The Van Buren press., 1904-08-27


NJ. J. Finn, manager of the Little
Rock ball club, it is said, will manage
either Minneapolis or st. Paul next
season.
Bob Fitzgerald, a distant relative
of Bishop Fitzgerald of the Catholic
church, died at Little Rock on Au-
gust 49,
The school house at Ayilla Saline
county was destroyed by fire recent
ly for the third time in eighteen
months
Mrs. s. ?. Van Patton, Of Poplar
Blum, Mo. was robbed on train en-
route to Hot Springs Of all her money
and ticket
Secretary Of State Crockett has
compiled a book Of 1853 pages con-
tanning all the corporation laws Of
Arkansas.
Bids have been asked by the Little
Rock school board for the new high
school building to be erected at a
cost Of a 100000.
The Little Rock city council has
amended the Sunday saloon ordinance
so Shat it is believed saloons may be
kept closed on that day.
The mining Of rock asphalt to be
used in paving West Third street at
Little Rock was begun in the Pike
county mines on August 90
The Franklin county bank, incor.
porated a month ago, has been con
solidated with the Peoples Bank, or
ganized a the same time, and has
surrendered its charter
School children from points along
the Cotton Belt railroad, left Tcyark.
ana August q IN charge Of Prof Jun
ius Jordan Of Pine Bluff to visit the
worlds fair.
Dana D. Boyd Little Rock printer,
and Miss Mary Frazier met in St
Louis, whore the young lady stopped
of on her way home from Colorado,
and were married,
Left fielder Householder and Pitcher
McPartlin have been released by the
directors Of the Littld Rock base ball
club as the first step owards cur.
tailment Of expenses.
Nick Peay county convict contract.
or for Pulaski county has been sued
hy the county for about sG,O00alleged
to be due on his contract for the hire
Of the county conyicts for nearly two
years
At Little Rock negro charged
with snatching a charm and chain
from another negro claims that he
did so because a sign of the lodge re.
presented by the charm was not re.
sponded to when he made it
Miss Mamie Kanochc was drowned
near sulphur Springs while attempt
Ing 10 ford a creek which was swol.
len by heavy rain She had Just
closed arrangements for school at
Sulphur Springs Her home was In
Noel Mo.
W. A. Clark and others have asked
that a receiver be appointed for the
Arkansas Baptist company at Little
Rock The petition for receiver Med
by II, G. PuEh was refused by the
court. and the galleys and mailing list
shipped TO Kentucky
Fred Zoisler, watchman on a
steamboat at Little Rock shot n ne.
gro in crowd which was attempting
10 push him into the river because he
asked them TO disperso from the deck,
The negro was named Lewis Day and
WIS spirited away by friends,
W, f. Pence, Little Rock grocer
who was confined In the county jail a
short while several days since on the
charge of assaulting his wife, com,
plains that he was the victim Of a
kangaroo court and struck twenty
three times across the back with a
strap,
Gov Davis has paid the Judgment
Of i25 secured against him by W \.
lMccy Of Hartford, for printing bin
alleged to have been incurred during
the campaign Of 1902 The appeal
was dismissed,
The Pine pmr Central Trades and
Labor Council rcscndcd IT, action In
endorsing Vim ponrosc, the socialist
candidate for governor and defeated
the resolutions
Faulkner circuit court scheduled to
meet July 4 dld not convene until
August % on account Of the farmers
being behind with their crops
A movement Is on foot FOR re.
survey Of the city OF Little Rock for
the purpose Of establishing street
gradca, II that should 1c done the
proper drainage could be secured for
every part Of the cltE
Chas NJ, Como, was appointed re-.
coiyer for the plan OF the Argenta
News SontInc' ~ Little Rock. and he
Was iHstrg,tod to rent The plant 90
Henry @ Miller who IA now the pub
Usher e that paper Afer september
1 the plant will be sold The rcceiy.
err vas asked by ], f. Hurley VINO
Ile,as 20 own the plant