CAUSEWAY WORK TO START JAN. 1
Work on the Causeway, to connect with Padre Island, starting at a point near Flour Bluff, 12 miles below Corpus Christi, and terminating near the ranch House of Pat. F. Dunn, on Padre Island, will be started January 1st, according to a telegram received this morning from Colonel Sam Robertson, promoter of the Padre Island Ocean Beach driveway. The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce has sold the amount of stock required to finance the construction. The Causeway will be 18,300 feet in length, and material for its construction was unloaded at Aransas Pass several months ago and is now being moved by boat to Flour Bluff. It will be known as the Don Patricio Causeway, in honor of Pat Dunn, who has resided on Padre Island over 50 years. The Dunn holdings on Padre were purchased last summer by Colonel Robertson and W. E. Callahan of Saint Louis. (Editor’s note: this was originally published in The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), on Dec. 21, 1926)
SNAKE ESCAPES!
Last night. Bolivar, the large Python belonging to the Snake show with the Parker amusement company, escaped from the pit in which it is kept for exhibition purposes. At the time there were several people in the tent and while the lady who stays in the pit to look after the snakes had her back turned, Bolivar managed to crawl out of the pit to the ground. At once a rush was made for the exit by the spectators. And in less than a minute, Bolivar was the sole occupant of the tent. It was with a great deal of difficulty that the snake was finally returned to the pit, it taking the combined efforts of three men to accomplish the feat. (Editor’s note: this was originally published in The Brownsville Daily Herald. (Brownsville TX) on Dec. 29, 1908.)
LIZZIE COMPTON
Lizzie was a sprightly Canadian girl, sixteen years of age, who, dressed in men’s apparel, enlisted in the service of the United States during the Civil War. She was in seven different regiments and participated in several battles. She was severely wounded at Gettysburg. On account of the discovery of her sex, she was many times mustered out of the service. (Editor’s note: this was originally published in The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), on Thursday, Dec. 18, 1884)
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