Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-28
ARKANSAS IN BRIEF.
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| bears cub was seen in the suburb
of Cotter last week.
Fishermen are flocking to Heber
where the sport is said to be mos
excellent.
Major J. B. Beardsley has donatet
a site in Nashville for the Howard
county court house
| A new bank has been organized al
Mammoth Spring and will soon be
| ready for business
! There are a number of prospectors
in the Pike county oil fields investi
eating the conditions there.
Mayor d. G.. Beauchamp of Para
gould fined Dave Wright $500 for op
Grating blind tiger at Paragould
While in corn crib at Columbus
Cleveland Adams was bitten by cop
| per-head snake His condition is not
serious
w. T. Craig, of Pike county. has re-
| ceived news of the drowning of his
son, Will Craig. in the Chickasaw ma
ton, I. T.
Pit Polivic. an Austrian. was struck
by freight train at Pryor's Spur.
near Mena, last Friday. and killed.
While plowing in field at Barren
township, Independence county. last
week, William Phillips was struck by
lightning and killed.
Ralph Jaques, we'll known sales
man of Paragould, and Hebrew. has
renounced Judaism and has been bap-
tised Christian.
George Petty, of Mena, harvested
700 bales of hay. 300 bales of oats. the
former worth 40c and the latter worth
soc. all from twenty acres of hill land
in Polk county
The annual reunion of eX-Confede-
crates of southwest Arkansas will be
held at Magnesia Springs July 20. q
and 23. Senator Berry has been in
yited and has accepted the invitation
The farmers have been busy cut
ting and putting away their alfalfa the
last few days. We are glad to say
that they have saved a large amount
and it is in fine condition.-Ozan Rec
ord
While Rube Simmons, a negro. was
standing beside an engine in the hoop
factory at Wynne a steam pipe burst
and Simmons was hurled ten feet
across the room and severely scald-
ed by the steam.
Fireman Brady, whose home is in
Mena. fell from his engine near Sail
saw, |. T.. while it was running forty
miles an hour last Week His wounds
to be fatal
On "Wednesday morning at $50 the
light was let through camp G.. 3.4GO-
foot tunnel of the White River rail
road. four miles northwest of Omaha
The worhmen, who have for several
months been hammering away at eth
er end of the big hole, held a regular
jublee.-Jasper Republican.
The wheat and oat crop are being
harvested The yield promises to be
considerably larger than last year and
the grain of better quality, though the
acreage is less. 1t is thought there
will be more wheat than will be need !
ed for home cousumption.-Cot
Courier
.. n. killough of Wynne, president ,
of the ST. Francis levee board, is
making an active fight for the removal
OF portion of the embankment at
the Arkansas end of the Memphis
bridge. 1t is stated that this embank-
ment, in time of high water, not only
causes large section to overflow.
but increases the strain on the Ark
ansas levees above it.
One by one, and in rapid succession.
the frame shacks and buildings that
formerly existed on Main street have
been torn away and the ground on
which they stood has been covered
with substantial brick buildings, until
but few OF the unsightly and danger
GUS tire-traps are to be found in the
business part of town. The growth
that Jonesboro has made is in no wise
the result of any boom or scheme on
the part of spectators or real estate
sharks but has been of a healthy.
steady nature, and these buildings
have been erected to meet the con
'tant and increasing demands of our
increasing population and trade
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