The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-28
SHORT MEMS STOKES.


WAsimNGroN--T geological survey
IN oonflruing sold invcstisutionA In Alas
KIN under special appropriation.
rAAurAuQrA n. "; chm,,anaaA
nua' Assemblies With Il sr.a, host OF stu
dents and cduo,iors N attendance.
PARLIAMENTARY Jury in the casa
OF j -. Gentry who on February II. ~.
murdered Actress Madgc Serhe, brought
IN a Ncrdict OF murder In the frat doersr
i.AWRE,cs'EVlll-E ill--wilhnm Mill
gan. ilfmor living az l.lk'n. ms r2 ,,,
Is, Wns sailed from his houao and k.leh
known
WINSTON. N. G. In Allegheny county
scott McNraw and Pot ''oiip were shot
and kii;od from Ambush by nnknown rnr PM
tics There Is tax OF Iynchins IL the
guilty parties nre caught.
LYONS. Iown--At William Costello'a
home, ,--ar Charlotte, Lucy Hosnn and
Niaii costello overturned q 'omp upon a
ruantay of h'aHtsnE i'oNdrr, which OK
ploded aiid hotp were Killed.
rnRRY. o. Il tNoar Lawson, tifty miles
east OF h'rc. Ih' horne OF John Lane
n.ng aud entirely ecmo,gned Mrs. Lane
and her iwo small chlldtnn We're Killed.
MIR. Lars was ahsen, a, The hme
MIhWAUKEI attorneys have made a
discovery which Will at least tend 10 re-
assnte 'ihe hnld.rs Of wiseons'n villnea
| hondr. a,houga,it may not chv,oic tie
| necessity nf holding a srccl"! session OF
|
| CLkN BLAND. oh.o--A struggle for sn-
| rremAcv tof,t pace hetwaen he steamer
[ Northwest ani The city OF Buiiglo Tho
cry of linnalo arrived hero one hour and
| previous roeords between here and Euf-
| falo
OMAHA, Neh \ ,pecioi 10 the Eco
from Bcatrlco says j. e. Willi'mn -
| spiiuEs. WAS sentenced tp the p''n'tcn'iary
for three wears He was ronwcled of ac.
ccpiinr deposits after his institution had
| hoenrue solvent
ri;S MONIES Iowa s. II Dawson The
| murderer Of HIS sou-in law of An hour.
| Wniirr scott was gwen tho minimum SON
,enco by Judge ilnnos. tn years in III"
r1liieniniy Dawson took The sentence,
and said n wns u hiri htiay present, II
being his is,h anniversary
| MARsIIFiEfD. Orc -~rarl A'brecht was
| banged hero for tho brutal murder of his
wife last January She supported him by
! taking ~ washing and h"oi,l<e she did
nor turn al The money earned over TO
waite and laesed on without incident.
| OMAHA Nfb--Al Nebraska and halt
OF Iowa Joined In the ratification of tho
| Trans Mississippi opposition 10 Omaha,
| 200 ciiizens parifc Eating in the affair,
| which was conducted on n most elaborate
scale. md In spite of the brief period
which was allotted for preparation u was
| one of the grandest gatherings in the
/ history Of the CITY.
well TODD farmer by the name of John
GRIFFIN was fonly murdered near Yer
non, In Jackson parish. The deed is sll-
legged 10 have tsen committed by either
johnson and Smith, two young men Nv
ing on the pace. or by the dead mans
wife IN" woman Is IN Jail Willie the two
men have fled 10 parts unknown.
HOLLY SPRINGS. Miss.-John g. Bur
ton clerk OF he Federal court at OK
ford, Miss delegate TO the ropublicnn
+ convention just closed nj 81. Louis. who
, has unused break In the republican
party IN This section, has two Hlls filed
IN the circuit court agafnst him by his
own sister, Mrs. DR.. j. Il. Butler. Each
bill calls for si9.0ho damages for sander.
Mrs Butler ~ highly respected In tMO
community. and the c,tzens ara indignant
by her brother Al one time II WAS he
liever Burton would be driven out OF
town,