The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-06

', No"'i Mch'n'cy and x-f,ssi
Campbell OF Ohio all nay rent 10 NJ Va.
landlord on nroad street TI.cv 49, zI|
meet and greet each other in tho elevS.s.
a recent and entirely new use - :.
OF electricity is It's emplovmcnt r Z. |
the wicks or kerosene lampA Tia ,szs5!
covering this unique invention ,r,'.-s'N
hero. and the owners bclieve that IN No.
q klnndike of their own.
The new Astor National bank 49,.
to havo Its offices in tho Aston hr,,ss.s
lndjoining the Waldorf Astoria hoter' b!
/ begin business on tbs 10Th instnn, ~
/ Bank Examiner Beyins, formerly viz ~
Firth avenue bank. IS to be the casniss
In order to secure fare ca
knocked a man down and then tr,4ssT
throw him into the hanson. 4 pol,cll3
| spoiled the game. which cost cabhv a r
| this novel method OF drumming nm h,si.4
should spread to all the stands nirhtss
In search of adventure win have their Sss2]
| Hull. n ss = Mr.
According 10 tho last annual reputs y
the Metropolitan. or Millionalres, S17]
which Is housed IN a marble palanA Ss1
Central park plaza, the restaurant 4 p
$l2.651, while the bar yielded nros,'
s,s5i aud the cigars landed ;i00u Al e.
right side OF the ledger. Solid men npfs5
emily take kindly to Liquids.
A bunch OF violets and purple rlhk.
attached to the door Of house N n
private street MS substitute Tor cs.|
attracted tho attention OF passers- nv M
day. The house is the residence y;
Swcdenborgian, and as tho followars r.
Swederborg believe that true thappiness f.
gins beyond the grave. they do not hfHa
crepe on the door when tho dark ars1
crosses the threshold. Hence he nur,s
ribbon and vloIets.
A large fidelity company hero has a..
piled interesting statistics concerning ~
bez2lcments. etc. reported during the WI
years. This species Of wicl;cdness loots 81
the grand total OF s1i,15f.5SO. Those 4,
ported during December alono aygrrr,is|
Sl3l,o29. The total for last year excesSI
that OF 1896, 1t is said. by about Sc, Q00.tN
Just how much was dropped In Wall stress
only the losers themselves Gan tell.
i"o coiu shap mas thslwed out prnes
teal philaNthropist who conceals his id<s.
tity. He has opened a restaurant in D,I
vision street basement where lncal splI
q place to sleep can be had for cents
For . cents one can get pork and beanx
corned beef and cabbage coffee and NuHI
ham and beans or SOUP. A regular dlraG|
costs cents. This 2-cent Godsend propo1,1
to give continuous performance.
Horse steak was served a la beef stall
TO club of eDicures the other night, M
practical jokcrs were pleased with tAaI
words Of praise dropped by the diners. Viii
thought they were feeding of cholccaj
cuts from stock raised by come imports
of blooded cattle. After the cigars w0il
passed around the secret was disclosed
but only n few stmachs filed protens
And the horse was u 6year-o old at th>k
Al of which goes to prove that linngtnatlNI
plays an Important p,lrt In the feast at " ]
average table d'bote.
builder has purchased 600 feet OF front
age on the beautiful Riverside drive, u
which he will erect about thirty up-tO-dst&
private residences. The news is OF eyu(
greater importance than this statemstl|
would indicate. In that It also secures " |
freedom OF Riverside drive for many blorki |
rom that bane Of flno residence slroeh |
fat houses OF objectionable design. M
inme builder viii alSo nut nm two apsft.
ment houses and sixteen private residence
IN private streets near by. aud he isn't |
yet quite through puruhaFing plots. All |
y which means that some capitalists haw
great faith IN the growing power OF III
spcond largest city In iha world 49,