The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-12
LOCAL ITEMS

LOCAL ITEMS
! Houses on monthly installments,
same as rent. Brownsville Realty Co.
5-12-tf
Tarpon TackIe-All kinds and all
grades just received at the Browns
vile Sporting Goods Co. L5-10-tf
Four shares of Laguna Vista stock
for sale-$S0O each. Lock Box 223,
Brownsville, Texas. 5-6-14
just ReceiVed-A car of Mexican
June corn, cowpeas and mixed chick
en- feed. Brownsville Grain Co.
5-11-3
Highest price paid for second hand
furniture, bicycles, stoves, ice boxes,
tools, etc. Morris Furniture Co.. OPP
posite city hall 4-12-tf d&w
A new sidewalk has been laid in
front of the San Roman building on
Elizabeth street. Let the good work
go on.
I commissioners COuEl W d. d gam
this morning in regular session. the
business coming before them being
chiefly routine matters, such as al
lowing Of claims, etc.
Get house on easy payments. We
tell you how. Brownsville Realty
Co at Tarpon Beach Office 5-12-tf
A new enterprise recently Inaugural
ed in Brownsville is a building and
loan association having for its pur-
pose the building of homes on the in
stallment plan. The promoters are
Frank P SutIeff of Cleveland, Ohio.
and J. c. Axsom of this city. This
institution will no doubt promote the
building of many more houses in
Brownsville.
Work was begun today on the adj
dition to the Celaya building on
Elizabeth street, for the Brownsville
Grocery Company. This addition will
extend the building back twenty-five
feet. The front will also be entirely
remodeied and plate glass windows
will be installed, which will make this
one of the handsomest and most COM
modious business buildings on Eliza
| beth street.
The BoOtback Nuisance.-Much
complaint is heard of the bootblack
nuisance on our streets. What of the
mayors order some time ago, that
! thse street boys with their shine
| boxes should no longer be permitted
/ to block the sidewalks and poster
pedestrians? Where is the justice in
licensing bootblack stands and then
permitting these boys to roam the
streets at will, pursuing their calling
without leave or license?" asked
citizens the other day.
Improving the Baseball Field
The members of the Brownsville ball
team spent several hours exercising"
yesterday morning with a big roller
getting the ball gound in good condi-
ton for the two games to be played
with the team from Monterey, Mexi-
co. which will meet the local team
here on Saturday afternoon and one
on Sunday afternoon. The Monterey
team has the reputation of being one
of the best in the Trans-Rio Grande
country and a fine game is anticipat-
ed.
Speculation is rife among the peo-
| pie in general now, as to which will
be the victor in the combat between
the man-eating African lion and a
bull which will take place in Mata-
moroS on Sunday afternoon. May 16.
! The lion and the bull will be placed in
specially constructed cage in the
arena where they will fight to fin
| ish. Besides this thrilling combat,
three bulls will be fought in the usual
manner, troupe of the best bull
lighters in Mexico having been Sc
cured for the occasion.
Delicious Strawberries.-Pro
the finest sample of a Lower Rio
Grande Valley product which has
been seen in Brownsville this spring
was cornucopia of strawberries that
were presented to The Herald yes
terday by J. F. Allen, the genial real
estate man. These berries are truly
prize winners, large. well-formed, red
and luscious-and the biggest ones
were not all on top either They
were raised at Mr. Aliens pretty
suburban home in West Brownsville.
These vines have been bearing since
January Is. The plants were only
set out about January l. Mr.. Aliens
family have not only enjoyed the
greatest abundance of these fine ber-
ries, and also remembered their
friends most generously, but are pre-
serving them daily. having already
put up many quarts of delicious
strawberry preserves.
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