The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-03
Notes and Personals.

Mr.. r. w. Miller, commercial agent for
the Houston East and West Texas, left
yesterday for a trip through North Texas.
sg Mr.; p p R RaI Ssslstsn, trslse,
Texarkana. was visitor TO Houston yes
terday.
Major J. Calhoun Lewis. travelling pas
senger agent OF the Iron Mountain route,
came over. from his headquarters at Aus.
tin yesterday.
Mr.. T, Noel. assistant general freight
agent age n Of tn, the Katy has returned 20 his
spent several days on a vacation trip to
California.
Mr. f. n Mills. general Western tagent
for the southern Railway. Steamship and
o'e Aaa stbn,ng company Of Aan ,a
the Southwestern Hotel Directory that
contains lot of general Information.
The Houston East and West Texas has
announced a one fare rate, to Cincinnati
fist convention. September 1l-17. For the
BAPTIST convention for white people at
one and one-third fares has been granted.
Mr.. james Beaumont, live stock agent
for the Southern Pacific at Victoria, was
In the city yesterday. Mr. Beaumont Is
preparing TO take his animal vacation. lie
VIII go from Houston over to III Paso TO
attend to some business matters and then
proceed TO California, where he will spend
several days.
IHe Aentful VIII Drlng excursion Trains
into Houston and Galveston from Austin
and Calvert tomorrow and a special OK
cursion train for negroes only Will leave
Houston on August 20 for Corsicana for
the Queen Carnival and Fair 10 be held
under the auspices OF the Central Texas
Negro Fair association.
The International and Great Northern
road has has, recently put in service line q
limited, running from Laredo to st. Louis.
These cars are Of the latest pattern, being
extra long WIN vide ysstPules ard
cars and his duty consists of looking after
the comfort OF the passengers.
The Prune Growers association OF Cali,
fornla has sent the passenger department
of the SunsetCentral lines several hun
dred neat little boxes of prunes, each box
containing three specimens of the fruit.
AS IL is the desire of the prune grow
ers that the samples be placed whore they
will do the most good. the passenger de-
partment of the road has decided 10 dis
tribute them among Its newspaper friends.
On account Of the convention Of the Epis
copal church to be held In San Francisco
October %, inclusive. the Sunset route
will run special train from New Or
leans through 10 Los Angeles from which
points passengers may proceed TO San
Francisco over their choice OF routes, The
train win he kgcwp as the convention
morning Of September Is. II will be eie-
gantly equipped, the cars Including diner
on which meals will be served a, Ia cart
Stops of a few hours will he made al San
Antonio and El Pasp
Those who have the management Of the
machinists union picnic In hand report
that several hundred tickets have been
sold for the event and most enjoyable
and successful outing is Anticipated The
picnic will take place Mt Dickinson To-
morrow. trains leaving Houston as fol
lows: Grand Central depot. $3.50 a. M:
Bonner's Point. 1852: International and
Great Northern depot, 0 a. m; Missouri,
Kansas and Texas depot, 9.45 M. Inter.
national and Great Northern depot 800 a
NJ. A special train viii also run down In
al 1:45; Bonner's Point at ii4T. and the
International and Great Northern depot
at 2