The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-04
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Preparing to Entertain the National
Brotherhood of Firemen,
SARGENT AND DEBS BOTH EXPECTED.
A Vicious Dog Raises n 1ues'ion as to
It's Property Righis-street Rail-
way Eonds-No Filled Cheese.

Galveston. Texas. September 3-Prcp-
ara tions for the international convention
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men to be held here week after next are
in progress and Corresponding Secretary
Holmes is kept busy reading letters and
answering inquiries in regard to accom-
modations for visitors. The delegates will
begin arriving next week and Mr.. Holmes
thinks. from the correspondence he has
had. the number will not fall short of
300. besides many members who will at
tend the meeting. though not as delegates
Grand Master Sargent has notified the
local committee that he will reach Gal
weston on Friday of next week and Eugene
V. Dcbs. president of the American Ruil-
way union. will reach here at the same
time. W. :. Carter. editor of the Loco
motive riremen's Magazine. accompanied
by his star, will arrive on the 18th On
| the evening of the l4th there VIII be a
grand reception AT the opera house ana
Mr. Sargent has requested that notice
he given through the press that the mem
hers of the several labor organizations of
the city are cordially invited to attend.
This is expected TO be the largest con
vention ever held in Galveston and it
VIII he in session about two weeks.
DOG AS PROPERTY.
An interesting question as to the I'M
munity of vicious dog from arrest and
punishment mas COME UP i" '"'"r' pee
to ,ho chief Of noiro IF '' vicioi,s do,t
| belonging to some colored neighbors and
hShou ~ i'iN mn, II nt,c =. 10" vi w
htl ,no,,utoj nf,i,orn o Iii iha do, hvt
The nwre, nrotested and The ofticer's ,nis.
| ~ '"'iV' ~ 800 I,.i Iii roi,, ~
saw d. III, III ,ii",hn,. ~" hiiJ
and she again made a demand upon the
| chief to have the dog killed Now the
u enc, ~ III - Iuah h ne n"s II
| the owner has Maid a license for him and
| the supreme court having held that dogs
| are personal property, the chief says he
| is powerless TO give relief
No t'IIJt,D rHEESE
,,...,a1 -, ,,e,o.., ,,,.,, vim,
| i"'ei"'i revenue oil've's a'' p'epaii"s
| to enter upon the work of inspection oil
filled cheese in accordance with the pro-
Int. -, 49,, ,an, ,hioh noes ,n,o efeect
VISIONS OF the Ia" "ilcn soe9 liVo eheTl
FILLED cheese hat is cheese stutfod win
oleo, buuterinc and animal fat-in this
market now, and wholesale grocers say
~. - no 81 ,'i,,ftar riry 10 the ny i'm
rosed. s25n, and other requirements among
on,, for the display of a placard reading
| "F.led cheese sold here"
,,-u,pn,cu, an, potcON
II. "A. BaldinSer' an ola reslaent anu
merchant of Galveston, for many years
er,-ocad in tho china and croclse,x, husi-
ncss died about O'Clock this evening
from an overdose of an opiate of some
sort, supposed to be morphine. Mr.. Bald
niger was ahoGt - years oiu ana hna neen
at a very eariv hour in the morning on
| n cbaree Of heiner drunk and disor1sriv
and another time On - rharr,. Of threaten
inc 70 do hodiIv harm
CoNNrsssrowrps Co,-pr
The county commissioners court held a
| special meeting today at which a good
deal of routine business was transacted.
Among other things the assessors rolls
,IIr i,f' were approNSeu anu ne was au-
rnn., '"v" ~ nuNr ,"e a., p , in 'iio
Tho t,l 10 tT So, Hr, ~ 49,, "a
that a nTonosition he s,,hnit,ad ~ ~
| intrlrancr rn,nnanv 10 connro,risa ~
claim for s5ss IA q II MUastar and
George SchHDer wer. annointed ,residinp
STREET RArrpoA0 poNDc
4 daed of ,r,.t ovoo,,.a~ ~, III, ,soe
NV th, c,oI,,o,,,, c,,,,, p.,,,,,, -.
ror,,,,, ,t IT., r.. 80
TUG" No''P"''s
The county cIer If f,xos 'o' lire, .rep,u WI,
the prohertv and franchises Of tha cor,-
many for the nurnose Of secnr,ny he ,.av
ment of si5o 90 nf & uar ccnt Sor ,ae a. ~,
turing tnr In 1911 the bonds having been sold
iut ,ne uIloseS OF obtaining FUNDS for
improvements
COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS
Tho co,,,, of iii, - -,
,,o,a Wv, aPpeais VIII recon-
Nehe on next Monday at 10 o'clock. the
, W,uiams who ,,,s,ta', - -, ',N'.
nianrs in , Tn" tls,,eu shlcaGo ana various
Of Texas towns, returned to- Galveston
Iruesaay, Justice peasants who is at
t outro' ana Chief Justice Garrett, who
4 snent ms vacation at Mineral Wells, are
t expected to return Sunday,
HOTEL, CuANC.Er, Ir.N,s
/ ,u, -, 80 ~ i'A''D'
4 - plli OF sale was filed with the county
I clerk today. whorehv Fisher s,s,ors DOT,
for 1900. conveyed ~ ", 'oi'" w rIsner;
j. o. Andes all tho contents Of the VISA
ihgton Motel, consisting of furniture. &c.
| a chattel mortt,aro nyoc,,,aJ ~. NJ. -,