The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-26
LOCAL ITEMS

i Houses on monthly installments,
same as rent. Brownsville Realty Co.
5-12-tf
Pure Jersey milk, bottled, deliver
ed daily. w. S. Evans, Brownsville.
Texas. 5-24-3
Why pay rent? You can own your
own home just as easy Brownsville
Realty Co. at Tafpon Beach office.
5-12-tf
For SaIe.-I wish to sell my street
sprinkling outfit R. A. Cunningham.
C5-22-5
Get house on easy payments. We
tell you how. Brownsville Realty
Co at Tarpon Beach Office 5-12-tf
Living in Camp.-Chief Engineer
w S. Downing who will build the
international bridge is now domiciled
in camp at the bridge site, having
moved into his new quarters yester-
day, with his force of assistants. in
Guiding Cabier H. G. Ripley and
Bookkeeper G. A. Mckay. The camp
includes several large tents for dor
mitories, mess room, kitchen, ETC.. all
tOl dlC 4uIlC COlulllOQlOOo anu
comfortably furnished. Mr. Downing
and the bridge gang" expect to be
residents of Brownsville for the next
six or seven months, which is the
time that will be required to COM
plete the bridge.
In the court of Magistrate Gavito
this morning. Tom Butler, a negro
was fined 81 and trimmings for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
Tom asked permission, to go to the
hotel where he is employed as porter
to get the money to pay his fine and
the request was granted. After wait
ing long time for his return an Of
ficer was sent to find tardy Thomas,
but found that he was gone and, al
( though a search has been made for
him, no trace has yet been found of
the delinquent. In case he should put
in his appearance, he is assured a po-
sition by the city, on the streets.
No Lights Tonight Owing to some
accident to one of the boilers at the
electric light plant, there will no
lights tonight, so superintendent
Burks informs The Herald Mr.
Burks says that there will probably
be no lights for four or five nights,
as he will overhaul the boilers and
do some other work that he has
found necessary at the plant AS soon
as this work is done and the meters
stalled, he expects to be able to give
the city full service for both houses
and streets, and probably may be able
to furnish daylight service for which
there is such a growing and insistent
demand
Show Has GOne.-M L. Clark &
Sons show which has been perform
ing here since Saturday left last night
by special train for Corpus Christi,
where it is booked for two days
During its stay here, the show gave
five performances to fairly large sized
audiences. 1t was fairly good show,
doing clean and creditable work.
Uncle Sam Will Turn on the Cal
cium.-The Z. S. custom house and
pOstoffice are being wired for cleo
trio lights, and soon the people who
do business for Uncle Sam in Browns
vile will not have to grope about by
the feeble light of the oil lamps that
have done duty in this building here
tofore- 1t will require 10 lights to
hight the building
Bought MatamOros Property-W.
A. Rutledge of this city is one of the
very few Americans who have the
privilege of owning property in aNbor-
der Mexican town which right is
usually 1enied to americans by the
laws of Mexico. Mr. Rutledge has re-
Gently bought the building on the cor
ner of Gale Concrete in Mata-
moroh facing the Hidalgo Plaza,
which has been occupied by him for
some time as a place of business. The
property measures 100 by IS feet,
incli Ding one-story brick building.
The property measures 100 by rs
feet, including a one-story brick
build ng- The price was $4,000
Mexican money. Mr.. Rutledge OBJ
tanned a special permit from the
Mexican government. in order to buy
this property.