The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-06
BRENNAN BUDGET.
BANDS Concert uns Been Po.tp. neg
Novel Entertainments.

A Novel Entertainment.
Brennan. Texas, May 5.--The ben.st
concert announced to be given At tho o,or,
house by the Second regiment band has
been postponed Until the night or Nav %
Inc postponement was made in deterenco
TO request from the general arrangement
committee for entertaining the State Gin
ners' association and will fall on the even
ing OF the first day OF their meeting. The
full band will be assisted in the concert
BY Misses Lockett, Estes, Galloway and
others.
Forty-hve members or the yorwaerts
Singing society will leave Monday for
Austin to take part in the meeting of the
State saengerbund. The trip will be made
! In special coach decorated for the oc-
casion and the society will be escorted to
the station by the Second regiment band.
Inc society will make a strong effort 10
carry of the first prize
The Farmers club of Washington county
held special meeting at Giddlngs hail
this afternoon and transacted considerable
routine business
Grand Chancellor Ben s. Rogers re-
quests that all who can do so will fur
nish flowers for Pythian decoration day.
He asked that the oflerngs be made into
small bouquets and left at Lusks hall hv
noon today.
The city council VIII meet in regular
monthly session Monday afternoon.
Picnicking parties have been the order OF
the day since the Inauguration OF pleasant
weather.
Train service has again been resumed
between Chappell Hill and Hampstead aud
mails from Houston are arriving with their
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ferent sections Indicate that the waters
have receded from most OF the bottom
lands and the work of replanting will be
inaugurated In day or 50.
Messrs. Fred Martin. Lee Curry, w. J.
GRADER and w. R. Ewing leave Sunday
night for Mineral Wells to spend several
weeks Feouperating.
Hon Marshal Burney of Atascosa county.
journal clerk in the legislature. was in the
city this morning and left for Gay Hill to
visit his cousin. DR., w. 9. Dixon.
The members of the "Y." a juvenile
branch of the Women's Christian Temper
lance Union, held calico carnival at Lusk's
hall Friday afternoon and evening. An
admission of % cents was charged at the
door. but the box office receipts from other
sources were considerably more than fell
into the hands of the doorkeeper Fines
were imposed for failure to comply Win
a number Of rules and regulations gov
erning the carnival and the number OF
pleas OF guilty entered discounted the
record of the justice court after an cleo
The carnival was unique In a number OF
ways. The invitations were printed on
calico as follows
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. yourself cordially
invited to be present at the correctly con
structed and considerably combined CALI
co carnival TO be held at Lusk's hall, Fri
day night. May 4, 1900.
Refreshments Conspicuous courses
served in complete compactness; one con-
glomerated compound circle; one cup COM
municative cordial Containing no chic
ory) one cup OF Chinese cheer; one cup
OF choice churned cream; one cider cured
cucumber and one cup of cold comfort.
Rules and regulations-All ladies to
wear calico gown; also requested to
bring one-half pound OF carefully cut
carpet rags All gentlemen to wear
calico tie and kindly requested to bring
thimble.
Penaltes-Fnes were imposed for the
following: Any lady failing TO weav a
calico gown, 10 cents; any lady failing TO
bring half a pound Of carefully cut carpet
rags, ~ cents; any gentleman failing %
wear calico tie. 10 cents; any gentle
man falling to bring thimble, 5 cents;
any person sitting In corner and refus-
ine to converse, cents.
The sale of calico convenlences," ar
ranged to be ga constant comfort" began
al = m. and lasted throughout the en-
tire evening.
The evening concluded with the rend-
ton of musical and literlry programme,
with the following contributors: Misses
Perkins, Ralston, simmons, Gaddy, Tar
rant, league and Lewis; Mr. SAD Mrs. .,
D. Campbell. Mr.. r. A. Holland. Tie
members of the Y also appeared in sew
eral concert selections,