The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09
GOSSIP OF

the East river bridge has
domination of three Buck,,, !.
are old landmarks. one AZ,
But the needs OF the nsset
to do with the relics Of tss
ress is not at all sentlms,.
A handsome young W..
gave fine exhibition 4 N.
an asphalted street ppl.
evening At first the per,.
upon her were inclined = 30.
soon grew interested ana ~
the spot. She was a strsr.s
but that only added to ~ q
An East Side man so,a I.
watch and chain valued 4 n.
chaser Immediately marr,.s !
! Then he accused the sellr, !,
watch and chain. and ths Wa
magistrate and caused his 49,
on a charge Of bigamy. rSs
also taken In. But stran.~s J.
this are happening here eys,, y
William Gillette and hIs ~,
company were heartily wslo.'
the Empire theater the o., !.
their triumphal tour abrp.a !,
some new faces In the cast. not..'
Walsh, Hope Rose and IN.
There were numerous curtain Y,
Gillette was obliged to maka \ n,
which, of course, went a IA,
dlmming the luster that ciins /
lights.
The fact that the shapely u,
the original widow in Hoyts 4
Chinatown" has accepted ~ !,
to appear in a music hall Il
cialty gives color to the recent
she has separated from her M
Haverly. Three actresses In
produced here soon have WAN
lawyer for the same purpose !,
vorce. Anything for an An
seems to be the motto OF the M
are struggling for diamond NJ
on the stage.
The ways of the smuggler h
A woman who stepped from Al 4
the other day resorted to q nh
binary device to cheat Uucle I
baggage was all right, but uo,,
little head was a hat, and ~
trimmed with souvenir spooul
some little staring to discoyr
there they were, dozens OF n
concealed behind the wing n
loops with which the hat bristol
customs men never noticed IL
trimmed hat at all, and as the u
were "ou" didn't give them u
wearer escaped.
Eleven years old and seven
eleven years spent in prison, b
that is exceedingly difficult b
much less beat. This record, hv
held by youthful prisoner d
derloin station today. The rts
this baby tramp is familiar to u
Of half the police stations OF tie
tot openly boasts that he long d
his mind to be bum" and
seon anxious to let htm carr
wishes, for they turned him h
more. He's probably sleeping
barrel tonight.
The town is ripped up the III
were. Never before in Ito bud
so many streets been torn w wi
trenches dug at the same tina
demic of grip with a malaria d
raging in some sections. and phT
tribute tho epidemic to the street
which turn loose the pent-up gsi
disease-breeding odors. Were ~
Improvement not in sight The y
that the powers that be would ID
off more than they can peaceful
for the army of kickers grows ~
Madison and Fifth avenues are
ferers.
Bellevue's insanity expert, n
that the cigarette is harmless, n
case on his hands that may VI
An East Side striker sought co.'s
the seductive rolls. He had alvig
them, but now he did nothing
smoked so many cigarettes that,
end. he was never without
mouth. Signs of mental aberratlx
his wife. She stole package atf
Of the horrible things. He ks
wept for them, and became wort
better. The other morning be
of bed crying out for cigarette
his wife babe him to return
wait till the day broke, he shors
mailman, and, running to ~
smashed the glass and tried to u
The new chief of police COM
policy OF undoing the things ~
did to oblige one commissions
reduced fifteen fan light" das
the ranks. 1t was the duty Of
to go around the precincts, mol
as the "shoofly roundsmen" aa
misconduct of the patrolmen, m
evidence against the commando
as against gambling resorts aud o.
OF crime and vice. They wen
thrown into a precinct presided
captain who was obnoxious 70
chiefs friend on the police boafs
work amounted to anything II ~
to prove that the precinct polles
doing their duty. The new cn'e
without saying anything, to mar
manders understand that the e.
administration is to be fair ~
board. with nothing that has th
sembiance to spying.
CURRENT FuH.