The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-06-02

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Fred Doyle is back from Shreye-
port and will again make this place
his home. We are glad to get Fred
back and hope he may secure
good Job that will make him money,
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The French are behaving them
selves very nicely lately. A boy
colt is good thing when it is a
lust one and we'll laid, and will do
more to tame people down than
bullets.
Conductor ], 7. Williams of Pine
Bluff was here yesterday and
brought the news that hls daughter
Miss Blanche, who has been sick so
long, is now on the road to speedy
recovery.
DR.. L. NJ. Rush has purchased the
Woodson property and will make it
his future home. This is a desirable
place and we are glad to see the
doctor so snugly quartered in his
own home.
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Sergeant Burke of company L.
First Arkansas Regiment, writes
back to his father that Uncle Sam
has given them the earth and the
sky. Bob says they sleep on the
one and cover with the other.
The country south of here has
been treated to a good soaking
rain. We will need one here IN
few days and hope the clerk of the
weather will make a note to this
effect and then protect his paper.
Miss Ola Allen, Mr.. Joel StuckeY
both of Sulphur Township, are up
attending the normal. They ex-
press their great delight in their
intelligent and enthusiastic in
structor, Prof. Garden, of Camden,
Arkansas.
The Presbyterians are using Chic
Park today in a picnic entertain
ment. This park is gaining friends
daily as a resort and all it needs to
make it 90 is a tallY-ho coach and
four big horses to pull load out at
any hour.
DR., P. C. Williams has shaven
his beard and has filed his applica-
tion to Join the Rosebuds If the
doctor is successful in breaking into
this organization of adolescents we
don't know but what we shall throw
ourself in front of a lawnmower
and have in our application also.
Mr.. J. E. Benjamin. who had his
stock of hardware damaged by fire
few days ago, and who moved the
same to several different localities
where he could find storage room,
is now concentrating the stock in
the building next to H, Brown, the
grocer, on Broad street.
The official flag of our country
has plenty OF back ground for few
more stars to make the number 30.
1t stands now 40, Suppose we hurry
up and add Cuba, Porto Rico, Phil
ippines, Hawaii and any other old
island that interiors with our pro-
gress. Let us march on and alb
sorb the world
We had plunge last night at
the Park mat" and found the wa
ter very wet and also warm. OF
course we got our feet wet and
also "panties" and had an artist
come along looking for something
to draw pair of tongs from. We
would have posed for him. The
mat" is the very place to spend an
half hour in cooling of,
Go from home to hear the news.
This from the Nashville (Ark) News;
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Elsie Stuart, Of
Texarkana, to Mr.. Charles c.
Spragins, of Hope, The marriage
will take place at st. James Epis-
copal church in Texarkana, on
Thursday evening June ninth The
News tenders congratulations in
advance.
A case of rape was reported to
Sheriff Dillard this morning as hav-
ing occurred in Fairview, The l6-
year-old daughter of Mrs. j. V,
Scott was in the garden picking
berries when she was assaulted by a
negro boy 1S years old, carried into
the barn and raped. She told her
mother what had happened, and
she informed the officers, who are
now out hunting the scoundrel