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Evening star., 1898-02-09

EoWaru H. Niles, the lawyer VINO several
days ago failed to appear before Judge
Scott to answer a charge of assaulting
Mr. Oliver C. Hack. and who forfeited IS
collateral. today asked for jury trial.
which was granted by the court. and the
hearing set for Tuesday next.
Evening star., 1898-02-09

Also Church Almanacs and Quar-.
terlies for 1898.
Basement.
Evening star., 1898-02-09
Small
Furniture.

We are showing quite an extensive
assortment of Small Furniture,
among which are some rare bits and
novel pieces, in one-of-a-kind styles,
and call especial attention to the fol-
lowing new things Just received:
Jarciniere Stands in attractive new shape and
colorings.
75c. each.
Jardiniere Stands, In a particularly dainty pat
-tern-quartered oak and mahogany special value.
$I.OO each.
Jardiniere Stands. in forest green and the new
golden brown finish-highly polished.
$I.65 each.
Jardiniere Stands in the rich malachite green
inaid with contrasting wocds-these are very
handsome and a special value.
$500. each.
Evening star., 1898-02-09
New Wool
Dress Goods.

We are now showing a good as
sortment of choice styles in the new
spring of % Dress Fabrics, promi-
nent among which are Coverts, Ger
man Tweeds, Poplins and quite a
variety of other stuffs especially
adaptable for tailor-made gowns.
Attention is called to lot of best
quality
AlH=WOoI French Challis,
In such staple printings blue and white. black
and white and sprinkling of other pretty styles.
which we secured In such way that can sell
them for
4Oc. a yard.
The new price will be 5oc.
Evening star., 1898-02-09

Blue Kersey Top Coats, weight for early spring
wear. single breasted fly front, velvet collar.
Sizes to To-
Reduced from $3.50 & 5000 to 5000.
Evening star., 1898-02-09

Laundered Shirt Waists king brand. Sizes
10 IA Neat washable patterns.
Reduced from $I.oo to &c.
Evening star., 1898-02-09

Al-wool Chinehiila Refers. ulster collar braided
plain edge. Sizes TO 10.
Reduced from $500 to $3.50.
Reduced from 5000 to S4.25.
Reduced from $3.50 to 5000.
Reduced from $1,000 to $40.
Evening star., 1898-02-09

Bicycle Golf Suits. all wool and serviceable col
ors. Sizes 10 to Is.
Reduced from 5000 to $3.50.
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JIM DILLARD CASE
 REVERSED.
By the Supreme COurt-The Crime
 Committed Just 10 Years Ago.

Jim Dillard, the negro who just ten years in Monroe county during the famous election riot shot two citizens and the sheriff of that county, will arrive in this city in few days. The decision which was given in Prairie county by the Cir cult Court was reversed by the Su- preme Court Saturday. He was in the state penitentiary and was sen fenced for nine years, when the de- cisiCn of the trial court was re- versed. H. K. White of this city succeeded in getting the reversal. The billiard case was for long time the exciting topic of conversation in the papers and on tLe street. He has been in the penitentiary for about eight months. billiard, for a negro had the strongest bond ever given in this statea Such men as Parker 0. Ewing, J. w. Walker and Dr. R. M. West with number of others, were among the signers. It is said the bond was worth one million dollars.
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PATRIOTIC EVENT.

The Y. M. CA. will give q patriotic reception at Merrill Institute Tues day evening. Admission will be free and everybody Is invited to be present There will be an address by Rev. J. l.. Caldwell. D. D.. on America Abroad" and an address by Corporal q. F.. Valiant, recruit ing officer, on the subject Camp Life at ChIcamauga." Another fea- ture of the evening will be patriotic music. A hat collection will be taken for the army committee to be used for tke boys at the front.
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Jefferson County Normal.
Pine Bluff, Ark, June 2I, 1898

Pine Bluff, Ark, June 2l, 1898.
 In appreciation of the untiring work and ready assistance of the In- structor of the Jefferson county Nor nal, Mir. J. T. Doynes, and the deep interest manifested by him during our session of 1898, be it. resolved.
 l. That we pupils of the Jefferson county normal, in consideration of Mr. Doynes' invaluable service to Us as educators. recognize in him an in- structor in every way worthy of the high encomiums passed upon him.
 Z. That having been under direct preceptorship, we have had every on portunity of judging Of his remark able ability to present, in an an alytical and concise manner. ad- mirablc theory and practice In the school room.
 2. That we present to him this formal acknowledgment of cur gratitude and esteem and express our regret at the severence our pleasant relations as pupils and teacher.
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~ FOOT WILL BE INFATUATED.

MT. Ralph Stubblefield, who is at present member of the Fencibles, is in the hospital at Chickamauga with q very bad foot. 1t will be re- membered that Mir. Stubblefield, while at work at the new oil mill in this city, had his foot badly mashed, but N hen he joined the Fencibles his foot had healed and was considered well. While at Chickamauga the wounded member began to trouble him. He was placed in the hospital, where he has been for several weeks. 1t is now thought necessary to am- putate the injured member.
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Summer resort solicitors are storm ing the town these days. No less than dozen put In an appearance during thu past week and the talk they put up was something marvel ous. One of these travellers repre- sents Il watering place, and accor- ding to his testimony the waters of that resort will cure anything froma sore toe to well-developed ease of annendicitis.
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TAKES CHARGE TODAY.
Mr. Louis Altheimer is Installed as
 Postmaster for Four Years.

Today Mir. Louis Althelmer is postmaster, anu N i'll remain so for four years. Mir. Altheimer has ap- pointed Mir. W. B. Langston as hls chief clerk, and Mir. Eugene Altheim- CT as assistant chief clerk, who will also act as general tellyery clerk.
 Mir, Hudson, hO retires from the postotfice, has served the people faithfully and well. and although Mir. Altheimer is a fine selection. Mir. Hudson's friends regret to see the change.
 The same mail carriers and minor clerks will be retained.
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after attending big law suit at Shat place.
 Messrs Walter Jones and Garland Brewer, of the Tin department, spent yesterday at Humphry fishing.
 Mr. Alvine Rike, the ever popular fireman, is spending a few days in New Lewisville.
 MT. John Kretzler, who recently, dislocated his elbow while working on the rip track, is gradually i'm proving.
 Messrs Frank Drake and c. H. Farra, formerly Cotton Belt boys, left last week for Washington, where they go to accept positions in the navy.
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There is more Catarrh in this section Of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years WAS supposed to ha incnrabIe For a great many years doc tors nrnnonnced it a local disease, and pre- seribed local remedies. and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment. pro nOunced it incurable, Science has proven cetsrrh to be q constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by l. J. Cheney X Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only con stItutIonal cure on the market. IL Is taken @ spoonfui 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Ihey 0ueI one hund red dollars for any ease It iaiis to cure. Send for circulars and testiinohlais.
 Address,
 Sold by rrERists 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best
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Ftere is a rosy rumor stirring that the ever popular Eugene Miller is soon to wed.
 Eugene. # is needless to say, smil- ingly denies thu accusation, but his best friends say It isn't any joke, and that the former buffer has betn in- dulging in biarney talk to a fair Pine Rlnffian.
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RlGBY D. VALIANT
Successfully Passes His Examination
 at West Point.

Mr. Rlgby D. Valiant telegraphed his family in thls citv late Saturday that he had successfully passed his examination at West Point. Mir. Valiant is a man of fine intellectual and well-deYeloped physical powers, and his many friends will no doubt be glad to hear the above news, He has been for the past week under the tediousness of the examination. and has succeeded in making a fine record.
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A certain Pine Bluffian who was recently q visitor in New York City, and who when tbe war began was q sightseer on the streets of that great metropolis, returned home few days ago. Upon being met by a very close friend. was asked the fol- lowing question:
 "Of course you saw the Vizcaya q while in New York City, did you not9e''
 The following answer wal given: No indeed. in fact I was so busy sight seeing l never had q chance to attend n French opera"
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AND SPAIN WOULD oUIT SEND. IPG THEIR SHIPS TO
 AMERICAN WATERS.
Puerto Rico Must be Taken and the Philippines Fully Occupied Before Spain Sues
 Fer Peace.

NEW YORK, June 18.-A special from Washington says: New re- ports of the approach of Spanish vessels to the coast of the United States, and the futter of concern the reports cause, serve to in crease the interest of the naval war board in the plan of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt. now for many weeks laid on the shelf, to make q dash at the Canaries and the Spanish coast by way of interesting and occupying the Spauish people with their own affairs. There are some differences of opinion among those who direct the operations of naval vessels concerning the practicabiltty and effectiveness of a raid on the Spanish coast. It is believed by those who have looked at the mat ter carefully that the moral effect of such demonstrations would be to terrify the people who live on the shore of Spain, and would serve to bring the Spanish to terms earlier than if the forces of the United States were not so em. ployed. An objection urged in the navy department against the im- mediate dispatch of fleet to Spain is that it would bring the war to close before the administration could complete some of the work it has cut out. It is desired that the occupation of the Philippines shall be completed and Porto Rico gained before Spain sues for peace. If those undertakings are to be roun- ded out before Spain is to be visited it might not be before August that the first vessels of the United States navy could be used to knock at the doors of Cadiz or to sail in the Mediterranean and sound the defeases at Fort Mahon.
 The answer made to this argu- ment by naval officers, who be- lieve our patrol fleet, or a part of it, might be put to better use than it is now, is that te wait for the fight. ing ships to be ready for service in COo;., mill Lo R0 loco 4ba abouoo @o carry out the ceasless- activity campaign which Mir. Roose yelt desired as a careful reader and disciple of Capt. Mahan. They call attention to the fact that people living along the coast of the United States have been frightened out of their summer habits by mere phantom ships, that appear in the newspapers one day and disappear the next, as elusive and impossible to describe as the sea serpent.
 Naval officers also admit that thu Spanish government could quiet good deal of the talk about this pro. posed dash to Spain by permitting two real ships to run oyer toward this side of the ocean and just show the Spanish flag out of range of the American batteries. A bold act like that would at least make it ap- Darent that an American under taking of like character would have had its merits.
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coLoRep NORMAL NOTES.

When the colored normal closed it's first weeks work It had grown to such proportions that the con- ductor, Prof. Ish, felt called upon to ask for assistance. w. H. Strick- land, of this city, was appointed as- sistant. Now. at the close of the second week. the normal has grown from l05 for the first week to an en- rollment of 40. Much interest is manifest still and enthusiasm does not lag in the least. The average attendance is good. Method and pupil betterment" are the domi- nant features of the normal. Prof. Doyne, conductor of the normal for whites at this place, visited us on Thursday and was enthusiastically received by the teachers. His ad- vice was given in words of burning eloquence, and when he had finished the teachers felt that he was indeed worthy to succeed Prof. Jordan as state superintendent. Rev. A. M. Middlebrook called on us Friday and in few fitting words address ed the teachers. These normals are doinL the majority of our teachers great good.
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FLUKE FLEMMING
Will Hang at Dumas. .-COnhrmed
 by the Supreme Court.

Recently the Supreme Court con- firmed the action of the Jefferson Circuit Court which sentenced him to hang for rape. The time of the hanging has not as yet been fixed by the Governor. The scaffold at Dumas is in readiness and the date of his execution will reach this city in few days.
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SHOT THROUGH TIE HAND.

Friday afternoon, while playing with saot gun in the rear yard of his home on Barraque street, Mas ter Chas. Evans accidently dis charged the gun. The powder and shot tore his right hand into q very bad condition. His wound was dressed by Dr. Stanley.
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The American Excelsior Laundry is putting on a new coat of paint, and also enlarging and painting their office. A new oak floor has just been completed. new office fix lures are being put in and the ma chinery Is receiving new belting. When finished this laundry will he the best equipped of any in the state. Messrs. Franklin md List are tw O enterprising gentlemen, and 1t is needless to say that nothing benefi- cial to Pine Bluff ever passes unseen by them.
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TWENTY-TWO CASES.
Oi small POx Re ported at Gra-
 cie's Camp.

Mir. W. H. Miller, of Cummings, was in the city Saturday, and in talking to a GRAPHIC reporter stat ed that there were twenty-two cases of smallpox in J. NJ Gracie's com vlct camp, near Mud Lake. One death only is reported.
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UNITED STATES SI

UNITED STATES SENATE.
 WASHINGTON, D. G., June [, Isys. ]. E, Trulock Pine Bluff. Ark.
 My DEAR SIR:-Your favor ia re- ceived. l have talked with the Presi. dent about thls question of briga- dler generalship for Arkansas, and am satisfied that there Is no pros pect of an appointment at this time. am sorry that the impression has gone abroad that there Is likely t0 be such an appointment. There are 10 or l2 applicants already. each are the best, and that he oight to get the appointment without delay. The President told me some time ago that he had appointed all the brigadier-generals that he intended to appoint except those who had been promised, and that there would be no more brigadler-generals ap- pointed until some brigadIer-genera was appointed toa maior-general- ship, and that this would only be done as a reward for gallant service in the field. Of course. am aware that that this will not change the impression at home that there is to be q brlgadier general appointed from Arkansas very soon, but 1t will add to our complications fla having q number of applicants. none of whom can, in my opinion, be ap- pointed. l will do the very best I can, and sincerely hope that there may be some opening in the near future. Very truly yours.
 JAMES K. JONES.
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The Iron Mountain accommo- dation train left the Valley depot on time, the engineer with his hand on the throttle ready for q stop at any danger, was looking straight ahead.
 The train vas going at comfort able speed, when about a mile mp the track a red shirt was being waved. On approaching near, the engineer slowed up and stopped at the object. It was q young woman with piece of cord in one hand and a five-cent piece in the other,
 The conductor, thinking upon the sudden stopping of the train q tressle was burned or that somo serious accident had happened asked the woman what the matter might he. She handed him the cord and the nickle and saidi "Please bring ne a nickle's worth of ice this evening from Little Rock"
 The conductor was furious, and he said: Madam, what do you mean by halting this train? This is no ice wagon. /" Excuse me, sir, thought this was an accommodation train," was the reply.
 The passengers, who had just re- coYred from their fright of train rob bers, had hearty laugh, and even the conductor joined in the fun.
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TWO ARRESTS

Deputy Robt. Johnson this morn ing arrested Orange Jones. wanted forgrand larceny, and Nat Nesby for assault and battery. Nesby was locked up and Jones gave q $500 bond.
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"When 1 feel that man Is becom- ing interested in me to the exclusion of other girls" said captivating second avenue belle to q GRAPHIC re- porter yesterday, "I at once put him to a test which is calculated to bring his true nature to the surface. make an engagement to go off somewhere at o'clock in the morn Ing with him. Nine men out of ten will be late. At that hour of the morning a man is usually disagre- able and hateful. His breath will be reminiscent of stale tobacco smoke and possibly of last nights libations. His conversational powers, usually SO scintilating 1t night, you will find to be shorn of their attraction. If you want to look behind the screen of a mans conventionalIty; put him to this test. If he comes through it under favorable conditions he will make q good husband. But I've never seen one that could stand the test to my satisfaction"
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Mir. and Mrs. D. M. Bluthenthal Master Harold and Miss Bessie leave in few days for Ashville. N. C.. to spend the summer. They will stop at Chickamauga sight seeing. Miss Beisie after the summer months will enter vassar College in New York.
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Mrs. Hannah Langston Bpckell and little daughter, of Columbus, Ohio, are the guests of Mrs. Lang ston, on East Seconk avenue.
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MA note was laid on our desk this morning saying the bridge on west Second avenue and Linden Street is in very dangerous condition. The note said the bridge was full Of holes and should be attended to by the city.
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 PAID &S 900.

Mrs. A. Buchanan yestday received from the Royal Arcanum the sum of $3, 900. in full payment of the insur- ance on her hnsban's life.
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Messrs. Jack Waits and Seymore, at Chickamauga. will be sent q large box of delicacies, a present from the members of the Merrill Hook and Ladder Co.
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Mir. E. c. Vlets has returned from Camden, where he has been manag- ing the painting on the Ouchita Hotel.
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Mir. Leon Elliott, prominent merchant of Althelmer, was in the city Saturday..
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l.. P. Ladd, of Ladd, was among the Pine Bluff callers Saturday.
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MT. ]. Moses, of Natchez, MIss., de- liyeIed very impressive lecture at the Temple Friday evening. He is a very fine and interesting speaker and was listened to by large au- dience.
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Miss Alys Tanner has returned to her home at Swan Lake, after q pleasant stay in this city.
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OPTION BELT ITEMS
A BATCH OF BREEZY MEL ANGIE FROM A BUSY BEE HIVE OF
 INDUSTRY.

will resume his duties at the shops.
 Mr. George Whitecome has. been slightly i'll for the past week.
 Mir. Wm. Knight, foreman at the coal schute, is dangerously i'll at his home on east Second avenue. i, Mr. George Higgi, formerly ma chinist at this place, is now engin- ger on the Paragould and South eastern railway.
 MT. Morgan Larsh, formerly em- ployed at the depot, left last week fer Texas, where he goes to accept a position with the Katy road.
 The ever handsome and popular conductor, Eugene Graham, has re- turned after q short stay in Hot Springs.
 Mir. Johnnie Hope, boiler maker at the shops, left last night after a lingering illness for Mount .Nebo, where he will remain during the remainder of the heated term.
 Mir. Ed Whitcombe, painter at the shops, leaves Tn few days for ort Madison, Iowa, where he goes to join his wife on her way home.
 E. M. Halt.clan, of Texas, is here on business trip in the interest of the company.
 A small na'rew "qn 70 engine is in the shops for repairs. It was for merly P. B. & s. E. engine, but has been sold to the Saline River Lumber Go.
 Beginning the first of June the Cotton Belt Company has refused to recognize or deduct orders from their employees for the following insurance companies: The Fidelity and Casualty Ins. Go., The Stan dard and The Travellers. This com pany will recognize only the Aetna Life Insurance Go. aud The Union Casualty Surety Co., and will per nit them to continue business.
 The shops closed one hour Thurs day in order to give the employees time to vote.
 Master Mechanic R. M. Galbraith returned Friday from an important visit to Tyler. Texas.
 Mr. Jack Shannon, a painter at the shops, had the misfortune to dis locate his arm last week, but is now on the road to recovery.
 Coach AS was rolled out of the paint shops yesterday, looking lovely after beng repainted.
 Several new box cars were turned out last Week from the car depart ment.
 MT. Carter Murphy has accepted a position at the shops as machinst's apprentice.
 Mr. Ben Strickland, machinest, is on the sick list.
 Engineer Gleason is again at his throttle, after few days lay of.
 Fireman Ed Case is taking two weeks leave of absence, which he will spend in the try.
 Mr. Elmar Richards, traiamaster has returned from Q business trip south.
 The atfabie Garland Bird can now be found at the Cotton B9lt Res tau ant, where he will serve his many friends.
 Messrs. R. c. Wolf and E. w. Workman will leave shortly for Gal veston, Texas, where they will re- main for few weeks on the beach.
 All the engines that now are put in the shops for repairs are having the name Cotton Belt placed on the cab on the outside in place of the number.
 MT. Joe Langston is spending a few weeks in Chicago.
 MT. Wm. Wright Jr., who has been on a visit to his sick father, left yesterday for Texarkana, to re- sume his duties as engineer on the Texas X Pacific Ky.
 Mir. Thomas Morris, formerly night car sealer, has accepted position as passenger brakeman on this road.
 Tho ooonnaov has nearly com
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A dance in which all the society people of this city will participate will be given at Sulphur Springs Tuesday evening.
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Mir. E. R. Steel, of Little Rock was in the city yesterday.
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eN@NNNNA~~NNNN~NT : STORIES OF THE TOWN z
 &~ A~%~N~

Let me kiss your Dewey" lips said Will Lee, and theL the lombard meat began.
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Misses Julia and Maud Hauffman, of St. Louis. are visiting relatives in this city.
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Mir. ]. Walker Jones, of Cummings was in the city on business Sat urday.
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BoRN-To Mir. and Mrs. Felix Smart. son. Mother and babe do- ing well.
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Jesse R. Core, of Plum Bayou. was among us yesterday.
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Mir. Powell Clayton, of Little Rock, is in the city today.
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The young peoples union of the Sixth avenue Baptist church will render very interesting program tonight at o'clock. All the young people are requested 10 participate The public Is invited.
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Miss Trip Lindsay left yesterday for Sherrill to visit a few days.
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Dr. D. O. Holmes, of Swan Lake, paid Pine Bluff visit Saturday.
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MT. sam Katzenstein Is spending Sunday in the city of roses.
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Mrs. A. McCollum left Saturday for Chicago, tO spend the heated term.
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Mir. F. M. Rogers, prominent legal citizen of Arkansas City, was among us Saturday.
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Mir. c. l.. Morris, of Swan Lake, is among us today.