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th6 mm I f FIRS T NATIONAL BANK OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS ESTABLISHED 1891 1 if ft J Our Aim in Business WE DESIRE to make the First National the Bank of the People. The small depositor re ceives the same courteous treat ment and consideration that is ex tended to the largest, within the limits of safe and conservative banking. Officers give personal attention to all details. Directors meet regularly and frequently, and keep closely in touch with the current business. Every safe guard known to safe and successful banking is availed of, and our past success is the best criterion by which to judge the security of the future. II WHITE ELEPHANT SALOON V. L. CRIXELL. Proprietor. First-class Liquors, Wines, Ciffars. Polite Attention. Market Square Brownsville. Texas P.ELVasey, I PAINTER AU Kinds and Classes of Work. Estimates Given. i OFFICE AND SHOP-No. IS. Twelfth Street. JKiT T T T 'I T T T "yfTvyrT f T TT 'If T T T IN Large and Small Tracts on River, Canal and in tbe Artesian Belt Small Farms Near Town and City Property Hotel and Restauran JOHN DARROUZET Prop. American. French ind Mexican disnes. 1 "lLodsrinjr furnished Cheap. Street cars M . T . i 1 pass uoor. iexi uuur iu upcra uuiuc, MATAMOROS. MEXICO. W. L. DAWSON Attorney-at-Law and Land Agt. Complete Abstract of Stan County Lands. Notary in Office Rio Grande City Texas MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TUNED AND REPAIRED Piano Action Work a Specialty. Keeps on hand piano Strings and felts. GEORGE KRAUSSE. & Residence on Levee S! . 2Las 3)os .factories The public will find an extensive assortment of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Jewelry and Saddles it prices without competition at Las Dos Naciones, M. SAKUALLA . COMPANY, Front, of Market. 4 B'ffrTrmi F. W. Seabury ATTUDNEY-AT-LAW f Rio O'ande City Texas Will practice in the District Courts of Ptarr, Hidalg Zapat? and Webb Counties. Capital $100,000 increase of these advantages. William Kelly, Pres. S. L. Dworman, 1st Vice Pres. W. M. Rctcliffe, 2d Vice Pres. A. Athheim, Cashier James B. Wells, Attorney Constantine Hotel W. A. FITCH, Proprietor Traveling men's trade solicited. Free sample rooms are provided Nothing too good for our guests if to be found in the market. CORPUS CHUISTI,- TEXAS Maps for Sale Showing lands of the lower Rio Grande Valley in Hidalgo and Cameron Coun ties, Texas, by 5. J. ROWE, Brownsville, Texas- Rafael Gutierrez ...CARPENTER... Will work by the day, week month or by Contract. Orders may be left at John W. Hoyt. C. F. Elklns. VL. D A. B. Cole. IX. D ELKINS& COLE ATTORNEY-AT-tAW Will practice in al courts. State and Federal Special attention eiven to land abstract business. Will do collecting Office Over Botica dellAsuila. Coube Dniff Stoi Gecilio Arteaga Expert Horse Sfioer and Wheelwright Faulty Gaits Corrected. Your patronage solicited Shop bach of Public School Wholesale Groceries Cheap for Cash Frank Alcedo Celaya Building. The Beebc Hotel Hunter's Paradise Sarh Fordyce, Texas C P. Welles, Prop, and Mgr. Best Rooms and Meals in Town YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED Well Contractors. We are prepared to do all kinds of Well and Windmill Work. We also Manufacture Sand Strainers.. .. ISABEL. TEXAS. D. 3. CHAP1N ATTQRNEYAT LAW HIDALGO, TEXAS THE FIRST NATIONAL is pre-eminently the Bank of the Frontier. Its stockholders belong here. Its interests are those of our best and most pro gressive citizens. We offer to our customers, present and prospective, the ad vantages of .the largest capital and surplus of any bank in this section, and of the safe and conservative banking methods which have resulted in the successful building up of this bank in the past twelve years. Its financial position is established, and the energy, experience and business ability, of the management will continue to be wholly directed to the maintenance and OFFICERS: LOCAL ITEMS i Old rags wanted at this office. & I See those-beautiful suits of fur - niture at Hancock's. 3-2-tf- The regular business meeting of the Woodmen Circle will be held this evening-, with initiations. vVanted Small tracts of land near Brownsville. Unimproved city lots in Brownsville. W. O. Coleman. The Hancock Furniture Store is getting in a fine line of up-to-date furniture. 3-2-tf. For Sale All my household furniture, practically new. Apply to Mrs. Howse, next to Brulay residence, A. W. Amthor. 2-4tf A most interesting and valuable contribution from Prof. Harvey C. Stiles on the outlook for citrus fruits in Texas will be published in The Herald tomorrow. This article will be of special ' value to any who are interested culture of citrus fruits in tion. Agents Canvassers, in the this sec- mixers, peddlers, solicitors, mail order i people, etc., should buy Kramer's book op trade secrets. Regular price $5.00, but bal. of last edition for $1.25 as long as they last. Guaranteed. Order quick. Sioux! Pi'u Co., Sutherland; Iowa. tf, Copies of the Brownsville Weekly Herald may be bought at The Herald office at 5 cents each. When at Raymondville, ,stop at the Kimball House. See their card elsewhere in The Herald. A new sidewalk is being laid in frontof Mrs. S. P. Wreford's res idence on Levee and 13th. streets. The Miller hotel is being im proved by the construction of a fine concrete pavement in the court yard. About two weeks ago the im migrant inspectors of this district got on the track of a man named Tomas Alvarez who slipped into Texas somewhere near Fordyce. Inspector E. C. Hendricks of Hidalgo was sent to hunt him up and found the man .near Kenedy. He brought the would-be im migrant back to Brownsville, where I he was examined bv the medical examiner and found to he affected! with tracoma. He was taken to! Hidalgo and held awaiting or.ders.j from Washington, which came yes- from Washing tefday, in a idegRun, orueriug Alvarez to be deported, which hasj been done. i . . , , . . J Hygienic Kalsomine is the most t J& j economical as well as the best wall j finish to hi-- ftvained. Try it if you nevti uiu aud be convinced. Call at our store and get our 18- Uhado ,lor oar.l troo ' ' Cross Ltoiber Co Surplus, $28,000 DIRECTORS: John Closner S. L. Dworman Robert Dalzell Win. Kelly A. Ashheim M. Alonso James A. Browne M. H. Cross James B. Wells From parties just arrived from Hidalgo, it is learned that Mr. and Mrs. uiosner ot Hidalgo naa a , ... narrow escape from serious injury in a run.away accident a few-days 'ago. From reports heard, it ap- pears that, while driving home from the station, their team became frightened and ran away, carrying the vehicle under a tree with low brancnes wtnen Knocked tne oc- cupants out, throwing them to the ground. Fortunately neither Mr. nor Mrs. Closner was seriously hurt. Several members of the loca Woodmen organizations will leave tomorrow to attend the state Wood- men conventions at Dallas next week. - Attention is called to the an nouncement of A. Garza & Bro, who will re-open "The- Fair" dry goods store. For Sale 44 acres, mile south Raymondville, joining railroad east side, heavy Mesquite timber, $40 acre. P. O. Box 144, Brownsville, Texas. 211d-ltw The new brick warehouse being erected by the Field Mercantile Company is almost completed, jiacking only the roof, and some finishing work on the interior. This is a substantial and commo dious addition to the buildings of the company being 60x26 feet in dimensions. This building will be used for storing the large stoc of buggies, wagons and implements which the company keeps constant ly on hand. Do you want to beautify your home? Just call at Cross Lumber Co., buy the famous "old reliable'' Rubber Paint, apply it and watch for the results. You can't obtain a better, more beautiful or glassy wall surface by applying any other than Rubber Paint. Get a free sample color .card of 24 different shades at Cross's. Make your old furniture new by applyng Oil or Varnish Stains imitating hard xoods. For sale at Cross Lumber. Co. The Staff of Life, "Good Clean Bread," pies and all kinds fancy cakes to your order to be had only at Clay's Bakery. Phone 97. For Sale Established business, Eureka Dining Rooms.1 Must be sold account ill health of owner. Apply at premises. 217 Seventy five passengers came in ,. , , , Fatal Ambition. W h o f WrM-irrkf vmt li or A TT1 V j theJ philanthropic visitor a the renitentiarv. "Unsuccessful authorship, ma'am' answered the man in cell 444. "How could there be" anything . . v. ti li; S criminal m that? Please explain. j -jy engaged on a little work on the national currency, when the secret service men swooped down on me and (aught me with the I 10013 m mJ "auu- A Eewrd. C. P. Barreda W. il. Ratclifie W. F. Sprague E. C. Forto A. Cueto. tX- WELLER'S SALOON Full Hee off S OraMelder Go's Famous Whiskies OX- tX 1J Kentucky Belle, Dunn's Monogram, Cane Spring, Silver X- Brook, and Woodford 14 mSJSg8Sm H. I. W. Harper Rye "On Every Tongue." Scientifically, distilled; naturally aged; absolutely pure. Best and safest for all uses. Sold by T. CRIXELL & BRO. IF you are going to San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, or anywhere NORTH, EAST or WEST "The .Gulf Coast Line" can put you there quickest and ' in the best humor. Its route is the most direct, its schedule the most convenient, its connections the most dependable. But wheth? r you ride, walk or stay at home, you should read "GULF COAST LINE MAGAZINE" 15 cents the copy For further information address WM. DOHERTY, G. P. & T. A., Corpus Christi, Texas WINTER SERVICE BETWEEN New Orleans and San Francisco TWO TRAINS EACH WAY EVERY DAY SUNSET ROUTE SUNSET EXPRESS AND v CALIFORNIA FAST MAIL . ELEGANT EQUIPMENT OIL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES COMFORT AND CLEANLINESS ALL THE WAY Write for Particulars r C. K DUNLAP, " T. J. ANDERSON, Traffic Manager HOUSTON, TEXAS We Solicit the Patronage of All OUR FUNDS are protected in a fire-proof vault and by the best safes to be obtained; and are further covered by insurance against burglary or daylight rob bery. Our officers are under bond in the best surety companies. People who intrust their money to a bank have a right to know its financial strength. We recognize this right and will cheerfully fur nish any depositor a statement of our condition any day in the year. Absolute safety is the best thing we hane to offer, and upon this basis your accouut is solicited. Co., the Great Sellers H. WELLER, Prop. 50 cents a vear. Gen. Pass. Agt