FRANK BRONAUGH SHOT.
Augusta Conductor Shot bv Gardinci
Oliphint a Young Stenographer—
Quite a Duel. ’
Augusta, February 20. —Frank
Bronaugh, a conductor on the
Augusta Short Line, was shot
here about 11 o’clock last night
.t^- Gardiner Oliphint, a young
stenographer, son of Col. T. J.
Oliphint of Little Rock.
Bronaugh was shot through
the left hand ar;d calf of the leg
Oliphint surrendered to Sheriff
Patterson. /
It is said,' that Oliphint shot
five times'and Bronaugh twice,
and it is/alleged that the former
fired twice before Bronaugh got
out a Jgun and began firing.
Brccnaugh says Oliphint took
hinvto one side and asked him if
h^remembered when he was
Vi/ere last January. Bronaugh
r told him he did. He then asked
if he remembered a drummer
that was with him, and he re
plied that he did not. Bronaugh
then asked Oliphint what he was
Scrying to get at.
W “You made a remark about
1 me,” said Oliphint,
“1 don’t remember anything
„ 1___ i- 1*. 7 4- /-ITTAn moon ?
answered Bronaugh.
According to Bronaugh, Oli
phint then pulled a pistol and
with the remark, ‘Tt means this
tome,” he opened fire, the bullet
whizzing over Bronaugh’s head.
Oliphint fired lower next time
I and a bullet struck Bronaugh in
| the calf of the leg. The firing
continued and Bronaugh took a
hand in it. As he fired, young
Oliphint ran to the corner,
i turjju-d and shot again, hitting
■Pronaugh in the left hand.
V This ended the duel.
■ No statement has been secured
■from young Oliphint.
Wk Insulted Judge Powell.
^ A man named Harris, who rep
resents a drug house, was fired
from the Hazel Hotel at Newport
Monday night, says the Bates
ville Guard, for insulting Judge
R. H. Powell, of Paroquet, who
was also a guest of the hotel.
Harris and Judge Powell were
seated at the same table in the
dining room of the New Hazel,
a nolitical discussion came
Up. Judge Powell made some
Statement when Harris called
him a liar. Judge Powell arose
from the table and grasped a
chair, With which to strike Har
ris, but was prevented from do*
ing so by other guests of the
^ house.
The management was notified
of the affair, and fired Harris,
bag and baggage, which was
heartily endorsed by the other
guests of the hotel, who resented
the acipon of Harris in insulting
Managed gentleman like Judge
•Powell.
■Harris is said to have been
tinder the influence of liquor at
the time, which probably ac
t counted for him not receiving
rougher treatment at, the hands
of the indignant people who wit
I nessed the disgraceful scene.
TIn SOCIETY. !
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hubly en
tertained Tuesday evening in <
A charming way with progressiv<
■ euchre, which was enjoyed b:
• about thirty of their friends
^^^decorations were palms
and roses, all o
jretty effect
iutifu
lM’s
I
1 Della Bernstein, while the gen
tleman’s prize, a sterling silver
! ink well, was awarded Mr. A.
i Arndt for his success at the
;highest score.
Pretty favors of large pink
roses, were distributed as favors
; to the guests, followed by an
j elegant course luncheon.
The guests were Messrs, and
Mesdames J. L. Jones, A. G.
| Anderson, J. C. Herron, Clyde
1 Wood, Mesdames 0. D. Watson,
B. W. Stainback, Misses Eliza
ibeth Chavey, Stephanie Fagan,
; Louise Van Dyke, Jennie Mc
iCauley. Della Bernstein, Messrs.
J. L. Bevens, Alcorn Ferguson,
Charles Hipolite, A. Arndt, J. 0.
Powell, John W. Stayton, Ernest
McDonald and J. A. Brittenham.
fARMER TAKES MORPHINE.
Suicide as the Result of Too Much
Liquor—Efforts to Save Him.
' Pocahontas, Feb. 20—Sunday
! afternoon Burt Adams, a farmer
I who lives near Maynard, four
1 teen miles north of here, com
mitted suicide by taking an over
I dose of morphine. After it was
] v»rv o Vi q f] mnr.
phine a physician was called and
every effort was made to save
him, but all efforts proved fruit
less. His body was prepared
i for burial by order of the Odd
Fellows and sent back to his fam
ily today. He left home Thurs
day and did not tell his wife
where he was going, and came
here in the mail hack and was
locked up by the marshal for
drunkenness. He was released
on Friday morning, but did not
leave town. Saturday night he
again slept in the lockup and was
turned out early Sunday morn
ing. Sometime about noon he
came down to the Carter livery
stable and asked the privilege
of lying on the bed and told them
he was very sick. He died about
four hours later. Mr. Adams
'came here from Gleason, Tenn.,
! in December, and it is claimed
by neighbors who lived by him
I in Tennessee that he was ad
(dieted to periodical sprees. He
I leaves a widow and four children.
To improve Freight Service.
} A great improvement in the
! freight service on the White
I River Division of the Iron Moun
j tain rai’road is to be made at
, once, says the Guard of Bates
jville. Fast through freight
| trains are to be operated, and it
j is said tha. the Cotter locals will
i also be run through to Newport.
[ In addition to the new trains, a
switch engine will be placed at
j Batesville, to do the work in the
! yards here, the Pfeiffer quarry
! work and take extra loads south.
It is also semi-officially an
| nounced that a new time card is
| to go into effect on the new road
in the near future, which will
| make a number of important
! changes.
Letter List.
Following is a list of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoflice at Newport, Arkansas, Feb
! ruary 7, 1906.
| Allen ' ellie Gamlar B. V.
! Byrd J. F. Garrison John
! Bailey Ed Higgins Joel G. (2)
| Bailie Hughtust Holmes Paul A.
j Benan O F. King Joe
! j Bradley Minnie Lanxton Claude
( j Brown Richard Little Flurence
'■ Brown Ed Lindsy J. W.
1 | Brown F. L. Meehan Wm.
* ; Burden Burden MandelR. H.
■ ' Conley Dollie Massey J. E.
Dubson Derby Makebraid Alice
Dunn Annie Martin Elder J C.
! Duping Charity Marks Will
Davis John Moore Dr,
Devasier Mollie Moore W. E.
I ; Estes W. K. Moton Ratcle
[ Evens Young Nichols Della
- Eads Maud Reed Emma
7 Fisher Charley Shelton Jully
Forhand E D, Smith Mrs. G. W.
■ Gill m W. L. Thompson Lucy
( Glenn Geoige Wooddill W. M. D.
. When calling lor an of the above letters pleas
say ‘"advertised.’" W. B. EMP1E. P. M,
1 For dray at any hour call u]
5 li&zel h tel. 83dtf
IT’S ALL THERE AND MORE.
Glowing Description of White River
Division Scenery as Set Forth in
Recent Folder.
j “The White River country, like
a jewel set in a surrounding land
! prosaic only in comparison with
j its superior beauty, matches its
fairness with material resources
practically unlimited in extent
and infinite variety.
“History is replete with the
i apotheosis of the river idea--the
living stream of beauty and im
mutability. Imagination can
picture the cycles of human ex
istence interwoven with this
tributary of the far-off sea, each
period having its own cluster of
associations embodied in legend
and song. In the infancy of the
race, when all nature spoke with ‘
a voice understood of primitive i
peoples, how eloquent must have
been the beautiful White river,
whose transparent depths and
gorgeous tints appeal to the
mind with mystic force even at
this later day! In the eras of
enlightenment and teeming life
to come, the White river, like
its counterpart, the famous Blue
T'V — - - L, , ...HI n n 1 v\ n I V» I
±_/C\ JiUUU, VV11J OV-i V V. lAkJ WIJ A A. A ^ A A
ation to creative genius, and be
come enshrined in music and the
representative arts,
“Skirting the mighty Father
of Waters, at intervals border
ing placid lakes whose distant
shores are lost in the soft haze
of the southland, unusual scenes
of tranquil beauty are offered in
rich profusion on every hand by
the new division of the St Louis,
Iron Mountain &, Southern rail
way-the Tide Water Line. The
natural riches of the country al
most surpasses belief. Long [
ago said of the far off Riviera, I
the following is equally true of j
this Italy of the new world:
“‘Whatever fruits in different j
climes were found,
That proudly rise or humbly
court the ground;
Whatever blooms in torrid tracts
appear,
Whose bright succession decks j
the varied year;
Whatever sweets salute the!
northern sky,
' With vernal lives that blossom ;
but to die;
’These here disporting run the!
kindred soil,
!Nor ask luxuriance from the
planters’s toil.’ ”
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J CORRESPONDENCE. J
ELGIN.
News is very scarce tnis week.
Health is verygood with a few
| exceptions.
j Dr. Jamison and Tad Bradley
- made a trip to Newport Satur
day.
| Messrs. Koettle, Ernest Maul
1 din and Tom Rose made a busi
1 ness trip to the county seat Sat
iurday.
Grover Cleveland and Hood
Churchman went to Tuckerman
1 Saturday.
Pete Phillips is still carrying
! the mail.
j J. H. Griffin and Master Sam
! Bradley went fishing on Duck
Pond Monday and caught three
| fine fish.
i Will Sigler and Uncle Buck
Stewart went to Tuckerman
j Monday.
Well. I’ll ring off. Yours
truly,
Sarage Plunkett.
In trying to rent a house a
placard is “better than nothing,’
) and a want ad. is “better thar
anything.”
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Newport Opera House.
iVining & F.'jg.h's Offerings.;
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Friday, Feb. 23, 06
Eugene Spofford’s melodramatic i
production of the thrilling drama j
_ Sumptuous production.
Ik Story of absorbing heart in- j
terest.
LL spocial scenery.
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