The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-18

been here visiting her brother,
Chas. Akin, left for Denver, Colo
RADIO, yesterday.
Tonight will be presented Jane at
the opera house. Go and help the
theatre people out. 1t viii be the
closing Of the season here.
If YOU want a fine bath in the
largest natatorium, pure fresh
spring water, 60 TO Kirby Beach.
Bus can be called by phone from
Blvtbe's stable. 5-l7
Mrs. L. H. Bonner, who has con-
Quoted a boarding house here for
several years, will leave for Ken
lucky, where she will meet with
her future husband.
We notice several piles OF big
iron rock being hauled to the lots
on which the new Baptist church is
to be built and suppose they will be
used in the foundation of the build
ing,
Mrs. A. A. Anderson fired a shot
at a negro who had broken into her
house last night tor the purpose of
robbery. The bullet missed the
mark and the negro made his es-
cape.
The big tent for the Culpepper
meeting went up today and its
seating capacity is said to be 5000.
If you are a sinner or even a chris
tian you should 60 and attend these |
meetings.
Paris done up our MOBILES Yester-
terday IA to II and Denison beat |
Shreveport 5 to 0. The Texarkana
team goes to Denison and Shreve-
port to Paris. Texarkana stands
down next to floor now as winning
club.
We are to turn our big guns loose
now on fortified positions along the
Cuban coast and when we have 81
fenced the enemY's guns to land
enough troops to hold the place.
This is what we call war, and the
right kind of war.
Mayor Hardin never does any
thing by halves. Yesterday while
passing his house we noticed many
|U. S. flags hung around the prem
ises, which made the place appear
as the headquarters for some big
military dignatary.
The Southwestern Telephone Co,
is planting in the ground in this
city some very fine white cedar
poles, and we learn from one of the
men who is experimenting the job,
that each pole planted will cost the
company some $40. The company
is making great improvements here
lin nlacipp the exchange on a solid
basis.
Postmaster B. NJ. Foreman re-
turned from Little Rock yesterday,
where he attended the State Re
publican Central Committee meet
ling as a member from the state at
large. He informs us that a state
convention of his party has been
called to meet at Little Rock June
I29th, next.
The patent medicine men are
kicking because the government
threatens to place stamp tax on
their medicines. Some one must
pay the war tax aud we favor tax
ling these medicines to the limit,
because many of them are hum
bugs and the others do the system
more harm than good half the
time.
-~ 9p->----
]: E. Foos, who is well known
here, as having at one time engag-
ed in business, joined the Trezevant
Rifles at Shreveport and on yester-
day he was promoted to the rank
of scout, which carries the rank of
a captain or else captains pay.
| Mr.. Foos will make a good one we
will bound.
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The East Side public school will
close this week with appropriate
entertainments. Tomorrow (Thurs-
day. night, the Grammar school,
composed of the 1st to 7th grades,
will entertain the public, and FRI
day night the High School, 8th to
l1th grades, will do likewise Ev-
erybody invited to attend these ex-
ercises to take place in the assem-
bly, hall.
Mr.. C. M. Reeves received a wire
from Boston this morning, inform