The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-04-01


Hon. p. A. Turner is of at court |
at san Antonio, Texas, 10 a case
where there is $4,000 involved. I'll
can capture this big plum
for his client Mr. Turner can, as he
is well read and versed in law.
Mr. A. B. Little and wife are re-
ceiyiug congratulations from friends |
at the safe arrival of a body at !
their house. We could wish it no |
better luck than that it take after
mother in looks and father in clev-
erness.
The great London Lilliputiau ex-
hibition will open up here Monday,
giving parade headed by a good
brass band. The little ones should
all be given a dime, and let them see
this show, as it is a Texarkana in
institution, end will make this place
their headquarters.
Today is all-fools day, and there
are many of our people who will no
doubt feel perfectly at home. tax
ing the quotation of every dog has
his day" as a truth. We are per-
fectly willing to give all this day to
the fools in our entire country.
The cake came to hand and we
must say if there had been more
sugar and -four instead of saw dust
and sand, we would have eaten
more of it. Some people can never
learn to cook, however, and we ex-
cuse our friend on these grounds.
We learn that an enthusiastic
snap shot artist has mailed a re-
quest for candidates Ingram, Nc
Bride, Peyton, Walker and McCas-
land to meet him here today as he
wants to secure their shadows
"ere the substance fade. A good
idea.
Comodore D. Payne, who left here
some ten or a dozen months ago to
90 into business at Hope, was here
Yesterday and has given it out that
he will move back here. They all
come back when once acclmated.
We shall welcome the Comodore
back.
We heard a mechanic say this
morning that work in the city was
scarce at this time and he did not
know what he would do. This calls
for a call meeting of the Board of
Trade to consider the establish
ment of handle factory here and
this will give some of the idle men
work
Chauucey Depew who has pleased
nultitudes by his matchless oratory
made a pro-Spanish speech at a
banquet in New York, Saturday
night and was soundly Kissed by the
best business men of the city. This
lis the first time Depew ever let his
eccentric slip and we can say, poor
old Chauncey.
DR.. Kittrell, has returned from
New York, where he went to take
course of lectures in the Post Grad
uate College of Medicine. Dr. Kit
trell is among our most successful
practitioners and he is keeping up
with the new methods of surgery
and treatments brought out by the
learned doctors of the world
The Elks have their billiard tables
in place in their club room, and
some fancy shots are being made
with the cue, among the members.
The reporter was invited up 20 take
hand with one OF the club members,
but having been brought up in pi-
GUS family before billiard tables
we're invented, had to decline, as
he knew nothing of the game
And still they come Another
challenge has reached us. We had
no idea so much real enjoyment
could be had in the citv without us
catching on. We have just awak-
ened to the fact that "once we
we're blind but now we see, " was
lost but now we have our repotorial
compass squarely set on several
Romeo and Juliets, but we are not
going to squeal, therefore we don't
intend to fight about it.
Will Mccartney, ever fond of a |
joke, took it upon himself to play |
an April fool joke on those whom
he patronized through the month.
Heretofore he has let them look |
bim up, but today he took his check
book under his arm and walked into