The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-02
GOSSIP OF GOTTA

OOooiF OT UOTHA
Now Yerf. December sp,--sone
ciers s,ill have hopes Of Brooklyn.
comptroller the other day Opened ~.
nearly 81 oct 600 Of l-2 per cent. ~
surprised so find bids for over tbr,. II
nc intended iEsne. ranging frorc ~
1918.
Fishermen. tie genuine hook ana
epoitsrcn. are delighted at the aano.,
nent thai the Hudson river and nejrt.
sng streams promise TO become ~
srouads IN this city or any nearby 4
This IL brought about by the changing n
its d the salmon and COD. The ssirom
now spawning below C1tstill wnIb
are daily being taken nesr Crofon -
To the family party and the quie, "
who do not cnre for deep-sea tishlns
its attendant disaorfor1s. this means
great deal
glenn OF sunlight is thrown !
the financial dullness OF the M
week by the announcement that
500 oe0. 900 will be paid out within
next few days In the way of ints
and dividends by banks, railroad
other corporations. OF this sum N
10000. GOO will be government payns
through the sub treasury. This ~
a fall In the rate OF money. Two Gu
are made happy, the borrower and
lender-the former tina; he is enab,M
borrow few dollars o, the hundred MN
and the latter becauSe he has pleniy
lend
The Reno inclined elevator was n
a public test the other day on the
bridge and voted perfect success. n
simply perfection in The eyes Of ped
whose knees weaken at sight Of the ID
stairs. You step ON it. grasp the b
rail and an electric motor does the ID
Stairway. rail and all lifts to the upp&
landing without motion on your 81
An ingenious appliance prevents any 81
sib,lity Of pinching hand or foot. Now,
someone would only inyen; machine lid
viii pay their way across the briatI
Brooklynites would be happy.
The skating craze is upon US, ID
wherever ice can be found thick enoud
tear. there is heard the ring Of std
and the merry laughter OF the red-cheeke
jewellers. The genuine ice carnival. though
has been deferred until the Central Par
lakes add an inch or two TO their surface
1t is here the great winter di, ers-on is Sc
at it's best. II is here the mysteries of Il
spread eagle" and the serpentine" and Il
grape vine" and other intricate figures a
taught ambitious youths. and the mo
graceful curves Of the outer rolf to Il
more sedate lnaidens.
The board Of estimate and apportionnie
voted $50 600 TO defray the expenses of I
dedication Of the Grant monument APP
q. General Horace Porter chairman Of I
Monument association. told the board vi
s5o, 600 would be required. He drew sor
comparisons showing the enormous amou
o, money spent by foreign powers TO COZ
memorete DEAD heroes and to honor livi
celebrities. The money We ask he sal
| will be we'll spent and The programr
| prepared is the erandest thing 81 the XII
ever witnessed In the city. The visitc
bursc the city Tor the outlay"
The strike Of the cab drivers sect
TO be as far from settlement as when
was called a fortnight ago. The ca
! bies declare they will fight to the Ia
ditch. and the cab company assert tn
it is digging the ditch The striking ca
: J., I'll
of the public. Take the following as
/ instance: A striker IN hanson DIX
! back and forth. constantly getting
! tween the cabs containing the passeng
/ and the cabs containing the policen
/ who followed them. When arrested.
/ individual became abusive and protest
/ violently that he was only doing what
had perfect right 10 do.
Hereafter. TO be strictly correct.
woman will take the rear seat on q tanis
| Couples are already speeding the houlev;
in that position. and the sensible sugg
ton will spread as widely as do the ski
Of the bicycle girl on the front seat. "
she ever took that sea, l don't know. I
| less IL is because the makers first err
! ne new ldlAtiIt tlIouEU. mas lut W
| wheel protected TO save her skirts. and Z
promises TO be the ideal machine. 81
there she is protected from the wind.
relieved OF all responsibility in handll
the wheel, and can easily jump off 10
cape injury, where in front she is virtua
penned In and must take pot luck in c
lision.
Nathan Straus. whose benevolence
run along National lines OF charity I
Piled" opened his celebrated coal dep
the other day in the tenement distrit
Straus needs but little introducuon-t'
| enough TO recall memory. He owns
great Macy department stores, is VI
wealthy and genuinely philanthropic.
| first betrayed the peculiar idlosyncrasy
| giving AT cost" when he sold bread d.
ing a starvation period here at a penn,
loaf, because that was the wholesale pr
| This Mortified charity institutions. VIII
gave away about 10 per cent OF the I
nations received. believe State repo
show that is about the percentage Il
reaches the distressed.