The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
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To the COneuefdJe SOlulefS nome near Little Rock.
 At the meeting of the Republican county convention of Logan county at Paris last week, ]. Oscar May was endorsed for reappointment as post master at Paris.
 Claude A Fuller, mayor of Eu- reka Springs. has announced as a candidate for prosecuting attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, composed of Benton, Carroll, Mad ison and Washington counties.
 During the month of September, 22 members enlisted at the recruit ing station at Fort Smith in the United States army. It was the largest enlistment at Fort Smith during any month since the re eruiting station was established there.
 As the result Of a TOW started Thursday night in the yard at the home of Ike Evans, farmer living near Washington, Hampstead County. Ike Evans shot and killed his brother, James, wealthy farm CT, and was himself shot and beat en by Jesse Evans, son of the dead man.
 Mrs s. A Briggs, wife of the proprietor of the Siloam Springs Lumber company, dropped dead at the feet of her son while sitting in chair Saturday night. the son being engaged at the time in read ing aloud from a newspaper to her. Death was caused from heart trouble. The Briggs family form erly lived at Verona. Mo, where the body of Mrs Briggs was sent for burial.
 In boring 500=foot well at Hel- cha for the Helena lee company, the drillers struck a solid layer Of wood Saturday, which they were unable to put the drill through until Tues day, after two days continuous drilling The layer of wood was eight feet in thickness and vas struck at depth of f55 feet be low the surface of the earth It is supposed the wood consists of logs that lodged where they were found at q time when the Mssis- siPpi river covered that portion of Helena where the ice plant is lo- eated
 E. Dana Durand, census director, has announced November 3 as the date for the examination of app1i- cants for appointment as special az ents for the collection of the thir- teenth census statistics of mines and quarries. In Arkansas the examina- tlons will be held at Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Helena. Jonesboro, Lit tie Rock and TeXarkana The blank applications may be had by writing the Bureau of the Census at Washington and no application will be received after October 25. The applicant must state where he de- sires to take the examination.
 .hrs s. c. Barney, wife of Bax- ter county farmer living near Noun gently by hanging herself with elothesline. She had been suffer- ing from cancer, and despairing of regaining her health, deliberate I,r Iog. note saying that she was tired of life and her condition, requesting that her family forgive her for the act, which she considered was the best for herself and which would relieve her relatives of the , responsibility of caring for her, ex- plaining that she did not care to. be any longer charge upon them for her support.
 Berries in Arkansas will be worth S7.50 per crate next year, is the opinion of Commissioner R P. Allen, of the Arkansas Rail- road Commission, who is one of the leading fruit growers of Crawford county He says fully one half of the strawberry vines of Crawford and adjoining coun- ties have burned up and they cannot be replanted this year, so that there will be but half d crop next year. Commissioner Allen says it is the same thing in Mis- souri, so there is no way for ber- ries to be cheap next year Com miss Allen is also one of the Commissioners for Crawford and Sebastian Counties, which will erect d free bridge across the Arkansas connecting Van Buren and Fort Smith. Eureka Springs Flash light.
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 A girl who ma ries in haste