The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-11

/ Inc SVA OuIl VIII carry Tid>SSn-
| gers regularly from Point Isabel to
South Landing opposite Raymond
vile, subject to passengers call.
9-l1-tf
Ice for San BenitO-The Tuck
er special left the ice plant last
night on schedule time for San be
nitO with a ton of ice for that
place. The special consists of
push car with six Mexicans as mo-
! tive power
Give us chance at your next
/ Lumber bill Phone US No. 251 No
trouble to answer questions; every
/ thing to build with at the Big
! White Sheds and Office, down near
st. L., B. & NJ. freight depot !. +
/ & J. H. Grant Lumber Co. 9-4-6
Broken King-bOIt-A serious ac-
| cldent was narrowly averted this
morning on Levee street at the
| Twelfth street crossing, when a king
bolt in wagon driven by Earl Led
+ ford broke, throwing him TO the
! ground directly beneath the horses
| feeJ. The lad was driving across
! the car rails on Twelfth street, hav-
| ing already crossed the first rail
and when the forward wheels struck
! the other rail the king-bolt broke,
throwing the boy upon his face to
The ground, bruising him slightly
Expert Blacksmith. - Repairing,
hOrseshoeing, etc First class work.
Manuel Flores. 7-16-tf Wed-Sat
Church NOtice-First Methodist
/ Church, opposite Federal building.
| Special music You Will find it a
pleasant place in which 10 spend an
/ hour. Sunday school 9:45 a m,
Epworth League O'Clock D. m,
preaching by the pastor Il o'clock
and 8 o'clock Friends and strang-
ers made welcome A. Noble James,
pastor.
Coolest soda water in rown at Mar
tinez's drug store. 7-13-tf
TO Bless Isabel Chapel-The
Catholic Chapel at Point Isabel,
which was damaged considerably in
the June blow and has since been
repaired and practically made over,
will be blessed tomorrow morning.
a solemn nigh mass viii be sung
after the arrival OF the nine o'clock
lain from Brownsville which it is
expected, vill be attended bv uum
Der of people from this city. The
music will be furnished by some of
the members of the choir Of tie
Cathedral of this city
Horse Hurts Himself-S. c. Tuck
er had the misfortune this morning
to have d valuable horse seriously
injured by trying to jump across
4 partition from one stall to another.
A cash a foot long and six inches
deep was torn in the animals side
by a piece of projecting timber, ne
cessitating the taking of twelve
stitches.
Dull in COurts-This week has
been a dull one in the local courts,
there having been only two cases
in the recorders court and one in
the Justices court during the en-
tire week, all Of which were tried
Monday.
DIR. Kent, eye, ear, nose and
throat Office Combe building.
S-26-tf
Impounding Stray Animals.-And
stiH the police force continue to gath
er in the stock which still meander
about the streets OF the city, regard
less OF the stringent law recently
passed by the city council prohibiting
them the free use OF the streets and
side walks in the city. There is now
in the pound between forty and fiji
ty head of stock, the majority of !
which are donkeys, there being, how +
ever, a few COWS a still more Wig
OrOus campaign, according to state |
ment of Assistant Attorney Hudson !
this morning, will be waged against |
the stray animals next week, when |
the city council will appoint a pound |
keeper, whose sole business will be to !
look after this class of law breakers. !
Steel Cable Mended-The steel !
cable across the river at the freight /
ferry winch was torn in two yester- |
day morning was repaired yes I
terday afternoon and freight traffic |
between Brownsville and Santa Cruz
was resumed
River Falling From seven o'clock
this morning until twO-thirty O'Clock
this afternoon the Rio Grande at this
point has fallen about two inches and
continues to fall, although very slow
ly. In the estero within the past