The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-12-27
LOCAL ITEMS

Get Your PIow's Xmas candies
from Brownsville Drug Co, the cor
ner drug store 2I-4t
Order that Fruit Cake tomorrow.
/ early. We WI deliver il soc TO
$1,000, one or one thousand Clay 5
Bakery. phone 81.
I Oil Received at Last.-After much
delay the long wanted car of oil for
the light and water works came in
Saturday evening along with an
other car that was ordered 10 days
later.
S. P. Eaton, one Of Missions hust-
ling real estaters, was a visitor in
Brownsville over Sunday returning
this mo-7tng.
y sis,,lt :, make yoHi mont water.
Fruit Gale, mince PIES. IN Tact ev-
erything for your Christmas dirner.
| Better than mother used 80 make.
See Clays Bakery windows. Phone
o.
Fruit Cakes: Fruit Cakes. Fruit
Cakes. All kinds and sizes. As low
as 80 cents, as high as $1,000. de
livered anywhere. Phone Clay's
Bakery.
Highest cash price paid for sec
Ond hand furniture, bicycles, stoves
and all household goods. Repairing
of all kinds All work guaranteed.
Morris Furniture Company, opposite
City Market Telephone 266.
Another Cut Rate Drug Store
We are not cutting the prices Of our
regular stock, but all of our holiday
goods go at a big discount. in order
to clean Up. Come early before they
are all gone. Brownsville Drug Co.
21-4t
An important business deal, con
summated last Friday. was the anal
gatmation of Walker Bros. vehicle
store and the HancockLamb Furni-
ture Co. The new firm, which will
be known as the Walker Bros.-Han-
cock Co. will be organized with cap
itol stock of $4,000, which will be
fully paid up and held equally be
tween J. W Hancock, G. F. Walker
and A B. Walker
Fine Weather.-One of old Santa's
best gifts to Brownsville was the fine
weather which came to gladden. the
winter of our discomfort after a
week or more of very ugly weather.
The glorious sunshine and beautiful
moonlight have been a real treat.
Sponge Cake. pound cakes, fruit
cakes. All sizes. all prices, but only
one quality-thc best. Clays SAM
Iarv Bakery. $50
Christmas Trees Three Christmas
trees were held last Friday evening
at the Episcopal Baptist and Metho-
dist churches for the Sunday school
children of these three churches re
spectirely. that at the Methodist
church. however. being jointly for
the children OF that church and Of
the Presbyterian church. Hundreds
of little folks were made glad by he
distribution of gifts from each Of
these beautiful trees. Christmas car
OILS by the children made an approp-
riate accompaniment to the gladstone
occasion
Several arrests for disorderly con
duct were made Saturday and Sun
day, but, out of the fullness of the
Christmas good will will which per
vaded their hearts. the officers let
the offenders 90 this time without
trial
Branch Train Crowded.-Again this
morning the branch train was so
over-crowded that many stood up.
Why not add another coach to that
train?
Bad CoIds.-Christmas was not all
10y tor everyone in Brownsville, as
a good many have been victims of
severe catarrhal colds, and could not
join in the Christmas carols with
their accustomed zeal
After Much Delay, caused by the
weather. the carnival shows opened
up Saturday night to a larger at