The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-02-02
FORT LYNN FLASHES.

Fly cold and disag9eeable, to such a
degree, that7iam almost constrain-
ed to say that the favorite quota
tion, "The Sunny South, is mis-
nomer. 1t is now raining,
The Sulphur is falling quite
,brisklg now, owing to the freeze ups
\ Last Monday morning CaptIF H.
Tupper received news that his
house in Texarkana, situated on
"Quality Hill5, Was, destroyed by.
| fire on Sunday morning The gem
tleman left on the afternoon train
of the same day, to look into the'
matter, On his return he reported
the house only partially destroyed.
probably to the extent of $500,
fully covered by insurance, 4. e,s
Texarkana seems to have an cpl
demic Of fires, which has spread 10,
this place Yesterday at ] o'clock
tie fire, alarm was sounded, when
upon Investigation one Of theLgml
Der Co. $ houses was discovered to.
Iibe5 ia flames, it burned t6
1.-The ground In a few minutes. For,
Itnnatey, from the use Of plenty Of
water, the Ore was prevented from
spreading to other buildings, The
house was occupied by M1as
LeMay (colored) who was fortunate.
10 saving all his household goods.
The government snag boat, @. W.
Howell has. finished her job above
here, and passed down last We'd
pesday, on her way to some other
point. A steam boat was reported
below The bridge yesterday, but did.
not come above, | did not learn.
her business, Now, that the river
lhas been put in safe condttionto
navigate, Che merchants Of .TeXat-.
kama should lay their craniums ,to.
gethgr charter a boat, and try the
realities Of water transportation,
for chePpeping goods ig!
Mr. W, NJ, Pettigrew, the travel.
ing saleman tor Turner Bros, smlE
ed upon us yesterday, .'6.
A most enjoyable event occurred
at the home of Engineer and MIS-
W, II, CalIrey, being no less than.
aNsoeial epteftdinuent nglyen by
that gentleman and lady, to their
mmyfricnds, both young and old,
A AYeVpleasJut time was had until
4 glAtebont NManytEhnks to the
khidAhbt and hostess for their un-
firing efforts to please, in which All
|iHre they fully succeeded,
A Serious accident has occurred
here, which endangers a human
lile Hoyt Oliver a Young man 20
years of age brotherof II. W, CAT
freys wife, was Telling atree this
morning, which In falling split up
about cnliteti The free end struck
n saplIngwih such force that 1t
sprang back striking him on the
forehead Septtipg ~ terrible gash-
aud he fel senseles5 TO the ground,
He was soon picked up and taken
Into The house, A messenger was
Immediately dispatched for Dr.
Smith Of Boggy, Fortunately q
physician arrived on the evening
train, looking for a location, Il did
nbt learn Mia bamt)@ho.took the
.(lhCin bRhd pending DR. Smiths
arrival, and AZ this writing both
phyaIeiana are working with him,
It ls not known yet howaaedous he
l5 buut more than that a blood
vessel Is ruptttred aud they are Civ.
ipg ALL helrNatt0ntIon to stop-
ping the How o( blood, II Is thought
his skull h ffattOred W
hHr IA QEqEsArWfEE
Ut, Lynn, hrlt, FEB I ~
-Af4a4tsN
Tax Notice Improvement Dist No 1,
The taNbtdN l6rAbe collection OF
the special assessment upon the
gegl property N Improvement Dis
tfiet Mol, IA Te&afkina, Arkansas,
has been placed In my hands, All
owners OF real property lylug In
said dlatrltt are required 20 pay
lher nsAeasmeutR TO nae within
thirty days from jah lO, 1897 lfI
such payment Is not made, action
will be commenced at the end of
chat time, tof the collection ot said
assessment, and for legal penalties
Given under NY hand thh Jan,
lB, 1907 i, I, AWNbLp,
l-ls ~ Collector
Mr., win Thompson, a we'll known
maehihist is now connected with
the Edwards Harness Shop, aud Ia
ready 10 do all binds Of bicycle re,
pairing, lsl'lw
thaye given Ghambeflaia's Cough