The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-04


No Storm Neutrality-suspicious. a
storm has been reported as brewing
on the Gulf of Mexico for several
days, there is so far no indication Of
its reaching this end of the gulf The
barometer here has been rising
slightly the past few days, indicating
fair weather. This morning at ii
read 5000, and at noon it had risen
to 1905. The weather bureau at
New Orleans wired the local observer
this morning for a special report of
conditions here to ascertain whether
the storm might yeer this way, but,
as stated, the barometer showed no
such indication up to noon. The re-
port of the disturbance on the gull
this morning showed it to be about
on the center of the gulf.
Coolest soda water in town at Mar
tinez's drug store. 7-13-tf
DIR. Sizelan's Office will be closed
from Aug. 5 to Aug. 16-inclusiye
1871 If.
Nice Showers.-The dust was nice
Iy settled this morning by the show
er which fell here It was only a To-
cal shower, however, and while quite
heavy in town, there was only trace
of precipitation at the South Texas
Garden. a fine rain is reported as
falling yesterday extending from the
Cottingham neighborhood as far as
Olmito. while not drop fell in town.
That Settles Tiff you will set
tie the water, we will settle your
bill'' was handed by one of Browns
viile's householders to the collector
for the city water and light plant,
when the latter presented a bill for
water on the first 1t was not an
unreasonable proviso e1ther-come to
think of it.
X. of p. Notice-A regular meeting
of the K. of p lodge will be held to-
night at eight o'clock. All members
are urged to be present. j. B. Sharp,
&c. C.
More Concrete Walks-And still
the gold work of constructing con-
crete sidewalks goes on in the city. j.
C. De Bruin is now constructing a
concrete walk in front of the new res
idence of F. W. Kibbe on Levee
Street and will begin within the next
few days to construct one in about
the New Miller hotel.
Baseball Match Sunday.=Sunday
will be a great day in the history of
the Sahualla baseball team of this
city, when they will cross bats with
d picked Mexican team from Corpus
Christi. Three games will be played,
one Sunday morning and double
header in the afternoon The Sa-
hualla team have chosen for their
colors purple and yellow
1.-THE Daily Fan" is the latest addi-
ton to Brownsville's literary pro-
auctions Number One begins by an
nouncing that it is perhaps the
pearance being its desire to post the
Brownsville fans as to the doings of
the Brownies while en- tour The fan
is a breezy little sheet aud is distrib-
uted gratis.
Tri--WeekIy Freight Trains Also
On account of the decrease in bust
ness. freight trains arrive and depart
now but three times a week-on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in
stead of every day as heretofore. The
tri-weekly idea seems to be popular
with our railroad.
Farewell to Bridal Pair.-Passen-
gers on the branch train this morn
ing witnessed a farewell to a bridal
smile. Rice was scattered impartial
~ over the bridal couple, the car, the
platform and passengers, while rib
bons and old slippers were affixed to
various parts of the car and on the
side underneath the window at which
the happy pair were sitting was
tackled a large sign reading as fol-
lows; ''Dougherty Speeial-get the
habit--marry now