The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-13
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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-sS00 each. Lock Box 223,
Brownsville, Texas. 5-6-14
just Received-A car of Mexican
June corn, eowpeas and mixed chick
en- feed Brownsville Grain Co.
Highest price paid for second hand
furniture, bicycles, stoves, ice boxes,
tools, ETC. Morris Furniture Coe op
posite city hall. 4-12-tf d&w
Get house on easy payments We
| tell you how. Brownsville Realty
Co at Tarpon Beach Office 5-12-tf
Why pay rent? You can own your
own home just as easy. Brownsville
Realty Co. at Tarpon Beach Office.
5-12-tf
Festival Friday Night.-Probably
the last social meeting of the Kings
Daughters for the season will be held
Friday evening at the railroad park.
Ice cream and cake will be served
| from half past five to nine O'Clock,
and a general social time will be en-
joyed.
Arrested for Cock Fighting.-News
has been received by county officials
that several men were arrested last
Sunday at Santa Maria by county Of
ficials, charged with conducting cock
fights and gambling on same. The
names of the parties arrested were
not communicated to he sheriff. The
examining trials were set for next
Monday Afternoon at one o'clock.
Contrband Stock.-Eighteen mules
and one bell mare were brought to
Brownsville yesterday by customs Of
ficials from Sam Fordyce, near which
place they were seized by customs
inspector on charge of being
smuggled. Inspectors A. V. Mayes
and B. J. Mcdowell brought the ami
mails down. This stock IS all de-
clared contraband and will be sold by
the government.
A Donna Recruit.-Seventy acres
of choice land near Donna was sold
Yesterday by the Hallam Colonization
company to E. L. Gait of Sterling,
| Ill. Mr.. Gait arrived Friday and has
been looking over the valley since
then. This is Mr.. Cats fourth visit
to the valley. He has been subserlb-
er to The Weekly Herald for some
time and finally became sufficiently
interested to invest in some valley
land.
Lions Arrive.-The man-eating At
rican lion and lioness belonging to the
| impresario of the bull fight, to take
place in MatamOros Sunday, arrived
in that city last night. The owner
this morning obtained aSpermit from
the customs authorities to bring the
flions across the river and show them
on the streets of Brownsville this af-
ternoon. One of these lions win be
used in the lion and bull fight in the
Matamoros bull ring Sunday
Theaters Probably Open Tonight
Last night for the first time this
week the moving pictures shows of
the city gave or rather attempted to
give performances, but were forced to
close again, on account of the electric
| light going out. The Imperial theater
was opened last night for the first
time 1t is expected that the light
plant will be in working order to-
night. however, and regular perform
ances given at all of the electric thea
tiers.
Spent Night in Brownsville
eral Manager c. B. Rodgers of the
Brownsville road of Kingsville. N. A.
Mcmillan and Thos j. West, jr., of
St. Louis, both prominent members
of the st. Louis Union Trust Com
pany, spent last night in Brownsville
The party arrived on the Hidalgo
branch train in Mr.. Rodgers private
car C. B Brokaw helped the visitors
to pass the evening by taking them
for a ride about town in his automo-
bile. Mr.. Rodgers and party left on
the 500 train this morning for Har-
lingen to meet Gov Francis and
party.
Bought at San BenitO.-J R.
George of Hamburg. Okla, who is in
Brownsville today, has purchased
twenty acres at San Benito and will
develop it in the fall. Mr. Georges
tract is located two and half miles
out from San Benito He has already
contracted to have it cleared and it
will be ready for planting by Septem-
Der. Mr.. George will probably en-
gage in truck growing. He will leave
Monday for his home at Hamburg,
bat will return to San Benito in Sep
TENDER to make his home there. Mr..
George has enrolled his name on the
Weekly list, in order to keep posted
on valley matters during his absence.
Some two months ago, Mr.. George
received sample copy of The Weekly
Herald, by the way, and it was due
largely to this paper. that he was in