The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-13
CRY nREvrTrEs.

| Harness thieves are reported TO be doing
a lively business In the city.
| Now TINT the Fruit Flowcr and Vegetable
Festival is over. everybody lie preparing for
| the holidays.
4 Miss Lorenzen will give n german on the
Eight Of Tuesday. the Goth Instant, at her
home. No. lii6 Dallas avenue.
/ woman named Maggie Ford. suffering
i from an overdose of laudnum. was seat to
! zoe hospital yesterday by the health author
| tiles.
Ifes.iyal week went off duty yesterday. They
viii resume work December =; for the n0.i-
dayr.= sa
There are andelivered telesrams 81 the Of
\ nee OF the Western Union TeIegraph company
i for Mrs. Huddleston. Rev. a. q. Scrugss aud
Il. Mosely. M 4t.v,
County Judge q. H. vasmcr yesterday per-
formed his first marriage ceremony: the coa-
Il tracing parties being Miss Kitty Walker sLld
! j.. c. Baker.
l Citizens who were AWARDED premiums at the
i Fruit. Flower and Vegetable Festival are re-
! quested TO call for same at the rooms OF the
/ business League. N
| Retail merchants are all Rratified at the
! bus irtssg done by them luiiDg the festival
week and the trade seems to be keeping up
| for the ko.itGys.
The hie department was called out yester-
day afternoon OIL II still alarm on account OF
! some burning grass ut the corner OF Webster
aot Milan streets.
Mr.. y. l.. Snow of this city and Miss Sallie
Washburn OF San Antonio were married last
n,glt at O'Clock at the residence OF Rev. Or.
Halseil OF the Cumberland Presbyterian
church.
Mr.. J. NJ. Caiilson and Miss Daisy stock
bfidge, both Of Eagle Lake. were married at
$50 last night at the Central Christian
church, Rev. j. g. Mason officiating. A large
number Of relatives and friends were pro-elt.
Rev. j. b. Adams delivered another tenn
perance lecture. last night at the Central
Christian church to n good audience Mr..
Adams is very forclole and logical talker
ara p.Snuiu5 his subjects without gloves,
The work of laying the big water main on
Maln sti eet. suspended during the festival.
was resumed yesterday. Messrs. Hipp 4 Key,
who have the contract for laying the sewer on
this street. preparatory to Its being paved
will commence their work ina few days Bids
for paving this street will be opened on Jan
uary ,.
Messrs Morrison & Fourmy. directory pup.
iishers. have completed the canvass for names
h 'H Ws sa about thus far 0% o t
names IN last years directory beginning with
took. yet the increase over and above th.s
shows an Increase in population on the one
letter of HI
- member of the Farmers National congress-
Mr.. I. l.. Meyers OF Iowa, was robbed Of his
purse continuing $40 in money and some pa
pers while riding around the Houston Heights
belt during his visit here Saturday. The thief
purloinlng mis- purss from his hip pocket.
made his escape from the car before any one
could intercept him, jumping from the car as
it was going mt full speed.
President Chlldrcss and Secretary Richard
son have not yet been able to figure up the
tinor cial outcome of the Fruit. Flower ana
vegetable Festival. This can not be done
until all the bills are paid II was the hope
of the management to realize enough on the
festival to repeat 1t next year Without having
7" resort TO m appeal to the people for sub
account of the bad weather that interviewed
tn. enterprise was a success financially.