The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
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srn,' which arrived As
haN a ship SHIP Of frosted sl,.. ''''''s
pay Coming up alon.s ssa conln, b
battered by heavy sea s vac Cos, 4.
DASHED over her deeEsa :, s1d he ~
like soc SO mas as 1T fell making 'sss y.
Lively canvassinp !.
,pYnioers OF the League : y
Mhselmen over the choie. !, ~,
e eer ot ms city will be The io,, es
espec'aliy since a strong Nv ,oaspa's !
date has withdrawn. =, western -
sg.e is said to be flirtipe u, iretsri,
friends OF Potter saw n WI. MIN ttAss
all right at the proper Tina '" ''as Il
Na,han straus has another a.. !.
you Know is the wealthy ,,,s.. ~. s'a
a ,, a world of good BY ,,Il, s =, .
ICED milk for infants a, 49,. '"as P,s
iner, and coal the same wsy ' I pi,s b !
s,., Is after the board Of h y sn's
si 'hat every can Of miIt ,., "
city be Pasteurized. He EN-, ioh
alive. VIC w ke1his
The other night, in A h,,.,.
rant which was redolept wiz Y v
OF smoke and Italian cooker : !,
youthful seeker after tn. d.,,.. y
neniia bring in cab driver s nv,
a cigar and present him Win !. n
quarter as a special tip "a, ! z
long enough for all presep, W ~
policy, my dear fellow noi,,s%s
III he thinks I'm In the ssh
long" Siea0 IK Z
Marshall o. Roberts masn,n..,
ton of paintings and stains, -,
under the hammer and some 49,.
are certain to find their wav ~.
ricn nome for a song--if recent MI.
are any criterion. The collec,i1ns w
more than 300 pieces. the ~. ~
american and foreign ssn,r, w. =
them is Leutze's celebrated q. y
washington Crossing the DsI,,,s.
soid the other day for 1850 Ia ~.
Inc others brought about ths ~ -. ,
as a broken down mag.
Commissioner Waring la, been ),
lately that the taxpayers began I, n
he had exhausted his ideas on ,,r.., !,
ing, and would make no more den,,,
the city treasury. While WARM, 4,
silent, he evidently has kept 10 N, !"
Ing, but this time It Ia ina 49,,
that are to suffer In pocketboot i
lie has found new rail and /, eorx'
all the companies to adopt II, i, hi
any changes, In the street clsni,,
partment, Waring finds the ror I,
problem is the easiest way Of svtp,,
tween tracks and next to the nj,
the new rail he claims the tIty IN
saved 100000 year.
To one whose shallop Is launsAA .
the surging sea OF adventure II tht 4
town. there are no ups and d,ss
enough or deep enough to provel. y
astonishment. Anything is poabA q
is a fellow who for months hu M
dime borrowing loafer IN the lchh /
hotel where he could not buy 1 mai
put on a grand air with all corsn
those who knew him 100 well to slsI
and talked of great schemes iaxx,:
He disappeared from his custcnsu Z
a week ago. and it is said be his ~ 4
Entrusted with moro than 3spesu y l
a railroad deal involving million ID
The best city in the world 10 WI
either buy or sell a gold brick
We'll, they are at It again fsrl
a leading bookseller today. "Stas d
has been going the rounds H Ar
about a rare old book being foul b
garnet. and telling Of what ~ EN-
price was paid for It by a booavSs
don't know that is the case. br! y !
shows it. Why? Well, every TIM
item is printed, ! begin getting lsitsis
people all over the country who lhn
have a book worth a fortune Or W
a rule, not one OF the books In I IN
they write about is worth anything y
Because book is old Is no good lS'1
is very valuable; but they keep "a
and writing, every time some rna
writes a story Of a rare book p'tia }
some out OF the way place"
TIE first real signs Of the ~
river bridge are showing PLAINLY
foot of North Second stree, bS
Two immense caissOns are being huA :
are destined to play an imporiaa =
tine big structure. The new endf
BIO so per cent wider than ~ X
Brooklyn bridge. The towers sa
feet above high water, go feet ~
the others. and the main span VA
feet long, or just five feet lousa -
older structure. The total GU
bridge now building is estimates ~
600. and no one doubts, WIN =
wastage and leakage" 1t win "
to $4,000, 900. 1t is to be tnrosa ~
the public the first day Of the ~
or the last day of the old. Just "'"'
ure IL,