The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-09-25

The new water-works system at
Mercedes is expected to be completed
very shortly, so Captain Fitch in
formed The Herald yesterday. The
system, he says will include five miles
of mains, and will be first class
plant in every particular. They gen
orally do things in first class style at
that up-to-date little city.
Work on the new addition to the
market house which is to be used as
a fire station as well as market, is
progressing rapidly. The walls are
up as far as the second story at pres
ent and Contractor A. Goldammer
stated this morning that he would
have the building completed and
ready for occupancy about the fif-
teenth of October.
Yesterday afternoon the enroll
ment of the city public school had
reached six hundred and three, Pro-
lessor T. P. Barbour stated that the
enrolment this year is very slow,
that for some reason parents seem to
be delaying in sending their children
to school, and that it would probably
be ten or fifteen days before the en-
rollment would be completed.
The Brownsville Gun Club will
hold its regular shoot tomorrow after
noon at Fort Brown, in the rear of
the ordnance building. This promises
to be one of the most interesting
shoots yet held, as there are a great
many entries and friendly rivalry is
keen in the contest for the Hardy W
Adams medal and also for the beau
tiful picture as Il second prize.
The fifteen-foot steam launch "Sil-
yer King" which left the Point early
yesterday morning in charge of C.
Everson and F. NJ. Collins, arrived
In the city last night about seven-thir-
ty o'clack, having come 3 distance of
one hundred and ten miles in a day
against the powerful current in the
Rio Grande river 1t was not expect
ed that the trip would be made SO
quickly.
The new hotel at McAllen, the Am
erican, will be open Monday. reports
C. S. Morton of that place, who was
in town yesterday This will be quite
an addition to McAllen. Mr. Morton
also report the arrival there this
week of two immigrant cars contain
ing stock, household and Kitchen
utensils, farming implements, etc,
and says that McAllen expects to have
a bank this fall.
The concert to be given tonight by
the Mutual Aid Society promises to
be a most enjoyable event. A num-
Der of the most talented musicians
and singers of this city and also of
Matamoros are on the program,
which comprises some fine selections.
The funds realized from this concert
are used for the benefit of the poor
and needy ones, and all should help
good cause by attending.
No new business was transacted in
the county court yesterday on ac-
count of the attorneys being engaged
in the district court, and the court is
taking a recess again today for the
same reason. County Judge. Bartlett
stated to- Herald reporter this morn
ing that it is his intention to try
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changed in the future, so that it
will not conflict with the district
court
A rather remarkable feat was &C
complished this afternoon by Mex
lean boatman by the name of Limo
employed at the ferry. He crossed
from the Mexican side IF the li9er in
row boat No without single stroke
of the oars. Starting about fifteen
feet below the landing on the Mexican
side, Limo, who is regarded as the
best boatman on the river, standing
in the stern of the boat, floated across
the river, Notwithstanding the swift
current and the stiff Ureeze that
was blowing, and succeeded in reach
ing the ferry landing on the Ameri-
can side without varying twenty feet
from his course. He guided and pro-
PEELED the boat simply by shifting his
weight from one leg to the other, and
kept kept the boat under perfect con-
troll. Of course, there were no pas
Sengers on the boat