The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-08
LOCAL ITEMS

! Notice. have a good Is, 900 acre
land and canal proposition for sale
cheap. See me at San Benito. S. A.
Robertson. 6-S-1m
Sanitary mspectOr-Th morning
Mayor Fred Combe appointed Floyd
Layton as sanitary inspector for the
city. Mr.. Layton entered upon his
new duties at once
Attractions for CeIebration-Lieut.
Head reports that he has received
over hundred letters from promoters
/ of various amusement projects, who
propose to come to Brownsville for
the three days military tournament
to be held July End, 3rd and 4th.
Another Warehouse.-Contra
Jack De Bruin has just completed
warehouse and yards on the tracks
of the St. l., B. & NJ. Ry opposite the
Waters Pierce Oil Co., where he ex-
poets to keep builders material, in
Guiding cement, lime, gravel, etc. The
| building and yards are so by 60 feet.
''Antiskeetr Crusade. Yesterday
Chief of Police Conner started out
two men with oil cars to oil all of the
water containers, etc, in the city in
a crusade to rid the city of mos
quitoes- One cart started in the
northern outskirts of the city, while
the other one started in the southern
outskirts of the city, both working
towards the center of the town
To Furnish Own Power-T. R.
Tumlinson, one of the proprietors of
the new Airdome, left Brownsville
Monday morning for San Antonio to
purchase a gas engine and dynamo.
to furnish power and light for their
theater. Word was received here to-
day that the material had been
shipped and would reach here in a
few days
No Electric Fans Yet.-Though
many Brownsville business houses are
anxious to install electric fans in or
der to make the heat more bearable
for their employees and patrons, they
are not yet able to do so, as the city
plant is still not prepared to furnish
electric service during the day. SUI
perintendent Burks hopes to be able
to turn on the current for a day serv-
ice before long, however
In the PostOfIice Again.-Edward
S. DOugherty who returned to
Brownsville recently after a stay of
some time in Hidalgo county, has ac-
cepted a position in the postoffice, en-
tering upon his duties yesterday
Mr.. DOugherty was formerly en-
ployed in the postoffice for a number
of years, and is thoroughly exper-
fenced in the duties of his position
His many old friends are glad to see
his familiar face again behind the lit
tie windows of the postoffice.
Returned from COast.-Dr and
Mrs. Geo. Cox, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs William A. Rutledge and
son and Captain and Mrs. T. A Kin
der and son, whObhave been spending
a week at the quarantine station on
Padre Island, as the guests of Dr.
and Mrs. Cox, returned home last
evening While there the party sue
ceeded in landing two tarpon nearly
five feet in length and a jew fish
which weighed over seventy-five
pounds. Dr. Cox and Mr. Rutledge
claim the honor of having landed the
tarpon
Brethren in Christ.-A party that
came in on the last hOmeseekers' ex-
cursiOn and was seeing Brownsville
yesterday, the members of which at
tracted considerable attention, from
the fact that every man in the party
wears a beard, included the follow
ing: l. T. Ginder and wife, Rev. u. |
n. WOlkenmuth, H. E. Wolkenmuth, !
Ben Nissly, J. Hostetter, Rev Eli NJ !
Engle and H. NJ. Engle, of Mt. Joy, |
Penn, A Kelsey and wife and A. !
Shenk of Mannheim, Penn, Mr. and /
Mrs. Hykes. HagerstOwn, Md, and |
Miss Fire of Kansas. These people |
are members of the religious sect |
known as Brethren in Christ, the
of the beard by the men be-
ing one of the distinguishing prac-
tees Of this sect. They left today fer
Victoria
More Concrete Walks.-The good
work OF replacing the old worn out
brick sidewalks of the city with mod
ern concrete pavements, is steadily
going on. Contractor Jack De Bruin
has just completed walk of this
kind around the Combe block on
Levee street. Mr.. De Bruin also has
the contract for constructing a con-
crete walk around the Combe home
stead on Elizabeth street and the Ter
ry property on Levee street recently
purchased by DR.. Fred F. Combe The
for this work has been or
1ered and as soon as it arrives, Mr..
De Bruin viii begin at once the con-
struction of these walks He also
has the contracts for putting walks
about the property of DR.. Joe Combe
On Levee and also around the proper
" of S. L. DWOrman on the corner If