Washington Co., AR - Newspapers - Rogers Democrat July 28, 1898 *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bert Edens Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Rogers Democrat 100 years ago July 28, 1898 The bipicnic that has holding forth in the Wallace grove, in the north-east part of town, for the past ten days has drawn big crowds. The crowd on the grounds yesterday was estimated at about three thousand. And the came from everywhere in this section. We saw one family that came from twenty miles east of here and are going to stay the entire three days. The grounds are covered with the many refreshment stands, the steam riding gallery, the dancing platform, and a dozen other lesser attractions. Constable Barnett informed a Democrat reporter that he never saw a more orderly crowd anywhere and that up to last night it had not been necessary to make a single arrest. Messrs. Padgett and Gibbs have so far given the very greatest satisfaction with their balloon ascensions. In the one Tuesday, the balloon went straight up and the parachute landed within a short distance of the starting point. Yesterday there was a slight breeze and the balloon was carried quite a distance north. These gentlemen, to whm belong the honor of advertising and giving the picnic, have carried out their part of the contract in securing a crowd. The Democrat has found them to be honorable business men and taks (sic) pleasure in recommending them to any of our neighboring towns. From the Bentonville Sun: If you see a hog laying in the street, why not kick him out and throw rocks at him, then lay down in it yourself; any old thing to keep the hogs from "wollering" in it. From the Springdale News: James Dodson has a force of men at work overhauling the machinery in the canning factory, preparing for the season's run. The tomatoes are in excellent condition. Packing will begin in two or three weeks. Kansas City is talking of having a big celebration when the Frisco enters that city. It expects to see a big increase in the jobbing and retail trade when the line is completed to that point and is going to make a hard fight for a share of the business of this section. We trust they may get it. From the Siloam Springs Democrat: James Buchanan, a farmer living near Bloomfield, became overheated while at work in the hayfield last Saturday and died from the effects of the stroke Monday evening. He leaves a wife and family. Mr. Buchanan was a member of the masonic fraternity and was laid to rest by that order.