The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-25
A BUDGET FROM BEAUMONT.
U. {. v. Reunion Delegates and
Sponsor Elected.
A DIFFICULT SURGICAL OPERATION.
An Aged Indy the Patient--Conccrt
for n LaudabIe Charitable Pur-
pose-Notcs and Personals.

ney Johnston camp. United Confederate
| Veterans. met this afternoon In the office
of Justice w. l.. Rigsby and after trans
acting considerable routine business that
demanded the camps attention. selected
| delegates to the National and State re-
unions as follows: National reunion--Cap-
tain w. A. Fletcher, Judge J. G. Reeves
and Dr. b. +. Calhoun. delegates; Messrs
Mark Wicss. j. X. Price aud S. b. Stew
enson, alternates. State reunion-Major W.
Hart. Captain w. e. Rogers and George
w. Kidd, delegates; G.. NJ. oliver. J. II.
Eastman and ]. X. Price, altornates Miss
vallie Fletcher was selected sponsor for
the delegates to the National reunion and
| Miss Katie Rogers for the State. Both
young ladies were instructed to select their
maids OF honor.
| On last Monday Drs. Stovall Nash. Cruise
and Glider took from Mrs. l.. l.. Taylor
three pound tumor that had grown In
the left aNilary space since the LIST of Janu
airy. The knife was welded by DR.. C. c.
| Nash and the operation was pronounced
a perfect success by the attending physi-
clans. every vcstige of the tuiuor being
| moved and the patient Is rapidly recov-
ering Mrs. Taylor is 10 years old and has
| long been "A resident of Orange county. She
stood the operation remarkably well con-
| sidering her age. only once evidenciug
| weakness during the long and painful Or
deal She is the mother OF Professor T.
U. Taylor. who holds a chair in the State
university at Austin.
| Mrs. +. A. Hyatt, assisted by other To-
cal talent, will give concert in the near
! future for the benefit of Mrs. Cromer a
| widow lady. who lost all her worldly pos
sessions in last Saturdays fire, Mrs.
, Cromer owned a little fruit and confec-
| tionery store only two doors from the
! building in which the fire. originated and
| the flames spread SO quickly that nothing
could be saved. She also owned the build
| ing in which she did business. the ground
| being leased. but she had insurance on
neither goods nor the building. Her total
loss will not amount to over 5000. but It
was all abe had and the people of Beau
mont will doubtless respond literally to |
this movement TO render her assistance. |
Manager Goodhue has rendered the use
| OF the opera house free.
Mrs f. c. Wiess is IN Sherman visiting |
relatives
Messrs. H. X Polk and Joe Gurieson
OF San Augustine are in the city visiting |
relatives
The Methodist and Baptist Sunday |
schools will go to High Island for a
union picnic Saturday, May l.
Monday viii he call day in Justice Dow |
lens court. and the judge has AN extensive |
civil docket to dispose Of.
After sleep of twenty years the Jcf'
ferson county court will resume bushes, |
OH Monday. May 8. The docket for this
court already contains twenty-four suits. |
County Treasurer Norvell can pay gem
eral fund scrip up to registered No. $500
and road and bridge fund up TO registered
No. sec These were registered during
MIR. kidd's term of office.
County Clerk Blanchctte this week Is |
sued marriage licenses to W. C. Gray and |
Miss Leila Ives. Charles X. Gravis ana |
Jimmie Wright, j. 5. Marble and Miss |
Eusard Mesuess julius johnson and Miss
Louella Pinney.
Mr.. II. L. Bailey Of Woatherford, Texas |
in the building on Crockett street. for
merly occupied by NJ. Solinsky with a
stock of groceries. Mr. Solinsky has moved
his stock of groceries to Port Arthur.
The false work on which the iron and
steel draw OF the Texarkana and Fort
Smith bridge across the Neches river is
to be constructed is in place and compile
ton of the bryge is now only question
of a feN weeks.
This week a large force of men began
laying track on the railroad from old Sa-
bne Pass TO the point in the new town
ment company is constructing wharyes for
the lumber manufacturing companies Of
Beaumont
DR.. II. i. Seastrunk W. J. b. Adams, N.
NJ. Hart and A. n. Stone Of Jasper. chap
eroned by Captain L. l. kelle were In
Beaumont Wednesday night. These gem
tlemen compose the working membership
OF the Jasper senate and are Oh a tour OF
Investigation that includes a trip to port
| Arthur and Sabine Pass
| The Higgins Manufacturing companys
plant which has heen shut down for Soy
eral weeks on account of tho breakage OF
some of the machinery, has repaired the
damage and is now running on full time.
The company has a large number of or
ders to fill which viii take several weeks
OF steady running
Mr. C. Il. Cade, proprietor of High
Island the point on the gulf coast where
nature has made an ideal health and
pleasure resort was in the city Wcdnes |
day night Mr. Cadc says the new hotel
at High Island is nearly completed aud
will be opened between the 10th and 18th |
of next month. In Few days the work
of building a street car line on the island |
will begin.
Mayor Eastman will pitch the first ball
across the plate at Blanchette park Sun |
day. The mayor says that something |
more than forty years ago he was an al |
tlstc town ball player and II his arm has |
across the plate so fast Sunday that the |
Lake Charles batter will need magnify |
ing glass to see IL.
The Northern ana western prospectors |
who arc now coming to this section in
great numbers are spontaneous In their
praise of Texas railroads. A gentleman
on Thursday informed The Post reporter
that while he had Travelled over a great |
many of the trunk lines in the East he
could not discover that any OF Them had
track and roadbed superior to the South
err Pacific and few of them made better
time.
On account of the baseball games in
this city tomorrow an excursion from
Port Arthur the fare berg 60 cents for
the round trip. The Southern Pacific also
announces one-fare rate from Lake
Charles and number OF the Lake City
rooters will come over to urge their club |
TO victory.
THE HIGHER COURTS.
Second District.