The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

matning three for life and killing the
iigortll u Is said that other dogs were IA
1 INC cOhsc. but when they saw the awful
sln.1ulgntcf put up 10y the flying fugitive they
nNlleu ana allowed his foxiness TO 20 his
way unniolested lack ran the thrce.dunr.
yer distance In record time aud finally
Mounn up on the front gallery of house
occupied by colored people. Here he
round several negroes, men and women
idung about He was in their midst be
a a,I You could say scat and began biting
anu scratching right and left There was a
s,ampede' hut not before one Of the negro
men had large slice taken out OF the calf
o q, ms right leg. Jack finally saw his finish
Nv tpc business end of a hoe "
ny monkey, the rabbits and the parrots,
lhe Atter from County Tyrone Ireland,
I'm sfr'nin tor Inspection next The monk is
S1asllca, and was contributed by MIR Steve
spence The rabbits and Belgian hares were
e' To t by an number r,,, Of people.
t,ed to wooden stake by long rope.
MVTe found King and Queen the pet
,ee,noJ neF do not take to strangers. hui
It.utl 10 NJ very much In love With their
ktener, who fondiod AMI caressed them like
ne, Would two small children
| IN Eoldcn'horned owl was the last to
H. an ined mp; This wise old man is from
lrNaS boy who was mustered out some
ihon gbf s ago he was given to some friends
"r. ny f ,Lt ward, who kindly turned him
~, v inc 400 collection.
Nliicre Is Mr. Hclscr's hobby" said Mr.
MCNef. pointing To the rold fish The
! srpc,nterdent Is particularly careful about
The FISH. He has made deem siudv or
| iIcm and what hc does not know about
. .ne,n rs not worth knowing In this
n.y. I'm v mere arc quite number Of young
'heS. You VIII observe the broken aquarium
~ the ieIt OF YOU. That vas another cas-
% tne lad% with the umbrella She wanted
sv 49, sure me hsh and see them Jump or
+. WIN hWhN, ma So She pokcd the glass
II was z heavy poke aud crnsh went thc
Sn,ddSSs' men So many ish ilmped that the
h nGT Glq" for wait to g" the finish Four
IlVne; " was about dusk when the acci
usit nupPehed aud the little ASH fell out on
me- me ground In large quantities. Some were
"'"tpVu ~ ana others were never found
II around In the fountain on tho other
sue we nave 800 or 400. They were started
MN seven small ones, and now look at
June. "''' laS'
In the lake we have one carp two black
pSSSs' Two sun perch, founders. trout and
T RI ou n.l !, perch that were recently added
llat WIG goose you see swimming on the
WHter there was given us by Mrs Krono
man ana the other one by Mr. L. I.echen-
SfGr Inc three ducks were presented by
On the Fourth ward side Of the park. ad.
Joining the bayou has been erected TWEEN
,,y-ioot terrace which viii prevent the flood
Ing of that end of the park in event the
bayou gets on a rampage.
The alllgators and turtles next came in
Tor a visit but the gators refused to show
Tor sun bath and these were the only
ones to be seen. The turtles, three pair in
Gil, were contributed by Mr.. Durrenberger
An AS stated above, one of the prettiest
lhlngs about the park is its fresh green
lawns and flowers and trees Mr. Ed Ma
money is the landscape gardener In charge
and ne took delight In telling about his
work The greenhouse is a large affalr,
about 40x15 feet, aud is well stocked with
plants Of every description. The tempern-
ture on the inside is Kept at about 40 de-
grees, stove furnishing heat during the
cold weather. Mr.. Alahoney has laid out
about thirty or fourty beds consisting Of
stars hearts, rounds, squares, oblongs. egg
shaped crosses half moons, fish shaped
aud other unique designs. He has now uu-
der cultivation about sixty or seventy vari-
ties OF fine palms, hegonias, hibiscus. dit
terent gerauium varieties, Mexican cactus.
asparagus. hanging basket plant, varegatcd
phloXes planted in anchor shaped bed also
dianthuS, sweet avssum and thrc, leaf
clover Two of the large heart shaped beds
are planted with roses. The meteor. vel
voty red bloomcr Of the deepest glowing
/ crimson: the bridesmaid, new rose Of
! pink; The bride. the best pure ivory white
/ tea rose; the Catherine mermet, light
pink and one Of the finest roses grown La
| Princess Vera. splendid outdoor rose;
Madame Caroline KuStor. a bright lemon
/ yellow, and Weeks Caprice. the striped rose,
whose great beauty is impossible to dc
! scribe, nre q few of the rose varieties that
! MIR. M0honey has put out Among others
are Captain Crispi, Mamon Cochet. Paul
{ NPrOn, Marochal Mel ana many others.
! Then there are any quantity OF carnations,
/ autanins. etc.
Lately there have arrived and been plant
| cd some thirty odd Young trees. maple,
willow and poplar Then there have been
| planted pecan. grape myrtlcs. oaks and
sycamore also about seventy-hve cane
ieSsamine busllcs. There is plenty OF shade
furnished already by the large number OF
oaks. pines and masnolias.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The gates of the park are open to the
public from daylight until 8 p. m. and on
Sundays until later hour A movement
has been under way for several weeks look
ing to the securing of concerts at the park
and from all indications the move promises
10 be n success. II TIE event that 1t docs
Sam HoHston park Will prove to be one OF
rJyp most nopular resorts In the city.