The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-03

Now is the time to select your
Xmas gifts before our stock has been
picked over. The Rutledge JeWelry
Cs. 1908
A COrrectioH.-In naming the COM
handing officers of the Brownsville
Rifles, in reporting Col. w j. Bryan's
visit to Brownsville, The Herald yes
terday made an error, First Lieuten-
ant George J. Head being named as
| the captain, when it should have been
Captain Fred n. Cowan. Capt. Cow
an was due all credit for detailing the
detachment of his company which met
Col Bryan at the station and escort
ed him both to the opera house and
to the public school house, an atten-
which was appreciated by the dis
tinguished visitor and was also pleas
ing to our citizens.
Fine supply of Flows Xmas candies
Just received st st. Joseph's Drug
Store Come and make your selec-
ton now. 12-112t
Both Edison and Victor phono-
graphs with a complete stock of rec
ords at Rutledge's Jewelry Store.
1I-3O-IS
Placed Under Bond.-On charge of
smuggling mescaI, Eleno Hernandez
was this morning placed under s25
bond to appear before the next feder-
al grand jury, which will convene
here next Monday. The case came I'D
before Justice of the Peace Valentin
Gavito, who is acting u S. Commits
sioner in the absence of U. S. Com
missioner R. B. Creager. Hernandez
was arrested last Monday night by
Customs Inspectors Delling and Lay
ton on the corner of Elizabeth and
Eighth streets with a tow sack con-
tanning several beef bladders filled
with about three gallons of mescal.
Before purchasing your Xmas gifts
visit the store of the Rutledge Jewel
ry Company, the most complete line
OF jewelry and novelties in Southwest
Texas. 1908
Fine Bean .CrOp.-Eighty-fou
crates of beans, each crate containing
one bushel was shipped from here
last night by C. NJ. Cara to Kansas
City, st. Louis, and other northern
points. These beans were raised on
the farm of Sheriff c. Cara, near the
city, and were gathered off two acres
and Sheriff Cara states that if there
is no frost this month, he vii gather
equally that much more off the same
patch, which will make an average
of something like eighty bushels to
the acre. Mr.. Cara also states that
he expects to realize about $500 net
per acre off his bean crop this year.
In all Mr.. Cara has eighty acres in
beans.
just the thing to send your friends
and relatives in the old states, Mex
lean drawn work, curios, etc, at the
Rutledge Jewelry Company. 11-30-1S
Just Received beautiful assort-
ment of holiday goods consisting of
manicure sets, comb and brush sets,
jewel boxes. ink stands, collar and
cuff boxes, travelling cases. baby sets,
holiday stationery and shaving mugs.
Putegnat's Drug Store. 12-1-tf
Carnival Neutrality-suspicious.
are now well under way for securing
a carnival for this city during Christ
mas week, by members of the fire de
partment. for the benefit of that or
ganization. A telegram received yes
terday by NJ. Hnason from J. r. POr-
ter, mayor of San Marcos, where the
carnival company in question has just
completed an engagement, stated that
the members of this organization are
good people and that all of their
shows are clean and moral and that
the people of his city were more then
pleased with them. Should this com
pany come here under the auspices of
the fire company, the fire boys Will re
ceive One-half the gate receipts and