The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-09
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The MILFORD Courier las entered It's sew
ez.a year
George Il. league has succeeded Mrs.
FALase Reese ?psA as eai.o. o. the Hoa-ne
4 AovaeAie
The Lancaster Herald has celebrated It's
'.zth h.rte4Ey.
The c.Arksvilie Times thus expresses its
( ;aitA IL Texas
Al A1sllsh Astrplogist predicts ihas 1897
WI. Re red hot member and tina; there
( NJ. be startling uqht8gAls. royal troubles
/ laalltlcal seasAtloas. ana 1soSorks IN SPAN
Aa1 llFksy- The world may rush head
!ois irio disaster x * has a mind To- hrt
- loT IsNRs--she and hcTs viii continue
-iars the marrow psta. woishpiue God and
( Ns1--s TIA Democratic ticket al tbs way
down
The Hoaao Herald thus announces its
mission
TIE Herald is 10 hidebouus partisan o.
ElL hAc the editor is & toleraaly gnad
aeianc-at he wears no party collar the
nissaon ot taIs Journal Il M, & political
oat q is here to chronicle the local news
and furnish ltS readers with Instructive
ara entertaining reading. Never shall We
undertake 70 force anyone 70 pay for our
political opinion.
Net many papers are as candid in their
statements about their towns as the Palo
P.uio County siar. but doubtless many
Others 10 feel inclined TO say amen 70 the
following from The Star:
Il does seem 20 Us sometimes that there
IS not enterprise among The business men
An4 other wei! 20 90 citizens of our town
u se, up q decent dog fight. They seem
70 care about as much for the advance
Inent o. the town q Paio Pinto as a hog
docs about sunday school. and well WAGER
our East years summer hat that nine
i.lths q them when they say their prayers
tFipro tGcy retire Il they say any will
asa tie Lord 10 bless them and their house
told au4 Jet everybody else 20 TO the
ae'n IL looks Ike they crawl Into their
Shell aud peep uuf caiy when there ia a
nickel for their pockets al the door. By
has policy We have iiupeded the progress
Gaa growth Of the town There is not a
decent house IN town FOR rent aud Tor that
rczNcn our school In deprived OF about 20
scholars that II would have gotten had our
citi1sps had enterprise enough to build a
Jew neat cottages TO rent. BY our selfish
greed we hayo incurred the hatred OF our
neighboring towns and a large portion OF
the country. when We should have had the
iretuest. neatsst little town In the county
by simply exhibiting & small degree Of
enterprise Ia cleaning up aud .enovating
fences painting little here and there
cleaning and working cur streets and ad.
feriisl1s wares. goods and merchandise
sgd as cheap IS they do al other towns
and iarite the trade 10 our town. and act
He we appreciate their patronage.
The period Of financial depression has
forced many people who are deserving TO
ask for assistance. but as the Yoakum
Times notes. there are always shlftiess
characters ready TO take advantage OF the
circumstance 10 wheedie the benehcently
inclined out OF their hard earnings. The
Times says
The tramp nuisance in Yoakum is still
elnlcEt unhcarable. II is hard TO refuse
one out Of employment something to eat
g ben he asks ", but Just so long as people |
feed hig able bodied men Just so long viii !
'hat class Of lazy fellows live from hand
TO mouth.
The New nraunfels Herald suggests COZ |
leo planting in Texas;
A Kentucky planter is making a great
success q growing coffee on a large scale /
even in Kentucky Why not put In little /
This year and make trial o. s. In South.
ern Texas IN Intelligent trial OF 1t In
his latitude. II ~ reasonable 10 suppose
would give results much morr satisfactory
han In Kentucky and here would be more
money IA 81 than there ever was in cotton
Plant a little ana ny f.
The Granger Times directs .he attention
II the cubans 20 Mr. omeys efforts:
The Cuhans stoia so be Ignorant OF the
many good things ST. Oln~y is securing
Tor them from Spain. ana they go on
.leughuriuy fpsniards Just as II the re-
BOLTON hadn't beer settled by the Madrid
md Wsshinytcn administrations