The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-06
CITY BREvITlEs.


The police are having trouble with goats
running at large on Montgomery avenue.
Officer c. James killed mad dog yes.
terday afternoon at the corner OF Buffalo
street and the Harrisburg road.
There Will be a meeting at 10 o'clock this
morning OF the local committees having In
charge the program for the sherffs' con
vention.
There are undellvered kilograms at the
Postal Telegraph office, l1S Main sire I,
for ChartR w White, Claud Martin and
Edith r. Saith.
During the Illness of Health officer Mas.
sic and the absence from the city Of d,
Brumby, assistant health officer, Or. Jesse
guardian for the city
bond in the sum Of $500 by Justice W. =.
Hill yesterday on charge Of burglary;
burglary against this defendant.
Members Of Post c. Travellers Protective
Association, are expected to be on hand
In full force at the meeting to he held
at post headquarters in Rice hotel annex.
room ), on sunday, July l. ct 10 a. Iii.
silver TASK, made in imitation of Car
RE Nations hatchet and labelled Just q
swallow is the latest hihulous novelty ia
Houston. IL was presented County Treas
urer Farmer at the Dick Bowling picnic.
Yesterday Penitcntiary Agent sIsk car
ried three convlcts to huntsville, whose
combined sentences amount to 120 years.
They were Mat Coin, fifty years; Charles
Gardner, slxty-three years and Buck
White, sixteen years.
There are undelvered kilograms at the
office Of the Western Union telegraph
company, for Clarence Garrett William
T. j. sinimon, ]. +. mckinley. elem Har,,
ping and Lucy White.
A gospel tent has been erected corner
Capitol avenue and Smith street and be
Of gospel meetlngs viii be held by Rev.
]. II. Burge OF Topeka, Kan, and Rev
4. c. Bush of Waxahachie. The services
viii be under the auspices of the ''Breth-
rem"
Mr., s. E., Tracy. secretary Of the city
school board, states that owing to a mis-
take on the part az subordinate the Let.
ers of the city schools were sent our with
out being accompanied by blank contracts:
phs contracts Will be forwarded to all
teathers in due time.
George r. Jones has been bound over To
the Federal grand Jury by United States
Commissioners Tracy Dunn in the sum o.
$3.50 on charge Of engaging in the bust
ness of a retail liquor dealer without max,
Ing payment OF the special revenue tax
imposed by the Federal government. The
next meeting Of the Federal grand jury for
this district will be held in Galveston
beginning on the third Monday In October,
for the water 70 run in the streets Of
Houston. The rain came down for thirty
minutes at very brisk rate, and tol a
time 1t looked as though the rain would
be long continued, But soon rift IN the
clouds occurred and the shower subsidized
after 10 Inches OF rain had fallen, The
shower chased the mercury down s'veral
degrees, and made the afternoon hours
very pleasant.
Little Berntce Maher, daughter of Mi
aud Mrs Robert Maher. who reside az the
misfortune last Tuesday evening whia
riding on Caroline street in front Of the
High school to be thrown from her bicy
arm at the elbow. She was trying TO
avoid collision with a colored woman
with bundle Of clothing when the acct
dent occurred