The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-17
ABOUT TOWN.

The mail passed Ell Sauz at O.
clock this morning.
How did Yesterdays HERALD strike
you as news gatherer?
Fruit cakes from to 5 pounds for
sale at A. p. Barreda 4 Fro.
Quite large amount of express
matter left on tins rip of the steam>
or Clinton.
Now is the time TO be planting
Don't forget to set out plenty of good
shade trees.
The weather is windy and clou-
dy. 1t seems to be on the ragged edge
of change.
If you want groceries at fifty per
cent discount fer cash go to A. z.
Barredo & Bro.
Read The HERALp's business locals
to find out where to go for all kinds
Christmas things.
A card party will be given at the
residence OF Mrs. Clearwater or
Thursday night next.
Received by this steamer a large
assortment of fancy aud staple gro
ceries at A. P Barreda s. Bro.
Advertise your holiday goods in
The HERALD, a paper which is read
by every English reading person mi
the city.
Chas. F.Tilghman IS holding down
Herbert sherwood's place at the Rio
Grande station, until the latter re-
covers from his Illness.
The IRON railing to inelose the
school house grounds arrived on
this trip of the steamer and viii be
placed in position in 4 few days.
Are yoa a subscriber to The HEX
AID? If not, then make your fam
lily Christmas present of a years
subscription-only $40 if paid in ad-
vance.
The Galveston News and Houston /
Post failed to arrive in last nights
mail, and their subscribers in this
city were left in getting their daily
news.
DR.. Oruay and wife, who arrived |
here Saturday from the interior of
Mexico on the VI. & N. train, left
this morning for Galveston On the
steamer Clinton.
The attention of the public IS call
ed to the notice posAed in the cor
ridors of the post Office. a number
of packages have been mailed with
out sufficient postage and are being
held'for more postage.
Capt. Bishop will have X Troop
on the March next Monday morning,
en- route to Fort Sam Houston. The
boys are happy over the prospect of
enjoying city life in Tamaleville for
a time, though of course it causes
them pang to leave Brownsville on
the lower Rio Grande
All Ladies having few hours
ieasure each day should write NE at
once, regarding pleasant home work
which easily pays SIS weekly. This
is 10 deception and will certainly
pay Won to investigate. Reply with
stamped envelope. Miss II. =. Steb-
bins, Lawrence, Mich.
Ripe strawberries before Christ
mas: Wei that is what Celestin ]
Jagou's family has lately been en- :
joying. lie showed TEE HERALD :
man a specimen of them yesterday, ]
and the latter can testify that they q
are good-sized and well favored. /
They are from Dir. Jagou's celebra- 1
ted banana plantation, six miles from i
the city. a
Mike Leahy has on exhibition al i
the international saloon 4 mammoth
blade from a saw fish, which is or
of the largest ever seen here. Il /
measures four and half fee; in j
length and is fourteen inches broad d
at the base. The. fish which bore 0
this frightfuli weapon was taken in Q
the gulf near Brazos island last sum Il
mer by sailor. Mr.. Leahy informs r
Us that this monster of the deep was 7
about twenty-foar feet long, ar1 n
declares that j was this same saw
isii ti1at nusat tisa sloop Buffalo g.lf.