The Newark journal., 1902-02-07

l printing done.
 Go to the City Butcher Shop for nice fresh sausage, pork and steak.
 For fine stationary Toilet articles etc. go to J. J. Caldwell, Druggist.
 One of our girls seems to enjoy sing ing sunny Tennessee" very much. G. o. Magness is closing out at cost. Now is the time to secure yaur bar gains.
 Miss Maggie Shirley asks the sym pthey of the girls in her disappoint ments.
 The city council failed to meet Mon- day night on account of the extremely bad weather.
 Go to John M. Martins for fruits of all kinds also fresh lettuce and cab bage every day.
 We would like to know how George Sisk is getting along reading medi- cine these days.
 There are 49l mineral springs in the United States, the best of which are located in Arkansas. If you want goods at cost come before Febuary 15. Must close them out by that time. G. o. Magness.
 Miss Laura Morgan must be getting ready to make soap rather early. as she is gathering up her soap grease.
 The weather man has simply made mistake and unioaded upon us a con- signment intended for the North Pole.
 The people are waking up to the im- portance of having good roads, and we believe the road tax will be voted again,
 John Irwin of Medora, Ili., goes in his shirt sleeves in winter and claims that he has never experience the sensation Of being cold.
 Prof. H. J. Drennen, candidate for Justice of the Peace, made The Jour nal pleasant call Wednesday and had his name enrolled on our subScrip- tion list.
 Wheat growers say the snow and cold weather is quite favorable to that product. Let us hope some good result may come from th9 rayages of the winter.
 An Oil Trough correspondent joins our band of pencil pushers this week. We gladly welcome him and trust that he will continue to furnish The Journal readers with the news from that place.
 The postal authorities are investigat- l ing the right of alleged "get rich quickn concerns to Use the mails. There are many of them in the coun- try and great number of victims are being fleeced daily.
 The fight between Gov. Davis and Hon. k. ". Rector is getting warm. During his speech at Russellville Sat urday Col. Rector branded one or two of the governors assertions as ''in | famous falsehuodS. "
 The railways of the country will spend s300,00o,o0 this year for improvements and increased equip ments. Next fall there will be no oc- casion for complaint of lack of transportation facilities.
 For the first time in thirty two years, except brief period between 1888 and 1889, no c0lored man sits in either chamber of congress, and there is less prospects of the election of a colored man to this body than at any time since the close of the war.
 Mcssrs. George Ssk, George Holder by, Albert Arnold. and Misses Mollie Branon, Lille Allen, Minnie Murphy, Jessie Martin, Maude Mcdonald, Laura Morgan, Maggie Shirley and Mrs. Filler composed a merry sleigh ing party over to Lane's ferry in a large four horse sleigh Friday.
 A petition signed by 2l2,60i Ameri- can citizens is to be forwarded to con- gress asking that body to pass reso lution expressing the sympathy of the American people for the suffering, but brave and patriotic Boers. Probably more than nine tenths of the Ameri- can people really sympathize with the Boers, but as the government does not the resolution will not be passed.
 If you want to become acquainted with human nature edit a country newspaper for awhile. You know ab- solutely nothing of the ups and downs of life until you have served in that capacity. You may have preached, swapped horses, conducted bank, sold goods, practiced law or sawed | l T |