The Green Forest tribune., 1900-12-22
Eureka Springs Items.
From the Flashlight


 A man with scratched face was in from the tunnel Tuesday night. He claimed to have had a tussle with highwaymen in Liv- ingston Hollow. But he. came out ahead, and retained his pock- etbook, which contained S85.
 Edgar Brewster, of Pine Bluff, one of the contractors in charge of the construction of the St. l.. & N. A. Railroad, was in the city last week. He says he will finish his contract in six weeks, proyid- ing we have good weather. His contractis for the last 15 miles of the line.
 B.F. Putnam is ''fixing up" the basement room of the Central block for a storage room. He may convert the present court room into a business place, the four-years' lease for it's use by the county as a court room expir- ing on January 1st. The county officials have, so far, made no arrangements for an extension of the lease, and the place for hold ing the February term of court is statu quo.
 A young man by the name of Duke, was very seriously injured at the tunnel Tuesday. Duke has in charge the lighting of the fuse in blasting, and after the failure of one charge to explode, he undertook to drill out the pow der when the explosion occurred. One arm and hand were badly lacerated, the sight of one eye and possibly both destroyed, and his chest, stomach and abdomen were literally filled with pieces of his clothing and particles of stone. pr. Hale, Camp physi- elan, hardly expects to find him alive today when he visits the camp.
 MT. H. Seidel, proprietor of the Harding Spring stables, would like to know the whereabouts of one Al Finley, who hired 8 horse a week ago. Finley claimed that he wanted to go to the tunnel, but he hasn't been seen since by Mr. Seidel. It appears that this man is no novice at the business, being now wanted at Garfield, this state, for the same offense. MT. Seidel has about given up hope of recovering his horse, which was one of the best sad dlers in his stables. He offers S10 for information leading to the recovery of "Bessie." From the Daily Times Echo
 A shooting affray occurred in this city last Saturday night in which Al Smith received a seri- ous wound in the back from a 22 calibre Winchester rifle in the hands of "Beat" Dean. The ball entered the body on the right of the spinal column about mid- way between the shoulders. It struck a rib and ranged upward l and finally lodged under the shoulder blade. Smith was brought down town after the shooting and taken to the Lan- sing House. He is. resting easy and seems to be out of danger 1 and will be able to go to his home in the country in a day or two. Dean, after doing the shooting, mounted a mule and rode out of the country but only rode the mule 8 short distance down the railroad and started it back home, and he proceeded on foot. He supposed that the shot had been fatal and was bent on es- cape; but some one overlook him and told him the circumstances and Dean came home this morn- ing. The cause of the difficulty l dates back for considerable ! length of time and seems to be an old feud between them. Saturday Smith came to town and was drinking considerably, | and was on his way home when he met Dean in New town and the quarrel started, nobody seemed to know just how. It is said that