Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-30

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Valleys Melon crop-sThe watermelon
crop Of the southern Rio Grande Is going
to be u good one this year. said :. ID.
Rhinehard Of Brownsville at the fremont
hotel Yesterday. The melon crop for both
w~atermelons and eantalonpes viii be a lit
tie larger than last year. because of 4 lar
ger acreage. The melons appear fine.
firm and luscious. and are now bringing
good priees.-Galveston News.
~.Tomorrow, 30th-Being a legal holiday.
the city hall win BE- closed. All water
and light discounts expiring on that day
may be paid Wednesday, 3lst.
Struck by a Baii-The young son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starck j. i'll at the
Starek home % Washington street. The
hoy was playing bali a few days ago when
y thrown bah struck him i'll the stomach.
eventually bringing about the illness.
a cool, clean, downstairs and up to
date resort for particular people. The
REX BOWLING & BILLIARD PARLoRS.
iIth Street, opposite lreamIand.-4l9itf
Hit in Eye by EaIi-Jesu= Maldonado,
of the Herald's forre. was a baseball VIC
tim Monday afternoon. Jesus was an in.
nocent bystander at q game i'm the eastern
part of the city, when u batted ball iu-
chned toward him after tipping the bat.
The BAN struck the youngSter in the eve,
dispensing with tbs use of that organ, for
present purposes, al least.
We rapalr anything, a~eroplanes and sub
marines included. Rio Grande Electric
Co.@.5-tf.
ERtomologlst 10 North Texas-R. A.
Nickery. in charge of field crop insect
Investigations for the Department Of AZ
riculture. Bureau VT Entomology. left Mon
day for Houston. Waco and North Texas
points to investigate the appearance III
that section 81 certain field insects. Mr..
Nckcry expects tn be away about ten
days or two weeks.
Oliver Typewriter. ............ $40 90
Corona Typewriter. ............. $50. 90
Smith Motor Wheel $1,000
RIO GRANDE ELECTRIC COMPANY.
Nc Music'at Army Post. The usual
Tuesday night band concert at Fort Brown
viii be dispensed with today VII account III
Decoration Day. The next concert will
take place Ut the army post Thursday
night.
We call for and deliver your fans for re-
pairs. Can us. Rio Grande Electric Co.
-4-5-tf.
City Hall CIoSed-In obedience To the
proclamation WI thc Mayor making this y
legal holiday al offices iu che city hail
have been closed until tomorrow morning.
About that plumbing that Is TO be dome
Call Hayes 4 Sons. Scores Of satisfied
customers. Phone 5%O.-6l16ltf.
County Court House HO'idays-At the
county eorrt house neither tile court nor
Che grand Jury arc IN session and al ol
the offices closed This morning in order
that Mas oties might rs present for the
Diamond Loop celebration.
Electrical, bicycle, automobile, type
writer, flashlights. telephone and telegraph
supplies and repairs. we repair anything
Rio Grapde Electric Cot.
Former W u. Manager Here. IA. IT.
~>andborn WITT E~dinhurg, formerly manager
of thc Western Union Telegraph office iu
Brownsville. but now farming WY the Ediu-
burg country, IN in Brownsville today. Mr..
Snabow was manager of tie Deal office
of Che telegraph company t1r 4 quarter MI
Il century. and has many friends, III
Brownsville.
For al kinds Of electro, nickel, gold and
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