The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-18
LOCAL ITEMS

Houses on monthly installments,
same as rent. Brownsville Realty Co.
5-12-tf
Four shares of Laguna Vista stock
for sale-$S0O each. Lock Box 22S,
Brownsville, Texas. 5-6-t4
Get a 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.
Work has begun upon the founda-
lions of the new addition to be built
to the court house. Most of the ma
terial for this work is already upon
the grounds.
The Rain-Reports as to where the
rainfall extended today are unable to
be obtained on account of the tele-
phone wires all along the branch be-
ing grounded on account of today S
thunder storm.
| Brownsville Lodge No. 712 will
/ hold its regular meeting tonight. pro-
vided there are any electric lights in
their hall above the store of Wise
and Newman. All visiting brothers
are cordially invited.
Stuccoing Hotel Addition-The
work of stuccoing the new addition to
/ the Miller hotel is now progressing.
Both the electricians and the plumb
| ers are busily engaged in wiring the
building for electric service and in
stalling plumbing fixtures.
Many VisitorS--In addition to the
usual number of connie ''l@4 YiSitqls
and prospectors, Brownsville this
week has quite a number of visitors
who are here in attendance upon
federal court The hotels and board
, ing houses are all busy.
pe for Wafer lIains.-A carload
lof pipe for the new water mains to be
laid at West Brownsville was unload
ed today. and possibly another car
load will be received for this addition
to the Brownsville plant The mains
are to be laid by the Brownsville
Land and Improvement Company
A Fine Rain-A heavy shower last
I ing for about half an hour fell here
early this afternoon, which settled
! the dust and made the atmosphere
delightfully."- cool. Some thunder and
| lightning accompanied the rain. The
rain extended east as far as Isabel,
phone message from there reporting a
twenty-minute rain at that place.
Church to Open in July-According
TO present expectations, the new
Methodist church, which is now in
course of construction in this city.
will be completed and ready for use
J before July l and the church will be
/ opened on the first Sunday in July.
! The work on the church IS progress
| ing rapidly, the frame being already
I'D. and unless some unforeseen de-
! lay occurs. the contractors will I'M
doubtedly have it completed within
the specified time.
Cock Fighters Fined-Two Next
cans. one by the name of Ortega and
another whose name could not be
learned, were each fined SO and
! costs yesterday at Santa MARIA Dy
Justice of the Peace Walter A. Me
/ Neil on a charge of cock fighting
Francisco CavazOs and another MeXi-
can by the name of Navarro, against
whom similar charges were preferred
were found not guilty The cases were
prosecuted by County Attorney E. H.
/ Goodrich. who went to Santa Maria
yesterday morning. returning last
night.
Raising Poultry Among the re-
cent additions to the farming popula-
ton of this region are Mr. and Mrs.
Bert b. Susanka formerly of Chicago
who bought a farm on the Rancho
Viejo property some i've miles from
town several months ago. Mr.. Su-
sanEa is raising cotton and corn, as
well as some vegetables. An import
ant and sensible feature of this farm
is the poultry department Mr.. Su-
sanBa believes in chickens and eggs
and is raising fine lot OF Rhode
island Reds. which are not only beau
tiful to look upon. out are also fine
1 layers.