The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
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New York, April I.-Melhou-,.
dowell says he knows now tina, /,
can keep u secret. Fanny Dsys,,..
wife. refuses TO Tell him arv,b,r~
ever about the now play she ~
produce next season. as
Six ferry franchises were sold ~. !.
day. every one Of them brinr,,,
greater sum than when last sofa !.
diuon. the city Is diekering sro,s .
a View Of making an advantaeeous y,
some fine new docking privilege,
water front is a fine source OF incnn.
the city. some Of the OCEAN con,nnse-
ing as high as $4,000 a year for he ~
ilege OF terminal. The total i,
thing enormous.
1t was at Schanley's, and her con,..
was the envied o, all. as there !.
among the diners men whose Inn
couldn't be notched On the rifle n !.
Carson. this was no mean complir.,
the Young man IN charge OF the ~
girl. Then the waiter came. and 1, W,
over. the idol was shattered. and TIE ~
babitue turned 10 his burnt oraudy viii !.
sigh. She had put sugar in her v.
Great heavens! Tried 10 perfume Auhs
y ride up and down the Bowery , ~,
deal. " said a man who was talking q, 4,
movement TO change that historic H.,
ouEhfare's name. and one o. the NJ
noticeable features Of II is thu dlf,-,,
chara cterisiics Of SIS opposite sides. y |
west side might be called the ou.yIas
the Bowery. and the east side its In.
eide, for the former outnumbeTs The 4.
ter nearly ten 10 one IN the way Of rsn
where articles Of mons wear are sold II,
the east side has q very large inajo,i,y n
me Bowery saloons and eating house,
VaEs who ara being arrested on sts
have q complaint against the way IL,
clothes are treated AZ the city lo:rul
house. where many o, them stay cr
night. Their clothes. they say, are t,ss
away from them and returned in the nor.
ing SO wrickled and shruuken they l.,
ashamed 70 put them Oh. i was expliirs
that good and bad clothing were treats:
alike II the lodging house, il having b.;
found necessary 10 steam them 10 prsvs;
contamination and contagicn This ansE.
ID ihern. and they quit the lodging hoas
x hiv1ca. only TO run into the arms I
policeman, who escorted them wo.t
houssvard
Some peopl. may wonder why the the
-nouete-s here register such hesutit.
summer weather on the starbosrd 4,
such wintry seas on the port side. II
depends on weather you turn the right
laf, side 20 the breeze that comes in i,r
The ocean. Here is where the breeze cor
frau. The steamer buffalo which le
HUI or March l3. in command Of Capt.
LovsTidEe. arrived al the bar the 9th
day. The captain reported that FOR ski
seven miles the steamer had passed thruv!
fields o. broken ice. and they met wi
over twenty large icebergs The large
YRS about zoo fee; long and 500 feet big
lille the smallest was 300 feet long q
1o1 Feet high.
Cuban bonds Tor sale" seems rath
pleasant reading, In view OF the state
war on that island but they are bell
disposed Of here by accredited agents
ths provisional government They are ps
! able in gold at the rate O, per cent |
terest. and redeemable ten years after I
Evacuation Q. Cuba by the Spanish frrs
b j. Guerra. treasurer Of the to- be-hops
Tor Cuban Republic. signs the PROMISED
notes The news that President Cisnsr
+ still lives doomed the bonds. but the I,
ported capture o. General Rivera pvt Tie.
IN the dumps. The bonds, represers,nx &
ana upward are sold 81 the rate @, 50 Ger
or the dollar, and several thousand ielll
h@'e already been taken IN by those
cliued 10 speculation.
anthony Comstock at last ha, euns
step too far. For years the purveyur
public morals has had his swing. Alv
listened 10 with respectful attention
cause it was believed bis intentions v
honest, he has 30 long tarriea near
BOUNDARY q liberation ihac it was hu
I slep 10 cross II This step has beeu IA
! al last. and The decline Of Anthony d;
STOCK W.ll be more rapid than HI,
/ LeAeeiofth He has suppressed suggcs
/ tie tures' ana public opinion saws that
Z Mol. ne mas eNpurgate3 Improper DO,
s''a. Is also wei the other day he sho'
/ H.s 4-lrs 5ncrF aies, as prcmotiye Of INN
H'l.F' NOT only of this city but Of
country IN an address before the Nst
as ministers Of New York and vicinity