The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-07-18
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ABOUT TOWN

The Mexican consulate in this city
: was closed today and the flag hung
st half-mast in honor OF. the memory
of President Benito Juarez.
THE HERALD has received a hand
some Autograph hanger representing
the Tyler fruit exposition. 1t now
ad5rHs the wall of this Office.
F. J. Combe. r. B. Rentfro, Esq,
Joe Celaya, Capt. Jesse Thornham
and II. w. bennett went to the Point
on the Rio Grande train this morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Landrum are
the happy parents of sweet little
girl baby who arrived at their home
at Las Flores ranch on last Tuesday
1 so =. IN.
The steamer Clinton sailed from
Galveston yesterday at 3: sop. m.
and will probably arrive off Brazos
Santiago between and Z c'clolk
this afternoon.
We are informed that one thous-
and head OF cattle are being held at
Roma, awaiting inspection, for inn
portation into this state. Prof Bar
bour will leave tomorrow to inspect
! them,
4 TIE HERALD learns that the fisher
men at Point Isabel have raised the
price OF fish from Il cents to ? cents
per pound, and declare they will
strike, unless the fish boats pay the
increased price;
A special train will leave here at
6 80 this afternoon for Point Isabel;
having on board quite a number of
Brownsville citizens who go 10 the
coast to spend the night.
Pancho Gomez who was arrested
yesterday for striking a woman, was
tried this morning before Justice
Miller and fined So and costs. MOI
being able to fork over the cash, he
was sent to jail.
A full line of samples for made to
order and ready made clothing and
gents furnishing goods from the old
and reliable house of Wananaker &
Brown, Oak Hall, Philadelphia, car
ried by w. F. bennett, sales agent
Fourteenth street, Brownsville, Tex
as. Orders solicited and satisfaction
guaradteed in every respect.
The schooner Hetty May, Captain
VIM. Anderson, arrived at Point Isa-
bel yesterday from Corpus Christi.
having made the round trip in just
five days. Capt, Anderson came up on
last evenings train and spent today
in the city. He informs US that
about twenty-five miles up the coast,
the Hetty May ran into a school of
black snapper, and he gigged one
which weighed thirty pounds. The
fish was prepared and eaten; and the
captain declares it was the finest fish
he ever ate. The Hetty May will
set sail for Corpus Christi as soon as
she gets load of fish.
One of The HERALD's Mexican ex-
changes complains justly of the
many vagrant small boys continu-
ally loafing about the streets and es-
pecially at the market. The evil
languauge ana actions of these boys,
Gays our exchange, are disgraceful,
and nuisance to families living
near, as well as to passers by. Cam
not the city police abate this null
sance? What can the parents of
these boys be thinking of to permit
them to be continually upon the
streets learning and spreading all
sorts of indecency? They are the
future men of this place; and one
trembles to think of the kind Of cit
liens they viii develop into:
WORSHIP RESUMED.
San Francisco, Cal, July 14-Em-
anuel Baptist Church was opened for
worship today for the first time
since the bodies of Minnie Williams
Ard Planoho Topnon4 v-o,o found IN