The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
BRIEF MENTION.

A cornet band has been organized
at Maynard.
A baby show is to be given at Little
Rock June 4.
John Findley committed suicide at
Harrison by taking morphine.
A new Catholic school to cost $780,
900 is to be built at Fort Smith.
The Scottish Rite body at Little
Rock will erect new quarters In the
near future.
An election will be held In July to
determine the location of the county
seat of Little River county.
A postofice has been established at
Theresa, Montgomery county, with
Thos. P. Edwards postmaster.
VIM. c. McCubbin. ex-sheriff of
Logan county. died at his home in
Paris last week of heart failure.
w. G. Steels wagon yard at Pine
Bluff was badly damaged by fire on
the 10th. Loss, $1,000, with $1,000
insurance.
1t is said Speaker HUMPHREYS will
make the race for governor in 1902,
should Gov. Davis decline second
term.
An effort is being made 20 have the
Confederate veterans Of Missouri and
Arkansas hold their reunion jointly
at Eureka Springs this year.
Lille Doyle, charged with kidnap-
ing the 13-year-old daughter Of Mrs.
Fannie Eaton, of Eureka Springs, was
arrested at Berryville.
JEFF Owens was shot and killed by
Kit Farr near Atkins while the former
was paying call to the latter's sis
ter. Both col0red.
Sam Waiver, while engaged in paint
ing church at Altus. fell from
ladder, a distance Of thirty feet,
breaking his neck.
A special dispatch Of the 21st an
nounces that oil In large quantities
was discovered at Prescott in a well
only 175 feet deep.
Little Rock entertained no less than
six organized bodies Of professional
men the past week, among them the
State Association Of Undertakers.
A test case has been instituted In
Hot Springs circuit court to determine
the constitutonality Of the anti-gam-
bling act Of the last legislature.
Pine Bluff is to have street car
line, after being without that accom-.
a number of years. The
rails have arrived and work Of con.
struction Is under way.
Z. A. Peck. late general superin.
tendent OF Central Division Iron Noun.
tain railroad, has been appointed su.
perintendent Of the Cotton Belt head
quarters at Pine Bluff.
The prompt action Of Judge Smith
Of Ouachita county In impaneling a
special jury to try colored rapist is
the proper course to prevent the mob
taking law into Its own hands.
Wood Cash, who had resided In
Benton county for fifty years, commit.
ted suicide May IA by hanging himself
to a tree with trace.chain at his farm
near Bentonville. He was 65 years old
and leaves a family.
Gov. jeff Davis has offered re.
ward OF 500 for the arrest and con-
viction Of Tom Parker, wanted In
Franklin county for the murder Of
Wallace Anderson January rs, 1899.
A charter has been issued by the sec.
rotary OF state to the Central Ark.
ansas 4 Eastern Railway Company. II
ls proposed to build a railroad from
England east through Lonoke county
to the Arkansas Cypress Single
Companys mills. a distance Of ten
miles.
The assault committed on a young
white woman near Camden by negro
aroused the citizens Of that community
to action and a number OF worthless
characters were given hours In which
to seek other locations. A lynching
would have occurred In all probability
had not the rapist been spirited away
to place Of safety.
william Phillips was shot at Baxter,
near Bonneville, by Preston Edwards
on the 18th. the result Of an old feud,
An effort will be made by enter.
prising citizens Of the state to raise
sc, 900 to be added to the $40, 900 ap.
propriated by the legislature for an
exhibit at the st. Louis worlds fair.
A pistol duel was fought at Texar.
kama between an officer named Tom
Smith and two negroes named Rowe,
In which Smith was struck no less
than eighteen times but was never
put out OF the battle, When the negroes
had emptied their weapons they fed,
but was captured later.
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