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AUG. 1.
A SALE THAT SAVES.
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NO GOODS CHARGED
NO GOODS EXCHANGED
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All Parasols. nail.
All Books.J
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All Plain Dress Goods. 1=5 off
All Shoes and Slippers.HO off
All Men’s Furnishing Goods.1=5 off
All Clothing. 1=4 off
All Men’s and Boys’ Hats. 1=5 off
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A.aks Entrance to Little Rock—Let r
to Secretary of Little Rock Board
of Trade Seeking Information
—Author’s Name With
held.
From a letter received by Secre
tary Geoi’ge R. Brown of the board of
trade, it is probable that Little Rock
ivill have another railroad in the near
ixture, entering the northeast side of
the city, which is in the direction of
Batesville, and leaving at the south
sast, in the direction of Altheimer.
Nothing can be authoritatively an
nounced in regard to the matter for
some time yet, since the plans for the
-oad are still in the embryo state. In
publishing the letter Secretary Brown
leclines to make public the name of
:he writer, the letter having been
private. It is as follows:
“Myself and associates have in con
templation, the building of quite an
important railroad through your
county, entering it at the northeast,
passing through Little Rock and
eaving it at the southeast. But be
'ore locating it definitely we would
ike to be fully advised as to t'he re
sources of the section indicated; the
lay of the land; whether rocky or
30ft dirt; what the probabilities would
be for securiixg concessions in the
shape of right of wiy, bonuses or
3ther financial aid. If you can fur
nish me the above information at an
sarly date you will greatly oblige,”
Btc.—Little Rock Gazette.
RUMORED CHOCTAW CHANGES.
Madame Rumor worked several
hours overtime yestei'day in the mat
ter of anticipated and reported
changes in the local official list of of
ficials of the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf railroad, now a part of the Rock
Island system.
The most important one is that
.Little Rock is to lose the offices of the
chief engineer’s department. It was
learned last night by the Gazette on
reliable authority that orders have
been received for the removal of
those offices to Chicago by September
tha 1st.
A little additional in the rumor con
cerning the auditor’s office removal
was learned yesterday. It is now
stated that Auditor Geo. H. Moore
will move his offices to Chicago Sep
tember 1. It is stated that he will
take along about ten of his thirty odd
clerks. It is supposed that it is the
object of the Rock Island management
to get the books of the Choctaw sys
tem close at hand so they will be fully
cognizant with the working of the
road.—Gazette.
SNAKE SECRETED IN BED.
A snake crawled into the bed occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Keefe
at their home in Murphysboro Sun
day night. Mrs. Keefe awoke about
4 o’clock Monday morning, and feel
ing something warm about her feet
moved one of them toward the foot of
the bed. Just then she thought she
thought she struck a hat pin, and her
screams of pain arroused her husband
who got up. When a light was made
a copperhead was crawling over the
covers toward the woman’s head. It
was making a hissing noise and was
apparently very angry. Mrs. Keefe
leaped from bed and Keefe grabbed
a broom. After making several un
successful attempts to kill the snake
with the broom Mrs. Keefe struck it
with a poker. She is very week and
her ankle is badly swollen.—Cape
Girardeau (Mo.) Democrat.
ARKANSAS’ SPEED TRIAL.
Newport News, Va.v August 8.—The
United States Monitor Arkansas re
turned from a very successful trial
trip Thursday night. During the
trial the Arkansas maintained a speed
for two hours of 12.2 knots, or just .7
knots greater speed than required by
the government, the vessel’s contract
speed being 11 1-2 knots. On the
progressive screw standardizing trial
on Barren Island course Tuesday, the
monitor ran over a measured knot at
the rate of 12.95 knots an hour.
BUILDING SITE SEI ECTED.
Interest in the location of the Fed
eral building to be erected in this city
reached a climax Wednesday, when
Mr. Charles L. Blanton, an agent of
the Supervising Architect’s office at
Washington, arrived on the ground
to select a site. Mr. Blanton care
fully inspected all those offered, dis
cussed the subject freely with the
citizens, from whom he invit d the
freest expressions of opinion, and
took his departure for Columbia, Mo.,
where he will perforrfi a sim:iar duty,
a public building having been pro
vided for that place, also.
The following sites have been of
fered: Earnheart:, 86500; Morrow,
83000; Neill, 84100; Hinkle and Wig
gins, 86000; Case and Ferrill, 83000;
Erwin, Ewing and Glenn, 8200ff and
84000; Blair, 88000. The McGuffin
residence corner will also be offered,
and at noon Thursday the Neely site
was offered.—Batesville Guard.
DANCE AT DILLARD HOME.
The young people were not fright
ened into giving up the dance planned
for Friday evening on account of a
few scattering raindrops, but a very
congenial company met at the Dillard
home in Chastain’s Addition, where
the pavilion platform had been re
constructed.
Miss Marille Dillard served refresh
ments to those present, who were
Misses Noreene Kinman, Orbie Ar
nold, Elizabeth Taylor, Emma Walker,
Arie Rottman, Maurille Dillard, Ro
berta and Nannie Morrison; Messrs.
Homer Buford, Wm. Parrish, Tom
Dillard, Bennett Egan, Ernest Mc
Donald, Eugene Hirsch, Harry E n
denburg, Jonn Prewitt and Dr. Owen
Walker.
£ SUNDAY SERVICES.
There will be services at the Pres
byterian church to-morrow, con
sisting of Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
and the reading of a sermon at 11
o’clock by one of the elders, Mr. R. T.
Robertson.
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Methodist Church—Sunday School
at 9:30 a.m. J. W. Smith, the pas
tor will fill his pulpit at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. “Christian Assurance” is the
subject of his morning sermon and he
will speak on “A Christian Humbled
and Saved,” at the evening hour.
RANEY SUFFERS RUNAWAY.
T. J. Raney, the young insurance
man of Newark, was hitching his
horse to a new buggy at the ware
house of Stewart Bros, on Lower
Front Street shortly after twelve
o’clock Saturday when the horse be
came frightened and managed to g .t
away.
Running to the railroad embank
ment, he started down the track,
breaking up the buggy quite badly
and finally cut the leader in one of
his back legs. Whether the animal
will recover or not it is impossible to
state at this time.
HAS NOT ORGANIZED.
The minority member of the elec
tion commissioners of Jackson Coun
ty, Milt A. Russell of Cache township,
has declined to serve, so it is reported,
though whether he has thus acquaint
ed the state commission, to whom he
owes his appointment, is not known.
Consequently, the county board has
never organized, the other two mem
bers, C. H. Wilmans and Walter
Davis, awaiting the appointment of a
Republican representative.
FLETCHER JUDGE ACQUITTED.
Searcy, August. 8.—The trial of
Fletcher Judge for the killing of Sid
ney Sowell, near Searcy, June 25 last,
began last Monday in the White cir
cuit court and resulted Thursday in a
verdict of acquittal.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID.
For this reason you should send
your Fine Pearls, Baroques and slugs
to our firm, as we sell to European
markets exclusively. J. M. O’Hara
& Co., 34 Madison St. Memphis, Tenn.
TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.
Anti-Saloon League Circulates Peti
tion As Safefuard Against Losing
Fight in September
Election.
The temperance fight is on in ear
nest in Jonesboro, judging by the fol
lowing from the Jonesboro Sun:
“The local organization of the Anti
saloon League has become very ac
tive in Craighead county, as well as
throughout <“ie state n the Septem
ber election approaches. A canvass
is being made by the committee and
signatures are being secured to a pe
tition which will be presented to the
county Judge should the election fail
bo carry for prohibition. Under the
law this petition is passed upon by the
county judge who shall decide
whether it represents a majority of
those qualified to sign, and if so, he
shall order the sale of liquor within
three miles of the church or school
house to be designated, to be stopped.
Those qualified to sign the three mile
petition include women over 18 years
cf age. The petition workers are se
curing a census as they go and will be
able to know if they have a majority
cf those qualified to sign.
“The temperance workers do not by
any means concede the fall election to
license but they propose to be pre
pared for any contingency, however
remote, and be armed for every con
dition that may rise.”
INSPECTOR HOUCK OUT.
Fort Smith, Aug. 8.—W. P. Houck,
postoffice inspector for Western Ar
kansas and Indian Territory for the
past ten years, received notice in the
early part of the week, that he was no
longer an officer of the government.
This is the result of an investigation
recently made by the officials of the
postoffice department, in which sev
eral charges were looked into. The
nature of the charges has never been
made public. Mr. Houck does not
seem greatly worried over his dis
missal. He says he will probably en
gage in business at some point in the
Southwest, but has not yet determined
where he will locate.
BOILERMAKERS’ STRIKE
SETTLED.
Mr. J. W. Luttrell, superintendent
of motive power for the Missouri Pa
cific-Iron Mountain, and Mr. O’Neal,
president of the National Iron Work
ers’ Union, were on the North Side
yesterday in conference with repre
sentatives of the local Boilermakei’s’
Union. The result is that an agree
ment was reached whereby the boiler
makers will return to work Monday
morning. The exact terms of the
agreement are not obtainable, but
members of the Boilermakers’ Union
assert that they are perfectly satis
fied with the arrangement.
CACHE RIVER SHELLS.
Those interested in the pearling
industry are much concerned over
the reports now coming in from Cache
and St. Francis rivers, the shells of
which river have been found to be of
a good quality and numerous pearl
finds are also reported. Several par
ties have been pearling on the Cache
in this county and are reported to
have been pleased with the results of
their labor.
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