The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-01
LOCAL ITEMS


Don't send off for your tarpon OUT
fit. Wait until you see our stock now
on the road Brownsville Sporting
Goods Company. 4-S0-tf
Take your furniture. bicycles and
and gasoline stoves to be repaired to
Morris Furniture Co. opposite city
hall. 4-12- DIV
with the Fleet in Frisco and
"The Worm VIII Turn an amusing
comedy at the Electric Theater to-
night. 1t
Highest price paid for second hand
furniture, bicycles, stoves, ice boxes.
tools. etc. Morris Furniture Co.. op-
posite city hall. 4-12-tf d&w
Methodist Church-Preaching by
the pastor at II a. m. and p. m.
tomorrow in the Presbyterian church
one block west of postoffice. Tour
lists and friends are invited. A, Noble
James, pastor.
On account of the failure of the
express company to get the films here
the opening of the new Imperial the
atre will be deferred until Monday
evening An exceptional program
viii be given including the Tau
guration of President Taft
MataInoros Entertainment Tonight
at the opera house in Matamoros, the
local talent of that city wilkgive an
entertainment consisting of vocal and
instrumental music. as well as dra-
matte selections the proceeds to go
to the Civic Improvement Association
for the Improvement of the city.
Among other things viii be one act
from the popular opera Carmen.
A Mexican by the name of Juan de
Dios Villareal of San Miguel, Mexico,
who applied for admission to the local
immigration station yesterday was de-
ported, as he was found to have come
in violation of the alien contract Ia
Dor law Villareal stated to the au-
thorities that he came to this coun-
try at the solicitation of a friend,
who stated that he had work for him.
OF the Track Shortly after pass
ing San Benito yesterday morning.
the front trucks on the forward car of
the branch train went off the track
and the train ran along for about one
hundred yards before it was stopped |
Only a short delay was caused by the
accident and no injury resulted from |
it. The train crews are equipped |
with all necessary apparatus for deal |
ing with such emergencies and go1
about the work in prompt and sys-
tematic way, with the result that a
derailed car may be restored to the !
track in a short time. unless the track /
be badly damaged.
List Your Rooms at the Commercial /
Club-Secretary R. N. Magill of the |
Commercial Club requests all who I
have one or more rooms that they I
would like to rent to transients to /
list them with him at once for the |
benefit of the crowds who will take /
of the very low rates that /
will be on for the Cinco de Mayo |
fiestas. The st. L. B. and NJ Ry, |
will make round trip rate of $500 |
from Houston to Brownsville and re-
turn, and proportionately low rates |
from intermediate points, to apply on i
trains arriving here on May 4th and |
good for return trip until May Sth. I
These rates will undoubtedly bring /
large crowds and tax the rooming ca
pacity of Brownsville, and Secretary
MagilI asks all who can accommo- /
date any of the visitors to advise him /
giving the number they can care for !
and the rates.
Stranger in Sad Condition.-A
man giving his name as
A. O. Weldon and his home as near
Hartford. Conn, and who has been
in the city for about FIVE days has
been found to. be in a deplorable con-
dition. being i'll and without funds or
friends. A few nights ago. while pass
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