Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01
SOME CITY sQU1Bs.


 formance of the Barlow and Wilson minstrels at the Elks theater last night. The show was not the best yet there were some good features. The company has no scenery of it's own. Leroy Brothers, comic aero bats, were pleasing. The female impersonations of Sidney Dale, the male soprano, were passable.
 "I did not Marie." Such was the wording of a note attached to mar riage license which was returned through the mails this morning to County Clerk Jesse R. Core from Altheimer. It was signed by Ease .Biley," negro, who secured license from MT. Core several days ago. He gave his initials to be .E. c. D." Riley, said he was 9, years old, and declared that he was to marry Miss Angleine Wormack,. 23 years old" The license was is sued to Riley and he returned to Altheimer. Yesterday the license | was returned. Riley gave no req sons for his sudden decision not to wed other than that he s'did not Marie''
 Pine Bluff received, in connec- | tion with Augusta, $100,O00 for "cutoff work" in the rivers and har- bors appropriation recently made by Congress. The report of the ap- propriation5, as made by the national body, shows that $70,00 is to be ex- pended in general Arkansas river work and that $49,000 is to be al- lowed from the last appropriation for dredging. By the conditions of the act, this $10O,000 is not to be spent unless the Board of Engi- neers is satisfied that commerce will be either increased in volume or de- creased in the cost of transportation through the results of the expendi- ture, hence this is conditional ap- propriation which may revert to the general fund.
 Representative William B. Pinney of this city yesterday introduced House Bill No. 23S, by committee relative to the State Guard, which was read the first time. The bill provides that all male persons over IS years of age are liable for mili- tary duty. It also sets out those who are exempt, including State 1 officers, ministers of the gospel, etc. l The bill is long one, and covers 1 the subject in a most comprehensive manner.
 An official report from the Postal Department at Washington states that the star rural route service has been discontinued from Will liamette to English in this county, from February 2S, Sam Kirchneval being declared failing bidder. c. P. Thorton of this city was re- gently elected vice president from congressional districts in the Soci- ety for Virginians in Arkansas. The Society was recently organized at Little Rock with a large member ship and many Pine Bluffians, na- tive Virginians, are listed among them
 The local military company, part of the Arkansas State Guard, will be inspected by United States Army officers on April 22. The United States officials are to make tour of inspection over the entire state and the local military compa-- ny is to appear on dress parade for them in April
 The children of the First Ward school were given free ride over the new East Sixth avenue division of the car line yesterday and then taken over the entire system. Four cars, three of them new ones, were pressed into service to accommodate the tots and they fairly made Rome howl" with their class yells while passing through tthe down. town districts. They were the guests of Manager Cherot.