The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-24

company. No 21O East Broad street
Our genial farmer friend, c, G.
Turner was up from Fort Lynn
yesterday. He reports cotton as
cut of considerably by the boil
worm.
An old lady who had attained the
age .of 50 years by the name of
Jones, died two miles north of this
city last night. Undertaken Reeves
was called on to bury the remains
at Wootten grave yard,
Mr. ]. T. Romick, who was the
station master car builder of the
| Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
at this place some time ago, is reg
istered here today from Ellis, Kan
sas.
Several OF our citizens will depart
in few days for Baker Springs.
All who 90 there fall in love with
the climate and cool water afforded
by the Springs. Hotel Foreman
furnishes board at $l.0O per day.
The Edwards Harness company
are now working three experienced
saddle add harness makers, so that
when you need any repairing done
in the saddle or harness line, they
can do il at once. 8-2l
The Edwards Harness company
believes in giving their customers
the full value for their money. And
for that reason purchase the best
leather in the market and make
their own saddles and harness,
Mr.. Robert Laura Stewart, who
has recently converted himself into
a benedict, has gone to house
keeping at No. 2l53 Pine street,
where he and his wife will be at
home to friends.
Wanted have just opened up
private boarding house at No. 4O2
Pine st. Am prepared to accomo-
date several boarders. Table sup
piled with the best the market
affords. Rates reasonable.
2l-1w MRS M. ]. BOWMAN.
Deputy Constable Bill Smith,
while chasing fleeing man, last
night in the alley back of the Gath
olic convent was fired upon by the
man and was hit in the little finger
and also had the skin of his leg
pulled up by bullet.
Mayor Hardin is having those
parties arrested who make it a
habit to sweep their trash out on
Broad street thus littering it up.
We hope this will be kept up and
the people made to keep our busi-
ness street in presentable condi-
tion.
How nice it would be if we could
Just suspend publishing the TEXAR-
KAN1AN during the five hot, dull
months when there is no profit in
the business--but such cannot be
the case. Well, we shall content
ourselves by taking life as easy as
possible, and go on a trip some
where occasionally.
The newspaper man should have
every consideration and commen-
dation. If he saw fit to publish one
half of the bad things he hears of,
and could often prove, on many
people, there would be big sensa-
tion almost every day, and some
socalIed prominent q? people would
have to leave town. Selah,
The gentleman who beat the bass
drummer of the Salvation Army
over the head last night was tried
! this morning and the court decided
that the provocation was sufficient
to cause the assault and the man
was turned free. The bass drum.
mer should learn to beat his instru-
ment so as to not disturb the sick
or dead. There is a limit to all
things-eveu of religious zeal,
We see on exhibition in front Of
Oscar Turner's grocery store a
stalk of corn fourteen feet high,
with eight feet space from the
roots of the stalk to the ear of corn,
This corn was raised by Mr. Cramer
on College Hill, and Il he has a
field of it, he will have to employ
men with ladders to gather It or
: else cut down the stalks and gather
the corn after Il is felled,
A prominent business man com.
, plimented the Texarkanian yester.