The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-17
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- a., 'h--in cfdsp 1,
serve the beautiful Adiroad.sls,s ~
has appropriated 81 ,ooo,ooo !. =" VA
purchase forests whereycr AZ ~ TIM
cue them from tho rayare ss, =, "
men. ~eH " u
Alexander Morton, cluhm,,
man about town and good ts,, M
orally, Is in the hands Of 49,
he has no property left. mi, @s't.
orally correct. 1t was the NJ YIN
The time Is now cominv al,
MGR girl must choose between i. y
and the waltz. 1t is certain Il.
have both, for long practice :. "
so hardens the muscles Of ths w "
the lissome, yielding moyemsns 'sn
ating in the waltz is totally H., !" "
cycle girl may hop, but she ,sn ~
so, which shall 1t BET W.
Tho coming Grant ceremonial, :.
made the occasion OF reunion !, a.
generals family. At the dIpo., \.
the night of April 81 will be col,s /.
Grant, his mother, Mrs. u. q n-.s
brothers, Ulysses s. and Jesss n wv, y
ter, Mrs. Nellie Sartoris, and M M.
law, Mrs. Potter Palmer Of Chlrs,
Will also be fifteen grandchildrm
So Damrosch has gone abroad-,r,.
so he says-after an exhaustive \,
season. AS the second-rate seuiu, !.
rosch promises well for next sea,ou /,
be surmised that he is en- ruu.. !,
back few disgruntled prima do.,.
which to line the Golfers OF ira nss
bination. But stars are becom,ns
hence the European heglra, with n,
declaration. eve will never, nsr, >
back" What a tremendous trust N
few in this world who really han |,
could bring about.
The final harhinger Of spring 1, M
the hickey pokoy" man. So locs
cream remains stationary, CONTEXT
served within doors at fixed and Inn.
BILE cmporiums. upon tables nd Z
spoons. why, then, there's still scns y,
lingering around: but when the t,I,a
sists upon being peddled. when 10 /
down the streets the ice cream nin n
dies his familiar push-cart and vhn n
squares of brown paper in place d )
plates. and "a penny a lick" install
spoons, it's goodbye winter and v.la|
spring.
1t Is said since 1876 over lpM rn|
have been issued for bicycle devIeA d
the heart of the crank is made I'D
met one on the Coney track who b, d
OF these inventions on his wheel, md nd
then he seemed miserable. That w ra|
ably because he carried at least ons fEI
ton for which he could find no uia 4
was a patent seat over the handle hr n
tended to hold a baby. Either the had
the necessary baby or fear q u d
prevented tho seat from being octuA
there being wise law here against
sacrifice of infants in this maans.
On April s, 1884. the first chartR I 4
city OF Brooklyn was signed: % Apal
1897, Mayor Wurstor OF tho iife q
signed the documents which made "
part of the Greater New York b y
banquet given by the Society Of Oh Bst
lynites was in the nature Of boA NJ
ding and a wake. This society bdHa
not a member under so. and for yan J
fought progress. its objects alwayi VI
to DEMONSTRATE the superiority q " w
ana the inferiorlty OF tho now. 0nsrr
ment against this idea was made y y
dinner when member 80 years Oh N
and in n quivoring voice remafkA u
during his lifetime the city had Ex
from less than $500 inhabitants To LII
today. He wanted nothing back d NJ
days except his lost youth.
The Central Labor Union is pushlat
orously its fight against what tho Vi
ingmen call unfair taxation. The cEs
tee is industriously circulating instr
where it is alleged the rich escape u
tion. Here arc some OF them: MetM'
tan, or "Millionaires' club" valued
$1,000 900 and assessed at 100000; y
hotel. worth $500. 900, assessed at w
200; Astcr estate lots. valued at sSsai
and assessed at 81 ,O02.Sl6 W. W A.
lots, valued at 1,460, $50 and asstsse
so 600 These are only few illustran,
ana whether they are correct or mol Y
IS certainly making considerable cay
out of the agitation.
Strange cries off the Battery sea
early the other morning puzzled and NY
ened two lone policemen on that beat u
declare 1t seemed as if Noah's ark
in the dense fog, and all Inv ~
and animals were sounding a loud prov '
When the sun pierced the veil 1t wa ~
that their guess on the ark was mol y
wrong. after all. In the heavy ml,s
baltimore and Ohio tug, with IAN. y
aud train of livestock. containing ~
II animals and feathered creationa
run over the piles, making quils ~
wreck. AS this was but one oil uV1e.
'idents. 1t seems strange men VIII W !.
heir lives and property on the WAY.
og so thick the pilot can not sec y"
hand.
The young man had had some'n'ns
lis mind for weeks. He went 10 ln' =
or OF the Fifth Avenue bachelor spsi' :.
iouse where he lived. and sala'
Blank. do not suppose that tns, y.
many persons inquiring for bacneio. ss
nents for the summer months W." :,
ng to saver that | would sublet m'ns N
cry cheaply. indeed. BY the way, s,u,
ny mail for me?" He took the ~, !,
cented envelope which the )ahl,o, :,
nm and walked away, reading ins s' ,nau
lie walked. And when man CAM .' !,
ng for an apartment few minu,. minute 4
he tanitor said one Of the tenahsIi III
'as to be married soon. would s"p
cry cheoply.
The local board OF aldermen 30 ''no
cached a state of such pubic eo
hat il would seem impossible lot
ny lower In popular estimation e".'