ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Short Items of General Interest
Gathered Fresh From Our
Local Exchanges.
The republicans refuse to enter
Into a joint campaign for gover
Itior.
'I'. M. Woods of Beebe will es
tablish a Davis paper in North
[Little Rock.
Improvements which will cost
[('$2,000 will shortly be made in the
federal jail in Fort Smith.
W. 1*. Tygart, a prominent mer
chant of Prairie View, Logan
county, committed suicide recent
ly.
Mrs. Nancy Strabb of Helena,
aged 00, fell from a street car in
St. Louis and was seriously injur
ed. •
The Travelers Fire Insurance
Co. has been organized at Pine
Bluti
i poo.
with a capital stock of-FJho,
Jesse Bremen, a fanner living
near ('/ark, "is shot from ain
,bush while sitting on his front
ii, but was not seriously in
bi. Murphy, while shingling
his barn near Springdale recently,
was struck by a Ixdl of lightning
and killed. 11 is son, < lyde. who
was iis is ing him, was rendered
uncomsous by the bolt, but reco\ -
it* red.
Hei.J. M. 11 owe, for a lone
time one of the best known minis
ters of Arkansas, committed sui-1
.rich if Saline, Colo., last week.
Hi- is - •. ! to have been temporari
ly iits.ui- following an ope rut ion'
for iq>; t uir*ili-s.
No City Shown.
‘1* n n ;iis fat. was alter me
mill intusly writes ! . A. (1 uil
aige. Verbena. \la.. *’3 inn! a ter
■ iI>Ie 1 t-e of piles rausiim 21 til
nor>. When all f tiled Ihiekiet >
niiea t-alve eared me.* Ktjual ;
ly good lei hums ami all aches!
itntl pain-. Only 2be at .1. I.Sturd
ivanl - Di’uu; Store.
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■li last evening. I ho church
>rettil.v decorated with flow
ici (lotted plants, borrowed |
iscuonsly over town of pco
ho didn’t want to lend them,
decorating was done under j
st by some of the ladies ot t
[lurch who were asked to do i
the bride and they couldn't
refuse. The Indies are of the |
un that if the couple were so!
cm.having a stylish wedding
tlte\ should have been willing to j
have paid some one to chase all ,
over town for a day or t wo getting |
flow, rs and then take them home j
again. The bride wore a lmndsom • j
Silvcrstern gown, made at home, i
ami the gro mi was diked out in ;i ;
ten dollar hand-me-down suit, hoi- 1
rawed for the occasion. Sadie
Potts was maid of honor and the
COfteensus of opinions was that she i
was two to one a better looker
than the bride. The, couple took:
the faiorning train for Si. Lou s
Where they will spend more no i
ey in a few days than \\ illie can
earn in three months. Willie says
nop he's married lie’s going to
softie down. Some of the mer
chants think it would have been
betf-r if he’d settle up first. The
groom gets a salary of twenty-sev
en dollars a month, which is about
the allowance Bettie has been used
to for (»in money. We wish for
Wife’s sake that the old-saying
it. takes no more to support
than one wasn’t a lie. The
sent us a shoe box full of
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conglomeration ■ i' stuff supposed
to be cake. If this is a sample of
Bett.h \s cooking we feel sorry for
poor Willie. Our janitor's dog
fell heir to the cake, and now he's
lying in the cold, cold ground,
lint this wedding is none of our
funeral. If Willi** and liettie are
satisfied, we've, no kick coming.
TW O BOVS INDICTED.
Harrison, Ark.. July Lara
Bradley and ( hurley Kotl were
indicted this week hy the Boone
county grand jur.\ on the charge
of murder in the lirst degree for
killing an Italian laborer several
months ago below tin* city. The
evidence is almost wholly circum
stantial. Charlie Kotl is a son of
She'ill lb A. Kotl
judge Parker Has Fixed Date.
Judge Parker has fixed August
10 as the date for the ceremonies
of notifying him of the nomination
by the Democratic convention as
a candidate for the presidency.
Food, Not Form.
Assistant Attorney (leneral
Robb while in a Washington res
taurant sal near a man from Tex
as who evidently had not trav
eled to any extent. The waiter
said to the stranger from the Lone
Star state:
“Here’s t he bill of fare, sir.’’
“Say, look here!" shouted the
Texan; “1 haven’t had a mouthful
to eat yet. and I’ll he hanged if I'll
pay any bill till l get the goods.
Fetch on your vit ties first and I’ll
pay for ’em afterward.”—N. Y.
Hera Id.
Cure for Pessimism.
Let pessimism om-e take hold of
1 he mind and life is all topsy t urvy,
all vanity and vexation of spirit.
I'he re is no cure for individual or
social disorder, except in forget
fulness and annihilation.—Helen
Keller.
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Craig & Henderson write life
insurance for the strongest old-lino
company in America—the Equita
ble.
KON. EENHY GASSAWAY DAVIS.
HENRY GASSAWAV OAViS
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE lfGR THE
VICE PRESIDENCY.
Started Life as Brakeman raid Now
Is One of America's Rich
est Men.
Henry Gassaway Davis, statesman,
capitalist and former United States sen
ator from West Virginia, who was nom
inated for vice president b$ i lie demo
crat if* national convention, is 81 years
old. but hearty and vigorous and so ac
tive in politics and affairs that he has
been th. leading candidate, among the
democrats in West Virginia for the
gubernatorial nomination for the past
year.
Mr. Davis was born ih Baltimore No
vember 16, 1823, and attended the coun
ty schools. Early in life he was de
prived of both his parents and forced to
earn his own living.
At the age of 18 Davis became mana
rer of. a plantation iy Virginia, which
position he left shortly to engage in rail
roading. He was successively brake
man. condm tor and station agent on the
Baltimor & Ohio at Piedmont, W. Va..
and later, having stamped his strong
p- : mality upon men of affairs in his
adopted state, and having made up his
mind that there were great possibilities
in the development of the state, he en
gae (1 in coal mining, and rapidly ac
cumulated a fortune.
He projected and carried through to
success the West Virginia Central &
Pittsburg railroad, of which he is presi
dent, and slowly became identified with
almost every substantial interest in the
stale.
Among other positions he is presi
dent of the Piedmont & Cumberland
railroad, the Davis national bank at
Piedmont, where he lives, and of half a
dozen coal and iron companies.
Mr. Davis is worth over ?30,000.000 and
is one of the most popular men in his
state, where he is known as the “grand 1
old man of West Virginia.”*
Iitii- i *• war Ah ! >a\ is t-spotised the
caus. o! the union. ! a 1 sen he was elect
53 to the West Virginia house of dele- ]
pairs. He became a state senator in
!Sd7. serving two ••* . a-.. jn iSTl he
was elected to the l"r ited States senate.
He served one term there and declined
a reeleetiun,
Mr. Davis has ! n a delt rate to six
democratic national conventions and
was one of ti e An • rjean delegates to the
l’an-A me r i can eongress.
He was a celcgute-at-'arge to the St.
Louis convention. Mr. Davis was a
prominent supporter of Palmer and
Hu r.«T a. ' 1 i . ti. !r < r-in-law
of United Slat* s Senator Likins, of West
Virginia, the republican lender of the
state, and a cou :u of Senator Gorman,
of Maryland.
Henry G. Davis began in business life
as a bra hem an. By living carefully and
diligently saving his earnings the young
man was enabled to purchase a short
time later over 18.000 acres of wilder
ness land in the heart of West Virginia.
The laid developed rich stores of coal
• p- • : t cleared
brought good prices. This fortunate in
vestment was the beginning of Davis’
fortune.
He built the West Virginia Central
railroad and superintended the entire
work from the start to its completion.
Workmen were accustomed to say that
Davis knew every nail that entered into
the construction of the road.
This wilderness has now large towns
and many industries.
ITe had gone on horseback over the
whole route and bought up the station,
sites and surroundings long before the
report about the new road was pub
lished. Mr. Davis—or Senator Davis, as
he is universally called—is one of the
leading multi-millionaires of the coun
try. He has not figured as much in the
news of the day as he once did. but that
does not mean that he has not taken
a large hand in the great matters of
business and politics.
Real Estate Bargains
For Sale By
CRAIG & HENDERSON
No. 1. 80 acres good land l in from
Newark, on railroad; 40 acres cleared;
24 in cultivation; good bottom land
and a bargain.
No. 2. 80 acres good bottom land 4
miles N.-E. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above high water;
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
No. 5. 140 acres good land I mi. N.
of Paroquet; 50 acres in cultivation;
good houses on farm with good
pumps; 00 acres in pasture; excellent
cotton land and good timber on land
not in cult iv^tlion. Can ire bought for
ten dollars an acre.
No. 0. Half interest in 250 acres
cane pasture land £ mile from Jack
sonport; under fence; finest cane land
on White river; very cheap.
No. 7. 48 if res £ mile from Paro
quet; 55 acres rich river bottom laud;
15 acres above overflow; good timber.
A bargain.
i No. 8. 40 acres good timber land
! 2£ miles from Newark: good bottom
laud and well t imhered.
o.O. 4 bf-autiful rcsedonce lols.
1 block from depot; valuable property.
No 10. 40 acres good timber land
2 miles from Newark; would make line
cotton land.
No. 11. 2 acres of land and good
; 4 room house in Paroquet, all under
fence and welt improved. Big bargain.
No. 12. N ice a room residence and
! 4 lots near Methodist church; one of
the most beautiful places in Newark,
i Very cheap.
i). 14. ii.i acres i mile lmn> New
ark; good creek bottom land, A incul
tival inn; 2 good never tailing springs;
1 3-room log house with brick ehimnay,
and one 2-rooni box bouse,
o. 1">. 100 acres line land in the
famous Big Bottom country; makes a
: iiale of cotton and To to 10b bushels of
I corn to the acre. Fine farm and in
a few years will be worth 10 thousand
dollars, but if taken a.l once can be
bought for about half that amount.
o. 17. Two nice residence lots one
block north of public school building;
nicest residence property in town and
a bargain.
o. 18. 40Q acres fine Big Bottom
fanning land; 200 acres in cult i vat ion:
1 t houses on place; makes a bale of cot
ton to the acre. Well improved farm
| and a genuine bargain if taken at once,
o. 21. 2Tb acre farm adjoining
Baroq net, 40 acres in cultivation, 2o
acres in pasture; me (Broom frame
and one 2-rooie. i*>x house on place.
Hood well, two pumps, three barns,
two good orchards of 5o bearing trees;
: land not in cultivation lias good tim
i be ft
No. 22. T-‘< acre creek bottom farm,
with bb acres in cultivation; one 4'
room and one 2-room house; two good
I barns and other out buildings. Makes
| half bale of cotton and 30 bushels corn
to the acre; two miles from Newark.
No. 23. 8T acre creek bottom farm,
II wo miles from Newark with 67 acres
in cultivation; two 2 room houses
with good chimneys; everlasting wai
ter; makes half hale cotton to the
acre. '
No. 34. 30 acres naif mile north o!
Newark, la acres ia cultivation; excel
■ lent location lor truck or poultry farm,
o. 35. 11 acres half mile north of
own; good 5-room house, barn, ordi
nal, good out buildings and two wells.
No. 30. 140 acre farm, 80 acres in
' cultivation; good timber on land not
| in cultivation; three 3-room houses,
; good well and spring, 31 acre orchard.
Located 8 miles north of Newark. 1
mile from Black Lliver Academy, mile
from church and in good neighborhood.
. Small creek runs through the farm.
o. 37. One block beautiful resi
dence lo's just north of school build
ing. Very desirable property and a
bargain.
no. 30. 40 acres timber land (i miles
southwest of Oil Trough store, good
j white oak timber; Price $00,
no. 40 so acres timber lahd on
Ilepartee creek, half river bottom and
half upland; fine tract of land and
: has good timber on it.
no. 41. 55 acres bottom land on
Black river adjoining railroad; very
high and seldom overflows; all in t im
her, fine piece of land and a bargain.
no. 53. so acres Big Bottom land
3| miles from Newark; 60 acres in cul
tivation, 3 acres in alfalfa; grows bale
of cotton to the acre.
no. 37. 3 acres nicest residence
property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
55. loti acre farm 3 miles north of
town, 140 acres in cultivation, 30 acres
good timber, no rocks, 5 room log
house and 4 room frame house, good
well, aud nice youug orchard.
. No. 28. 12 acres tine Big Bottom
land,mile and a half from Newark,all
in cultivation: makes bale of cotton
per acre.
No. 29. 1<5 acres half mile north of
Madness;3 room house, good barn and
orchard.
no. .10. 329 acres line bottom land;
mile river front on Black river; 300
acres under fence; 200 acres tine cane
land; valuable white oak timber on
land.
No. 31. Block of nicest residence
property in Newark, near schoo
building.
No. 32. Block nice residence prop
erty iii west side Newark, 1 block from
school building.
no 4'^. 8 acres t imbered land 3 mi.
north of Newark; good hill land and
nice location for small fruit farm.
no. 33. Block residence property in
north part of town; 80 bearing apple
trees on place; choice residence prop
erly.
no. 34. 40 acres timbered land in
Big Bottom, half mile east of Akron.
Very cheap.
No. 33, 99 acres 2 miles north of
Newark. 70 acres in cult ivat ion. 2 sto
ry 3 room house, good outbuildings,
barns. 20 acre pasture and tine young
orchard.
no. 30. Nice 3 room residence 2
blocks from depot, very desirable lo
cation.
m 3s. 10 t res in,ben md or •
Village creek, 2 ndies from N wport;
litre land; valuable white oak limber
on place.
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4,'t. 400 acres good bottom I s i 1, 2H0
! acres intimbei; SO acres in timothy;
good 4 room house; good barn and out
| buildings; good orchard; lhu acres in
pasture; improvements good; located
.i miles from Newark; a fine stock
| farm, l’rice live thousand dollars.
4b. 2 room house and 1 acre laud in
| non h edge of city, at a bargain.
PI. acres nice residence property
I in north edge of city; beautiful looa
J Lion, and genuine bargain.
47. Good f> room house and I acre
! land in west edge of town: convenient
to school; desirable location; cheap.
4S. so acres in the manganese belt,
2 niilesnorthwest of Cushmanpie.alt by
location; springs in ahbndancc.
40. 4u acres timbered land ^ miles
north of Itatesville in the manganese
belt; soil rich from mineral.
bo. 2 acres tine residence property
in north part of town; 4 blocks from
school building; fine orchard of about,
7b bearing trees; nice location.
bg. 1400 acres fine river bottom land
on IUack river, lying on both sides of
railroad; over goo a wes in cult i\ at ion;
loo acres in pasture; good timber, .1
miles river front, railroad station and
switch on place, all good farming land
and has natural drainage, tine for cot
ton, and would make as fine stock
tarm as any of its size in the South.
bg. 240 acres tine land in the fam >us
! Big Itottom country, half mile from
j Newark: makes a bale of cotton and
go to Phi bushels coi n per acre; 2b acres
in alfalfa yielding 7 to 8 tons per acre
every year.
b4. 120 acre farm, 5b in culti vation,
and under good fence, good six room
house and a 2 room house, good burn
and plenty of water, located 4j miles
north of town.
bf>. 1«0 acre farm with 40 improved
good orchard of .'too trees, good 7 room
frame house and good barn; everlast
ing spring.
Assessor’s Notice.
Notice is hereby given tli.it 1 will
attend in person, or by deputy, at the
usual voting places in the various
(townships In Independence county,
| Arkansas, for the purpose of taking a
Mist of the personal property of. each
| resident of said township and the per
j capitia tax of such as are liable to pay
same for the year 1004, on the days*
| and dates specified oelow:
Oil Trough township, Elmo, Satur
I day. .1 uly 9.
Big Bottom township, Newark,Mon
day, 'Tuesday and Wednesday, July
11, 12 and 13.
Kudliell township, BatesviHe.Thurs
| day, Friday and Saturday, July 14, 15
| and lb.
And at my office in Batesville July
! 17 to 2". after which time all persons
tailing to list will be subject to a pen
i ally.
You must assess in person. Each
person will have to swear to bis or
her.assessment, and each person will
be required to give number of school
district. School Directors will please
furnish list of tax-payers at precinct
on first day of assessment.
JAKE MAG NESS, Assessor,
independence County, Arkansas