Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-01
In a Lighter Vein


An Atkins eXcnangp says: Johnny
VI shot himself in the south
suburb while playing With a toy pis
tol last week The exchange does
III tell how badly Johnny was hut
Gut it is reasonable to suppose that
Johnny felt pain in his south sub
urb
The Woman's rights question has not
ceased to be a live issue, for the school
children have begun to discuss such
questions as "Resolved, That woman
has done more for the advancement OF
civilization than man.
xs@ Manager Mickey Holland, Of the
Pine Bluff opera house, says he has
booked the "Wizard cf o. opera com
pany to show in his house this sea
son. This announcement sets some
people to wondering how show like
"The Wizard Of or which carries
sixty people and carload Of scenery,
is going to find room in the Rubber
Top to give a performance. The total
seating capacity of the house is about
300, and there will be almost as many
show people as people in the audi
ence Nevertheless, Manager Holland
says he has signed contract with the
manager of the show and will GER
tainly hold them to the contract
Prosecuting Attorney w. D. Jones
had the grand jury chasing rainbow
during the recent session. when he
brought in information to the effect
that William Coleman and Tom Nit
chell were accused of stealing a pot
of gold from an old negro woman. Mr.
Jones was compelled to dismiss the
case for want Of renable witnesses to
the effect that the pot of gold ever
existed. He did not discover until
afterward that the old woman who
suffered the loss had been crazy for
!. ten years and had lost many such
'ssreasures. The lawyers now have the
pke on the prosecuting attorney.
"A story of large bet on the COM
ing gubernatorial election was printed
ina local paper last week. Two young
attorneys were to place $4,000 each
on the election, one contending that
JEFF Davis would be elected and the
other laying his wager on the other
side. Later the bet was withdrawn,
for the man who was to back jeff
failed in his nerve. The antiDavls
man did not even claim the forfeit
money, saying he was sure all of the
Davis supporters would back down
the same way before the election took
place, and that Wood would sweep
the entire state.
Yesterday was supposed to have
been the day that Forepaugh and Sells
aBrothers' circus was to have shown
nsPine Bluff, and a good, honest old
farmer, with his wife, married son
and wife and fourteen children of var
i0us ages and sizes, came to the city
ii wagons to see the circus. They ar
rived before day and at once began
to inquire when the parade would
start and where the circus was to
show Upon being informed that the
circus would not show he and his
family seemed very much disappoint-
ed, and said they had come all the
way from Grant county just to let the
children see the circus. Don't you
read the papers?" asked a bystander.
NO" the old man replied; 1--WE take
/ the Home and Fireside and don't have
tile to read any more "Who arc
Y6u going to vote for for governor?'
asked the bystander. Jeff Davis. .
Y Was the response. Word was immedl-
at6ly circulated around the court
.honse to the effect that another jeff
Davis man had been found in South
ern Arkansas. and certain deputy
sheriff Immediately offered to bet
that Davis would get three votes at
least in the southeast section of the
safe.