The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-04
ABOUT TOWN

weather Dounu.
The Alice mail stage passed the
Sauz at 8 70 this morning.
Mexican dollars are quoted in New
York City today at 81 cents.
Bargains in fine china ware al
Dennetfs-beautiful and appropriate
for holiday gifts. First corners get
the choice.
Mrs. Geo. Krausse is receiving
lovely Christmas goods by every
steamer. See her large assortment
of toys and fine china before bnying
your Christmas gifts.
Charlie Starck has presented US
with several specimens of piloncillo
made at San Tomas plantation. 1t is
an excellent grade of sugar, much
better than the piloncillo as or
dinarily made.
Yum-yum Just gaze at those fine
candies which kleiber's drug store
has just ACCOMPLISHMENTS, choco-
late cream drops, chocolate walnuts.
crystalized fruits, etc. Prices way
down. Call and see them.
The Southwestern Fruit & I'm
porting Co., of this city, has charter
ed the schooner James Andrew to
ply between Rockport, Point Isabel
and other Gulf ports. The vessel
will sail for Point Isabel this week
with cargo Of four-Rockport
New Era.
The marriage of Jose Esparza, a
we'll TO do stockman and Miss Vir-
ginia Reyes will be celebrated on
Dec. % at the San Pedro ranch.
Both of the young people are well
known in our Mexican society circles
and much interest is felt in their
approaching nuptials.
The concert which will be given
at the opera house in MatamOros to-
morrow evening, for the benefit of
The city hospital, will doubtless be a
great success, as some of the best tall
ent of our sister city will be represt-
ed. The object for which it is Civ
Ell is worthy OF encouragement, and
all who can should attend. Tickets
are on sale at Kleiber's drug store.
1t is surprising to note the num-
Der OF little grocery shops that
abound in Brownsville. There are
quite number of grocery estabis
ments which carry very large stocks
some of them combining dry goods
with groceries. These probably num-
Der fifteen or more. Besides these,
there may be found scattered about
town any number of little '"tendajos,"
varying in size from a good sized
room to a small box like affair with
heavy door which opens upward
IN front, forming a shelter from the
sun when open. One may see as
many as half 4 dozen of those minia-
ture shops on single block, and
they probably number half a hun
bred in all. How so many Of them
manage to exist in competition with
the larger stores is mystery.
We learn of an attempt at Jail de-
livery which was frustrated at the
Jail yesterday morning. a visitor
here to see prisoner-one of the
notorious Guillens, by the way
carrying in his hand a handkerchief !
something bulky. On
being asked by the jailer what it
he replied that it was a
dollars worth of centavos which
CULLEN had sent for. II seems the
jailer allowed the man to pass upon
this, but another officer at the Jail,
suspecting something wrong, had
the man searched and discovered
that instead Of centavos the handker-
"1ief, contained about twenty load
ed cartridges. Such bold attempt
at Jail delivery should warn the
guards at the jail to be constantly on
the alert. Had this man succeeded
in delivering the cartridges to the
prisoners, there would doubtless
have been bloodshed in the attempt
% escape which some OF the2a eyi-
lently contemplate. There are now
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