The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

| New Work. December County Clerk
| Purroy and John e. Redmond conferred in
| rogarl to the formers idea of starting
movement to raise money for a suitable
| memorial of Charles Stewart Parnell over
his grave in Glassnevin cemetery. grand
National monument is not intended a SIM
pie iron cross now marks the grave.
Charles j. Fisk who was elected mayor
of Plainfeld, n. j.. the other day, is
member of the we'll known New York bank
ing house of Harvey Fisks Sons. A CEN
sus Of New jersey State and municipal
officers who do business in this city would
| make an interesting exhibit. The list would
be a long one.
Ira d, Sankey has returned from Phiia-
delphia enthusiastic over the religious re-
yival there. you can not realize he
said. how strongly the revival has taken
hold of Philadelphia The city is at a height
OF religious ferver. There are no signs OF
an Abatement
| Professor s. W. Denton is exhibiting for
the second time at the American art gal
| lcres collection of butterflies gathered
! by him from all parts Of the globe, The
collection numbers 1900 specimens. and is
much larger than his former collection, eX-
hibited about year ago. The collection Is
| to be sold as Il whole. and II not dispos ID
of in this country will be taken to LONDON
1t is of SURPRISING beauty and OF great
| scientific interest
| st. Lukes hospital has this year received
fourteen requests to the endowment fund
They aggregate 1851 800. OF this ss2, 500
came from the estate OF Rufus Waterhouse
| The expenses OF the hospital during the
| year ending September 30 were $l09, I44.i7,
to meet which it was necessary to take
| $50 22l h6 from unrestricted lcgacies. There
We're 663 patients treated in the medical
department and lT6 in the surgical depart
ment. Patients paying in fun for trea. =
ment numbered 22i; patients paying IN
part 81. and free patients ll6l. or these sd
were discharged cured. 400 improved 9S
unimproved and III died
Elbrldge T. Gerry's famous Society for
The Prevention of Cruelty to Children gives
some interesting statistics in an appeal for
aid Just issued to the public. During iwen
ty-two years it has received and invcsti-
gated 102 SOL complaints. involving more
than SO7, SOB children obtained 3G9si con
viciions and rescued $3.50 children from
Vice, from suffering and from dostituton,
Its reception during the past fifteen years
of their establishment have sheltered
clothed and fed 2i,932 children and fur
nishcd 2S3,S7o substantial meals, Day and
night, in summer and in winter, Its doors
are never closed
1t would give many very excellent poo
pie a pain II they could see the carloads
of golfers and bali players and bicyclers
and other athletic enthusiasts of both
, sexes and all ages going out Of or coming
into town on every pleasant sunday There
are golf links near the railroads on Long
Island and along the Hudson easily ac-
! cessible from the city. Men in vivid Scotch
caps decorated with heather servants With
arms full of golf STICKS, sprinkle every
train; and among them are other fancfuilY
dressed men and women whose wheels are
, slowed away in the baggage car, and who
ray this much tribute to popular prejudice
l refusing to be seen riding through the
residential city on Sunday.
happened to be looking up something
In the hoard of health down town the other
day, and incidentally asked how many
> househol l.rs there were IN New York Not
4 a soul could tell me- | went to the tax de-
rartment but taxes are laid against houses
and individual owners, so couldn't find
out there They sent me to the mayor The
mayor couldn't tell me--nor could the
; mayors secretary--ncr any official about
the city hall. grew interos,ed--I INQUIRE
in every department. Nobody knew Tha
president OF the board OF health said I,
would take his force three months TO find
!, out But he got me q sheet showing that
there are 1908 tenement houses--i g.
U apartments, ilats, containing 53s ~.
separate families and n population of /.
$50.