The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-19
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM

uVlHAM
,, New ' York June is.--ua,ls =.
nave 10 compete with Uncle Io,h ''n VII
soh' Tor Denman Thornrso, oer ".
an elaborate reproduction spFepsSlrs n,
Homestead" S'Vu OF "Ths ~
stu uas'T,ra,e Motifs latest naal,.,.,,. .
., S1s.1 or insanity. take. y.
Oh uiseharglng prisoners wso 'as ista
counsel man who tusiv,s .asap u
" paoIm nearing Involves tho .a .a,f rsa,
'A eafsaot Of the procs, sissa
If some of the old Knicke,Ao,,...
o Du. return Tor glimpse o, the eli, = s'aa
uaS' one wonders how ,hev 80, "
about , it. Even the site Of III. ' ,,..' III
n"ii, the stadt Hugs of New .,... ~. si'
IN that bewildering eow.p,,h s'a,
iolri street, is being prepared al =. .s ss n
tioh OF skyscraper By ihe ~. .as sfst,
me building which has long o esaaeNlloh ..
1t seems scarcely credIh,o :,
conn,a,, ",'a' me Hood Of genuine ,Il,.,
counterfeit half dollars which h., aug
dated the West, one OF the sub.,,a,.a aug
'iclais in Wall street said their ri. "
p'I's discovered bad pennies eyerv A.. !,
Is aSto nishing he trouble soma ~, VA \
'uht 10 make money dishonesty VA va
would seem to ordinary men ,h r,e'e y
methods are so much easier. "sA
b. Il. Rice thinks he has diseove-s,.
eXpedtent whereby to overcome III. ~,
TONS of proud provincIals who do NJ. H.
10 be told that they are witnessing IN. -.
iorinanees of No. company. Ne 80,
to send out several Girl From psrl,a -,
pahles. aud in order tina, their us-,-
may all be labeled with a strict rsss. ..S,'
the letter Of the truth as having -. :.
in the metropolitan production bs ~.
ting on one or TWO substitutes q, s,,s wv
NEE mere now, changing the cast isnss.
rarily at every trial. ''-'''
Something strikingly novel in the v,v .
funerals is about to make It's sppsar,,,,
as an experiment in this city. |, /, know,
as burial coach. and is designed to .y.
the expense Of professions BY carving 4,
iour wheels what now is distributed ava,
thirtY-siN. The vehicle is low and h,o,s
something like the better type Of Omnibus,
in vogue in British cities except tb,, an
It's roof there is glass cabinet for the r..
ception OF the coffin. with abuudan; ro,,n
Tor floral tributes TO the dead. |, Is IN b.
drawn by four horses. and the intention |.
that 1t shall take the place OF the u,ss,n,
hearse. flower coach and seven carri.ge,
for mourners and friends. It's divided IN,
TWO compartments. so that near rsI,,i,s,
may mourn In seclusion.
Workmen busy tearing down the Cd &,
Johns Episcopal church at Fort Hamilton.
where Stonewall Jackson was baptized
while captain al that station, made al
interesting discovery the other day Ii ,hs
corner stone OF the church was q su.ll
leaden box carefully sealed. 1t wa II.
| tight and had kept IN excellent p.asrya.
t!on papers bearing the names Of the h!sao,
of the diocese. the pastor and the oiiisa
of the church in 1885. church almanac 81
that year. copy OF the form Of prayer,
I Journal OF the doings OF the iotty.nin,h
convention OF the diocese Of New York sli
I report OF the general convention q lH
Protestant Episcopal church Of the r1.a
States in 1885 at Trinity church. Nss Y9s
City, and a copy of the Churchmau, d,itd
| March II, 1885. The box and Its contents
will be carefully preserved for reinterne1;
I In the corner stone Of the new church Hhsa
! IL Is laid. as
Uncle Joe Richardson's death 10 hb hrs
On a fiye-foot strip OF real estate ., L1'
irgton avenue and Eighty second street, M
called attention to the existence 0! anO,A.
less known spite house in the vlldi b
yond the Harlem river. now known o iae
annexed district, where the rsbellloH Pul'
roy has his headquarters In opposition 70
Tammany Hall. 4 prosperous tailor Of lnal
I eighborhood bought To-. a. the corner o.
Melrose avenue and East One hunaIea aI'
| SiXty-finst street. which, BY alterations u
those thoroughfares, was cut doSh 10 aoV.'
four feet on the street and fort! on Tue s'''
nue.. Disgruntled by the smallnes Of
covetous neighbours ofIer the aiio' g.
even by building a home, shop ana s@,'
room on the site. The building Two sIuF,
! high. thirty-fve feet front and tn'ss ~
deep. is now one Of the ourlostlts ~
Tw. nty- third ward. To save !ns ~.
which bricks would have oeclpe1 w,
was used in he construction. which aA'
10 have cost $500.