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! The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED weekly,
OSCAR F. CRAIG, Editor.
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FRIDAY, DECK MR HR i>:i, i«04.
We are still out of jail, thank
the Lord.
The lleber Review is getting to
be a “great *’ paper.
American liens produce twenty
billions of eggs every year. That
is a pretty good crop.
We hope Representative Miller
from Jefferson county will not de
cide to repeal the ten command
ments when the legislature meets.
John Sharp Williams declares
that there is plenty of room in this
country for the Democratic party.
The gentleman is entirely correct.
Right at the present time it doesn't
km|uire lunch room.
Refore another issue of Tin*
Journal reaches its readers anoth
er Christmas will have come and
gone, and The Journal wishes all
its many readers a Merry, Merry
Christmas, and a Happy and Pros
perous New Year. M e trust that
it may be an occasion of happi
ness, peace and good will to all,
and that nothing may occur to mar
hapv****"4* 0f any. And may
recurring Cjrristmas lind you
more happy and prosperous than
its predecessor.
The Christmas supplement toj
The .Taekson County Herald is a
tine piece of workmanship, and
speaks volumes for the men in
charge of the mechanical depart
ment of that excellent paper.
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Some prominent astronomer dis
j covered a few days ago that there
was a crack in the face of the
moon. Maybe the moon got so
well tickled over the Republican
prosperity that it smiled too loud
and cracked its face.
| There were tiO.oOo divorces in
the United States last year, or an
average .of nearly seven for ever,\
I hour of the day and night. Sun
days included. The business of
making and unmaking misfit mar
riages appears to have become a
great National industry.
County Clerk Surridge of Law
rence county has published in the
Black Rock Telephone a list of all
I the scrip due individuals, as shown
; by the court record, lie believes
the legislature should enact a law
requiring each county clerk to
publish such a list once a year.
The best legal authorities of the
State declare that Arkansas need
| have no fear of being forced to;
; pay the s*jo,.so7,ooo of bonds de
clared invalid by the kishback
i amendment. Senator Foster of
Louisiana has intimated an etlort
i would be made to compel the
| Southern States to meet a repudi
j ated indebtedness of over 111,<l( h),
! 000 through a clause' in the pending
| arbitration treaty between the
; United States and foreign conn
l tries, where these void securities
; are held. Senator Foster sounds
| a note of warning, but ex Gover
nor dunes and others think that]
Arkansas can not be made to suf
fer through this threatened action.
TO REDUCE
Barnett Bros. Merc. Co
The Big Store With
Batesville,
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEflS.
Mrs. Ella Jack of Van Buren
will read The Journal a year,
through the kindness of her sifter,
Mrs. |{. M. (ialloway.
(T. M. Fields, a successful saw
mill man and goif 1 ciiizen of Pleas
ant Plains, was looking after bus
iness in town Wednesday.
Two children of Elmer Porter,
adored, were bin ned to death near
Batesville one evening last week |
while their parents wen* away '
from home.
II. II. (roodwin, one of Moore
ield’s good eitiz -ns. was in town
Fuesday. and was n pleasant and
substantial caller at The Journal
headquarters.
( has. S. Newton of Indiana has
anight one of the Scribner farms (
i few miles north of town and will
ocate here. LTie deal was made
>.v Craig A I Ienderson.
L. P. Phompson and W.K. Mar.
in of llidwell. Ohio, ere spending
i few da.\ s in the city looking ov
■r the surrounding country, and
na\ invent in some Arkansas real
‘state.
MAUN ESS MAPPENIN(iS.
* hristmas greetings to all.
I li»* school at the chapel has
dosed for the holidays.
I)r. Wylie Hodges of Newark
vas in our city one day thi> week.
Adler .Wanness of Sulphur Rock
vas here on business one day this
veek.
She rod Sandlin and (b \V.
"it,inch will he citizens of our town
ioon.
W e understand that a large bus
ness house is to be built here
•non.
I ncle .John Hindman of New
irk, was in our burg Wednesday
surveying more lots.
W ill W aldrip, accompanied by
* is famil.N and mother, visited
liatesville W ednesday.
Several cars of walnut timber
i mm the Magness pasture, have
neen hauled here for shipment.
Mrs. Maud Chase, and little
-ons. Virgil and Robert, of Cotter,
ire visiting Mrs. Chase’s sister,
Mrs. F. M. (hvens.
W alter Haddock and ('has. Mag
ness took a buggy drive Saturday
ivening and broke their bif.gy.
Wonder where they went i
The following visited the 1. yy
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Is The Host Complete and Up
To-Date To Be Bound In The
County, and the Price is
“HADE TO FIT —
YOUR POCKETBOOK.
We Can Fit You Up With Win
ter Shoes, Hats and Clothing
For Your Entire Family.
Come in and figure With Us!
Newark. . . Arkansas.
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FOR HARDWARE GO TO
C. T. ROSENTHAL,
BATES VILLE, . . ARKANSAS.
Prices are right. Assortment as complete
as can be found in thestaie. Your particular
attention is called to our line of
Heating Stoves ani took Stoves.
On these we can offer extra inducements.
Your patronage respectfullvlsolicited.
C. 1. ROSENTHAL.
<). F. Lodge at Sulphur Rock last
Saturday night: Wliorton Mad
ness, Tom dernigan, .1. W. Al
dridge. H. 15. ami M. 15. Owens.
Alfred M( Arthur, after a long
and aggravated case of stomach
trouble, died Tuesday morning, at
lhe home of his mother, Mrs. ().
A. .McArthur. The family has the
s.vmpatv of the entire community.
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OLD BONO PRESENTED.
The Little Rock Gazette says
that one of the Si,non tf per cent
bonds of the issue of .January 1,
1ST*1, signed by Powell Clayton,
governor: Robert d. White, sec
retary of -tate; Henry Page, treas
urer, and J. R. Berry, auditor,
was presented to the state treasur
er tor redemption Saturday, but
payment was refused. An act of
p.tol called in the outstanding in
iebtedness of the state for pay
ment. and allowed six months for
the presentation of bonds, but the
bond was not presented and was
therefore rendered invalid. It is
valid in every respect except for
non-coniplianr<> with the act of
P.tOl, and j| jf were good there
would l»e due on it a total of
I he I,on | belonged to R. M.
M bite, who lives in New York,
and was presented for payment by ;
his attorneys.
I riple I ragedy Noar Monticeilo.
Montieeilo, Ark. Dec. 17.-Three
people were hurried to death three
miles east of this place some time
last night. It js possible that the
triple tragedy may have been mur
der.
The dead are:
W . M. Stevenson, Mrs. W. M.
Stevenson, Mrs. Willie Barrett. *
Reports received here are to the
effect that the Stevenson home was
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discover'd to he on lire late at
night. Vciglihoring farmers who
saw the flames went to try
rcndeit insistance hut ** '
to subut’“ tli“
dwelling %was demolished. None
ol the fnnlil.i were seen, and. with
the fear tliiit they had fallen vic
tims to tlie Haines, search was
made in thy ruins a- quickly as
possible
I wo ehari' d bodies, the cloth
ing burned ajwa.v and quite unre
cognizable, Ivere found lying on
top of the Ik*I springs, the mat
tress having! been entirely con
sumed. The tliird body was found
beneath the b$d springs.
CUT HliS THROAT.
Hot Springs, Dee. ‘io Albert
F. Hood of Brooklyn, X. Y., com
mitted suicide this afternoon at 2
o'clock by cutting bis throat and
severing the blood vessels of his
left arm. Hood lingered until 5:50
this evening, when lie died from
his self-inflicted injuries.
Will Barrentine, who lives a
few miles north of < abot, sustain
ed internal injuries a few days ago
while jumping which may prove
LOCAL MARKET REPORT.
Carefully corrected every Thurs
day afternoon.
Apples, dried, per pound. .. .04
Beans, dried, per bushel..., 'j.-J.J
Butter, per pound.20
Eggs, per dozen.-5
Corn, per bushel.. • • -42
Cotton, lint, per pound.. 4.. .0O4
(’ottou seed, per ton ....*• 10.00
Molasses, sorghum, per .45
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel\ .00
Potatoes, sweet, per bushel 1.00
Tiii nips, per bushel.1 -^0