The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-02
LOCAL TTEMS

The Ohio and Texas Sugar Com
pany is now making contracts for
grinding this years crop. The mill
viii start up in a few weeks and, as
the grinding capacity is limited.
painters having cane to sell would do
we'll to make their arrangements
with the company at once. SO test
sugar is now worth in the neighbor-
hood of 4.30, which figured on the
80 cent standard makes cane worth
$3.S7 per ton.
Miss May d. Wilson of Cincinnati,
at Mrs. Scriveners' Millinery estab-
lishment, Nov. 4th, 5th and 9Th with
a full line of wigs, transformations,
pompadours, puffs, curls, and hair
ornaments. Combings made into
switches, pompdours and puffs. All
work guaranteed. 1O-29-4t
The committee of teachers of the
public school made up of Mrs. K. D.
Hallmark, and Miss Bertha Johnson
appointed to draw up program
for the Institute meetings sIhich
are held on the third Saturday of
each month, will submit the result
of their deliberations to the teachers,
meeting next Friday AFTERNOON If
the program is adopted, it will pro-
badly be printed in booklet form for
distribution.
Attention Citizens. The time has
come for Brownsville to waken from
her slumbers. We need a Business
Mems Club right now. Let your per
sonal, political and all other troubles
remain at home and come TO the
Federal Court Rooms Wednesday,
November 3, at s p m, with a full
determination to become a member
of an oganization that will boost
Brownsville and defend her rights.
Merchants complaining of hard
times are especially requested to be
present. c. H. More
Justice of the Peace Gavit0 has
just completed his quarterly report,
which ended October 31st. of the
business" transacted in his Court
during the quarter According to
Judge &avito's report there have
been tried in the justice court of this
one, in the market with all kinus of
40 cases. Of this number - wer4
tried in August. 10 in September ahG
only in October, there eng not d
single case tried in that SQUIRT during
the month. after the lota. The az
gregated amount Of fines collected
during lie quarter was Si1i.
Excursion Rate of $3.50 to Hous-
ton A special train viii leave
Brownsville at els p m. Nov. S,
reaching Houston at 7.35 a m, Nov
9. Tickets good to return Nov. II
on regular train No-tsu-oh. carni-
val is the attraction. *%
County Clerk Webb is now issuing
more artistic marriage license then he
has been doing heretofore. The old
marriage license book having been
used up Mr. Webb when purchasing
new one chose the most artistic
one in the market with al kinds Of
doves, flowers. marriage bells and
quirlymecues on them. However not
withstanding the fact that the pre-
sent license is much more beautiful
than the old one there viii be no
change for the present in their mar
ket value
Furniture, bicycle store. sewing
machines, etc, repaired All work
guaranteed Morris Furniture Com
pany, opposite City market. TeIe-
phone 226. 11-2-tfdw
Yesterday was the regular meeting
day of the city council. but the honor
able body did not meet and in the
meantime the automobiles still con-
tinue to run their machines through
the streets Of the city at a speed that
to say the least is reckless. = has
been but very few days since one
our prominent citizens escaped
ing run down by benzine buggy
by the fraction of an inch, and I'M
less the powers take some action
toward regulating the speed of auto
mobiles, some serious accident is
likely to result
\ complaint WAS filed this morning
in the Office of the county clerk by
Constable 10 h Roy of San Benito
agains' do Gomez charging him
with r4npersonating a justice OF the
peace and in this guise performing
an illegal marriage ceremony. It is
alleged that Uomez, who has Just re- /
Gently been released from state pri- +
son where he completed a two years 4
sentence for cattle stealing having
been convicted at Corpus Christi on