The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-18
A DAY IN THE CITY.

TWO KENTUCKY GENTLEDiEN,--Mess |
Robert $. Jameson and Foster p. Clary |
Of Cythiana. Ky. arrived in this city late
Saturday night and were guests at the
Bristol Yesterday Messrs. Jameson ana
Clary are two Of the leading and most
prominent citizens Of their beautiful B.ue
Grass city Mr.. Jameson being a farmer
and horscmau and Mr. CARY a leading
railroad man Of that section They are
here looking over Texas aud its opportuni-
ties for investments They are both hne
business men and II the conclude to locate
here will make excellent citizens. They
are wen pleased with Houston and like
every other business man who makes any
sort II investigation. believes that this city
has q great future before u and that us
rapid growth is just beginning.
In speaking Of the oil interests MT,
Clary said while you have the world
heaters in Texas in the way Of oil gushsrs
and our oil findings In Kentucky are not
90 be compared with yours IN quantity.
what would have been considered won
derful before the oil gushers OF Iexas
were discovered, finds or oil 10 hentucky,
and many Of them, and our OIL discoveries
nre not confined to any section. In
Bath Rowan, Morgan and Fleming conn'
Ties In one section of the state In
other counties in another section ana sun
in other sections profitable producing welts
being continuously brought H. 't
course we have no gushers, nor do we ex-
pect any hut we are developing an I'm.
mense oil field Of good producing wells.
Messrs Ciary and jameson are both ror-
elbly Impressed with the rapid develop
ment Of Texas and especially Of the rice
and sugar interests and say mat these ~
dustriss in their opinion Will soon prove
the leading industries Of the state and De
velop the coast country Of Texas In a rev
years as probably nothing else would III
q quarter Of a century
HELD UNDER BoND.-A little heht be
tween two young men at an early hour
yesterday morning resulted in one 81 them
being held over In the sum of $500 on a
charge Of assault TO murder, George w.
Richter and Bob Conner who were friends,
started out together Saturday evening TO
have good time After imbbng pretty
freely they got into a night on the Preston
street bridge about . o'clock Yesterday
morning After the eight Richter and
another companion were arrested and held
ON a minor charge and while Richter was
stl in custody the charge OF having shot
Iich Conner IN the back was placed against
linn Cornor went to his home about half
mite fron Beauchamp Springs and Or.
W A. Archer was sent for. Conner bleed
ins very iretl, from a wound In the rear
icflcu of t0c Head and claiming that
Eetttr A4l shoJ MIN during the night on
the bridge. tn Its a warrant was sworn
out aua Yesterday morning Richter was
takru hetote Iualice Matthews and gave
bupA u ,hp aam # $500 with Collins Bros.
and 5aW. Law.Hl as suretes and his hear
Ing Was set Tor thrs morning. Dr. Archer
nftpr eEGMintl1 ne wounds said II looked
HE i'll u.ht h been done by Couuol
being stgucs wish the barrel of pis Of;
tnat 81 did NOT iook like a pistol shot
wound bu. te would not say positive y
tlat 81 was NOE He said it was a severe
scalp wound about au inch long; that b,
hardly considered II serious, although II
there wos con lsion IT might prove so
Richter, the young man charged with th5
oHcuec IS hi shly spoken OF by his EN-
ployers, Eoilins Bros plumbers and mas
an excellent character. He acknowledges
the fight between himself and Conner hui
says there was no shooting on either side
ana he could not possibly have done any
for the reason that he had no pistol OF
anything to shoot with.
LOCOMOTIVE ON MAIN STREET
Alderman Thompson OF the Second ware
while in a reminiscent mood few day
ago. discussing old times in Houston, re
marked that he had seen something II
Houston which very few other citlzen
now living here had ever witnessed,
When asked what II was he replied tina
II was a locomotive running along Mall
street from Commerce to Mckinney.
Pressed for a further explanation of thi
rather unusual occurrence, and one tina
man Thompson further explained that /
was during the war when, in order Il
transfer a locomotive from the Houstol
and Texas Central railway depot to a rail
road depot then located al or near the COZ
ner of san Jhcinto street and McKinpe,
avenue, temporary track was layei
across the bayou bridge at Milan street
thence on Commerce TO Main and up Mail
10 Mckinney and upon this track the loco
motive was moved.
WILL IT BE HEARD ?--The writ o
habeas corpus In the cast Of Harry Fulton
who is under indictment in Fayette coun
~ on two charges, burglary and theft, II
connection with the late diamond robber!
at La Grange, will be heard this morning
The writ sued out before Judge Ashe wa
made returnabIe before Judge Allen OF thu
criminal district court this morning. Sheriff
Anderson said yesterday that Judge Allel
Is In the western part OF the State, hayiDl
been summoned there as a witness In
case pending In the courts and would no
be here The service Of the papers wa
made on Sheriff Lesslne OF Fayette count,
and were not served at all on Sheriff
Anderson. who has the prisoner Ia custody
Sheriff Losttne has gone home and ner
- no ono here who has been served will
amy notice 70 have the prisoner before tn
S~dGe az fale cz1mans1 district court an'