The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-04
LOCAL ITEMS


DIR. Kent, eye, ear, nose and
throat Office Combe building.
8-26-tf
Duck Season On-The duck sea-
son has now opened in earnest and
although the season has hardly be-
gun, local spOrtsmen report ducks
in great number on the various re-
sacas about the country. Yesterday
Mike Wicks slaughtered q ducks
in a very short time at the Tules.
Electric Theatre Tonight The
Life Drama of Napoleon BOnaparte
and Empress Josephine" Different
from the last. Bad Lands, Wild
West drama.
Increased Number Pupils There
are no wenrolled in the city public
school 725 pupils, which is an in
crease over the number enrolled at
this time last year of about 100.
The faculty expect the enrolment
to reach about loco by the first of
February.
Constructing Bridge Piers-The
work of uriving the piles for the
piers on both sides of the river for
the international bridge now under
course of construction at this point
has been completed, sc piles having
been driven on each side. On Sat
urday work was begun constructing
the piers in the river, by putting in
temporary piling on the American
side about sixty feet from the bank.
In all something like 10S piles will
be used in constructing the piers in
| the river.
Inspector COmmins Bags Large
! 'POssum-A monster pOssum, weigh
ing Is pounds and l ounce, was as
sassinated last night by Immigrant
Inspector Charley COmmins, who
slew it as David slew Goliath, with
a rock. In the wee sma' hours, In
spectOr Commins, who was on duty
at the immigration station, heard a
noise in the direction of Col. H. G.
Dubose's "hennery," and upon invest
| igation found Mr. POssUm fOraging
amidst the drOwsy poultry, and
finding a rock he let her fly, strik-
ing Mr. Postum squarely between
! the eyes, sending him to the hap
by hunting grounds 1t is Mr.. Com
Minis intention to have the possum
dressed, and shipped to corpus
! Christi to be roasted with sweet
'taters to be served to President
Taft during his visit to Corpus this
month.
Several horses that had been stalk
ed in vacant lots in the north end oil
the city were yesterday afternoon
captured by the pound master, who
has them in his custody. Evidently
the owners of the horses in question
thought that by stalking the animals
on a vacant lot they could evade the
stock law. Such is not the case, how
ever, unless the lot in which the
horse is stakeu is the property of the
owner.
A meeting of the council will be
held this afternoon at four o'clock
at which several important matters
will be taken up. Among other things
to be discussed will be the adoption
of ordinances pertaining to the regu
lation of automobiles in the city Ii
mits and also the establishment Of
fire limit
One hundred pounds of live rattle
snakes were today shipped to firm
in Massachusetts by the Gulf Coast
Wild Animal Farm of this city.
Man Lost-A letter was received
this morning by Chief of Police Con
ner from Chief of Police E. P. Creecy
of ST. Louis, making inquiries con
corning one Fred Benemann of 2457
Gilmore Ave, St Louis In his letter
to Chief Conner Chief Creecy stated
that Benemann purchased a tickle
FOR Brownsville on August goth anC
since that date his Laughter has beef
unable to hear from him, and wishe.
to know if Benemann is in Browns
willie. Thus far Chief Conner has beer
unable TO locate the man.
An informal hop was given by tn,
young men Of this city at the hall 0
the Woodmen of the World Saturda,
night, and though the weather wa,
most too warm to indulge in the
Terpsichorean art, the young folk
, kept time to the strains of waltze.
and Jwosteps till midnight, wheI
every one reported a most enjoyable
time. Those present We're: Mrs. Free
/ Tate and Mrs. Annie Wise, Misse.
Boyd, anita and Eta Kowalski, Ger
= rude COwen. Rosa stowe, Addit
Goodrich. Mamie Closner, Adele Reed
Kadijah Grant, Anita Cowen, Ethe
Neale, Lucy Tate, Milly and Eft;
Reed. Messrs Whitman, Hurrelbrinl
Rorke, Cowen, Slattery. Bernie, Free
and James KOwalski, Menaker
Symthe, Smith. Celaya. Hoberist, vii
bur and jose bennett. Brown
Dougherty. Tate, Cobolini and Geo
Cleveland.
! marriage license was today is
sued to Pedro Ramos and Emil;
AguilO-