The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-03-22

Our Miller County candidates are
actively engaged in tacking up their
cards on trees, gin houses and gate
posts There's nothing like printers
ink aud cards. We have both. Call
and see us.
Buy your screens for windows at
the Standard Novelty Works, Nos
4I7-23 East Broad street. and there
by keep your money at home. All
grades of work done-or work done
to order. 3.22.s
Manager Hughes, of the Western
Union Telegraph company, tells us
he thinks il will rain by tomorrow.
We do not know whether the mana
ger is going by his "corns' or re-
ports from the weather bureau.
Shreveport wants to play ball this
year with Texarkana and will try |
and raise the $500 in order 1t the
city can pay the guarantee visit
ing clubs, should the attendance |
not come up to expectation,
The wind dries up the sand almost |
as fast as the sprinklers wet it down.
We believe the streets should be
thoroughly wet at night and then
gone over again in the middle of the
day, during a high wind, at least.
City Attorney Solinsky left yes
terday for Beaumont, Texas. When
we bade him goodbye we noticed
he had his transportation book
pinned to the front of his vest. We
hope Sam will have a good time
while absent,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Foreman gave
a picnic on the Big Red River com
panys plantation today, and had as
their guests the Misses Turner, Tay-
lor, Webber, Forshee and Fouke,
and Mesdames T. <. Webber and W.
G. Spearman.
Frank Davis swore out infOrma-
tion against Cox, a white man liy-
ing near him, yesterday, charging
him with wife murder and also kill
ing his baby. The case will come
| Iup before Justice HigginbOtham to-
morrow.
West Side municipal politics have
not warmed up sufficiently to melt
the wax in either candidates ears.
We have interviewed both and both
say they have a dead easy thing.
This being true, we will have two
mayors on the Texas side next year,
The Epworth League of the
Fourth St. NJ. E. Church will give
an Ice Cream and Strawberry Fes-
tival Friday afternoon and night of
this week in the building next door
to Smith Drug Store.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everybody to attend. B, 1913
There are a couple Of travelling
artists in the city engaged in paint
ing the equestrian statue of Andrew
Jackson on the walls of our brick
buildings, advertising the Jackson
Square cigars. We can't help but
wish such a man as the picture rep
resents was now on the throne in
the White House.
We are told today that the Off
cial report of the Maine disaster is
| in, and that our president will soon
make its contents known to the
public. The people have been given
to understand that the report has
whiskers on it and that our country
will lay the blame where it belongs
ON the Spaniards.
Mr.. ]. r. Goodwin, one of Miller
county's most prosperous farmers,
was in town today. He tells us he
has one of the best stands of corn
he has ever had since he has been
planting. He said: "You can hardly
find missing hill in my whole plant
ing" As to cotton, Mr. Goodwin
said: 81 have my ground ready for
the seed and l think l shall go ahead
and plant, as I believe winter is
over
Mr. j. D. Cook is receiving many
aattering requests from his friends
here, as we'll as abroad, to allow his
name to be used in connection with
the office of Prosecuting Attorney, |
but up to this time be is silent on
the subject. We have known Mr.. |
Cook long and intimately and can
say for him that no better man