The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
BRIEF MENTION.


bond issue. to be used for funding pur
poses.
The gunboat Nashville passed Ar
kansas City en- route to the gulf from
St Louis on the 18th,
Alb Brewer, white man, was arrest
ed at Winthrop on the charge Of sell
ing liquor without a government
license.
Citizens Of Fayetteville will buy ice
for rs cents per hundred pounds 1t
cost rs cents per hundred pounds last
year in Fayetteville.
Bob Baker, well.known young
man, lost his life at Rogers in at
tempting TO board freight train. His
body was terribly mangled.
The delegates from the local camp
OF Confederate veterans and the sons
OF veterans of Pine Bluff will so TO
the Nashville reunion in special car
While sitting near a fire In the home
Of her son, near Rison, Mrs. Bette
Jaggers fell on the hearth before the
fire in a ft and was burned to death,
Mrs. f. c. Finnell, aged 81 years
and six months, probably the Oldest
person in Little Rock died recently
from the effects of injuries sustained
in fall.
Lew Bentz, aged 10 years, was
drowned in the OuaChita river near
Hot Springs while bathing with two
companions, who came near sharing
his fate in an effort to rescue him,
The county election of Clark county
was held on the 2lst Rufus McDan
iel and Ed Arnold we're elected to tn
house of representatives Hardage
for county Judge, Russell for treasur
er and Flanagan for assessor
Suit was filed a few days ago by J,
Y. Prudhomc against the Texarkana
Traction company for $4,000 dam
ages, The plaintiff was among several
passengers injured IN the wreck Of a
summer car Of the defendant company
last July
A party representing German col
onists visited Jefferson county last
week and secured an option on 10000
acres Of land located between Red
field and Kearuey They intend 10
eating colony Of 500 If their plans
do not mIscarry,
Miss Pearl Holmes was accident
ally shot with a pistol at her home In
Aplin by Walter Jones The pistol
had been uuloadcd by Jones and the
young lady reloaded H. Jones did
not know II was loaded, pulled the
trlgor and the bullet entered the
young womans face.
Arkansas has been set apart as n
separate head camp Of the Woodmen
OF the World TO be known as Camp F
The convention will be held at Litte
Rock, that city having been designated
M the meeting place Of the head camp
The camp In this state TX one OF the
most prosperous In the country, hay
ing had 1870 members with a tota
Of sl63S0 GOO insurance at the CLOSE
OF the year 1903
The Dorsey Land and Lumber com
pany, which has been organized a
Teyarkana with a capital Of s3t0,00O
win build u steel trumroad 70 III
a 600 acres Of bottom tmbered lands
twelve miles southeast Of that city
Irene Spraguc woman who liyet
alone In u shNnly boat on the Arkan
sas river nj Little Rock, was found II
dying condition on n railroad tract
not far from her place Of abode. Th'
woman was subject 70 cpiletic fls, Nnt
It IN supposed fell during one OF l6es,
spells and was unable 10 move
train passing over her body
The uoodwater hotel at Newark
conducted by Mrs A. l.. Barnett wa
destroyed by Are last week Mrs Bar
notrs loss II $500, with no insurance
The building was valued NJ $1,000
with 5000 insurance,
Being too nervous 20 So through th
ceremony before their friends Mis-
Myrtle lovngs of Hot Springs an,
MIR Blake Trescolt Of Pine Blur stol
march and went 10 the parsohag
of n minister at Hot Springs and wor
married Preparations for hon
wedding had been arranged, bu
slipped away anu had the knot tied,