The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
A BUDGET FROM BEAUMONT.
Mrs. Watson a Candidate for thu
City Secretaryship.
SHE ENTERS THE ARENA IN EARNEST
Coanty Commissioners Orders May BE 4,
Conflict with tho Homestead
Law Decision.

Beaumont, Texas, February LIN the
Beaumont journal OF today appears the
announcement of Mrs. Margaret l.. Wal
son as candidate for the office of city
secretary. Mrs Watson is lady of state
II not OF National reputation. For years
she has been identified with the woman
suffragist movement and has held import
ant offices in the State Equal Rights as
ISOLATION. She has heretofore contented
herself with lending her talents to ad-
vocacy OF the right of women to vote and
other questions connected herewith, and
has made many speeches throughout the
State contendng for principles that she
believes right. Now she has entered the
arena In earnest, is candidate for office
and will doubtless make things interesting
for her several opponents
PLACED UNDER BOND.
This morning Constable Shields arrested
ore DR.. Campbell white man, on a
warrant charging Illegal practice OF medi-
cine. Campbell came TO Beaumont several
Mil street near the Jordan house. lie
hung out single and soon had a num-
Der of colored patients, they being at
tracted by rumor that he prescribed
medicine that cured nearly all diseases.
Doctors of the city suspected that he had
no diploma and had never secured license
to practice medicine.
Suspicious were communicp ted to Con-
stable Shields with the result that DR..
Campbell was arrested on the charge
uboNe stated. When arraigned before
Justice Rigshy he waived examination and
was bound over to the criminal court in
the SUM of 500 He made the bond.
CHURCH MATTERS.
The Post correspondent was this after
noon Informed that Bishop Kingsolving
would arrive In Beaumont next Saturday
on his annual visit to st. Marks Episcopal
church. This church is at present without
a rector, owing TO the resignation of Rev.
II. F. Nicborn. but 1t is expected that the
bishops visit will result In the rectorship
being again filed.
a musical recital will he given In the
lecture room of the Methodist church
Friday night, February II, for the benefit
of the parsonage fund. The affair viii b.
under the auspices of the Ladies' Home
and Parsonage society.
Next Friday night there will be an
unique entertainment at the lecture room
of the Methodist church for the benefit of
the Busy Bee and Sunshine circles of the
Kings Daughters. The famous Peak
sisters of Alaska will participate In this
entertainment.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
While no definite action has yet been
taken The Post correspondent has been
reliably Informed that the county com.
mssioners contemplate improving the Re-
lance ditch and VIII adopt a method OF
defraying the expense of said Improvement
that will jam them against the recent
decision of the supreme court in the Hig-
gins W.. Bordagos Gaze. The purpose Of
the court Is to make improvements under
an act of the last legislature. which bears
the following title: AN act to provide for
| the construction and maintenance of
bitches, etc, within the State of Texas, "
Section 1 Of this act provides that "all
lands benefited by public ditch, etc, shall
be assessed in proportion to the benefit
to the said lands by the construction there
Of" Section is provides that "all assess
ments, sums and charges by viewers on
| order of court assessed against land or
| lands shall be a lien thereon and shall be
collected as other assessments and taxes
are collected under the general tax laws
OF the State"
| This law was passed about three weeks
! after the supreme courts decision that
| settled the question of whether or not a
| homestead could be sold for an lfnpro d.
rnent and able lawyers have advised tine
commissioners that 1t Is all right Yet
under the law II is not clear how the
commissioners arc going to collect tax
| on n ditch In the event payment is re-
| fused.
THE THEATER.
Monday night MIR. Edwin Terry and a
| company OF capable actors will present
| "Othello" at the opera house In this city
| This Is Mr. Terry's first tour as star,
| though he has often played the Texas
| circuit as leading man for some OF the
| great tragedienue's Until a few weeks
| ago he was with Robert Downing. having
| left that company at New orleans. MI
Terry is reported as having an excellent
company and In "Othclo," one of Shake
| speare's prettiest tragedies, should do a
| good business in this city.
That the Grau Opera company Will be
| greeted with an audience that VIII tax
| the capacity of the opera house is now an
assured fact. The company does not an'
pear here until February II and yet tnore
| than 200 tickets have already been sold
| Manager Goodhue Is considering the ad-
| Visibility OF running an excursion from
| Warren and intermediate points for thus
| attraction.
| LUMBER MARKET.
| Considering the fact that January Is al
ways a duh month in the lumber trade
manufacturers In this vicinity have no
good reason for complaint as 10 the
amount Of business done within the pas,
thirty days. orders have not come TO them
| I'm largo numbers, hut there has boon a
! fairly good trade. the closing week OF the
/ month being, however, the least salts
factory. a fair supply Of timber bills Is
| I'm hand which. with the bills to he cut
for foreign shipment, give the mills here
abouts pretty steady saving. Some very
large timber bills have been figured on
iNcently, but so far as heard none OF them
| have been placed.
The demand for shingles is not ms active
| as a few months ago. but for the present
the demand Is sufficient 10 satisfy rnap-
| ufacturers who have not been able to &C
cumulnte any dry stock.
MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
To the Editor of The Post:
Corn Hill, Texas. January Son the
4th Of this month my two little boys. aged
6 and years old, were at neighbor'F