The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-05-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Newport will work Migrants ON
the rock pile.
Copper has been discoverd near
RaYenden Springs.
A teachers training school will
open at Searey May 21st.
The telephone line from Buffalo to
Rush has been completed.
A colt "A IL inches high at II
hours old is a Randolph county
product
The Republicans propose to organ
ize their party inHawali and con
vention has been called for that
purpose.
1t is announced that form err Presi-
dent Sanford B. Dole is to beappoin-
ted the first governor of the territory
OF Hawaii.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were the
guests of Memphis and Nashville this
week and were most enthusiastically
welcomed,
According to ex-Counsel Wildman,
a reign of terror exists in the Phil
ippines and the truth is concealed
| under military orders.
The Acknowledgement of Texas has
given notice to the Waters-P Pierce Oil
Company to cease to do business in
that state after May 18th.
The Arkansas division, United Con-
federate Veterans. will leave Little
Rock May 2Sth to attend the an
nual reunion at Louisville, Ky.
The people of Denver, Boone Co.
Ark members of the G. A. R., ex-
Confederates and citizens in general,
will decorate the graves at Denver
cemetery, May 80.
The town council of Russellville
has passed and put in force an or
dinance against hogs running at
large The ordinance also includes
bteachy or mischievous cattle.
Mother who with her little boy is
dining at a friend So Johnny, | am
really ashamed of you. You never be
have so badly at home"
Johnney-"I know it, ma; but when
| have a chance at a good dinner like
this | am apt to get excited. y
Not halt the counties have hello
primaries or conventions and six
candidates for the legislature who
received nomination in the counties
that held, have announced theii
desire to be speakers of the lower
house.
The government will open ad
ditional recruiting offices to fill vacan
cies in the army in the Philippines A
present there are nearly 1000 vacan
cies and they are increasing at the
Fratc of 100 a week. There will also
be a shortage in available com
missioned officers.
There is a literary society neal
Mountain Grove, Mo, and they haC
a debate few nights since, but the
Judges have not rendered a decision
yet After the fight was over it was
found that one Judge had broken
nose and another a broken rib, while
two of the debators had each {
broken leg, from being violently
thrown from the platform.
A bill has been introduced in Con.
gress 10 provide territorial form o
government for the Indian Territory
{ and change its name to Jefferson
Territory, in honor of the great
statesman through whose foresight
the diplomacy the Louisiana pur.
was effected. The Indian Territory il
! the only section of that purchase
which chase remains unorganized
J Gov. tones last week RENTED fine
amounting to $4,000 assessed
against X. c. Brady, of Jonesboro
who was. convicted in twenty cases
of selling whisky without license
He was on the Jackson county con
, vict farm, having been re-arresteC
tor violating the conditions of q
pardon granted in 1899, relieving
him OF fines amounting to 81 500 il
seven cases.
A Missouri editor has hit upor
a plan to keep subscriptions paid up