The Van Buren press., 1901-02-16
BRIEF MENTION.

Tom Ben Garrett was renominated
by the democrats for mayor Of Fort
Smith.
The commander of Fort Logan H.
Roots reports six assertions within
two weeks.
Rev. w. d. Buckner, of Pine Bluff
has been rendered a chaplaincy in the
regular army.
The safe in the general store of R.
D. Muzzy at Carlisle was robbed Of
$140 in money.
The apportionment of the school
fund in 1899 was SO cents, and in 1900
$1O1 per child.
A pool room for ladies only, where
bets are made on horse races, S op-
Grated at Hot Springs.
Conway business men have organ.
lied commercial league, with w. W.
| Martin chairman and W. N Owen
secretary.
Union carpenters of Fort Smith de.
mand an eight hour day, at 35 cents
per hour, instead of nine hours at rs
cents per hour the present wages.
At Index small town near Tex.
arkana, Eugene Lewis and Henry Hud.
son fought a duel and both are dead.
Lewis used musket and Hudson re.
volver. e.. t.|..
The Newton county republican cen.
trail committee has endorsed Hon. B.
M. Foreman Of Miller, for United
States marshal Of the Western dis.
trlct.
In 1899 there were 40 teachers in.
stitutes held attended by So per cent
of the teachers; in 1900 there were n
held, attended by GO per cent of the
teachers.
At Dalton, a small town in the
northern part Of the state, five wo
men, members Of the W. G. T. u, pat
erning after Mrs. Nation, wrecked the
only two saloons in the place.
Revenue officers destroyed an Illicit
still near Kirk postofhce, Saline coun.
ty, and arrested G. W. CheeSes and
his 1S-year.old son. The men were
bound over to the federal grand jury.
Gov Davis last week received from
the government check for s3067
partial payment for the expense Of
mobilizng the First and Second regi.
ments for the Spanish war.
Several boxing bouts have recently
been pulled off at Hot Springs Tom
Irwin and one Jack Gleason fought
twenty rounds before large audience
last week. Irwin was awarded the
battle.
The city democratic committee Of
Little Rock has decided to permit col.
ored men to vote at the forthcoming
primaries for city officials provided
they pledge themselves to support the
nominees.
Among the appointments sent to the
senate last week was that of Robert
Enders, Sr., Of Little Rock, to be as.
sistant surgeon, u. S. A., with the
rank Of captain, promoted from acting
assistant surgeon.
A dispatch from Fort Smith says
Father James Brady Of the Church Of
Immaculate Conception, created q SEN
saton In Catholic circles by preach.
ing two sermons in which he held that
Catholic dogma permitted round dane
ing,
An anti'crIme league has been or
ganized at Helena, composed entirely
of colored men. The object OF the
league Is to assist the officers In the
suppression Of crime and aid in 70.
claiming the habItual offenders OF tho
negro race.
Tony Bernard shot and fatally
wounded Dick Thompson at Hot
Springs. The men were engaged In
game Of cards anu got into a dis
put when Bernard drew revolver
and shot Thompson In the breast, Just
over the heart.
VIM, =, Kirsch. lumber inspector
for Hudson Bros, OF Cairo and Chi
cogo, was arrested at Pine Blur, Ho
is charged with having stolen two car
loads Of lumber from 10. G. Collier
who alleges that Kirsch secretly billed
the lumber to Houston Bros, In tho
name OF Houston Bros, M shippers
Al conference Of the executive
committee Of the State Teachers A.
ISOLATION, held In the Office Of the
state superintendent, II was decided
to hold the next annual meeting Of the
association In Little Rock, June ~,