The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-02
MONDAY. DEC. 2. 1895.
ABOUT T, WN

Brazos until tomorrow.
The Alice mail passed the Sauz at
O'clock this morning.
Corn, is selling at the retail stores
at Is to 30 cents an ''almud."
We regret TO learn of the severe
illness of Mrs. Egan of Point Isabel.
The Blue Club ball at the station
ground SATURDAY. night was a great
success.
The tag end of norther came up
last night to make the weather more
comfortable down here.
Several arrests were made by the
police on Saturday night. Extract of
maguey caused the trouble.
The express and freight off ces are
doing rushing business handling
holiday packages and goods.
Another fair will be held in Mat
amoros this month, commencing on
the Sth., aud lasting about two week =.
Our sister city across the Rio
Bravo will elect ''presidente" and
other municipal officials this month.
The passenger train for Point
Isabel did not leave the depot yes
terday morning until after ten o'clock.
The friends of Sister Evangeline
of the Incarnate Word convent, for
merly Miss Clara kleiber, regret to
learn that she is quite i'll at the con-
vent
The HERALD is authoritatively in
formed that the troops now at Fort
Brown will remain here until posi-
tive orders are received for them to
leave.
Twenty thousand Mexican eagles,
of this years mint, were brought in
on the Clinton Saturday TO go to
Matamoros TO pay OFF the military of
that division.
Another new Spanish paper is to
be started here shortly. 1t is sure
enough hard times when our Mex
lean friends can't scrape together
enough material to set a new jour
nalistic venture afoot.
The anniversary ball given by the
Blub club at the station grounds last
Saturday night was very largely at
tended. The grounds were hand
somely decorated, and a fine band
furnished music fer the occasion.
Everything passed off quietly.
The friends of Olaf Peterson in
this section have great fears that he
and his crew of the slOop Wilhel-
NINA have suffered a watery grave,
as nothing has been heard from
them since they cnt loose from the
schooner Willie Ann on the night
of November 10.
The Democratic made its reapear-
ance yesterday, with Prisciliano
Albania as editor and Alberto !.
Franklin proprietor. 1t is well fill
ed with insteresting matter and neat
ads, and has at once taken its former
place IN the front ranks of Spanish
papers On this frontier. Congratula
tons and success to the new editor
and proprietor.
Lieut. J. W. Craig and a detach-
ment of soldiers set out this morning
TO make reconnaissance along the
military telegraph line as far as
Edinburg. They will return in a
few days, and the lieutenant will
make his report, after which he will
go out again with detachment to
make such repairs and improvements
along the line as may be founu nee
essary.
News reached here today of the
death of Francisco Garcia Muguerza,
which occurred at Monterey, Mexico
yesterday morning. His death must
have been sudden as no news of his
illness had been received by any of
bhis relatives or friends either in
Matamoros or this city. Don Fran
ciso Garcia Muguerza was formerly
n well-known merchant in the city
of Matamoros, being owner of the
wholesale and retail establishment
known az FL franop For n pnp,b ar