The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1904-01-09
LOCAL.

ierred TINS week III less thah tWe
days.
1.-The Banner is moving its print
Ikng office this week from the Hopper
building to upstairs over the Post
kofhce, in the Safer building
-Gilstrap & Co moved the rem
nant of the Guarantee dry goods
stock to their store at st. Paul
Madison county this week.
One of our young sports realizes
these days that there's rheum at The
top" He is fast becoming bald
headed from an eruption of thu
scalp.
-Nurseryman Christian has sued
the Express Company for ST, SOC
damages ON a shipment of fruit tree.
which were frozen while enroute ii
December
Rhodes & Co, bought the Glas.
gStock last Monday from Receiver
Garvin, and will commence closing
out next Thursday. The sale will
continue only six days.
Jas. A. Finn has purchased the
Fire Insurance business of King &
Denton which includes the local
agency for eight of the best com
panies-doing business in the state
[County Judge Scott has called a
gbod roads convention for Saturday
I'm. 10th, for the purpose of consid
ing the road questions of our county
and selecting delegates to the state
convention.
Merchant W. F. Gordon has been
authorized to buy a quantity Of
stock peas for use in the agricultural
exhibit of our state at the World
Fair, and will pay a good price for
a bushel each of the leading varieties
AT Kennefck & Hammonds
Camp Seven, on the White River line,
Thursday afternoon Walking Boss
Gallagher shot and killed drunken
Austrian who was trying to stall
him. Reports say it was clear case
of self-defense.
by general agreement the eiti-
zens of Harrison will meet at the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
next Tuesday evening at $50 p. III.
for the purpose of organizing .eSivic
improvement Association. Every
body urged to attend.
AT the meeting of the Democrats
ic Committee last Saturday it was
decided that legalized primaries be
held on the Goth of March. The alb
sense of Secretary Shinn at Jasper
Court prevents the publication Of
the minutes this week,
I AT a meeting of the Opera House
company this week it was decided
to close the house indefinitely on ac-
count of the high license idea of the
Council. 1t was thought So per
year was more than the manage
,ment would be justified in paying.
: 1.-The : residence of Lum Wynn. in inl
entirely destroyed by fire last Satur-
day afternoon together with nearly
all its contents. The fire caught
from a kitchen stove while the
family were out of the room. Mr..
Wvnn's loss was considerable.
Following the recommendation
lof the Commissioners the County
Court has purchased the Watkins
farm, one and half miles east OF
town, for county poor farm.
The selection is a good one, inculd-
ing 105 acres of fine land all in cul-
tivation, well watered, and conven-
iently located. The price paid was
1000.
The Bohart & Morris Hardware
business has been sold this week to
company composed of Wiley Con-
ley X. T. Knight and Bias Parker,
who will take charge as soon as in
voicing can be completed, Mr., ]. B.
Morris regrets giving up business
here, but is forced to such course by
the continued i'll health of Mrs. Nor
ris, who has been in Texas forsever-
al months.
AT Burke & Robins railroad con-
struction camp yesterday morning
two cans of dynamite, which were
being warmed at camp fire by one
of the Austrian laborers, went off,
instantly killing the man and doing
considerable damage to adjacent
camp shacks. The report was dis
tinctly heard in Harrison, eight mil
es, and pieces ofrock were thrown
fully quarter of a mile
\ Mr.. Chas. E. Stokes, of Fort
Smith, who has been conducting the
reconnaissance of the Fort Smith and
Northern railroad, is spending few
days here gathering data concerning
this end of the line. He says that
the operations of the company will
be continuous henceforth, and that
it is likely that two corps of engi-
neers will be put in the field about
March LIST. We hope to give more
extensive information as to this en-
terprise in the near future. The fact
that Harrison is to be the terminus
of the road makes it of especial in.
terest to our people.
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