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The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

Verdict Against the Receiver of the
 Defunct First National Bank of Little
 Rock-sWild Cat" Paper to the Amount of S25O,OO0 Must Be Paid, and VIII
 Cause Big Assessment on the Stock holders.
 LITTLE ROCK, Nov. 2.-The jury in the case of the Citizens State bank, of Sturgis, Mich, against Receiver Cock rell of the defunct First national bank of Little Rock, returned a verdict, find ing for the plaintiffs in the sum of sl1,- 7G9. 04, principal and interest,
 This was the most important case ever tried In this state, and is victory for number of outside banks who held the wild cat" paper of the First na- tiona1 amounting to nearly S250.00O. The McCarthy-Joyce paper alone amounts to s125,0O Judge Williams delivered a very exhaustive charge. Among other things he sad;
 "Thi, .5 an action brought upon two promissory notes, each for q, 600, ci the following tenor, except as to the dates and time of ma aturitv:
 On December II 1sa9 after date wo or etther Of us, promise to pay to the order Of the First national bank S .00o for value received nego- tiable and payable without dedication or dis- count at the First national bank, Little Rock Ark, with interest from date at the rate of 8 per cent per annum. until paid. (Signedl
 MCCARTHY & JOYCE COMPANY,
 George Mandelbaum Secretary and Treas urer.
 Both indorsed James Joyce, George Mandelbaurl, First National bank, of Little Rock, Ark, w. C. Denney, cash fer
 The question arises upon the re- sponsibility of the First National bank upon its indorsement of said notes. This suit is brought against the re ceiver of the First National bank, it having been placed in the hands of the receiver by proper orders of the comp troller of the currency, and, if the bank is responsible upon said indorse- ment, then the verdict in this case should be for the plaintiff for the full amount of both notes and interest, as stipulated therein. But upon this question in the ease you will have no difficulty in arriving at a just determination. The evidence is clear and conclusive that, while the bookkeeping shows that it was placed to the credit of the defendant bank, yet, in fact, after arriving at the de- fcndant bank, it was placed to the credit of the account of II. G. Allis. And while it may have liquidated what might have been considered portion of a bad debt, yet, in law and in fact, the defendant bank derived no benefit whatever from the transaction, and you are not, in making up your verdict, to take into consideration any supposed benefit that the defendant bank is charged to have received by reason of this transaction. The court tells you that it received none"
 Notwithstanding this plain charge, the jury found that the sturgis bank was an innocent purchaser, and gave it a verdict for principal and interest. This verdict virtually absorbs all the assets of the bank and will cause the stockholders to pay the 92 per cent. assessment levied, in addition The paper is held by banks in St. Louis. New York, Illinois, Michigan and other states Vicepresident Stevenson $ bank in Bloomington, H., holds s. 900 worth of paper All entered suit some time aro
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.
Killed His Wife.

At White Sulphur Springs, Ga, Mrs,
 W. T. Magruder was slain by her hus-
 band, Trial Justice Magruuer. He is man of wealth and high standing, and is about 50 years of age. Several years ago he met her, then girl of 16. She was a blonde, and was the belle of the Springs. The judge became fas' cinated with her, and proposing mar riage, was accepted. The disparity in age, added to the fondness of the wife for society. soon brought about quarrels. Justice Magruder loved home while his wife was great ly admired in society, and received many pretty compliments from gentle men. When Justice Magruder went home to his dinner, his jealousy was iufiamed by some compliment which he heard had been passed upon his wife In the conversation his wife de fled him to interfere with her. He had an ugly-loollfng barlow knife in hls hand, with which he made a lunge at her throat, severing the jugular vein
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
FROM OVER THE STATE.

The ouachita river at Camden is lower than for many years.
 Camden boasts of four young musical wonders.
 Mrs. Brownfeld died in Stone county at the age of 11o.
 II is rumored that the Frisco will re move their roundhouses from Spring field Mo-, to Fort Smith
 An alligator egg was found in the bayou miles above Pine Bluff.
 Rogers is figuring on an &, GOO elec- trie light plant.
 A broom factory will be established in Clarendon.
 Little Rock continues to grow mu- sicah Another music house has been udded to the list.
 There were 2.2OO bales of cotton shipped from Little Rock in one day recently for New England.
 1wenty-two tramps were escorted out of Newport in one day and warned not to return.
 Scarlet fever has appeared in Little Rock.
 C. r. Polk, a colored attorney of Pine Bluff, was arrested on the charge of forging in pension case.
 n. F. PinSon, of Pike county, en- tered plea of guilty in the United States court at Little Rock to the charge of selling liquor without li- cense, and was sentenced to thirty days in the jaii at MurfreeSboro and to a fine of Sl00.
 The dwelling of Dr. billiard, in north Little Rock, was burned; losb, sl ,50o
 By the provisions of the act of 1893. all unused poll tax receipts in the hands of the collectors of the various counties are required to be returned to the auditor of states office by July 1. Only twenty-two counties have com piled with the provision, and Auditor Mills desires t1 give the delinquent collectors reminder.
 David Pye, farmer near Mammoth Springs. accidentally shot himself
 Hector D. Lane, commissioner of agri- culture of Alabama, has written to Gov. Fishbacll asking him to appoint q delegation of representative cotton raisers ta meet at Montgomery, Novem- Der ls, 1894, te consider plans for the protection of the southern planter.
 Articles of incorporation of the Perla, Princeton X Southern Railway Co. have been received for filing at the sec. retary of states office. The length of the road is to be 50 miles. It is to run from Perla, Hot Spring county, to Bearden, Ouaehita county. intersecting at point in Hot Spring county with the Wyandotte < Southeastern rail- road, thence southeasterly throughout the counties tf Hot Spring, Dallas and Ouachita. The capital stock of the company is s4ooeoo, that amount being the estimated cost of constructing and equippiag the road. The proposed road will penetrate one of the finest timber .ections of 'e S.ate
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
BRUSH AND PALETTE.

SIR JOHN MrLLAIs became pupil in an artists studio before he was eleven years old.
 MIME. VIRGINIA DEMoNT BRETON, a French artist of distinction, has just been honored with the Cross of the Le- zion of Honor
 BY the will of Harrison Earl, the art patron, who died at Philadelphia on September IS last, his collection of paintings, now on exhibition at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Is left to that institution.
 DETAuLE, the celebrated painter of army life, looks himself a great deal like q soldier. He is tall slender and erect, and with his ample eavalryfnan mustache and close-fitting jacket, which is not unlike an undress uniform, the military effect is heightened. 'N'
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
NAVAL. NOTES

SoiE of the largest ocean steamers can be converted into armed cruisers in ,:'irty hours
 THE only American in the Chinese navy commands the Chen-Yuen, it's finest ship. He is Philo N. McGifin, neither renegade nor adventurer. He entered the Chinese service because when he was graduated from Annapo- lis in 1882, there was no vacancy for him in ours.
 TIE official speed test of the Russian torpedo boat Sestoretsk was made re- gently off Havre. The average speed obtained during three hours was lit tie more than twenty-four knots an hour, and during the last hour the boat travelled twenty-five knots. The contract called for n speed of twenty three knots.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
SHORT CONNECTIONS.

AN average of eighteen suicides each day are annually recorded in Paris dur ing the month of June; in December the average is eleven.
 IN Jewish marriages the woman is always placed to the right of her mate. With every other nation of the world her place m the ceremony is to the left.
 PRoF F. c. PLuMMER, of Tacoma, Wash, is authority for the statement that there are scores of trees in that corner of the United States that are over six hundred feet high.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
LAMENTABEE FAILURE
of George ". Irwin & Co, Descretionar
 Pool Operators. at Pittsburgh, Pa.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov 4.-The la- mentable failure of George W. Irwin (S Co, the bigdiscretionary pool operators, has spread consternation among the depositors of the firm and filed the hearts of the other pool men with dis may. The failure is the most disas- trous of any that has occurred, inas- much as the number of persons con cerned is infinitely larger than the in- vestors with all the ether reals put to- fcp{ l.r
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
PEOPLE ABROAD.

MAURus JoKAi, the Hungarian novel, ist, recently tried to kill himself in a fit of melancholy at Budapest by in haling the fumes of charcoal.
 THE emperor of Russia is said to be the only European monarch whose life is not insured. The companies all rated him as a risk too hazardous to handle
 MusTAfA BEY, formerly private phy- sician to the sultan of Morocco, is said to derive an income of one hundred thousand dollars year from his pre- fession.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
4 EacnInr Nidoen.

'I understand" said the detective, that you had clew to the where abouts of Croclles, the famous crim- inal.
 "Yes, replied the brother officer; "a slight one"
 What was it2"
 "A man came to me and said that he was Crockles, and wanted to give him self up because he was tired of eluding justice"
 What did you do?"
 Nothing. He couldn't prove his identity. Washington Star.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
Don't You See

That vapor creeping up from the marshy lowlands It is ladeued with the seeds or chills and fever. Do you think you can breathe these without dangeri Not much. Protect yourself with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters aud yoa will be safe. Or if you find dyspepsia. rheumatism. inactivity of the kid neys or liver, or constipation coming on apace, use this thorough and benehcehtsaie guard
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
Woman Killed by Hogs.

Ten miles below Jasper, Ala, Mrs Robert Shepherd, widow of the ex-pro- hate judge of Walker county, went out to her barn to attend to some do- nestle duties, when she was attacked by some mad and hungry hogs. An hour later her daughter, missing her, went to the barn, and most horrible sight presented itself. Mrs. Shepherd was dead on the ground, and the hogs had eaten almost all of her head off With much trouble the hogs were chased away, and the body of the un- fortunate woman recovered.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

LULU, aged two and one=half years, had been out playing and came in with dirty face. Her mamma said What dirty face! We will have to call Lulu mammals little pig Come, dear, and have your face washcdn But Lulu objected stoutly, say ing: Pigs don't have their faces washed"
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
Acted In seIf-Defense.

Thomas H. Woods, son of ChiefJus- tice Woods of the supreme bench of Mississippi, who is freight conductor on the Alabama X Vicksburg railroad, went before a justice of the peace at Meridian, and confessed to having killed a negro brakeman, Ghas. Harris, who was found dead near the north eastern shops in Meridian. Mir. Woods demanded an immediate trial. which was granted, having with him relia- ble witness, who was present at the killing, and on trial proved that he acted in self-defense.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
Almost Beheaded.

The body of Thomas Madden was found on the public road near Salem, $. C. The head was almost severed from the body. and near by was found the knife with which the deed was done. Thomas Alexander, who is charged with committing .he murder, was caught an hour later, with blood or biS clothes
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
nesperate Prisoners Escape.

At Roxboro. N. C.. seven men, four of them murderers, confined in steel cell, contrived, to wrench loose the door. The binges of this, weighing twenty pounds each, they used to cut through the cement door. Thus they got into the corridor and then cut through brick wall.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
In 0I3en Times

People overlooked the importance of per manently beneficial effects and were satis- fled with transient action, but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently cure hahtual constipation,
 well-informed people will not buy other lax atives, which act for time but finally in
 iure the systcfg7-.~.zzzz .-.---~z-
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
OFFICIAL REPORTS

Of Third Assistant Postmaster-Genera Grain and the Judge Advocate General
 The Post Office Department Over Nine Millions of Dollars Short of Being Self Supporting-Co Courts Martial During the Year.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The annual report of the third assistant posmaster- general has been made to the postmas- ! ter-general. IL shows that the postal revenaes from all sources for the year ended June 30, 1894, was S75, ,080, 479, and that the total expenditure was SS4, ,324, 414, an excess of expenditures over receipts of So,243, 935. The total number of special delivery letters mailed was 3, 435, ,970, and the net profits of the system amounted to S32, 4s7. The number of letters and parcels reg istered during the year at all post offices was 15, 5,O5O, ,554. The losses dul- ing the year averaged about one to every 16, 300 pieces.
 In the issues of stamps stamped en- velopes and postal cards, there was q considerable falling off. The total is- sues numbered 5,06o, sis, ,0io pieces, of the value of S70, 239, 910.65.
 The postage on secondclass matter amounted to 8, ,547, 903 06. The total weight of this matter, including that part of it which by law is mailed free, was 299, 753, 30l pounds.
 The total saving on the several con tracts for stamped paper, as compared with previous arrangements, during the periods the contracts severally run, is shown to be about as follows: On postage stamps. S275, 900; on stamped envelopes, S906,O00; on postal cards, S262, O0O Total saving, 8, 44S, 900.
 The number of newspapers and pe- riodicals admitted to the mails during the year was 6,O03, of which +,604 were new publications.
 Military Jurisprudence.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. The annual report of Col. Liebcr, acting judge ad- vocategeneral of the army, shows that during the year six commissioned officers were tried. The record in four of these causes were sent to the presi- dent for action and two of them were settled in the department. Seven cadets of the military academy, ?, 173 enlisted men and three military con viets were tried by general court-mar- tial. making total of 2,1s9 trials by general eourts-martial, against 2,l98 for the year 1893, decrease of nine cases in favor of the year 1891.
 The number of trials by inferior courts-martal for this year was 15,0s6, against HISS for the year 1s93 an in crease of 9s this year.
 Of the l5,0s6 there were Ss0 in the de- partment of California;; ?, l02 in the de- partment of Colorado; 935 in the de- partment the of Columbia; 3,429 in the department of the east; 997 in the de- partment of Dakota; l.07s in the department of the Missouri; l,- 77s in the department of the Platte; 1,077 in the depart ment of Texas, and 923 at posts not in these departments, Of these trials 5@9 were for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, 5l8 for assertion and 396 for absence with ont leave, and the remainder for viola tions of the various articles of war Col. Lieber makes no recommendations whatever.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

A Coop TIME CoHING.-Farmer Brown fafter fourteen hours at hay yingl-"NeYer mind, Tommy; haYin' don't last forever. Just remember that winters comin' soon an nothin' to do but saw wood, an tend the cattle an' go to school an stuuN A.nhts. '
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

A MAN who used to keep cigar store re- gently went into the butter business. He staggered his first customer by asking if he Credit Lost.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

ELLISON says the girl whose adarcr tells her he loves every hair in her head will be fooled if she thinks he won't kick like bay steer if he should happen to find any of them ill the biscuit after they arc married. Buffalo Courier.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
RTMoR OF A MAN BURNFD.
Snow in -Michiran.

CALUMET, Mich, Nov "A heavy snow-storm prevailed throughout near ly the entire upper peninsula Friday. Snow on level is now inches deep.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

LIKE Oil Upon Trouble& Waters is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure iii one minute.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

''THAT's a good idea. Carry it out,a said the editor to the man wh>came in with a better plan for running rhe paper-Fhila~ delphia Record.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

Recently Purchased, Also Helped Feed
 tho Flames.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov At 3:3G o'clock a. m. fire started in the build ing occupied by the Indiana medical college at the corner of South Penn. sylyania and Maryland streets. In a few minutes the whole building was in flames, and the efforts of the fire de- partmcnt to head them off were with out avail The fire quickly spread te the Scottish Rite building adjoining, where
 THE FINEST MASONIC PARAPHFRNATIA in the west was reduced to ashes. This outfit had but recently been purchased, and the estimated loss to the masons by reason of its destruction, together with the fye-story building and all the other contents. will reach S100, GOO. The Indianapolis Gas Co., $ offices oc- cupied the ground floor of the corner building, the medical college having the two floors above. Every section of this structure was leveled to the ground and
 A GHAsTLY FEATURE OF THE DISASTER was the fact that eighteen bodies stored in yats for dissecting purposes awere burned to crisp, The stench of burn ing human flesh was nauseating. The bones of the cadavers dropped into the cellar and presented siclly spectacle, The fire was still burning at nine o'clock The total loss is about s175, ,O0a, and the insurance, exclusive of that on contents, sG0,000
 RUMoR OF A MAN BURNED.
 Persons who witnessed the fire say that man appeared at one of the up per windows of the medical college building, and that he went down with the roof and floors when they collapsed and tumblcd into the basement. At 10 o'clock, however. the body had not been found, and if it should be, it is very doubtful whether it could be dis eerned from the charred bodies of the eighteen cadavcrs that went down with the ruins at the same time. No miss ing men have been reported, and it is hardly believed that any lives were lost.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

DoNtr talk about yourself when you want to ee interesting. Rams Horn.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09

Halls Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-09
ROASTED CADAVeRS.

Ghastly Consequences of Fire at Tndian- apolis, Ind, in the Indiana Medical Col lege-The Scottish Rite Building, Nith All Its Costly Masonic ParaphernHla, Recently Purchased, Also Helped Feed tho Flames.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-09
PORT OF WEST POINT, OCT s, 1854
DEATHS.

CROSTIC.-Dicd. on the morning Of
October sth at 10 o'clock, LUCAS f..
CROSTIC, infant SON OF W. T.. and
Laura l.. Crostic; aged p days.
\ precious one from US is gone.
His voice forever stilled.
y place is vacant i'm our home
That never can be filled.
Funeral at = o'clock THIS Cruesday)
EVENING from the residence, No. 6
east Eleventh street, Manchester.
HANKINS.-Died. at l2I5 \. NJ. sun
day morning, October 7th. MARY PLEA
SAINTS, wife OF oliver \. Hawkins.
Funeral from the residence, No. 1927
west Cary street, ut 1 O'Clock i. NJ.
TUESDAY, October 9th.
Norfolk. Portsmouth, and Philadelphia
papers please copy.
HGGINS.-DIed, at her fathers resi-
dence. 2l9 Governor street. October 7th,
at Il. NJ, FLORENCE A. fifth daugh-
ter Of John NJ. and the late Kate c.
Higgins.
Funeral will take place WEDNES-
DAY MORNING. with requiem mass, at
st. Peters Cathedral at 10 o'clock.
Friends invited to attend p
MOSBY.-Died, at his residence. 81
south Fourth street, October Sth, AT la5
o'clock A. NJ, WILLIAM TRCEHART
MOSBY, at the age of "A years.
Funeral from the Church OF the Cove
nant THIS CruesdayD AFTERNOON at
O'Clock.
SANDERS on the morning OF
October I, 1894. at the Virginia Hospi-
tai Richmond. Va, in the 18th year OF
his age. FRANK SUBLETT, son OF
willis s. and Salle \. Sanders, Of Ben
Dover, Goochland county. Va.
YARBROUGH.-D Died, at his late resi-
dence, No. 609 Albt marie street. after a
long and painful Illness. THOMAS 7,
YARBROUGH. in the Ssth year Ok his
age.
He leaves a devoted wife and three
children, a mother. three sisters, and
one brother 10 mourn their loss
The funeral will take place from LAUREL
Street Methodist Episcopal church WE'D
NESDAY AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock.
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