The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16
LOCAL ITEMS

for the opening of their Rummage
Sale next week. Watch for their
ad later
| Refrigerators, ice boxes and fur
niture galore, at Hancock-Lamb-
Furniture Store. -4-14-tf.
| Every bushes and professional
man ought to be at the commercial
club tonight. Brownsville needs
their aid.
FOR SALE CHEAP The din
ing room and kitchen furniture
at the Coleman Hotel. w. Q.
COLEMAN, Prop. -4-16-tf.
The regular meeting of Hope
Chapter, o. E. S., will be held
tomorrow evening at eight. Bust
ness requires attention of all men,
bers.
A new time card will take eff
feet on the ST. L., B. & M. rail-
road Sunday, the 10Th. The main
line train will leave at $50 a. m,
being half an honr earlier than at
present. 4-16-3
/ In arranging for the reception
and entertainment in honor of Hon
John A. Fox, the voice of every
citizen of Brownsville should be
heard. Jar loose from your hearth
stone for a few minutes tonight,
and attend the meeting at the COM
merciul club.
/ Don't forget to attend the Easter
Hum to be given Saturday after
noon near the National cemetery.
All who wish to attend must as
semble at the Baptist church at
$50. A free ride will be given
to all. There will be eggs galore,
refreshments and all sorts of games
for young and old. Admission 10
cents.
Plans have been made for a
/ handsome, two story, brick bus,
mess building which will be erect
ed on the corner eff Elizabeth and
18th streets by P. ]. Vivier. The
house will have a fifty foot front
on Elizabeth street and extend
back 100 feet 1t is understood the
contract will be let for this build
ing and work commenced on it III
the near future.
Two cars of onions and cabbage
left Olmito yesterday. The very
finest onion crop made in this en-
tire valley this spring is said by
competent judges to be that raised
by the Messrs. Tandy at Olmito.
They have about ten or twelve
acres of onions all of large and
uniform size, with remarkably
small percentage of culls, and the
yield is fully up to the limit.
The Kings Daughters will hold
a Bazaar at the Goodrich building
on Adams street, on Tuesday,
April 21, beginning at 8 p. M.
! Attractive booths, both indoors
and outdoors, attended by ladies
in costume, will offer for sale
hand made articles both beautiful
and useful. Petted plants of
many varieties, homemade candy,
cakes, tamales. iced tea and waters,
ice cream and lemonade will be
sold. All are invited to attend
and an evening of enjoyment is
assured.
| The prettiest sight ON Elizabeth
street just now is the show window
at the drugstore of w. G.. Will
man, who has made a special
display in preparation for the
Easter season. Amid tasteful de-
corations of evergreens, are a
quantity of pretty Easter eggs.
with big stuffed Belgian hare
and a number of miniature rabbits
artistically placed. The window
is the chief attraction for the ju
veniles, and the grownups seem
to admire it almost AS much.
Every person who has the least
interest in the development of the
lower Rio Grande valley and the
city of Brownsville should attend
the meeting to be held at the Com
mercial club this evening to devise
plans for the entertainment of Hon
John A. Fox. if they possibly can
do so, said a prominent citizen
talking to HERALD reporter this
morning. 1 am going to be there
myself" he added emphatically,
and will do what 1 can to induce
my friends to CO." If everyone
else in Brownsville will do likewise,
there will be rousing meeting to-
NIGHT