The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

p. II. bowman of Waco is In the city.
Judge A. c. Bullitt came In last night from
Liberty.
! Mr.. J. Il. Bell OF Alpine was in Houston yes.
terday.
Mr. c. C. Ellis OF sartartia, Texas. is 1t
| the city.
Mr.. G. A. Bodenheur OF Shreveport was here
| yesterday.
Mr.. George Finberg OF Mckinney was here
| yesterday,
Mr.. A. B. Ives of Groveton spent yesterday
] In the city.
! Mr. r. l.. Dodson OF Corsicana was In Hous-
ton yesterday.
Mr.. j. NJ. Arnold OF Uvade registered at the
Bristol yesterday.
MIR. II. X. Gibson of Dallas is In the city.
guest at the Bristol.
Mr.. W. H. Afford OF Fort Smith, Ark, Is
guest at the Bristol.
Mr. Fred w Fellman of Corsicana spent
yesterday in Houston.
w L. Hertzog. nre insurance adjuster, is in
the city from Dallas.
A. II. Pierce the big cattle king OF Pierce
Station, is in the city.
MIR. w. C. Luther of Dallas was among yes
terday's arrivals in the city.
Mr. Charles Petersen of Rock Island regis
tered at the Bristol last night
George A. Cox nd vile or Dallas had apart
ments at the Bristol yesterday,
General IL. NJ. OpennPlmeT TtElsltitu AZ 't'o
Bristol from Austin last night.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Whalen of Edna was in the city
yesterday, guest at the Bristol
H. l.. s. Knifnn, a big coal man. is in the
city from bis headquarters at Dallas
MIR. j. E. Moore of Temple representing the
Bessonette round bale press, is In the city
Judge j. r. Burnett of Galveston referee in
bankruptcy, was a guest at the Bristol yes
terday
Mr.. C. c. Bcavens, Jr.. who has been quite
IN at his home. was out yesterday for the
first time since his illness.
Mr. r. c. Renick who has been on an ex-
tended Northern tour. returned to the city
Yesterday and registered at the Bristol
Miss Elite Moore OF Bolton is attending the
Baptist sunday school convention and is
guest of Mrs. w, ID. Mihills at isis Austin
street.
and Miss Geneveve Lawlor have returned
from Cheneaux Island. Mich, after spending
a week in st Louis en- route.
Among the visitors to the Cotton Exc nao
Tinbery of Mckinney. w. B. Teagarden of
Houston ana f. Cannon of Galveston
Thomas s. Foster leaves Galveston today
over the Mallory line for New York. Mrs,
Foster, who has been visiting friends in MIN
neapois and st. Paul for the past three
months. will join him In New York.
Mrs. Anna j. Bailey leaves today over the
Houston and Texas Central for Paris. Texas. |
to spend several months with her son. Mr..
II. Bailey. She Will be accompanied by her I
granddaughter, Miss Mary Ella Taylor
Mr.. r. L. Howe, well known Houstonian,
now travelling for a coffee company of Phlia- |
dephia passed through last night from Gal |
weston to Brenham Mr., Howe says business
is much better than he expected TO find it.
Colonel r. G. Lowe, manager of the Gal |
weston News, passed through the city last night |
en- route to san Antonio. Colonel Lowe was
accompanied by Mrs Lowe. They go to san
Antonio to take leave of their son, Captain
Lowe of the Tbirty-third Infantry. who will
soon depart for the Philippines
County Judge Il. Fl. vasmer returned yester-
day from Austin. where he went to secure the
approval of the attorney general on a $4,000
issue of county bridge bonds. He did not get
an opinion while there, but left the bonds with
the attorney general. expecting that they
would be acted upon Yesterday.
Is visitor in the city. Mr.. Mcfarland is not
by any means an old man, but he bears
name that was familiar here away back in
the thrties. His father, Wilson i. McFar
land came to Texas in 1886 and located at the
old town of Washington. on the Brazos, and
moved to Brennan when that town made |
the county seat of Washington county. He
was lawyer of marked ability and WAS con-
temporary with Patrick Jack of Galveston,
Governor James w. Henderson and Peter w
Gray of this city, and of Jones Rivers (''Three
Legged WHY George Horton ard the Shep-
ards of Brennan. His name ~ conspicuous
in the supreme court eases reported when
liemphill Wheeler and Lipscomh were on the
bench In 1857 Mr.. Mcfarland moved from
BRENNAN to Bolton and began in that county
the famous ven-league land claim of David |
Ayres VS. Maxine Morano which was in the
courts for thirty years and involved the title
10 many broad acres of the best land in Bell
county.