{"newspaper_name": "Arkansas intelligencer.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 1420, "word_count": 258, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9836999773979187], "ccnet_perplexity": [972.5999755859375], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
Meiancholy Occurrence Sunday morning
last, two Germans, Frederick Gibboner, anG MAT
os Myer, left Fort Smith in small skill, to des'
cend tho river, aud about noon passed this pace
On Monday a, II O'Clock A. NJ two gentlemen,
who were in the woods near the mouth oi
Frog Bayou, about 25 miles below this place.
bea rd some one ON the river cry for assistance;
they Immediately rode to the bank, and discover
ed on the opposite side. man cllng'ns to a sm','
skifr filled with water, and one end Of which
would sink whenever he would put his weight on
il. They having no boat, and the water being
extremely cold could render him no assistance,
and in few minutes he drowned. One OF the
gentlemen 60, boat, and several persons to nc'
company him. and went 10 the body, which win
the skifr had driftcd on bar, and which proved
to Je Frederick Glbboner. An inquest was held
and verdict rendered, according to the facts.


Nothing was seen of Myor. and it is supposed
that the skif upset, and he drowned Immediately
They we're both from ST. Louis, and were on their
route TO tha, place, when the lamentable accident
occurred. They were s,one.masons, and came
ou, TO work for Mr. Plumbendoll, the contractor
at For, Smith. Gibboner, VIC understand, has a
family in St. Louis. He had at the time OF his
1T - =~e-.---..,.--, i.'- rS'o''", "'N''
is in the hands of the public administrator, sub
iect IN tho order of his relatives.