The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-06

The mother OF President Nc
Kinley is slowly passing away and
the doctors say it will be only
matter Of a few hours when the
Of death will set its seal
on the good lady for ever,
Mrs, E. G, Lawrence, one of the
tobacco drummers on the
road is here today, He has not
called on us this time to leave US
some chewing" but we are keep
ing a chair busted of for him,
Mr., ED Burke was busy this morn
ing placing some of his decorative
ware on the shelves at the Smith
Drug Store, He says the business
for the holidays has opened up
brisk and he is making some hand
some sales,
There will be given an AFTERNOON
tea, at Mrs W. j. Buhrman's, 723
Pecan ST., on Wednesday Dec 9Th
lrom3 to 6 o'clock, by the Ladies
of the First Baptist Church, All
are cordially invited, A free will
Offering is expected. 1915 IT.
Earl Godbold said he made out
and ticketed some 1850 of the dis
charged circus men on Friday night
to different places East Earl Is
at home behind a ticket rack how
ever and he never gets ratified and
therefore makes few mistakes,
One Of the largest and best
selected stock OF Christmas goods
we ever saw, is now on exhibition
at Smith Drug Cos, and when
you buy 25c worth Of goods there
is a chance at that fine 800
sterling bicycle is thrown In for
good measure,
Several Of our townsmen, inter-
ested In the Frank Barkman case,
went to pittsburg this morning
We learn the case will be called to-
day, only for the purpose Of agree
Ing on a trial day. which we were
told would In all probability be the
coming Thursday
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Paul Bagley, the peapathetlc
preacher was here yesterday de-
Iliyering his sermon on the street
He had a very good congregation
aud the "hat' was considerably
warmed by many nlekels, Paul is
certainly a faithful worker In the
Masters vineyard,
Two marriage licenses were Is'
sued at the clerks Office this morn
! Ing i, +, Williams TO wed Miss Ida
Rae doth of Millsr county and O..
! w, Brewer Of Little Rock to wed
Miss Maggie Wilkerson, OF Benton
Esquire j @, Mcclure tied knot for
latter couple at the court house,
Mrs Bowman a worthy lady and
the mother Of several small chill
dreu, died at the family residence
on State st. on Sunday morning
Her husband aud children are cast
down Ia grief at her death We
offer what consolation we can eom-
mand to the beroayed ones, The
remains were buried this morning
at the Catholic cemetery
Miller Circuit court resumed
business this morning Morning
was taken up In passlg upon motions
and disposIng Of the second case
against Dan Winchester Smith
(resIstIng an officer he was acQuitts
cd This afternoon ease OF Wash
Thomas colored, Grand Larceny 10
being tried There are a number
! ol criminal cases yet 10 be disposed
Iof
We made a trip out 60 Spring
Lake park Yesterday aud found Il
In stau quo, but the crowds that
gather there la the heated season
was missed, aud only an occasional
slfaggler came out on the ear
took a turn or two about the
grounds aud lett for the city, We
hope 10 see The park put In Zip top
order before the hot weather comes
again
Judge beary sold 10 Nick llfaus
miller the butcher this morning
100 head Of cattle, the product Of
hh farm for the past two years,
lie received tll a head the herd
being mixed Ia COWS, calves aud
twoyearolds The Judge says he
raised This herd at an expense Of
not exceeding th a head There Ia
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