The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-24
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new York December 21.--A Tammany
member of congress has introduced a bin,
which asks Uncle Sam to turn over Gov
ernor's Island to the great ci,v for r,r,,
puaposes, ihe plan has been proposed be-
Iolc' III Tammany has a pull with the
secretary of war another beauty snot VII,
De ADDED TO the list of breathing grounds
mat are destined to make the metropolis
famous the world over
Ihere Is TO be held In this city n
great Photographic exhibition. Twenty.
i've thousand prints from film negatives
VIII be shown, aud there viii be a tech.
meal exhibit of X-ray work. The ef-
fects OF different chemical treatments
upon plates, films and photographic
Papers Will also be shown The exhibit
non VIII be held in the galleries of the
National Academy OF Design January to
January 10.
The street PAYERS are in clover 1t Ia
said that the wages of experts in tails
line have been doubled, and that men
can not be obtained even at the increase.
Objectionable as the tearing up of The
streets has been, IT has proved a Klondike
FOR the payer, who has never before been
paid so well or had much work 20 do
II means a merry Christmas In many an
humble home
This is liberal town, so far as
street car transfers is concerned, but It
promises TO be more liberal still The
Metropolitan and the Third avenue sys-
TENS have about concluded an agree
ment for division of the city between
themselves. as far as travel on the sur
IN 10 "a
gain is clinched, sightseers who can rot
afford hansoms can travel every which
way all day long for dime.
Rev. DIR. James NJ. Farrar, pastor OF the
First Dutch Reformed church. the oldest
congregation in Brooklyn, is to resign
that charge, and its salary of $4,000 year
to retire to his country home at Idlewood,
Chester county. Pa, and take pastoratc
for which no stipend will be paid, He has
been seven years with his present con
gregation, which is one OF the WEALTH. ,st
in Brooklyn. The First Reformed church
was organized in 1854,
Rev, Dr. Lyman Abbott. pastor OF Ply
mouth church, celebrated his ed birthday
Sunday. He says concerning his plans for
the future IL expect to put the lectures
which am giving this winter on Paul and
his episties into volume, rewriting them
for that purpose and hope TO make some
progress In completing the Commentary on
the New Testament. which | began a num-
Der Of years ago, and which Is still unfin-
ished."
Society Is IN revolt. The Sloane and
the Mills wing OF the Four Hundred.
angered by the elevation OF the Paget ANA
the Whitney set at the Assembly ball at
the Astoria last Thursday evening. have
decide To flock by themselves. The new
social list numbers only seventy-five. Il
would be larger If certain aristocrnts were
not hobnobbing with royalty and titled
suobs on the ether side Of the deep sea
ferry AS the break is merely reyolu-
society to the very wealthy, the masses
are not worrying themselves over the out
come
Keep your eye on the kid" After
the argument between mccoy and
Creedon last Friday night the winner
sought an upright admirer and asked
him TO take possession OF all the money
he had won by defeating the AMSTERDAM |
AZ the proper time Mccoy viii agaiu visit |
the gentleman and instruct him TO place !
every cent so deposited for a go With |
Corbett. This ls pretty straight zip |
and unless the unexpected happens IL VIII |
develop into a great sporting item. a prom-
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