The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25
CITY uREvITIEs.
There will be barbecue today at New
mAnns Park.

There will be barbecue today at New
manns Park.
Next Thursday. June 20. at Magnolia Park
| Children's Day will be celebrated by young
and old with all it's old time fervencv.
The meeting of the South Texas Hay ass9-
citation. which was to have been held In this
city. July 4. has been deferred to July IS.
The regular monthly bowling contest for the
Curtin and Harrison medals will take place
at the Turn Verein bowling alley this after
noon.
There are undelvered teleerams at the
Western Union Telegraph companv's office
for c. p. Atmore, F. X. Smith and Mrs.
Jennie Howard.
There will be special meeting of the
Cadets of st. Andrew Tuesday evening. GoV
o'clock to make final arrangements for a
trip to SeabroOk.
A leaking gasoline stove caused a small 10
terror fire Yesterday forenoon at house, 4O2
Capitol avenue, owned by b. Repsdorph and
occupied by c. q. Carr. The damage was
slight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. G. Heyne announce the
marriage of their daughter Emma. to Mr..
VIM. Wark Cockren, Monday. ,Tulv 3, at
$50 D. m. at Shearn Methodist Episcopal
church.
meeting today at their hall at 4;3O D. m.
The newly elected officers will be installed
and several candidates initiated with due
ceremony.
Jessie Savers. the young daughter of Mr..
T. G.. Savers of this city. died at 2 p. m.
Yesterday at the family residence. 23ll San
Jacinto street whence the funeral will take
place this afternoon at o'clock.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will
give an excursion and basket picnic at La
Porte today. 1t will be for the purpose OF
raising funds to assist the sick and disabled
members of the order Trains will leave at
3 a. m. and lao D. IN.
| 1t is urgently requested that all members
nf and f,,tar cd in mr. r.
ance work among IIouston's Young men and
women attend the called meeting OF the Y. w.
c. T. U. at the home of the president. 1903
Capitol avenue. Monday, June %,
Messrs. Thomas Goggan & Bro, favor The
Post with three Of their latest song publica-
tons. They are negro dialect songs by s.
II. Dudley, entitled Mr.. Coon, You'se Too
Black for Me, I'm the Real Thing, the King
or Them All. and dat Coon Done Put the
Rollers Under Me"
Owing to Illness in the Super family the
marriage of Miss Lydia florence Super daugh-
| ter Of Mr.. ana Mrs. j G. Super. to MIR. v,
church at Sis D, m. on the evening OF June
Is, instead of at the residence. as stated in
the Invitations already out
Mr.. Aldridge B. Kidd will preside at the
organ at the First Presbyterian church TO-
day in the absence OF Mr. Henry c. Breaker.
who Is still confined To his room with fever.
The choir will be COMPOSED entirely of gem
h tiemen from the Gongregation the offertory
'N4ilS ~ HNAN uN MI >. a. hluCdluSt ocNlt-
tarv of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Or. Lamkin, pastor of the First Bapt ct
church, Will commence a course of Suud Y
evening sermons tonight on the impor,aut
theme, Christianity Among ,the Great Think
ers and Leaders of the World" His first tonic
will be Christianity Among the Rulers and
Statesmen" This course Of sermons will be
valuable In showing the grip that Christianity
has upon the worlds advanced men in everv
DEPARTMENT Of thought and life, And will
prove the absurdty Of the nfdel's boast that
feith has COLLAPSED and Christianity is effet
IT, Will be especially helpful 10 Young men
VINO are inclined to cultivate skeptical
thoughts REGARDING the Bible or the potency
Of the Christian religion.