The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-01
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Between Fifty and Hundred Cars
Of Grain Arriving Daily.
OCEAN TONNAGE IS THE TROUBLE
Local Exporters Are Unensy-f'enary In
dulccucc Assured the Faithful on
sunday-The Fish Report.

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r,,,, ri r,e ,oc,, 20
,t,a,r,h ,,,-,.,g,,e t,o,vcer
''if'S u si''" ."O'5' mo
nifty and a hundred carloads day thu'
r,r t,,ts ,,..,, ,rc M, i'm IN cancellations
'"' 'i''s W. are nov up ~
ana yet tne l,"r IL eApresseu Nv o'e mo-
of exporters, which has Il number OF YES
/ s,als cl.,rtrro1 To tnovn tbo grain a,,rgss
-, ,,... .,..-.,. ,,o,,,,, nov. Il,
'hc o'ea"' TWO sucn Ne9sois pe!ns w" !"
mort that they NAV have trouble IN pro.
cnrine sufncisni o,e,o tonnage There i.
''''D .,,...,. -, 60,
enough gram IN me elevator 10" io'
cargo for several shins. and Superlntcnd-
on, na,,,ds,, sa,s ,,,ore to .uoi, dana. nj
V"' ''N''''" says '''v'' II sun
tor cars to handle the grain ready to
move southwark that MS fast as cars can
no h,rrcd a., C,,I,o.,,on thcy arc rnsh.
, t.i d., -, -, .'i,,,,,
cd hack INTO Kansas. General Freight
Agent GOODWIN says the bulk Of the new
NIeat n hans5s IS oaihg taken by tne 10
cai mliSrs ana that very mug ~ 4 Is
Nti lNtIl enOuEn lor tNpoTt. ne pfilci-
which has boon held over from las veir's
rr,in j" viii be no,,,i, ths wa, ,,F,
rush before August is very old
FISH REPORT
The following Interesting facts are taken
from the annual report of Deputy Fish
ana oyster Commissioner I o. sheldon
Of TINS civ for tho wear ending Juno "a
lam.
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ono hundred and twenty seine hctnees
We're issued In Galveston county rs. lar-
bcrs county ana Jefferson county /
There arc III actual use = surf sein. on
I Galveston island aud 30 hav seircs scat
| tered all oysr the hay. giving employment
/ to ahout $50 men. Owing to the free Of
/ all along the coasO. the catch is far below
| TIL average
( The surf scines ca1rht 50 mn mounds and
the bay aelncs about Sl6e1 p,nUJs maxi AK,
! ing a tnal of 1000 pornds brought TO This
market.
| OF oyster licenses 10 were issrel-Gal-
| weston county 1872, Brdzorla county 1tIlar-
ris county 9, Chambers county i. jefferson
countye.
or sail bo1ts IL and of sklns 25 were on
L. 100 men '''7' s'''''S e"'i''S '''''''
ON account OF the scarcity and ba ,
Quality of the oysters less than the usual
did not eXceed 10 "a 5arrc,s IN nrap,,s,
Lrice ronged IRON a. ,e,,t- ,o a ~. a ~
rel.
FEAST OF THE PORTlCNCrLA.
'f'e ieast or the Portuncula, which will
occur next sunday. Angus; 2, will he OBJ
9e'Neu with unusual ceremony at the
'"urch OF 81 Joseph Twen,y-second
ana Is.
AT O'Clock a. m. there viii b. mass ana
sermon; at $3.50 q m, solemn high mass
at T. m, sermon IN German relative to
me Toast at $3.50 y, IN RcY j. O Shana-
nan Will speak on the doctrine of indlll
RT Tbe Go,,o,,.. -. -.
mat they can on this day obtain penary
Indulgence for themselves IL, after having
Ho,y ,,, We saefainents Of ,pennnee and
church az 8, ~ ~ t,ley shaii visit the
ta,,tom ot %. joseph and pray for the in
W sid.n OF me h2iy father. Moreover be-
selves persutr,ily nv r.n r' Ne ior shem-
same privilege for the souls in p,irrttorv
Of az e rit@r pelng contrite and in the state
and pray for he iltn am i VS., thiS churth
tather. IN virtue of decree of POW.
o All tE NJ the faithful ran fulhn this
the holy father bv reci,ing No s n'us,''oh OF
the "Our Father" "JJaii9 ~, 'liics
GLORY to the Father" and ad'iirs, o rnu
at the end the apostles crecl or nc i, i
oominonly known. II believe in God, ID
IT the end of the sermon al 6,3o :, -,
solemn bcnedi,tion. with the hlesscdf Gu ,','
! ihert, VIII he given.
THE COUNTY BRIDGE.
NV county commissioners court, after
worrying over the county bay bridge ,or
same lima s,a,,. nay "''"Se lor
in the matter today haord 10 r ronsi1 l
The county surveyor as n rho ,,or,, 80
done and awarded the contract 70 W Va D
for ,ba fai,h 1' im's cay and exacted bond
Of no ~, ana prompt performance |
ts, Ia "o'k heir I'D was 1881 while
rero', ~, VI Iiouston party, F. j. Ber- |
i,omn w, VS. rss, ior tibO or $l7 less, but the
~ az, p,a dlWeS Got the job In preference |
M or i,, even At h5le lower lid |
he co nGS' ION was asked Mr.. McCleary If !
,ou,nn,ar, no. p"' the bridge in shape for
henaGl Of tne ~ rev n, days for the
ra lns ere august Ii and he an i1,",ed
'"'' lie udn't Know, but he would sec.
NhARF PROTECTION.
The superintendent of the wader ,,o,,,s
saws the extonyto, WORKS
49,, e oN'e"SloAa OF the water mains
~ '"e "marr front has been com
plrtcd and tested from the foo, of ryf.
'truth street west and an tba+ Mont. |
Of tla dogl- 49,. '@' ''N''