The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-12
BEAUMONT nrpGEr
No Cash for Teachers Warrants-The
CIV Cnrtall.ng ExnansAs

No Cash for Teachers Warrants-The
city CuTtail.uc Expenses.
Beaumont. Texas. February 1.-THE
school board met IN regular session last
night With Mayor Ives, Secretary Sing.
ham and Trustees ". T. Rogers, ]. +
stunkel and NJ, Hecht present
Minutes Of last meeting were read and
approved as was also the January repor;
Of Superintendent Dowlen.
Secretary Bingham informed the board
that SJey az the SsV the board mad Dor
t9Ned from the bank had Ueen paid, a
AoSe Tor the remaining $50 being given
ana made payable IN sixty days.
ne secretary report brought On dis
e ..'..-' OF the paolsc school fund and
cash teachers vouchers nothing was done
10 fe.ieNs the alstress.li state OF affairs
except the passing o4 resolution request
tHe County vlIle4a!s 10 pay 10 the scnoOl
tund aly money due Thar funi that n{rni
he IN their possession.
The BOARD also discussed the aavisahul
o. cd.ul.S an election 10 decide whetfser
or hpi "a school TAX should be levied but
no 4r"'hus action was taken and the board
ado med
Iho ,itt department and city hand rava
a very SUCCESSFUL ti!l and supper al t.re-
Ntu ball tonight iHe dcpAf lnent MR.
aata The streets this afternoon
lh- tit} council nle, this morning in
regular tijoG!u.u session with the mayor
ana AT ti-r a!Itrmcu present The .uaior
part < the -aiQu ,yes devoted to "A dis
QUESTION oi the cts finances. which re-
s.ilt. If fhr barge IT all employees of
the street ,uumiss iuucr with the rNc.r,-
uon of driver Of the city cart and one
men i'r street WtE
'2An-ic Hose company was allowed
'ra1 per month tp pure base feed for tc N.
The ordnance assessing il tax on the
i''" t"lFttN wagons Of merchants was
r"nrai''. 0rt on" was passed putting an
oc ur'ii3n 'AN VI " on agents Of ire, HE
agld mafire Insurance companies.
Tl. .l-nru t adjourned
y rumar was adoat today that a vacant
purchased rs sltc for tho Kansas Ciiy,
P.usulrs and dulf railroad. the clnsiI-
ctaioa being F-c'. The rumor could not
THE "Reminiscences court in session to-
day ordered tne construed ton OF a first
class road from - point known as the gate
10 VI tliiiu's Nttc pasture to the city
~ Port Arthur Tho court also. az a
uuiy signed ID petition for the pardon OF
'ne Aru tfong, who was sent to the
rruif"u'i4tN ~ the last term Of court for
attempted araon. No having been con
v-irt Of attempting 20 burn the CITY
prison. Hctore going to the pen Tobe was
@ FREQUENT guest at TIE city and county
iau. Tie Post correspondent was this
afternoon Informed that a petition re-
ouesfiue that he be LETT where he is VIII
ale7 be forwarded "a the powers that be
The Porr Arthur Town site company
placed lots tn tho new port on the market
on frhrufrv md now their daily mail g.
iFodei WIN inquiries ana proportions u
buy and a great many sales are hcins
made Tho company ~ not making any
spe'ial rffor's TO induce prospectors 10
visit Port Arthur as yet In fact, they are
lVisiuc that visits from n distance be
deferred until about March TO- by which
time improvements viii have so far pro-
arcss.I tfat argument viii he unncces-
s7rY TO convince one Of the city's assured
iuu re-
Or n 4 I}ear1eley Methodist divine
OF Kentucky. delivered IN interesting Ice
sa f- Fs.. nod 4s4
subject was "Womnn's Sphere and Mans
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