The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-08-08

al the Following places on the dates
named: Damascus, Thursday, Au-
gust 6, at 8 P. m. Lono, Friday,
August Z, at 8 p. M; Donaldson,
Sunday, August 8, at 8 p. m. Sagi-
nav, Monday, August 10, at s p. m.
The ordinance requiring persons
in Batesyille 10 keep their premises
free of weeds is being rigidly en-
forced. Mayor Coleman has issued
about 40 warrants against those al
legged to have violated the ordi-
nance. All such when they appear
in the police court if they cannot
show that their weeds have been cut
will have to pay a fines.
Joseph Gill, a farmer living in
Georgia township, Nevada county,
eut his wife in the back and throat
Tuesday morning, it is alleged.
The cash in the throat barely miss
ell the jugular vein. 1t was reported
Wednesday that the woman was still
alive, but she is not expected to sur
viye. Gill and his wife had been
separated about six weeks and at the
time Gill left he said to have stated
that he never intended to return.
He appeared at his home, however,
Tuesday morning. and it is said, af-
ter exchanging a few words with his
wife, slashed her with the razor.
Gil's whereabouts is unknown to
the authorities, who are looking for
him.
When the two Presbyterian
churches at Van Buren, consolidated
a few years age the organization not
only had two church buildings, but
two organs and all the furniture re-
quired to equip two churches. Re-
Gently it was learned that the Indian
0rphanage at Goodland, Okla,
maintained by the Old School Pres
byterian church, was in need Of an
organ and the instrument formerly
used in the parent church at Van
Buren, was presented by the ladies
to the Goodland Orphanage.
". d. Rider of Salt Lake City,
I,tah, attorney for the Rio Grande
Western Railroad Company, and
Gustaye Jones Of Newport, attorney
for the plaintiff, are in Batesville
taking dispositions in the ease of
Edith Adams against the defendant
railroad company, in which Mrs.
Adams is suing for damages alleg-
cd to have been sustained in a
wreck on the eompany's road more
than a year age, while on her way
to California.
At a meeting of the City Council
Of the Texas side of TcNarkana, held
Monday night. it was resolved to put
in force August l the provision Of
the new charter which allows only
two saloons to each block. This will
have the effect of cutting out quite
a number of saloons, as there are
now four in some blocks, and al
ready there is a loud wall on the
part of the interested persons and
their friends.
During the heavy rain at Black
Rock Monday night an addition to
the house in which William Taylor
lives fell and very sediously injured
his 6-year-old son, cutting an ugly
cash in his head and MASKING the
flesh on the lower part of his body.
The boy will recover.
Wade Hampton Of Redland town.
ship, Hampstead county, was fined
$50 in Justice of the Peace Clin-
CAMS court at Doyle, for the alledgcd
malicious killing of two hogs. The
value of the hogs was also assessed
against the defendant.
Judge Rogers of the federal court
has designated August 4 as the date
Oh which White Cliffs chalk and cc-
ment plant on Little river, eight
miles north of TeXarkana, is to be
sold The minimum price set by the
court for the plant is 500, 900.
Earl Mccoy, the negro, charged
with the murder of Lee Ham, the
Chinese laundryman at Fort Smith,
was discharged from custody. The
state was unable to make case
against him.
A swapping turtle weighing near
ly 100 pounds was caught on trout
line near TeXarkana Saturday. 1t
measured nearly three feet across the
back and its head was six inches in
diameter.
John Mcneil stepped into his
cold storage box in his meat shop
at Gentry to cool off recently when
the door suddenly closed. He re
manned in the box nearly two hours
and was nearly frozen when taken
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