The Monticellonian., 1894-12-28
ARKANSAS GlEANINGS.

Davis to succeed Mark Stanley, de. ceased, as surveyor of St. Francis county.
 The indications are that there will be marrying and giving in marriage at great rate in Fort Smith during the holidays.
 The population of the penitentiary has been increasing rapidly owing to the influx from the fall courts. It is now over 900
 Says a Washington special: Since his arrival, one of Congressman Little's children has been quite sick with fever, but the little sufferer is now ccnvalcs- cent.
 $. $. Dykes, sheriff and collector of Cleveland county, was suspended by the governor after his indictment. A financial tangle is the cause of his trouble
 Geo. T. Lape, collector of Washing ton county, has filed his bond for Sl07, 300 with State Auditor Mills. It is lengthy document, being twelve feet long.
 The Little Rock X Memphis railroad will be sold by Hon. c. c. Waters re- gently appointed standing master in chancery. Twenty days advance notice will be given of the sale.
 The twenty-fifth annual session of the White River NJ. E. conference was held at Helena. The services were opened by Bishop E. R. Hendrix There were 15O clergymen in attendance.
 It is reported that Hon. c. R. Breck- inridge has found the Russian mission an expensive luxury. 1t costs more than the salary of the office, $l7,000 Q year, to maintain the dignity of our government.
 Will Downs, the negro captured 20 miles from Morrilton, charged with as- sault on young white girl near Mor- rilton, was quietly spirited away and placed in the penitentiary at Little Rock awaiting a special grand jury. Mob violence was feared.
 In Auditor Mills biennial report the growth of the state in wealth is satis- factorily shown by the increase in tax able values. Within the past decade Arkansas has outstripped every state admitted to the Union prior to 1860, ex- cept Florida, Minnesota and Texas.
 No lynching occurred in Howard county as reported in Little Rock and telegraphed over the country. A mob undertook to lynch negro who had attempted a diabolical crime, but the sheriff simply wouldn't have it that way, and induced the mob to diSperse and let the law take it's course.
 Says the Little Rock Democrats. No one should begrudge the amount paid annually to the indigent ex-eonfederate veterans of this state. There are com paratiyely few of them left, and as the years roll by their ranks are being con- stantly thinned. The charge falls lightly upon the state, and in another decade very small appropriation will answer all demands
 Says the Kansas City fMo.) Times: Richard Cunningham has gone to Hot Springs to attempt to make arrange ments to lease the Hot Springs halt- mile track. Should he be successful he will hold sixty days meeting, commencing January To- Mir Gun ningham says that while in Chicago he received assurances that many good strings would go to his track should he get possession of it.
 Capt. A. A. Powell, said to be the tallest man in the world, has accepted position with Little Rock odry goods house. Capt. Powell is over eight feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds. He will be general utility man in the house, assistant floor walk CT, salesman, etc. The manager of the firm, although he holds his head high, says he feels smaller than he ever did in his life. He is actually looked down on.
 The Little Rock Democrat pub lished the following in it's market re- port the other day: The farmers in this vicinity are unloading pretty rapidly and our streets have been pretty well filled with wagon cotton the past few days. Notwithstanding the low price of cotton, some claim they are better off than when cotton was ten cents, and some Storekeepers say debts were paid better this year than for many past.
 A North Little Rock darling" wrote as follows to Santa Claus: My name is Mary Bcunell, and I am almost 3 years old, and now, dear Santa, please don't forget me. I want doll buggy and big doliie and want blue silk dress and if you will bring me one will be q good little girl, and. Santa, please don't forget my two little broth CTS. Clarence wants an air gun with plenty of shot and brother Fred wants pony and saddle, pair of spurs, so good-by, dear Sa1ta."
 The football team of the Marmaduxe military academy, Sweet Springs, Mo-, has been playing teams in Arkansas. The average weight of the Missourians is IF pounds. The right tackle weighs 205, and is 6 feet ? inches, and the cen ter rush stands 6 feet inch, and weighs PIT. Little Rock has team averaging about ITO pounds to the man. They are all young, muscular chaps. A num- Der of them are members of the Little Rock Boat club, which is the most prominent "swagger" club in the state. They have been practicing of late by electric light.
 A Washington dispatch has the fol- lowing to say in regard to Arkansas congressman: Gen, Neil and Mir. Me Rae have settled for the session at 912 M. H. N. w., private boardinghouse held in high favor by Arkansans. Mir McRae will return to Prescott during the holiday recess to spend Christmas and New Year with his family. The