The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-30


fitted up for Offices, having been
leased by ]. S. Daugherty of Hous-
ton, Texas, to be used as a branch
Office of the American Colonization
Company of Cedar Rapids, Ia. Mr..
Daugherty has charge of the Texas
headquarters of this company at
Houston, and the branch Office in
Brownsville will be under the
management of ]. F. ALLEN, who
arrived in Brownsville a short time
since. The entire building, which
is one stored, comprising six rooms
will be occupied as Offices by this
company.
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The statements of the First Ma
tional Bank and Merchants Ma
tional Bank appear in today's HER
AID. Both of these institutions
make a fine showing, which reflects
a generally prosperous condition
in the town and surrounding coun-
try. Each of them passes the half
million mark in total footings. the
First National coming to $542.=
710.17 and the Merchants Ma
tional to $e65, 1886.
From c,,s4o.---Itlspector M. G
| Delling who returned from RiC
Grande City last night where he
went few days ago to investigate
the killing of Inspector Duffy, We
learn that no cause for the deco
has yet appeared and that nothing
is known Of the motives of the
lslayers. The examining trial o.
IJuan and Gabriel Morales was held
yesterday but had not concluded
when ne left.
Do you want to beautify your
home? Just cali at Cross Lumber
Co.. buy the famous old reliable
Rubber Paint, apply it and watch
for the results. You can't obtain
a better, more beautiful or CLASSY
wall surface by applying any other
than Rubber Paint. Get a free
sample color card of "a different
shades at Cross's.
There are no new sidewalks to
report lately, which is to be roget
ted, as so many of the walks about
town are sadly in need of improve
ment. Even where the bricks are
not loose, they are worn so un-
evenly, as to make if torture to
walk over them. Do give us some
better pavements.
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An electrical engineer visiting
Brownsville lately remarked that
an electric railroad from this place
to Point Isabel would be paying
proposition. Such an improve
ment would doubtless more than
double the travel between the two
points.
A considerable quantity of cot
ton is being loaded on cars at the
freight depot tor shipment and will
probably be shipped tomorrow.
The Reagan Round Bale Company
of Houston has bought most of the
round bales that were ginned here.
Up to noon today, poll tax re
ceipts to the number of 766 had
been ISSUED by the county tax col
lector. OF this number 51S were
for the city, the remainder being
for the various county precincts.