The Van Buren press., 1900-01-20
BRIEF MENTION.

The public school building at Lonoke
was destroyed by IRE.
Smallpox has broken out among the
color.d people at Texarkana
The levees that protect the city OF
Helena are being strengthened.
Thieves stole goods valued at s4OO
from Voss Bros. store at Pine Bluff
The Pine Bluff city fathers refused to
reduce saloon license from 5000 to $500
Tie opera house at Van Buren,
recently destroyed by fire is to be re-
bull.
The Golden Eagle Dry Goods Com
pany al Pine Bluff is in the hands Of
receiver.
The republican state executive com
miitee will meet in Little Rock Febru-
ary 18th.
The Southern Baptist Press Assoca.
ton will meet at Hot Springs February
Goth to ed.
During The year 1899 there were 20l
divorces granted in the Eleventh judi
cial circuit,
Col. j. II. Wood, Snowman OF ma.
tional reputation, died at Hot Springs
last week OF cancer.
The municipal debt OF Hot Springs
has been reduced sl4, 900 within the
past three months,
Owners OF Baxter county zinc mines
will send u carload OF ore to eastern
cities to be exhibited
Experts cracked the safe OF the
Caughey Hayes Grain Company, Little
Rock, securing about 500.
Track on the Little Rock & Hot
Springs railroad has been laid to'within
q few miles Of Hot Springs.
Farmers along the Saline river com.
plain OF great damage being done to
their wheat crops by wild geese,
Some one entered the News printing
Office at Harrisburg and, taking the
type into the street, dumped II into the
mud,
| A postoiice has been established at
Perry, in Perry county, and the office
at Coy, Sharp county, has been discon.
tinued.
1t is reported gold and copper IN pay.
ing quantities has been discovered near
the little town Of Cedar Creek, In Scott
county.
Jnmcs Burton was indicted at Con.
way on the charge Of allowing one OF
his children to die from lack Of proper
attention.
Jake Warren was convicted at Con.
way Of violating the age OF consent
law and sentenced TO one year in the
penitentiary, '..
Prof Il, II, Willis, for 90 years pro.
fassor OF modern languages in the Uni.
versity OF Arkansas, died last week at
his home In Chatham, Va,
John Harper, painter, was seriously
burned near Pine Bluff, Harper lay
down before camp :6re and while
asleep rolled into the FIRE, .,.'
Charles Henry, wealthy colored
planter OF Miller county, was assassi.
mated by some unknown person as he
was riding along the public road
! A quantity Of whisky was seized In
a butcher shop in the prohibition town
OF Hope and the proprietor arrested on
the charge Of running a blind tiger
Last week the controlling interest In
the Dardanele a. Russellville railroad
was purchased by Chicago capitalists
and IL is believed the line will be ex
tended,
j, W, Jordan, n switchman, met with
probably n fatal accident at Augusta
He fell from the top OF box,car, strik
ing u cross-tie and dsocating his spna
column,
Miss Clara Jackson, OF parngould
has been selected rs sponsor for Arkan
sas division, U, G, ", Mt the Lousvill,
reunion, TO be held May 30lh TO June 81
inclusive,
The state capitol commission has ex
pended but $4,000 Of the 100000 appro
printed, and reports that over $4,000
worth OF work has been done, mostl, +,
by convicts,
| j W, Robinson, cashier Of the Pc,
Gee road at Fort Smith, Is missing, Ant
II Is reported he is short $4,000 In hi
accounts. Robinson's friends express
the fear that he met with foul play.