The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-23
LOCAL ITEMS

Lawn Party The Woman's Home
Mission Society will give
lawn party at the home of w. W
Lastinger, opposite the San Carlos
Hotel, Friday, September "a, from
to 9 D. m Pie. ice cream and lem
onade viii be served. 9-22-2t
Pretty Country Home Among the
many pretty homes recently con-
structed in the valley is the home
of J. r. Copeland, located on his
farm about four and a - miles
northwest of Brownsville on the mil
itary road The building is 4 frame
structure, two stories in height all.
equipped with all modern convent
ences usually found in a city home
and in & very short while Will have
a system OF running water both hot
and cold throughout the entire
house Mr. Copeland and family
moved into their new home on Mon
day last.
DIR. Kent, eye, ear, nose and
throat Office Combe building.
S-26-tf
On Taft Reception Committee-A
letter received yesterday by Judge
Noah Allen from the Corpus Chris
ii Golf and Country Club announced
the fact that he had been appointed
a member of the reception commit
tee of the club to receive President
Taft during his visit TO Corpus
Christi on October % The letter
also stated that the wives of the
members of the committee would
constitute a general committee to
act in conjunction with the reception
committee R. j. Kleberg is chair
man of the reception committee,
while Mrs. Jeff y Miller is chair
man of the ladies' committee.
Miss BarbOm's School for begin
ners will reopen, Cor Ninth and
Levee, on October I. 9-22-10t
Social Meeting Orange Grove
Circle, No. 335, will have its social
meeting Saturday night at eight
o'clock at the hall over Wise & New
mans store This being the first
social meeting of the season, it is
expected to be quite nice affair.
Each member is entitled to invite
friend
For Best Varieties of toma-
to and cabbage plants at $1.O0 per
NJ, write CHAS. WOLF, Mission, Tex.
9-22-6t
Still Very Much Alive-Albert A.
SammOns, the well known grazing
contractor, of Mission, who was re-
ported to have gone to Dayy Jones
locker during the late excitement
along the river, came in last night
very much alive He reports that
most of the damage to the dirt work
of the La LOmita canal has already
been repaired and that planting is
being pushed, just as though there
had been no rise, the farmers put
ting in their seeds on land near the
river that can be irrigated now Mr..
Summons says that several have
made their beds on his place and
others intend doing 50.
Ry. Ghost Walks-There was
something doing in the money line
for the railway employees today.
Paymaster J. d. Powers came in iasl
night with a bag full of "dinero"
which he handed out to the deserv-
ing in small instaIlments this morn
ing. Then he took the branch train
up the line to continue the good
work among the company's en-
plOyees up that way.
The River During last night the
river at this point rose about half an
inch, but since seven o'clock this |
morning has been at a stand
Land Market and Cupid DulI-For |
the first time in many days there |
was not single real estate transfer |
recorded or single marriage license |
issued in the office of the county !!
elerk today.
Fall Opening of Millinery Sat
urday, September %, in new Beste-
iro building, opposite Miller Hotel. /
Mrs. Scrivner 9-32-2