The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-26
nUSxEls covxry NEWS.



ea,,inecr Texas December %. - The
Santa Fe railroad is now making extensive
Improvements all along its line IN tnis part
of the country, having done away WITT an
| their wooden bridges and culverts and re-
| placed them with Iron spans or iron tiltnsi
they have also almost completely mao
the roadbed over so far as ties ana stcs'
! rails are concerned This read Is dong :
heavy business over this branch in every
line.
Runnels county has just compstei tue
repairing and painting OF the four large
iron bridges Within her confines, ana now
| said bridge, are as good as new. Mr.. ). ~
/ Oliver 81 Houston did the work for Inc
county and the manner in which he COM
4 p.oted the Job shows him to be master u
| his profession.
| The members OF the Christian church
| have just completed and fully PAID ioi a.
beautiful parsonage for their minister 70
| live In ana Bro. Major, the pastoris now
snugly slowed away in same with nis in-
| tercsting family. He will give regular
1 old-tima house warming 10 the members VI
| the church next Thursday night.
| W. L. Towper county and dIstrict Juuse,
| las jus, had his beautiful nttle cottage
| home overhauled and repaired,
| Mr.. Weeks Curry Is bIldng nice resi-
| dencc In the northern portion OIL Town,
which will be completed soon after the
holidays.
| L. o. Wooden, ems OF the Cl-est and mosV
substantial busla.es ms,l OF tbs city, VIII,
on the LIST day OF January, begin the cree
tion Of large and comm5ddous stone store
| building to accommodate lis growing ana
extensive business 1t Is now contemplated
| that the Woodmen of the World VIII build
| them large hall as a second story TO SAID
| building.
| MIR. Ed Fancher, most successful young
! s,ockman, has just completed a fine resi-
dsnoe on his ranch, about twenty-five mixes
| west OF here ON the Colorado river, ana
VIII move uhereto right after ohe a2liudys.
| Sheriff r. l.. p. Kirk has finished ms
new home and he and his wife are now
happily at home to their many friends.
| Mr.. Eb Cathy and Miss Minnie NJ. Canu-
| less OF Wlngate, in this county, were mar
| Ned at this place last Thursday.
| George Miller and Miss Flora Ganneway
| of Wingate this county, were married. at
| The home of the brides father, Mr.. Jonh
| Gannsway, last Thursday
| Dr. r. A. Dickinson and Miss Ais Swifs
| of Runues. this county, were marrlsd at
this pace on last Wednesday night at
prayer meeting. Rev W. NJ. Lane, pastor
of the Methodist church, performed the
beautiful and impressive ceremony. DR..
| Dickinson is a prominent dentist of this
| city and his bride is the daughter of Colo
mel j. C. Swift. one of the Oldest and best
known citizens of this county. The happy
couple left for Sonora to visit the sister Of
the groom
| Mr.. r. S. Proctor, one OF this sections
best known and highly respected stockmen,
Ill bi f.t, tl, h.t-a tn Rni- ia
| spend the holidays.
| Colonel T. II. Bowman, the recently APP
pointed superintendent of the State orphan
| asylum, LETT few days ago for Bell coun-
~ with his entire family to spend the hol!-
days with relatives and friends He will
not return 70 his present home, but Will
20 to his official station at Corslcana right
after the holiday vacation which he Ia taxi
ing.
Mr.. d, C. Summers. who is largely inter-
este'l in stock raising at Chnstoval, Tom
Green county With his wife, is in the city
visiting friends and relatives
MIS- Emma Bennett. charming daugh
ter of Mrs. A. NJ. Bennett, returned from
Houston on last Friday night TO spend
Christmas. slao b. IS hcan absent Out. a
while N Houston visiting relatives and
friends
Miss Edith Richardson, sister of Mrs. J:
b. Johnson of this city, has returned 10 her
HON" at Moody Texas.
Prof. II. f. Powell will spend Christmas
at Baird with his parents.
X. M. Thomson CT Austin. who has been
eojourning on the Thompson Bros ranch
in Crockett county, n in the city greeting
nds many friends.
Miss Ida Miles. the young daughter OF
Mr.. and Mis-. Frank Miles. is coming homo
from college at Me-dL arIc-G D sP=nd the
lhc..hays.
DR.. w. W. Fowler one of the foremost
physicians of this city. has gone 20 Ten
ncssee 10 spend Christmas with his chill
dren who are there attending :choll.
Ire public schools all over the county
have closed until January ., whan they
VIII reopen with renewed vigor. The
schools of this county are far superior to
any that we have ever had in the county
before. Most of them now are graded and
with an excellent lot of teachers
Christmas trees for the Sunday schools
We're had at The Christl2n. bstgtits Cum /
berland Presbyterian. Presbyterian Cath !
Ole and German churches, and ii goes |
without saying that a neirlsr Christmas
time was never spent within the confines |
OF this little city.
Mr.. Tom Shaw of this place few days
ago sold A. NJ. Millar, also Of this city, |
1850 head of 1-year- old past steers for the |
rcund sum OF $4,000.
John X. Lewis has just returned from |
the North, where he went to attend sale |
of fine Hereford cattle. ana the results OF |
his "trip was that he bough. twenty eight |
head OF thoroughbreds iof the round Bum /
of $500, making a general average Of $3.50 |
Der head.
II. C. Wylie. the oldest ranchman OF the
county, recently sold a carload OF sucking |
bu,l calves at $50 per head they we're |
shipped TO South Texas points by The pur-
chaser.
r.. X Wylte was restuSly offered So, 80 |
Fer lrsad 70 ILljs 2-yoar-eli sh!ct horn
steers. but rsGuSad 70 cell at that figure
Hon. Il. A. Smith has sold his entire
stock OF cattle, and with hts family viii |
spend the winter in Austin. Captain Smith |
WIS a member OF tie Twenty fourth legls-
lature and did some good work for The
stock interests of the west. He will re-
turn in the spring and resiock his large
ranch with pure blood short horn cattle.