The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-25
LOCAL ITEMS

| RuFe Jersey milk, DOIIled, denver
ed daily. w S. Evans. Brownsville.
Texas. 5-24-3
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Indalecia Pompa and Maria
Flores.
Snow Drift hydrated lime is a great
disinfectant. What is more than
health? See Cross Lumber Co. 1t
Why pay rent? You can own your
own home just as easy. Brownsville
Realty Co. at Tarpon Beach office.
5-12-tf
For Sale wish TO sell my street
sprinkling outfit R. A. Cunningham.
C5-22-5
Get house on easy payments. We
tell you how Brownsville Realty
Co at Tarpon Beach Office 5-12-tf
High cash price paid for second
hand furniture, bicycles, stoves, tools,
etc. Norris Furniture Co., opposite
City Meat Market. 5-24-tf
River Rises SIightIy.-The Rio
Grande, which for many weeks has
been at a low stage, began to rise
last night and by morning had risen
about six inches. 1t has continued to
rise slowly all day.
! To Be Held at Fort BrOwn.-It has
been decided to hold the celebration
of the Fourth of July at Fort
Brown instead of at Point Isabel, the
use of the grounds at the old fort
having been obtained for the occa-
sion. Capt. T. A. Kinder and Lieut.
G. Head are soliciting funds for the
celebration and expect to raise the
amount needed easily
WOOdhOuse Home SOId-Tne Wood
house homestead on Washington
street, between 18th and 18th streets,
has been sold recently to c. P. Bar
reda, the price being $4,000 This is
one of the oldest and best known resi-
dences in Brownsville, having been
built and occupied by the late H. E.
Woodhouse. formerly very wealthy
merchant and property owner of
Brownsville.
! Canadian HOrticulturist Buys Here.
August Herman Stolfer, a prominent
hOrticulturist of Winnipeg, Canada,
has recently purchased a ten acre
tract in West Brownsville Mr. Stol-
fer. who owns one of the largest
greenhouses in Winnipeg expects to
return in the fall and put his tract un-
der cultivation. He expects to make
a speciality of shrub0ery and flowers,
as well as truck farming on a small
scale
West Brownsville lots as valuable
as diamonds. To my knowledge all
who purchased through me can rea-
lie from 200 to 500 per cent on their
investment. For the benefit of the
public | wish to say that outside
of the owners | sold more of these
lots than all the real taters'' of
Brownsville combined. l have the ex-
elusive sale of a number of these
choice lots. Investigate and be con-
WINGED. G. Helbig, Rio Grande Hotel.
Id 1w
Amateur Minstrels.-A movement
is now well under way for an amateur
minstrel performance to be given at
an early date for the benefit of the
Brownsville baseball team The per-
formers will be under the direction
OF John Palm. who has had several
years experience in the theatrical bus
mess. The performance will be given
in the Celford theater the enterpris-
ing management of that institution
having kindly donated the use of the
building free for this performance.
There is some very fair talent in
Brownsville and fine program will
doubtless be presented.
summer Schedule for 1.-The Point"
Elsewhere in today's Herald ap-
pears the announcement of the sum-
mer schedule for the Rio Grande rail-
road, which will go into effect this
year on next Tuesday. June 1. The
company will not maintain a double
daily service, as it did last summer,
excepting on Sundays, while the
schedule for. Saturday will include re-
turn train from Brownsville to Isabel
leaving here Saturday evening at $50
and for Monday morning a return
train from the Point to Brownsville.
leaving the Point at 9 O'Clock. This
Will give those who wish an opportun-
ity to so down on Saturday evening
and remain at the seaside until Mon
day morning.
Lost Boy.-A little Mexican lad
about six years old, who was crying
as If his heart would break, was !
found by Henry F. Haynes yesterday
afternoon, sitting on the sidewalk
near the corner of Monroe and Fiji
teenth streets Mr. Haynes at once
asked the little fellow what was the
matter. and found that the boy was
lost. He had come from Matamoros
with his father and had been left
standing on the corner somewhere !
up town, with the injunction to wait |