The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 17, 1892 Page: 3 of 4
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Piihjiuat 1ms pu o milk shakes
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Advertise your bargains in the
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Mmt julips at Leahys Intonation
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Electric leinonade afc Mike
Lraliyd Huon iij < j
Go to PnteguaPs for the latest
HumiiiT drinks
Go to Leahys tor a quiet game
etrdsor biliards
Orange phosphate itnd ginger
Jleal iMiUgnats
Ifyo want a cool glass of beer
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Wated A trnsthwortliy boy
illi horse to deliver papers
Prndencio Hinoinsa came up
pi tlit Poin yosterduy
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rWe couldnt afford to eenYi an
Prpreter with that special
1iisii iid enterprise are the
pnuij ckuioins of success in busi
Mr I fank Rahb was in town
t night froinSau Tomas plantit
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rTlieie is ho doubt about h
nih being broken iu Cameron
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OB House of Cleburne is
nkd fti arriveJn tir ciTy this
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EftTISITNG RATES
irtrtisements One dollar per inch
Tirtion50cLsv inch ewU subsequent
f special rates given on monthly qu + r
g rly and yearly contract
T rtiseMenla ten cents per lino first
asU nt5 per line e ch Bub e yieutinsT
6 SlonUJy wtliout clxauije fhro cents yer
Jesditoiertlon
posdence solicited on all mat tors or local
cAftaterest to the pcoplo of Southwest
Th communication must bu accompanied
jane of its author not for publication un
Lodir stcdbnt3a guarantee of good faith
j btabv request fictitious signatures appear
fl ecimmitotians tlw rtgjit J = r r r > > to >
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j tte Mice writer should a ncc sity
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Sjjgeribeiswliodo notreccivo their papers reg
itiue specially requeued to notify Uns oilico
Any such complaints will
Mete or in person
arerronptattEutionaud insure better service
levpanfostpuid S801
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Announcements will be published iu
ftc ItoiAiCiit thefollowiiigrsit s r
Congressional ixiitl senat < vial S o
Itepreseniative and District 610
fountv ollicers 5
fie inot officers 250
to insure publication candidates
jtould always neconipany their an
jfiuuceuunts with the cash
AJXdUXCEMEXTSr <
For liislrict + Zlorttcy
5IAEE acthoujzei > to pjuiouivts the name of-
fal Eukbfu usacajdltitU for ilrctlun to the
fitcfEishict Attorney urtjis ihr itth Judicial
liar y r
Oliampion pf Point
> csuue up pn vtstjrday ev
i m Seaburj Erq went to
8Point Ibis iiniij > g for a few
l s rdcrealion
I Another heavy slipwer lasj
nUnd several more today have
fed Brownsville
On account of the cQndi ion of
erK the mail from Alicedid
lee Cream soda at Putegnats
Some of our subscrbers say Tt
i Their Engine Is a Freshly Slanrfitercd
rrin
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S y t ° 3e f nt Cow Draggcl Over the Uo of Flame
in Tiifi JSTbb4IJIs p ersonal items I wuoever heard of killing a horse or
an os as the firststep to be taken toward
air Jlliguel b enandez jr putting out a prairie fire What dweller
reached home Inst nischt He is the Dakotas bas not heard of it For
r a J r it is frequently done by the settlers of
returning trom JNew X ork wheifi he the new northwest where prairie fires
has been a tending school
rThe Caller learns trotn the a
gent of the Texas
that Col Gnssett made a shipment
yesterday of two thonsand pounds
of corn to Rio Grande City for the
benefit ot the pool Cullnr
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thebar at Brazo slitS p m yester-
day with twenty four cars of freight
She will sail tor Galveston tomor-
row connecting train leaves here
at nins oclock in the mornin < r
> f Owing to ihe haste with
which we wore obliged to get out
our special report of convention
proceedings this morning it w as
not a typ graphical beauty but
it tgot there all the 8ame 3
IlMr Fred W Truwif repre
senting4he Latiglus Biscuit Com-
pany of Mew Orleans arrived in
the city last ovening Mr Truwit
s ys th t owing to I he country be
iug covered with water he was
unable to reach San Mijinel
iindwwa3 compelledJociune b pri
yate Cliievyance Afr ouiJo Grande
City
tf Jiarrow Escape
Mr W D Dennetts little son
narroxvly escaped drowning yerter
tluv aiternoon HVhjle leaimiirover
she e < krH of a water htrrul halt fill1
of watyr he fell M Iicad furdifost
The little fellows head being itn
tiier edin fhe vvater heVmade n
outcry and hs d not I he servant ac-
cident ly noticed his foot standing
up over the tup of the birre he
would ujjdoiibtely have been drowii
< ed
Wheutakeil outl e was blue in
tho lace
Homeward limmd TIic River
Special to The Herald
Fort Ringgold Aug IT 2 p
m Steamboat Re sie is homj
ward bound
River has risen H feet within
tlyS lasttwentylbur honrsf au d h
now almostat a stand or rising
very slowly yj v4
Itio Graittlc City Hudgct
To the Herald
Rio Grande City Aug 151S92
in the field by nominating for
county judge Dr T W Kennedy
sinriff W W Shely county clerk
Raul Nix district clerk Geo Wol-
fram tax collector Rafael Martinez
assessucE Downey Davi and for
countyjtttqrneyJ SJ Monroe A
G v Sterne was nominated for
county surveyor and Henry F llord
for commissioner of precinct NTo I
The river has about gotten back
to its nceijstonpd stngefthut during
its phiyfnll gambols i succeeded
iu eporting to Mexico about 500
acres of Texas soil in one body
there by shortening the river bed
a cnnplc of miles
The farmers are all planting coiji
and are quite sanguine of a good
fall crop if wo do not have frost
before the first of December Tjie
Herald has many warm friends in
this seetVon andoue and all wish it
success for wc all know that its
wilkbea splendidadrertise
success
forTiiE Heiuld
river Sjibsenbo
ent Vthc whole lower
GQUiHry
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GO TO
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PRAIRIE FIREMEN
are a greatly dreaded men qe to life and
property
Every dweller of the great northwest
1Y1 nvirH n rnurl i s inore or less familiar with prairie fires
They have often at nightfall seen their
lurid lights in the distant horizon or by
day their huge volumes of smoke rising
and bending with the clouds and many
are even familiar with the consuming
march of the flames themselves Prob-
ably the first intimation tho settler re
Steamship Morgan arrived Off ceives of an approaching fire comes from
tho falling of burned particles of grass
that havb been carried long distances by
strong air currents
Later op smoke may bo seen on tho
distant horizon which increases in vol-
ume and blackness until the whole sky
may be darkened or If the night bo
coming on the flames will light Tip tho
whole landscape aiid their glow will bo
reflected above The wise Dakotan has
his farm or ranch protected by fire-
breaks These are usually made by
plowing two strips a few furrows wido
and several rods apart and burning tho
grass between
There is but little likelihood of put-
ting out a Dakota prairie fire during tho
day as the wind which is almost in-
variably blowing and which the fire
seems to greatly increase in force never
lulls until the coming of night Then
though there is no dewfall in that re-
gion tjio fire burns leas fiercely and inaj
be at times entirely extinguished Tho
mo3t successful method of putting out
a fire and one frequently employed is
to kill a horse or cow and splitting tho
carcass drag it along the fire line and-
over tho flames which aro thus ex
extinguished
This is done by attaching long wire
ropes to two limbs of the carcass to
each of which is hitched a horse on
which is an experienced rider One of
these horsemen rides on either sido of
the line of fire and by skillful reining
they draw the body of the dead animal
directly over the flames Sometimes a-
fresh hide weighted down with pieces
of iron fastened to it is used instead of
the carcass of an animal By this method
a lino of fire twenty miles in length may-
be extinguished in one night Men on
foot usually follow after the horsemen
and put out any fire that may remain
after they have passed
The scene presented by such a com-
pany of fire fighters is extremely weird
and one which a beholder is not likely
to forget Fortunate it in if those in-
terested complete their work before the
coming of dawn for if they do not the
rising of the wind may send tho firo
leaping over the area of country th y
have labored to save and blackened
plains and smoldering heaps that mark
the sites of former ranches andhome
steads will tell the oft told story of the
Dakota prairie fire Chicago Herald
Steam from Wasted Heat
The quantity of lmat wasted by slag
has suggested projects for utilizing it in
t
raising steam but nothing practical has
been attained until recently At a jnino
in New South Wales the moltenslag is
run into the bottoms of iron chambera
that can withstand internal steam pres-
sure and jets of water aro forced on the
slag In a short time tho chambers aro
filled with steam that can be utilized in
Onlast Friday hMit the democrats other parts of the works Now York
Sun
pfjStarrfCo unry held their county
Convention and put a strong ticket
Furniture
JROWNSVILLE
for
Picture Frames Mouldings and
Mattresses Garden Benches
a
Gfdlery Chairsarid tho
Continental Refrig
erators etc
San Roman Ruilding
Elizabeth Street
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DEALER IiV TUE BEST BRAKDS OF
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The Celebrated BUD WEISER PALE LAGER and SCHLITZbeer
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Always Received by the Car load and always on hand fresh
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A COMeLETE STOCK OF THE FINEST TAirORTED AND DOliESTIC
Wines Cognac Gin Ale Cigais Pure Olive Oil Mineral Waters
and delicacies of ever description always oh hand
PglPPrompt attention given to all Orders by Mail or otherwise p
FAMILY TRADE SOLICITED
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 17, 1892, newspaper, August 17, 1892; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61156/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .