The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 238, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 7, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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THE 3FF1CUL CITY IR6AI.
WEDNESDAY. APfclL? 189Y.
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AND TVATERWABKS
John T. Sftiith left this morning
fcor AYistiik Via AliicB. Mr. Smith
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has heel? here for thejiast ten. davs
"making a study of conditions relative
Ito 'constructing System of "electric
lights nd water supply for Browns-
ville and M-ataraoro3. Tlie line of
work done -by Mr Smith has been
to determine the prohable revenue
Such planismight rely upon together
Svith the cost of operation and main-
tenance of the same. II conditions
ristifv it he will establish such
plants herfe for outside capitalists
and he goes now to report the result
of his observations. Jest what he
will report The Herald cannot
estate hut he informed the reporter
that he would very probably return
to make a substantial proposition to
onr-people as4ie wa3 favorably im-
pressed with thle outlook . He ex-
pressed himself a surprised at the
3iigh rates paid for insurance tf pro-
)erty here owing to snr lack cf
waterworks and also at the laTge
amount of uninsured property in the
city; where a fire with a good start
could easily sweep Brownsville
cand the surrounding cotmtry and
.prophecies that with proper develop-
ment of irrigation "and railroad tran-
sportation this valley will become
one of thoilensest populated portions
of the Sonth. The climate he de-
clares jb swch that truck fanning
products would reach the markets at
$. time to command the highest
price. "Yon- are two or three
"weeks ahead of Laredo" he said
xfand six weeks earlier than El Paso
jn maturing grapes )'
ABOUT TOWK-
Picnics are how in order
The Alice mail stage passed El
Sauz"at 8:30 o'clock; Tfo "passengers.
Blackberries are still selling pret-
ty high at five cents a cup measur-
ed in a rather small cup. The crop
is said to be large and the price
should come down.
JDied at the San Tomas .plantation
this mornihg at 5 o'clock ST. A. Cagle ;
aged 73 years. Deceased came here
from Refugio county several months
ago with hi3 two sons Messrs. Cagle-
w horecently settled in this county
lie was originally from Lnui&iana.
The funeral takes place this after-
noon at five oViock. Tle repiains
Will be in ten ed in the citcanetery.
A very neat piece of cabinel work
was seen this morning by the re-
porter. It is a book-case which was
made bv a bov named Benjamin
Garcia for L. X Parks E-q. This
is the fir-t work of the kind done b I
the boy who has had no training
whatever and the carving which is
Very neat and effective was done
with an ordinary pockdlknife. With
proper tools lie could no doubt tlo
some excellent Work in this line.
ELECTION BULLETIN.
The follow'ng amUsing bulletin of the
aloermanic election in the 4th---ivard yes-
terday between Leahy and McCoy was
posted last evening at Leahy's saloon:
flection Ward 4. "reland versus Ire-1
land. Press dispatch? 45-30 p. ni.
pril 6.
The BrtdwxsvniK IIerai1 concedes
Ihe election of the Irishman. Voting
live'y drinks not coming- and voters
leaving polls disa pointed."
The U. S. GovH Reports
1 show Royal Baking Powder
suosrlor to ail others
EXAS FAR AHEAD.
Mr. Jas. W. Durst returned from
Vashxngton a few daj ago delighted
with that fine city and the grand sights
he saw at the inaugdration. He came j
home- thougffthe Carolinas and Georgia
jvhere he saw much poor land as well
lis-poor farms and poor stock. He says
the people in Texas afftarule- are way
'ahead of the people in those "States
whom he found till raising the long
horn scrub and .making rail fences. The
sland s gPnerally -very por s much s&
that the formers can't raise anvthlnsr on 1
Ji without great epense having t& ferti
lize it veryjear; r.d suck rich lands
Jhircitke we hae hereV-Cdrg GHrrsts
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ILLlAjfcyEABE;
53ie TexaskaeerXait Kest;
Sketck f His iiffei
'DiedApnI618rrktmidday;
his home in the city of Brownsville
Tex. Wii Ham e&le aged 89 years
'9 months 4d 17 days.
3?he funeral -occurred tliis morn-
ing at nine ojlock ihe burial ser-
vices being under the aaspitres of
the Odd Fellows Lodge) and lso
partly conducted by Rev. J. Port-
mess "Of the Episcopal church. The
service nsed by the Odd Fellows
was composed in verse by Mr. Keale
himself over twenty years ago and
nsed at his request Numerous old
friends of the deceased followed the
remains to the cemetery and stood
reverently by as the earth was heap-
ed over the grave covering from
viewallthat was left on earth of
one whom they had known and hon-
ored for so many years.
"William Neale was a native of
Bexhill Sussex county England
and passed his youth in London.
His life was an eventful one and
his longassociation with thi3 place
of which ho waB the oldest inhabi
tant makes it of special interest to
our Brownsville readers. A long
account of his adventurous career ib
contained in Liect. ChatfiokPs "Twin
Cities of the Border" from which
we escerpt the following account.
Mr. Neale -ran away from home
when quite young becoming a Sea-
Man. His career on this side of ihe
Atlantic began with his service on
board the first frigate in the Mexi-
can Naw of 1821. The vessel was
purchased in England the munitions
of war and armament being placed
tn board secretly; tlte boxes that
apparently contained dry goods were
opened after putting to sea- and
found to contain carronade? and
other articles for fitting out a war-
like expedition. The ship was run
into a convenient but isolated har-
bor where she was pierced for
forty-four guns and in a short time
set sail for Mexico. The frigate
captured Castle Uloa a Spanish
fortress guarding the harbor of Vera
Cruz and performed good service in
the cause of Mexican independence.
He afterwards traveled very ex-
tensivelv 111 Mexico and also mi
Texas. Uj on completing his travels
in Mexico he settled in New Or-
leans where he learned the trade of
house sign and ornamental paint-
ing and pursued ihe business there
for several ears after completing!
his apprenticeship. In 1834 at the
request of the American Consul lie
came to Matamoros to ply his trade
in the town which had been estab-
lished a few years previously. He
made the journey from New Orleans
In a schooner thore beirig at that
lime only an occasional opportunity
to secure pasageon a coasting ves-
sel Brazos Santiago Was limn n'fine
harbor in which Uvejitv-" vessels
cjtild ride at anchor and suing with
the tide .without interfering with
each other while now all ships have
to b6 moored to provenMhem from
striking on one of the numerous bars
and shoals which have been formed
b the silt of more than half a cen1
tnry. The schooner landed him at
Point Isabel wheie he saw close to
high bank another schoorier tlisi
charging her cargo a thing which
has not been donB for many earci
Mr. Neale lived in Matamoros ior
seen ears. When he arrived there-
in 1834 a town was already laid ontlense and crystaI rock glasses; al
.and a number of substantial Lttild-
ings erected bt there was no habi
tation of any kind on the present5 site
Of Brownsville. In fact ns late as
1S4G. when Gen. Taylor occupied
this point there were only about a
dozen 'jjacaleB scattered about this
vicinity. Mr. Neale afterwards livfcd
near the city of Bagdad at the mouth
of the Rid Grande. Many interesting
a exciting incidents befell him at
this period in consequence of the
revolutionary limes both iu Texas
land in Mexico. A feV years after
the Texas revolution Mr. Neale es-
tablished a line df stages from Mata-
moros to Point Isabel s&rtirtg from
the: -present Ideation of DrdwriSville:
It was a. curiosity tdlhe' natives td
pee horses in harne'sv.arid the first
time they saw-onS of those cdachbs.
witIi fetor inirs tt4chel to it and
steppiRf oat in line "Style llidy
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meh a tiling must surely be crazy:
But a little later Mr Neale was of-
Itereld 250 and two hundred cbws
for in old wagon worth about f2St
and closd thejaargain at the earnest
allffUcitation of the bidder who had
never before seen a vehicle that did
not hav& Pol id wooden wheels:
While the ba.Vle of Palo Alto was
going on andthe wounded of the
Mexican Army were being broghl
to 3Iatamoros Mr. Neale's stage
were pressed into service as ambulances-.
His stages were captured a
few honrs afterward and it was in
his attempt to recover them that ho
first met General Taylor and'had an
interview with him; but that was
not until after the bombardment cf
Fort Brown which Mr. Neale wit-
nessed from the top of a windmill
that stood between the two Mexican
forts built by General Ampudia for
the defence of Matamoros on the
right bank ot the Rio Grande.
About 1852 when this country
had recovered from the shock of
war many of the original inhabi-
tants of the small villages along the
Rio Grande returned to the homes
f'-om which they fled fu 1835 and
Mr. Neale then took up a ranch at
Santa Maria "twenty-five miles up
the river from Brownsville. Ho was
very prosperous during th6 first five
years of his stay there but he after
wards lost much in the raids nf the I
notorious Gen. Cortina. One of his
sons fell a victim to Cortina in his
raid on Brownsville. About this
time Mr. Neale settled in Browns-
ville. During the Civil war he serv-
ed a3 a lientenant of a company of
volunteers known as the Home
Guards . In subsequent years he ac-
quired considerable property and
his later years were occupied with
the administration of business in
-
J connection therewith.
He was married in Nerrington
Butt County ot Surry England his
wife being Miss Una Rutland. To
them were born fourteen cfaildren
of w horn his daughter Mrs. Louis
Cowen is the sole survivor.
The descendants nf Mr. Neale
in Brownsville Lnow nfcmber
21 including 9 grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren. Among
his grandchildren are William Ai
Neale L. W. It. C6wen and A. B.
Bo wen Esq. all of whom are mar-
ried and have several children.
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS
Mrs-. "Wnrsrw's Soothixg Syrup has
been ued for over fifty ears by
millions 6f m6lhers for their child-
ren while teethinjr with perfectsuc-
ce. It soothes the child softens
the gams allays all pain cures wind
colic and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the pdor
little sufferer immediately. Sold by
Drnjrjrls in every part of the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure
and ask for nMr. "VVinslow's Sooth
ing S nip' and lake no ether kind
"When bil ions or costive eat a Odsca
retemdy cathar 1c cure guaranteed
1 Jc25c.
DISEASES OF THE EYKS:
Dr. IfigUel Barragari having spe-
cial instruments to examuie the eyes
of persons suffering with diseases oF
the eyes such as mydpia etc. should
cal at his drug-store for ionsulta-
lion. He will prescribe the appro-
priate e" e-glases to overcome any
defoctin the vision.
At the Boticadel Loen Matamoros
Dr. Barragan has a complete aSsort-
1 mfintof eve o-laftsfi with nil fcindt; of
very low prices:
Or. Pilch's Cream Bakfng lowJet
Avrard3 f!ny Mdt Mtdvnztei Fitr. San Fraadccfe
HOW 13IIS? -
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's CatarraH
Cure.
F..T.C1IENEY &CQ.i Props. Toledo
Ohio:
We; theundersignedj have .known
F. J . Cheney for tlie last; 15 year?;
and behove bim pfefectly honorable
in all basinos transactions; aad fin-
ancially able td auy out any oblig-
ation made by their firm.
West&Trttxs Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo O. " -
Waloikg. Kikn.x & "Marvi?;. mnlR-
ealfe Druggists; Toledo; O .
J-iall s Catarrh Cdro is taken liter- Xicensed 5y North Carolina andj Texas
naliy acting directly upon the b'loofliXo charge for examining ieeiht - -and
raucous surface of tha system. n..r' " .it. r - t
Price 73c. per bojtl. sSfd 3l n !! ' P Ure
Dragsits. TestiniortJiClf frVe: Uf iwr$ 9 to 12 ajnrand'i taj p m
iiirunn)y inn ztitto .) iBrovrjisyill Texas.
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Gladness Comes
With a "better nBderstanding of the
transient nature of; the many phys-
ical ills which vanislLbefbre proper ef-
fortsgentle efforts pleasant eiforts
rightly directed. There is fcbmfort in
the knowledge that so many foxin?f
slc&ness are not due to any actual Uiv
"ase hut shnply to a constipated condi-
tion of the systesa which the pleasant
family laxative Syrup of Figs prompt-
ly removes. That Is why it is the only
remedy with millions 6 families -andis
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact that itjs the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitatihff .the
organs xu which it acts. It is therefore j
aU important in oraer xo get its Bene-
ficial effects to note when you pur-
chase that you have the genuine arti
cle which is manufactured by the Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health
and the system is regular laxatives or
"other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease one
one should have the best and with the
well-informed everywhere Syrup of
Fitrs stands hiirhest and is most largely
Bsed and givesmost general satisfaction j
SPUING REQUIRES
That the impurities which have ac-
cumulated In your blood during tne
winter shall be promptl)'- and thor-
oughly expelled if good health is
expected. "When the warmer weath-
er comes these impurities are liable
to manifest themselves in various
uay3 and often it5ad to serious
illness. Unless the blood is rich and
pure that fired feeling will afflict
you your appetite will fail and yon
will find yourself "all run down."
Hood's Sarsaparilla tones and I
strengthens the sysiem drivesbut all
impurities and inakes pure- richJ
healthy blood. Hood's Sarsaparillais
the one truq blood purifier and 'the
bet spring medicine. Bo sure to get
only Hood's;
'Bo regular and punctual in all
things' was one of tire old maxims-
tattght lonf ag(H The last Is not
forgotten but the first Is scarce re
membered so irregular is the life oil
most people nowadays. The only
correcfor of this evil is Simmons
Liver Regulator which keeps the
liver active and prevents the ills 'of
irregular living? Pyspopbia Bil-
iousness Constipation etc. It aIo
cures these troubles;
Anyone V anting cotton feed for
planting can find same at P-.YtUrria.
TSLB
iStar v Store
K'eeps con-
stantly oh hand
a-fu 11 "assort-
mnirbf Men's
andTBoy's suits
that cannot be
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Bought cheap-sill
er
anywhere:
AfulUinfl6f
Lsdi&s1 Dress Goods aii lotions
A large assortment of Straw
Hats Have just been received;
which are being sold cheap.
Mrs S. AsMiieiii;
Washington - - Street.
hM Anders mj
DENTIST.
Office Second Plobr First Nat. hankie
Graduate Vantierbilt Dental College.
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LADIES' DRESS GOODS consisting bf White- Gbodsdj
-oredjOrgandiesj Lawns Percales Nainsooksrandf
Linens of every description. .T
Shirt Waists. - -' -- Footwea
For Men4 Ladies and Children; in blaclc. oxblood and tan-? iti
latest styles. Mattinp-s sliad'es and curtaia pbles
""- all of the very latest designs- -- -
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tEverjfhinoVat: Pmcts
tall 'early and examine my stock.
Mrs. BL Bollackj
Corner Tweltth and Eiizaheth Streets
Leader 121 Low Prices.
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muni isdid ied)
and all kinds of -
Damp Supplies.
J" Write uS ibr JPricesf. "
rention this Paper.
Fire and
Insurance.
POLICIES WKITTEK BY
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BRO WfcSV 1 LLK TEXAS.
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When you see a "good-looking"
Woman you nearly elways see a y
health it is the attractiveness of
face and form that cemes natttraliy VJ
vrheu -weakness and pain are absent. j&
Sickness and pahx drive attractive-
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