The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-14
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Court House Matter Is in a Worse
MIDDLE Than Ever.
A FATHER ARRESTED FOR BRUTALITY
Held In $50 for Kicking Ills Young
Son in the Eyc--opcninE
of the Season.

49,, N,, ,qTho court
paiNeS'o'' i'N"9' ""' , .,
house muddle is sun on i"o P'"H W
Messrs CLAYTON & Co, which were selected
,.,,,.,o,,,rs cour, some weeks
ny 'he ''i'''''''' a,,, ,,.,
ago. were rejected To-Day az "e'' "'''
bids based upon same the latter being re-
,,r,,od unonenod On last Tuesday the
L.. ,,o, u C,Isyton 6 Co
court made an ofucF '""' u N''
did not BY noon today return to the county
r,crls III, suocifications which had been
,,, ,.b,ch had subse-
il'eu Sui'c H'''' "s 10 i,
qucutly been loaned 10 c'a3VoH I"
order that they might copy, ana IL theS
s,a 40, -, the same hour file n bond In the
',.,, =, CO., ooo 10 make good their estimate
sum OF S@''oo" 10 man 60 mn, ~,
of slS3570 for the cost oil the nNl'n'hs' 'ne
,,ans shou,a stand rejected At the hour
- -, .,,,y Messr. CLAYTON & Co.
LOT i'''N.s ''''' .,,,n,,,ors into
brought the piahS an"
court, but they filed no bond
wv " nayiason and Mr.. Forster Rose
WI w. sa 49, ,,b,,.cts
appeared as attorneys i'i wy
They presented statement Oh tpe o"'N
racitint, IN. various orders Of the court
a.,,.,a,,,,,c, ,b., ,,ters II WAS set forth that
eul, q 49,. rlay,on a Co had given an
"nilc nhcns' ;titpc .bny had not I'M
4 ,Ia,
u ", ST., - -, 1t,,ana.a ~ them uutii
no oobu hal ,,,,,,,tns nsfor, the time get
hoi'uaf' ~ rh,,. ,,,d ,,rocealal with
Iol olN.n,"h aLt,c ,yorLins nlnns and in
tne W., ~ ,, So,,t,e ,,,,lrr iho supposlton
a. a. "a void ha eyacieA they had
,,,,-i,,,,, increased The cost Of the structure
Itlnups "a 49,. ,,,.nsnnd adding orna-
oy eiu1 i'lsn,ns 'tp ~ nrovi1ed for In the
ihrhta' ltatu,es I've, s,bml,ted A rropo.
otIsl"ai d. ,,,,r, oneu the bids before
ti''tnl I'M ~ NOD 70 i.o above tho os-
H. u 'HeS aH fia,,op a 90 would re-
,S,f,cotIons in accordance With
WIS" their sie,h 49,, ,,d aIonted by the
those of'elhallF NM" ,i, 1.-Two hnra IN tho
court, ana they Won" ~ ,bn building
sum OF S-"'pco t'", ~. rt,inai cstin,aip
should MOI eNcs ,,l1 - se,fle ,h. matter
iney sara 'nef 49, ~, .,,, yeve notice that
iatrIy anu "ihi.nnt' ~ courts in the
they would appear ~ y .;,.,,oa
event their plans sh0Via pe .:e,,,,,,rs were
Judge .hnhi "'i1 Lns "a u,bst noi,r,e
somewhat AZ iosh "1 al, a,,read ,hnt
should ne pursneu. nn' ia nr,ginol com
each "f the arcnl'eo,s :" ,ar an eetina,e OF
petitlon hah b.'h "shv1 ~, ~ a tnrd guar
cost and mad been ,9'a thnt - ,rhoy
anteeipG same "ou,u y" ,.o,,id nndcr
had been toid that the 49,, ,har som 900
no circumstances pay tIu In ,ac, do.
FOR "a court huue1 anu va. ,.,,taa ,or a
ciinei TO iook AZ pam ,,cssr' clayton
building OF great, -, H., r,a,,sr and
& Co had so hhao's' o',r, ~ ,r,,,v yof,er,e1
the minutes o. me u."I 49, rhey
the understanding nhu ns' ~ nod M
right TO assume that VIZ osH -. ~ yort.
at' y. ~ al. al NO, ,hat Inc court was op-
nos.d to extravasance In the building. 4
motion 10 reconsider the motion % ~
day, IN ordeF tna' a. ~ n he event they
were ali above The limit. then 70 reject both
plans and bids was voted down 80 inc
nlans stand rejected
The court agreed 10 me@t agnla tomorrow
10 examine the original specilcatohs anu