The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-09-22
LOCAL ITEMS

For Csc and 35c lodgings apply to
Mccain, fronting the depot. 6-27-tf
Big shipment of Huyler's candies
just received. Eagle Drugstore.
9-1S-e
FOR SALE+Two choice lots on
Tarpon Beach. A bargain. Inquire
Herald Office. S-5-tf
The city scavenger force are busy
today cleaning the streets and gut
tiers, and getting them into good con-
dition again.
Get your school supplies at the
Brownsville Drug Store and get
chances at the beautiful SIS doll.
s-21-12
FOR SALE-A nine room frame
cottage on Madison street, between
18th and 18th streets c. Frank
Champion. S-1S-13
Only routine business was dis
posed of in the county court this
morning, on account of the lawyers
ching engaged in the district court
The X. of P. lodge will hold a
meeting tomorrow night in their
lodge room at eight O'Clock. All Wis
iting brothers cordially invited. N.
Hanson, c. c.
The Brownsville Electric and
Plumbing Company have on exhibit
a fine line of porcelain bath tubs and
toilet fixtures, and also a very attrac-
tive line of handsome electroliers.
9-22-4
Persons who wish pianos repaired
or tuned should avail themselves OF
the services of the expert piano tuner
and repairer, John B. Viano, who will
be here short time. Leave order
at Whitman Pharmacy or postoffice
S-11-tf
Yesterdays enrolment of pupils
at the public school amounted to $50,
an unusually large number for the
first day. The work of enrolment is
still going on, and there is every prob
ability that the number will reach
over thousand before the work is
finished.
On account of the complaints of a
great many citizens, through the me-
dunn of Mayor Combe, by mutual
consent the Democratic and indie
pendent clubs have decided for the
present at least to abandon their reg
ular Saturday night torch-light pro-
cessions. This will be appreciated
by all order loving citizens
The suit of ]. D. A. Mcclellan still
continues TO occupy the district court
and it is not likely that the case will
reach the jury today. Wayne Wood
was placed on the witness stand just
after court convened yesterday af-
ternoon and at ten-thirty o'clock this
morning had not begun to testify, as
the council were engaged in wrangles
over legal points.
Why not subscribe for The Herald
yourself, instead of borrowing it?. If
everyone were to borrow the paper,
there would not be any Herald pub
lished. The price of The Daily Her.
aid is only 80 cents month, and of
The Weekly Herald only $3.50 a
year. If you cannot afford to take
The Daily, perhaps you could afford
to take the Weekly. If
The absence of the shine boy and
his familiar cry of "shinei" is notice
able on the streets of the city today
Chief of Police Connor began early
this morning to rigidly carry out the
instructions given yesterday by the
mayor to keep the bootblacks off of
the street and now it is possible for
one to walk down the streets without
being accosted every few minutes by
a street urchin with Shine Sir? 1
do good job"
Miss Kitty Barry, who has been
spending some time very pleasantly
here, visiting her brother and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Barry, left this
morning on her return to her hOme
near Sherman, Texas. Miss Barry
won many friends in Brownsville
while here, who will be glad to have
her return again. Mrs. H. Barry &C
companied her sister-in-law, and will
spend short time visiting relatives
IN North Texas.
T. A. HUMPHREYS of Harlingen was
transacting business in town today.
Mr.. HUMPHREYS is one of the enter
prising truck growers of the Harlin-
gen vicinity, having a twenty acre
farm near there. He takes an active |