The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-10-23
LOCAL ITEMS
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The change in the weather is quite
agreeable.
For 25c and SOC lodgings apply to
Mccain, fronting the depot. s-27-tt
Two marriage licenses were is
sued in the office of the county clerk
today Those of Julian Moreno and
Santos Olivares, and Encarnacion
Salinas and Leonor Cantu.
The lost umbrella advertised in
The Herald yesterday was claimed
this morning by its owner, A. Armen-
trout, who has been here for short
time on home seeking quest.
In Justice of the Peace Gavito's
court this morning, the suit of John
Bannon VS. w. o. Coleman for
$65S5, the balance alleged to be due
on advertising contract, was dis
missed.
The Herald has on hand a large
stock of blank deeds, earnest re,
ceipts, vendors lien notes, plain
notes, export manifests, and various
other legal blanks, all approved Tex
as forms. tt
The only real estate transfer re-
corded today wa sthat of the Padre
Island Development Company to
John w. Sharp, lot No. 8, block No.
1873. Tarpon Beach. Consideration,
$50.
The new Mason dwelling house on
Levee street has been rented by Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Ryan. who came here
lately from San Antonio to make
their home. for the benefit of Mr.. Ry-
ans health.
The work of dividing the King
building on corner of Elizabeth and
Thirteenth streets, with partitions
SO as to make two offices and barber
shop, is about completed. The Off
ces will be ready for occupancy by
Monday morning.
The Rio Grande Machinery and
Manufacturing Co. ran all day Sun
day, making a piece of machinery
for the ice factory. Had these shops
not opened here. the ice plant would
have been shut down until this
broken part was received from the
north. 1892
The pay car for the St L., B. & NJ.
railroad, Paisano, in charge of Pay
master ]. D. Powers, arrived in the
city this afternoon about two O'Clock.
In consequence the employees are in
better spirits today than they have
been for about thirty days.
The Home Mission Society of the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
viii give a Halloween social Hol-
loween night. Amusements for both
young and old. Remember it's
Witches Night" so Come spend wi
US happy NIGHT. and crack a joke
thegither."
A special meeting of the city council
was called for yesterday afternoon
to further the matter of paying one
thousand dollars twards the building
of the new market house and also
the construction of a new slaughter
house However. a quorum could
not be secured. so the meeting had
to be postponed.
The only two cases in the record
er's court this morning were two
DRINKS who yesterday imbibed too
freely of the fluid extract of corn.
After receiving a severe reprimand
from the acting recorder. S. i. Dwor-
man, and with the promise that in
the future they would be good"
they were allowed TO go free.
The Ohio and Texas Sugar mill is
completely isolated from all commun-
ication other than on horseback to-
day The plant is entirely surround
ed by water which is about eighteen
or twenty inches in depth and the
roads are so badly cut up that it is
impossible to use wagons. II will in
all probability be several days yet be-
fore the water viii subside sufficiently
for work to be resumed on the mill.