The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-20
C0mnetitiye Examination.

Competitive Examination.
House of Representatives, L. S. /
Washington, l.. {. Mar, -, 50. !
4 competitive examination will
be held at Harrison, Boone Conn
ty, Arkansas, oil Saturday April,
/ Il, 1856, to select c2ndidate for
Il Cedetship in the I, S, Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
All ambitious young men OF the
9TH Congressional District of Ark.
over the age of fourteen end under
eighteen are rendered an oppor-
tun!ty to win a prize
$, ". PEEL, NJ. c., 9Th Con-
gressional District, Ark
District papers will please copy.
Mack Rowland, sheriff of Boone
county, arrived yesterday after
noon with Mack Smith sentenced
to the penitentiary for five years for
horse stealing. L. H. Democrot
March 1911.
For years John b. Cough sup
ported the wife aud family of Mr..
Stratton, the man who found him
drunk in the Streets of Worches-
ter, Mass, and induced him to
sign the pledge.
\ court in Mayville, Tenn, has
the credit of having lately sent to
jail for two years Il destitute white
woman for stealing a quart of but
ter milk, rs II wind-up to a term
in which six murt.erers went free.
Frequently protraeted constipa-
ton cange inflammation OF the
bowels; as a remedy and regula-
tor, use DIR, j. Fl. MeLean's Ho-
meopathic Liver and Kidney
Balm. For sale at City Drug
Store.
Rev. Sam Jones Is credited with
saying that "the most beautiful
sight in the world is to see
family around Il cheerful fire with
the head Of the family reading his
local newspaper, which he has
paid for III advance.
Graham, a wife murderer, and
prisoner at Springfield, Mo, re-
Gently wrote out a full confession
and addressed it to st4-iudge apd
prosecuting attorney Of the circuit
court, generating several persons,
who were suspected of being i'm
plicated in the murder.
The benefits of oganization are
shown in the difference between
the strikes Of this year and those
Of 1878 when unorganized labor
engaged in strikes. Up to this
time the difference is decidedly
in favor of organized abor.--Ard-
imcbe.
Within a year the richest Amer
lean merchant, II. b. Claiiin; the
richest American railroad man,
W. II. Eanderbuilt, and the rich
est American planter, Edmund
richardson, have died. 1T is not
able that dot one Of the three died
III his bed.
Philadelphia is Justly entitled to
to the proud distinction of being
the leading city in the United
States for Sunday-school work.
There is in that city $50 Sunday
Schools, with l55, 348 scholars and
1868 teachers constituting in
all nearly one-hfth Of the popula-
tion.
The percentage Of increase in
the number of farms of various
sizes in the United States from
1870 to 1850 is stGted to be as fol
lows: Farms under, 100 acres, 10
per cent. fal ms of 100 acres and
under 500 acres, 200 per cent.
farms of 500 acres and under 1000
acres 500 per cent. and farms over
1000 acres, 800 per cent.
Our late war developed q great
many brave men, but probably
none with more clear, unadulterat-
ed grit than Carl Baker, of Niles,
Mich. He married a widow recent
ly with eleven children, adding
four out of his own private stock.
He spoiled it all, however, by com
hitting suicide and thus freezing
his four off onto the poor woman.
The Humane Society of st. Louis
has prevented a theatre manager
of that city for conducting test by
which areward was to be givento the
boy who would sit the longest time
on a chunk of ice. The disappoint-
ment Of the manager was exceeded
by the disgust of small boy who
walked away with a peculiar step,
owing to the rubber that lined the
seat of his trousers.
Special Notice.
Having bought ont tho Poho