The Van Buren press., 1904-09-03
BRIEF MENTION.

The Little Rock police are again
enforcing the anti-spitting ordinance.
The first cotton of the Little Rock
district was shipped from ArkadeL
phia.
An effort is being made to have
the Texarkana postoffce advanced tc
the first class.
The Home Bank Of Prairie Grove
has been incorporated with capital
stock Of $4,000
George Doaks Of Chaplin, Madison
county, sold a two-legged calf for $500
to a Berryville man,
Miss Violet Lawrence, aged Il, OF
Fort Smith, was injured in street
car wreck at St Louis.
f. Jones has been appointed shop
master mechanic of the Iron Noun
tain shops at Little Rock
One hundred and seven persons left
Little Rock August q en- route 10 San
Francisco to attend the Knights Ten
plar encampment.
Ten companies Of the provisional
regiment to visit the worlds fair have
been completed and are ready to &C
to the encampment.
Prosecuting Attorney j, II. HamiteT
OF Pulaski county was robbed of SGj
while en- route home from Perry coun
ty on Rock Island train.
The Country Club Of Little Rock is
making an effort TO secure profess
siOnal golf teacher from the Cape
May links to instruct its members.
County Clerk G. s, Falls of Pope
county died August % at Russellyille
He had served one term and was the
democratic nominee for II second
term
W. B. Morrow of Helena attempted
to XIII himself in an Argenta drug
stone by stabbing himself fourteen
times with a pen knife lie will re-
cover,
Alfred l.. Moore OF Cotton Plant
and Miss Bessie A, Boyer Of SayIors
VILE were married at Clayton, Mo,
after some time spent looking for the
proper authorities,
The monument to sheriff John II
Powers, who was killed in the Clarks.
vile bank robbery, has been erected
In the cemetery there 1t is Of gran
itc, and cost $500,
The white child left In care OF a
negro woman at Helena was taken
charge Of by the Kings Daughters
and taken to ST Lonis to be placed
in an orphan asylum
Regular passenger train service was
begun over the White River branch
extension as far west as lellyille on
August %, when a special excursion
was run from Newport
The Arkansas deaf mute Institute
will open on time lhls month, though
the bin making appropriations for Nv
maintenance was vetoed by the gov
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1903.
After cluding arrest for three years
on the charge OF stealing Il bale OF
cotton near Little Rock, Tom Greene
negro, was arrested recently Ia
Phillips county and taken buck FOL
trial,
II is said arrangements have beer
concluded by which through trains
will be operated from Pine Blur tc
Hot Springs via the Pine Blum n West
efn and the Hot Springs Western
road
Chief Chas +, llafer Of the Little
Rock fire department was elected u
vice president OF the National Fire
mems association In session at 81
Louis
], G, Carpenter, manager of the Lit
tie Rock dairy In that city, was fined
so In police court on the charge Of
selling milk containing formnlde
hyde lie took an appeal
Miss Alice Blackburn Of Clarks
vile, was robbed OF her purse ant
/ ticket In u 81 Louis restaurant, ant
seeing the thief on the street shortl,
afterwards, had him arrested
A case Of small poN was discovered
In the county Jail at Llttl Rock.
], u, FaSton OF Boston, Mass. II
spending few weeks In Arkansas fol
the purpose " investigating the ucgr,
question with the view Of writing 4
series Of articles for magazine. II,
has also been In Mississippi
The secretary Of state hus been no
tined that the Little Rock and For
Smith railroad has secured an injunc
tlon similar to those secured In N,
federal court by the Iron Mountain
Rock Island and Frisco In the asses
men, eW'