The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 282, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 27, 1893 Page: 4 of 4
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Cameron county is the extreme
Bomhorji county of Texas aud is
separated from Mexico by the Rio
Grande on the south bordering on
the river for about GO miles and
lias iibput 100 miles of Gnli eoast
3 its eastern boundary It has an
urea of 8808 eqnaro miles aud a
population of 1344 according to
census of 189Q
Beside tho Rio Grando there arb
about thirty small streams In the
count including reeacaa and or
foyo brandies of tho Rio Grande
A good quality of water can also be
obtained in wells from 8 to 20 feet
eep
Jiho upper portion of the county
s densely covered with timber con
listing chiefly of hackberr ash
elm mosquito and ybouy The
3afit two arb tho most plentiful as
< w < ill us tho most useful They are
Sloth much used for fuel excelling
cill other woods for that purpose
Sflth of theo woods aro very hard
< smd burn longer giving out more
Sieat and less emoko and nshee than
= uiy other wood nsed for fuel The
auesqnlte grows to e very Targe size
nnd is considered valuable for pav
iuQ purposes Tho principal streets
of San Antonio aro jKived with it
Ilia also valuable for its fruit-
y which is a beajw It fe equal to
corn for fattening stock and is
greedily catch by cuttle hori < y and
i hoep lira bark is alirO yaluable
for tunning producing a iino quali
ly of tan nip acid The roots of the
Tree also make excellent fuel It is
a viuy long rjveJ tree
In thitf county grosses grow all
tho year round and stock fiud snfli
cient pasturage without being fed
during thn winter months The
prjneipil graases aro tnesquite
bunch prairie bermuda etc
The climate is semitropical It
as so mild 4hat stock do not reqnire
rhelter dining tho winter and vege-
tation thrives just as well us in sum
iiicr Frost rarely ever injures ve-
getation in the leasr and people
nere feast upon spring vegetables
in the month of January Cane
oneo planted thriven Jor several
years without lcplaniiug In hid
jnrmers here can work in the opf
Jr gathering huivedts for twelve-
months in tlie year
The soil is ehieily alluvial vary-
ing from a rich black waxy to a-
light sandy loam It is the deepest
audrichest soil to bofuund
FARil Pfi > > DUCTa
Immense quantities ofcolfn are
raised here two well ripened crops
heing harvested ever year Green
corn is on sale for at least seven
months during the year
Cotton thrives equally as well a
i orn Sel Island cotton produced
heie last year was old in Liverpool
At twentytwo cents per pound
while ordinary cotton brought only
six cents This soil i specially
adapted to Se Inland citron This
year over IjOO acres if it is in culti
vat ion
Sugar ca sc ia one of the chief pro
duets of the county Once planter1
it grows for several 3ears without Ven s Vol lor g r awl the
yielding h avirv iach I h f t < ri tn un iuit tcto tj nho f > VICTORIA
uonnccd by expeita to be the besi
made ju thisetate and it brings
of a eent more than Louisiana su-
gar Ail of the sugar nude here
budsa ready home market
Havana tobheco is another pro-
duct which experimonthas proven
to be well adapted to this jciitunto
and soil The leaves of the plant
grow very large and are as fine as
silk On one awe 2500 pounds can
be raised in one season Throeen t
trngs made from one aero lust sea-
son averaged 15300 pounds from
first cutting 800 from second and
500 from tije third The soil does
not require uny fertilizer whatever
FJJLTTS
Bananas grapes oramres lemon
figs pears peaches plums citron
Japanese plums etc are the prin-
cipal fruits of the county Bananas
receive probably more attention
than any other fruit On 6 acre
last year over 5000 bunches were
produced These lird eudy mar
ket in Galveston and Kew Orleans
at 1 per bunch
Grapes rank nest This climate
seems peculim ly adapted to grap
culture Grapes ripen earlier here
than in an other puit of the stale
and rival the famous E1 lHnm or
Ysleta grape inezceHenee Must
ofthe planters hero make their
own table vne from these gra e >
Withproper utruntion there it a
fortune tocbo m do m grapecul
hcre
Orango and lemon trees miy > e
seen hero in mid winter covered
with ripe and green fruit and beir
iag blossoms at tho saniu Jtime
Peaches pi miss ligi etc bear
in great aDandanee Strawberry
culture has not bion tried t < > ai y
estent but will without doubt do
as well here as anywhere BSaek
berricB grow wld > in the grvate t
abundance ripening earl in Apiil
Water uiclon and innsl melons
also 3ield heaviiy hero ripeniig at
at least two weeks earlier than in
am o hcr part of the state
in tact with propyl attention
this section will rival Southern
California in the quantity and us
eellonceof its fruits
VEGETABLE
All varieties of vegetables grow
hero in the greatest abundance alt
the year round Thero i no s a
son when the city markets do not
contain vegetables fre h from the
gardens As early as January Qu
pie here feast on lettuce radithes
salad cauliflower t to Oab f es
peas snapbans irijoies oniotts
etc all come in tle greatest abun-
dance just a littlu later to b soon
followed by delicious tomatoes
celery okra aud green corn Theer
garden delicaciesnm many others
beside are so plrntital that tho
market is overstockd with them
and they sell at extremely low
prices
tovvks rs a > UNi7 etc
The county seat is Brownsville
papulation 700 situated on the
Rio Grande jmt opposite Miltamo
ros It i3 about thirty mi lea from
the month of the river It lt rnir
road connection with Point Isabel
and BrazoB de Santiago nn nie
coast to which point tho Morgan
steamship company runs a steamer
from New Orleans and Galveston
There is also a steamboat on the
river plying between Brownsville
and up river points as far as Rio
Grande City A largo amount of
trade comes to Brownsville from
ttiis source Theie i > a daihr mai1
fronj Alice nn the ArTnsas Pass
and Texas ftTexTsvi raiiroad by a
line of staae coaches and a tri
weekly mail rom Rio Grande
City and Siota Maria There is
nlso a daily mail from Matamoros
Mexico
One of Brownsville s bt t feat
nres is its fiiiO school tacihtits The
fnfhlic school bmldlnir valued at
30000 is one < t the h < bt equipped
in 1 ho slate n
entiro Session
month There are illO St
Moseph t college tor t > oys the eon
jiition it > free tlie
Pre
byterian
There are in tho city over 60
mercantile establisbmeutr 11 law
yets 1 dentist 1 wholesale liquor
house 2 ice factories and 5 re-
tail liquor houses
Work has commenced on two
railroads tho Portland Gulf
Monterey and the fan American
both projected to Brownsville and
a movement is aibo on toot to
build a railrnjjd from Laredo here
which promise to give ample ship-
ping facilities and make Browns
ville a prosperous railroad town
The first two will be built dn into
Mexico jind will give through
connection with the large cities oi
the interior of Mexico
Next in size is Point Isabel pop
illation 80y It is thoseaport ot
Brownsville and also a very pop-
ular summer resort the bathing be-
ing line The fiah and oyster busi
nesd is one of its chief sources of
irc me
Santa Maria population 300
ranks next It is a thriving little
town on thoKio Giande in the
midst of a bplendid farming dis-
trict
TJcroare also several good si ed
pettfemenis with p tnfficess at vur
ion other jmiitts in the count
Lund in the county isolifi cheap
both farmin r and pasture land
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which Tor riehneFs in soil cannot
be ihifpasiUd With railroads and
Immigration 0iiienm cotwity will
ha iho Ijnnner county of tho State
No finer opportunity for invest
meats can be f6m d
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Kio Grnade Lo < gr Ko Si A
and A M meets at the Ma
aomcjiail un rt first and third
Tuesdays d each month
Ihidftro Marks Seeretarj
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for
urmxiire
Pieturo FrameSj Mouldings and
Mattrefses Gaiden Benches
Gallery Cintirs antV the
Continental Befrig
erators etc
San Human Building
Eiizsbetii Street
BHOWNSVILLE TMX
olif TI
Fine Vine Brandies Whiskies
Co nao and French Liquors
fiSPFresh tobaccos cigars and cig
arettea alwnvs on hand
SALOON Commerce Street
Matamoros Mexico
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W BROOKS
Afi HHrai T
Agent lor The J as L Haven Gos
Patent Safety Elevator Com-
pany Cincinnati Ohio
OFFICE Corner oi Jefferson
and 13th StFeet
Brownsville Texae
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and General Land Agent
TEXAS
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year La t year on 330 urns no lgir 3 all excellent pu vate echeos THE CITi dIAHXET
Jess tiiaij T300 0 poun l of < = ucr There sa time churches
j yaspVodnced Tois nurir Cithoiit Episcopal and 1jW j Tile rrieTs oi VivTlGILs Articles
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SoW at That Place
Below wo give prices of various arti-
cles on sal8 daily in the Brownsville
City Market The article mentioned
aro all home products Taised by the
people of th3 surrounding country Tho
prices given aro in Mexican coin which
at the present time is ve y low one
dollar in Mexican eoinmaing wortis
about 65 cents in currency Pricoa are
authoritative
VEGETA3I ES
Carrots 4 cents per pound 4
Beets 24 cents per pound
Caubsgt 5 to ioccnts per liead
Kadoishes 1 cent par dozen
Fresh tomatoes 75 cent per bucket
Lettuce 12 cents per dozea heads
Okra 62 cents per bueket
Snap beans 02 cents per bucket
Turnips lj cents per pound
Pumpkins 1 cent per pound
Green peppers 12 cents per dozen
iarslby 3 cents per buncH
Sweet potatoes new 3 cents a pound
Peas 75 ceuts a bucket
35ntt rbeaas1 i > 7 cents per bucket
Squash 25 cents per dozen
Egg pinnt 25 cents per dozen
FJGUITS
Bananas 25 cents a dozen
LAonb email 25 cents a cozen
Signr cane S150 per 100 Budks
Egj825 cents 1 dozen
gutter fifonntry 50 Cents per pound
OVeslern 5U cente r l > ound
Cheese Mexiciu 0 eenUj i cr pound
jniencan 25 cents er pouud
IUJATS
Hough cuts 4 cent3 per ponnd
3 cof rouir 7 cenLs per rouni
Iktoi round s tUtJ cants ivr dmijii
B < f surloiti steak 7 centa per ffUieJ
lUeC i ottiFhouae etrfli ctuU a
noiid
Lewi fcsnderloin st jak 8 co it5 per
pouud
1wrk roast 10 cents per pcand
Po lr elipv 10ecfte ptrpoxind
lluttoa li cents in r poumi
Ilt s htal cheese IS cents a pound
Tr se 12 c > it u jKi nd
IorL s u ipe lii rents a pound
IVaSs Um iri 12 yetf per jound
Ji vf ofr Ii tl Zc venLn och
Cult i < v > 12 tsviiijjii
ljcVir li toUta a jiotjjid
riall
T rout 5 rents a pnnnd
On Jihli A cents a oun < L
Meph > id 6 cenw a pjaid
< ralfc T2 eenUs per dozen
Ojtt v rs dloo per hundred
OAatK
Terison 5 cons per ponrd
il suh iv 25
c cents cu im
vc m li V to H cents e < h
esWId i2 cnts eaeit
J Jl slope 7f cjits per don
tinall bud 12 cent > 1 ve doxoju
PapuLotd 75 ceali pedt ch
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DIEECTOKY
piSXrlCE UFFIOERS
District Judge Joaa C Russell
DiatrietAttoraey JohnLKldber
District Clerk Louis Kowalski
District court commences oa tho
ilrbt Monday in tue uiouiiis at Ftdj
and Septembor
COUXTY OFFICERi
County Judge Thomas Caroa
Count Attorney 4 guatiu Celayi
Co miy Glerk Jo ph Web >
ueriif liCPorto
Treasurer Cledonio Garza
Assessor George Cbamiaoa
Collector James A lirowny
ijurvcyoj iiartln Uanion
Inspector of Hides Casinlro Toinayp
County Cciunssio ERa
Precinct No i Antonio Vnsqwea
Pecincfe o 3 Emilo ITJwhai
Precinct jSo 8 Pructoso Oarcla
Precinct No 4 Paolo Porei
County court meets for civil criminal
and probate business on tho lirst lloiv
Cay in March Juno Septeinbey jyid
December
ClTYOFflCEn
Mayor Thomas Csrson
Ciiicf of Police James H Klhaa
Tteasurcr Alfred irnoruhain
ecretary M B Xinfribnry
Attorney 4 Prank Pruiby
Survejor Ji u Jiro ka
Assessor and Collector J A 2dichei
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Point Isabel dclly eA 6 jv ca
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 282, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 27, 1893, newspaper, May 27, 1893; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61383/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .