
We guarantee you the most artistic and best of
workmanshin and stock at the verv lowest possible nriee. and will tell von at all times 25-1
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per cam cneaper man any juaroio dealer or agent tor such irom a distance. Uome ana
see us or write for designs and prices before buying elsewhere, wewiilserTeyoupromptIy
Sandv Street - Brenham Tezas.
A negro woman was killed by
her husband near "Wallis, Austin
county, Wednesday. Jones Sherry
was the name of the husband. He
attacked his wife with a piece of
iron, breaking her left shoulder and
she ran out of the house, when he
caught her and hacked her too
pieces with a hoe. They have fif
teen children and four of them wit
nessed the killing.
The newspaper men of Sulphur
Springs have been having a contro
versy, which has ended in a cutting
spree. The Echo published a per
sonal article about Moore, and as
soon as he read the article he start
ed out presumably to fight. He
met Ed Tate, sou of the gentleman
for-whom he was looking, and they I
iougnt, ate staooing Aiooro tnree
times, before outsiders could inter
fere. Some prominent men of Bee
ville built a handsome residence on
the outskirts' of the city and tented
it for purposes of prostitution. The
peoplo grumbled, but did nothing.
Saturday night there was a shooting
affray in the house and the people
decided to run the women out of
town. "When they called it was
found that the madam and her
boarders had field. The people
talk of tarring and feathering the
men who rented the place.
The officers have not yet caught
Craw, who murdered Moody and
his little son at Lampasas. The
general expression is that he had no
possible excuse for killing the little
boy, though Cravy claimed the little
bov cut at him with a knife. Cravy
is a large, robust man It has
stirred the country more than anj-1
killing for j'ears. uuless it be the I
murder of old Alex Brown, for the
murderer of whom a loward of,
S1250 still remains unclaimed. The
murder occurred in San Saba coun
ty, just across the river from Lampasas.
Livery and Sale Stables
undertakers" directors.
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AlTJIJi I.INE OF BTJBIAL ROBES FOR LAD ESS AND GENTLEMEIf.
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Have just received several car loads of Corn, Oats, Bra
Cotton Seed Meal.
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Fifty packages of Liquors, Wines and Brandies to bo sold, af
tail between this date and OCTOBEE 1, 1891. I mean just whJ
sav. and in order to accomplish tho sale of this immense Stool
Whisky when as much as OSE GALLON is wanted, for Spot Ca
will soil it at x
KENTUCKY COS'
and lose the Ireight, or sell it for less than any other retail dealej
Austin, Burleson, Leo or Washington counties. My reason for
EGOTEFHsTG IPIIXCES
m ray lino is that I havo a largo amount of money invested in
goods and am compelled to sell them cheap in order to meet
payments, thoroforo my stock MUST BE SOLD. To my friends!
tho public in general, permit mo to call your attention to tho fact
there is no Inonaship in business, and it you .want to JsAVis El
25 to 50 PER CENT, you are foolish not to buy your liquors fro r
I call tho attention of every person to the fact that my book;!
closed. Do not ask me for crodit and save the mortification of
fusal. It you owe me anything that is due come forward, and set!
and savo cost. liOUlH i.(jKAijSllUCil,
Liquor Doaler at Brenham, Te
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