The Brownsville Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 67, Ed. 1, Monday, September 21, 1903 Page: 3 of 4
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THE DAILY flEMLB.
. . .
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
(U. S. Currency.)
One month . 50
Three months - : 1.50
Six months 3.00
One year 6.00
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER. 21. 1903.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Furniture at H. Grunewald's.
Francisco and" D. Chapa of Hi-
dalgo were passengers on today's
train.
Manuel Solis from Hidalgo came
to the city Saturday.
Full cream cheese oullS cents
a pound at Wise's. f
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson
left this morning on the Alice stage
for their home at Rock Island.
Messrs. Hooks and Hester went
out on today's Matamoros train to
La Blanca ranch..
Fresh corn meal andfita at Leo
Wise's. f
Sheriff John Closner returned
home today to Hidalgo. He had a
real severe short case of bilious
faver while in Brownsville but wo
are pleased to note that he is able to
be about his business again.
Maple and pure cathe syrup in
barrels at Leo WiseSf
Mr: and Mrs. E. B. Raymond from
El Sauz came into the city yester-
day with their children whom
they will board here this season
to attend public school.
For rubber shoes coats caps etc.
in fact all kinds of rubber goods
see H. Grunewald.
A. W. Shano was a passenger
out on today's Alice stage.
Harry Wallis arrived on yester-
day's Alice stage. .
Arbuckle coffee two pound pack-
ages for 25 cents at ifroiWise's.
The Manteo is advertised to sail
from Galveston Tuesday.
The Josephine D. sailed today
for Corpus Christi.
Dried peaches aNad apricots in
one pound cartons; apples inbulk
and in Gve pound cans at Leo
Wise's.
J. F. Kimball an old time resid-
ent of Cameron county but now a
citizen of Bexar at Losoyo arrived
in the city yesterday with Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond for a short visit.
Mr-;. Portmuth and her niece
Miss Tern-y have moved into the
Episcopal rectory. Misses Mielke
and Kellar have resumed house-
keeping in their cottage .on Ninth
street.
Fok Sale. City scrip in amounts
to tiiit purchasers. Apply to F.
Yturria. S-24-1 wk.
Grover Jesse and Miss Rosa
Hooks left on Sunday's Alice stage.
Grover will attend Masscy's Bus-
iness College at Houston and Jesse
and Miss Rosa will attend the Tex-
as Christian University at Waco.
Fok Sale. One new double seat-
ed surrey and two .good horses with
harness. For sale very chaap. Call
at Herald office for particulars
The first communion services at
the Episcopal church for the fall
season were held yesterday Rev.
Beane rector. Very good attend-
ance was had at Sunday school and
at both the day and evening church
services.
Notice. I respectfully notify my
friends and the public that I will
leave today do attend the State
Photographer's Convention at Fort
Worth. I will be back about
October 12. I thank my customers
for their past liberal patronage and
assure them that upon my return.I
will be better prepared than ever to
do the best work at the lowest
reasonable prices. Respectfully
A: Curry
The Photographer of Brownsville.
J Judge James B. Wells and U. S. Americas restaurant. I have
Consul Griffith returned yesterday opened the American restaurant on
.from a visit to Rio Grande City. Hth. Street opposite First National
They had to come by private car-. Bank. First class American cooked
.riage overland on account of the ' meals everything clean and agree
quarantine which Matamoros has able 25 cents U. S. cy. Board by
placed against all travelers on the month $1S. War. Fobster.
National railroad from San Mi-
guel. . j Carpenter and Builder. Contracts
The Brownsville public schools takenforboth f"noantl biickBnlld-
j ... . . . it.ings and all other work in my line.
opened this moraine for the fall1 . -
r ""b ... . Also painting and repairing. Address
term although the State text books ! Naraujo Eanch "W. S. CORKILL.
have not been received. They will
be here within a few daj's however.
In the mean time the teachers and
pupils will find enough work to em
ploy their time.
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of The New
York Texas and Alesican Railway Corn-
There has been some talk on the'PanvJias h(iea called to convene at the
general office of said company in the
city of Victoria Texas at four o'clock p.
m. on the 22nd day of October 1903 for
streets today of a quarantine by
Brownsville against Matamoros. A
Herald man interviewed Judge ! the purpose of authorizing the making
Carson on the subject and' learned execution and delivery of a first mort-
that there is no probability of such gage upon the railways of said company
action; that such move- would be j Wofore constructed as branches to
entirely unwarranted. J udge Car- . ... . - shall here.
son's views appear sound and The after construct as branches to or exten-
Herald believes he is exercising jsions of its existing lines with their
due interest m this matter. The J franchises and appurtenances or upon
Matamoros authorities seem lobe811 Portions of said raUys
. . .1 structedand to be constructed as the
doing all that is necessary now and 8tockhoWeni at said meeting shall deter-
so long as conditions are as well; mine; to secure the payment of bonds
regulated as at present we see no ' of said company to an amount not ex-
necessity for alarm ceedinginthe aggregate thej principal
T i sum of twenty thousand ($20000.00)
o.sl ismiian irouiiuueriocamu dollara per mile for each mile of such
railway and extensions mortgaged there-
by which has been or shall be con-
structed ready for operation payable at
a time not exceeding thirty years from
the date thereof and bearing interest at
a rate not exceeding five per centun. per
annum payable semi-annually; to be
issued for the purpose of constructing
LEFT" HIS TEMPERATURE.
There is an old negro living in
Carrollton whp was taken ill fev-
eral days ago and called in a
ph'sician of his race to prescribe
for him. But the old man did not.
seem to be getting any better and
finally a white physician was call
ed. Soon after arriving Dr. S
and then examined his tongue.
"Did your doctor tako your tem-
perature?" he asked.
"I don't know sah" he answered
feebly; lil hain't missed anything
but my watch as yt boss."-
Bos worth (Mo.) Star-Sentinel.
felt the darky's pulse for a moment
As a rule popular subscriptions
are in the unpopular class."
BARGAIN FOR INVESTORS
Frontier Ice Plant For Sale !
into tne city today on tne veniri
of 200 for the Baker case.
Dr. C. C. Ford undertook to
jump a fence Saturday and in some
way missed his purpose in landing
and fell spraining if not breaking
ViTc rlfrfif- nnlrlfi V( loam flinf lift ic
resting very well today and no I Juf
doubt will soon be out again. I with their franchises and appurtenances;
Capt. E. N. Ruthven came down and to repeal and rescind the resolution
Saturday from Hidalgo and is to- adopted by the stockholders of said
corapanv on ihe 26th day "of November
day busy taking stock in the store ig0Q
of Ruthven & Ford preparatory to j B " order of tllB Board of Directors
selling out and
quitting the busi
ness.
The many friends of Miss
Josephine Hooks will be pleased to
learn that she is reported convales
cent. Although slowly still her
family are assured that she isj
surely on the way to entire restora-j
tion to health from the attack of
typhoid fever.
District court resumed business
today and took up the Baker case.
A special venire of 200 men was
exhausted with only eight jurors
secured. . Another venire of lift'
men was issued and court adjourn-
jed until Thursday.
! A Curry left today on the
J Josephine D. for Corpus Christi;
from whence he will attend the
State Photographrr's Convention at
Fort Worth returning about Octob-
er 10.
Construction work on tho new
extension of the National road .from
Monterey to Matamoros is now well
in hand Captain Scott the con-
tractor having already completed
twenty-five miles of grading.
Mexican Herald.
entered at its meeting of date August
13 1903.
B.HL. Smith"
(seal) Secretary of The New
York Texas and Mex-
. icau Railway Company.
Remigio Garcia
Upholster and Mattress Maker.
I make and repair mattresses of all
kinds mattings chairs etc. Prices
reasonable; work guaranteed.
North Corner Sixth and Washington
Streets.
Benj. Kowalski
GENERAL MERCHA N'PTSE
3E0KER.
Brownsville -Texas.
Auction! Auction!
At 1 o'clock p. m. Tuesday Sept.
22 at the residence of the late Dr.
G. S. Smith.
WORK AT FORT BROWN.
The chief quartermaster of the
department has been authorized to
invite bids for the erection of a sub-
sistence building at Fort Brown.
The plans for this building have
been prepared at the War Depart-
ment headquarters at Washington
Chief Quartermaster True will short-
ly name the date for the opening of
the bids.
gUPPLIESj
Aclcnowledgment 5
X Records
ft Protest Records
o Notarial Seals
Rex Notaries' Manual
9 Tells Notaries what to do and
Q bow to do. 300 pages bonnd
in full cloth price. . . .$2.50
$ Lcral RIan7:s
"We keep in stock all the diff-
S erent forms of Legal Blanks
5? required by notaries attorneys
real estate dealers abstractor
' bankers and merchants. Send
x for price lists and order sheets.
q WelWant Your Business.
ARMSTRONG SELLS HIS HOME j
Austin. Tex. Sept. 17. Major'
I John B. Armstrong the well known
Southwest Texas "stockman today'
Isold his handsome heme in this
city to J. C. Kirby of Austin for
$20000.
M. P. EXLIME Co.
Manufacturing Stationers
Lithographers Printers and
Book Binders'
DALLAS TEXAS.
JESSE 0: WHEELER Local Agsrl
Prospectors visiting Brownsville
looking for good investments would
do well to investigate the ice man-
ufactory and cold storage business
at this point.
The Frontier Ice Works are for
sale ami to the right party this is
the chance of a life time to secure
an established and paying business
with the best of prospects in the
near future.
For price and other information
call on or address the undersigned.
Come and examine Ihe works.
G. W. Rexdall.
Brownsyille Tex.
The Thomas School.
A SELECT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS WEST END SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
Superior advantages. Thorontrb.lv eomnetent literarv teachers. Voice teacher
Pupil of Madame Marchesi Paris Prance. Leading Piano teacher from tho Royal
Academy of Music London England. Stringed Instruments teacher from tho
Leinsic Conservatory. Art teacher from the National Academy of Design New
York. Elocution and Physical Culture teacher Pupil of C. H. Clark. New York.
Business department teacher liraduato of a leading Commercial cionege.
Large cool and comfortable rooms. Excellent health conditions. Physician
was called in only twice during the past schoo year.J
Jtsoard Tuition and Laundering for the school year "1X).
"Write for catalogue.
A. A. Thomas A.M. President.
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brushes and tiling in slii liii too inunfrmw
mention. A fnll Irii" of stationary nii'I L wy's
candies. On r good will suif t ti H(onntnicl bnyr
and the onrl will bp of th l)t'.-t qnnlily. Our
prescription depatfinpnt is in cliartfp of n rois-
tered pharmacist nnil prescriptions receive his per-
sonal attention.
hidoro Perez-
.Manager.
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Arriving Buffalo 1 :o a in
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Arrivintr Boston . 5:20 pm
TJnequaled St. Lonis and' Chicago Service.
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Arrive Chicago o:20pm t :30 am
0 Hours The quickest Time from Kansas Cityjto New York.
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Brownsville Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 67, Ed. 1, Monday, September 21, 1903, newspaper, September 21, 1903; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth144307/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .