The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-18

The committee on privileges and
elections in the Texas Legislature,
in the Frost VS. ONeal contest from
Cass county, reported unanimously
that Mr.. Frost had no case. The
report was adopted without a dis
sentinG voice.
The TExAEKANIAN job Office is
turning out lots Of neat and tasty
job work these days. Come tc
headquarters for job printing The
editor never loses an opportunity Of
helping along those who patronizt
the paper or job Office.
The shops means a doubling Of
our population and a doubling Of
our population means tribbling
our values on real estate. A wore
to the wise is, or should be, sufli
cient, but we have gone beyond
that word to make it tstrong,
An exchange says: 1t is useless
for the local editor to waste his
lungs and sprain his conscience IN
trying to boom his town, when the
citizens all stand around with their
hands in their pockets and wait in
differently for something to turn
up,
Bragg & Koerner, general con
tractors and builders, plans and
specifications, furnished on applica.
tion, also estimates furnished on
short notice on all classes Of build
ings, public or private, All work
guaranteed, Office in opera house
block,
The Ladies Auxiliary Of the Y M,
G. A, will give a Washington Tea
Friday night, Feb. 22, at their hall
Baked beans, pumpkin pie, etc,
served, in connection with an inter
esting program of old-fashioned
music and recitations. Admission,
25 cents.
We reproduce a very compliment
tary notice from the Little Rock
of Hon. Minor Wallace's
lecture on "Prentiss and Grady"
delivered in that city. We trust
Mr.. Wallace will favor Texarkana
by delivering this oratorical treat
here. When shall it be, Minor2
When asked by friend what he
thought OF newspapers, Thomas
Jefferson promptly replied Were
it left Tor me to decide whether we
should have a government without
newspapers, or newspapers without
a government, | should not hesitate
a moment to prefer the latter"
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Josh Whealdan, the photographer
was over from Ashdown yesterday,
He reports business dull on account
os the extreme cold weather, He
reports business dull on account Of
the extreme cold weather He left
today for his "tent" which is pitch.
ed at the above enterprising town
and will remain there amonth long
err,
Mr. Ragan, living on State Line,
whom we announced a few days
back as being father of twin boys,
had the misfortune to lose one yes
terday by death, and the other one,
we learn is not expected to live,
Mr., ed Shut, the undertaken will
bury the little boy this afternoon
at Rose HILL
The K, of 2. Committee wants
the ladies to sell tickets for the
Ovid Musical Concert Co.. given by
them for the benefit of the poor
aud distressed Of the city on Wed.
uesday evening, Feb, 9th, Call on
the following members of the COM
mittee Harry Ehrich p, A,
Skeen, G, Il, Beard, u, H. Kane II,
G, Cook, John Cook, win guddles-
ton and julius Sherrer,
COL r, NJ Henry, we are glad to
say, has shown a liberality towards
the shop donation really refresh.
ing in these hard times, Judge b,
7, Estes has also put down the
price on lots he controls and we
learn others will do likewise, If this
be true as to the latter we can
safely say the shops will be built
here and our city will take ON q
boom never heard of before,
The last issue Of the Sloan
Springs Hummer says that eight
crews of surveyors have gone south
and are strung along the H. o. =,
X G, right of way between that
place and Texarkana, The Hum,
mer also says that Contractor Ber