The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-02
LOCAL ITEMS
DC


See the Beautiful Pattern Hats at
the opening of Mrs. Scrivner's Mil
linery Parlor tomorrow afternoon.
Brownsville lodge U. D., l. o. O. f.,
will meet tonight. All members are
urged to be present Visiting BROTH
ers are cordially invited to attend.
Pattern Hats.-The finest ever
brought to Brownsville. all the latest
shapes and styles, will be shown at
Mrs. Scrivner's millinery opening to-
morrow afternoon.
An InyiI tion.-You are cordially
invited TO attend the opening of Mrs.
Scrivner's Millinery Parlor, Wednes-
day from 3 to 6 p. M, Aschenberger
building. next door to Herald office,
Elizabeth street.
Business Moved.-The stock and
fixtures of Ruby's- saloon were moved
Monday to the building adjoining E.
F. RoWson & Company's Office. The
building formerly occupied by the sa-
loon will be used as retail grocery
store.
Seed Cane for MfssiOn.@Two
hundred tons ofsugar-cane have been
sold by the Ohio & Texas Sugar Plan
tation for shipment to Mission. 1t
will be used for planting some of the
many cane plantations that will be
opened up there this year.
The Quaker Club, which was lately
organized in this city, meets monthly
instead of weekly. as stated in The
Herald, the meeting day being the
last Friday of each month. The next
meeting win be held with Miss Flor
ence o. Macy in Matamoros. Friday,
March 2e.
Mrs. Seriyner has opened q first
class millinery establishment in the
Aschenberger building, next to the
~fd.oaioe Mrs. Scrivner is an ex-
perieneed milliner, and solicits the
patronage of ladies throughout the
valley A complete line of beautiful
hats will be exhibited at the opening
of her millinery parlors tomorrow af-
ternoons
To Be Married.-A marriage IL
cense was issued today to Miss Her
melinda Cevallas and Andres Herman
DEE, who viii be married tomorrow
evening at the Catholic church in this
city The groom elect resides at Con
zales, Texas, having arrived from
there lately The bride elect is the
daughter of wei known Mexican
family of Brownsville. They will
leave for Gonzales the next day.
Business Picking Up.-Business
has begun to slightly pick up with
the city police force. This morning
in the recorders court, three culprits
were brought before Mayor Combe
to answer for the error of their ways
all three being charged with disorder
~ conduct Two were given the
usual enc dollar and costs, the re-
naming one, who had not been so
boisterous as the other, was given one
dollar without the.eosts.
| Texas Holiday-Today is the sew
! enty-third anniversary of the indie
pendence of Texas and the day is be-
ing appropriately observed in many
parts of the state Notwithstanding
it is a state holiday. it has not been
observed to any great extent at
Brownsville All the banks and bust
ness houses, court house offices and
other places are following their usual
avocations The only exceptions to
this rule are the schools, potsofiice
and the district court The schools
were closed for the day, and the court
was also suspended, while the post
Office observed Sunday hours.
Outlook for Summer Normal
Prof C. G. Hallmark, principal of the
Brownsville public school, states that
the summer normal institute for this
city is probably an assured thing
now County Superintendent R. A.
Marsh of Hidalgo county has signified
the willingness of that county to CO.
operate with Cameron county in the
! matter. and it is expected that Starr
county will do likewise. The appliea-
ton for the institute must be filed
with the state superintendent before
April 10 This, Prof. Hallmark
states. will be attended to in good
time, and steps taken to perfect ar
engagements to hold the institute
At the Theaters.-At both the Gel
ford and Electric theaters last night