The Monticellonian., 1895-08-09
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Little Rock S Memphis.
DOES TIE IRON MOUNTAIN WANT II

DOES THE IRON MOUNTAIN WANT Ir7
 A few days ago a prominent official | of the executive department of the Iron Mountain Railroad Co. took a trip over the Little Rock X Memphis road and inspected miuutely the condi- tion of the roadbed, rolling stock, etc. This official was accompanied by Re ceiver Fink, who facilitated the in- spection in every manner possible. The inference is that the Iron Noun tain proposes buying the property when it Is put under the hammer on October F, pursuant to the order of the federal court. The fact that one of the Gould management has been ex- amining the condition of the property is the talk in the railroad circles, and special significance is attached to it.
 WILL LEFTY GREEN BUY IT? According to the St Louis Globe Democrat President E. H. R. Green of the Texas Midland. son of Mrs. Hetty Green, is looking at the road. MT. Green is quoted as saving: We have bought such roads, which were un- profitable to their owners, and by mak ing good connections for them, con- verted them into fine paying property. By January we will have the Texas Midland road into Paris, Tex, and we have two surveys from Little Rock to that point, one made by the Little Rock & Paris Railway Go. and the other by the Little Rock & Pacific Railway Co.,, and from these we have gained all the data necessary for esti- mating the cost of connecting the Lit tie Rock X Memphis with our line at Paris"
 MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. "A. NJ. Bil, lings, a Chicago millionaire, states that he is behind scheme to buy the Memphis X Little Rock railroad and extend it to Paris, Tex, with a branch line from Little Rock to Mister, in the Indian territory. MT. Billings has left Memphis for Bellows Falls, Vt, to confer with Hetty Green, who some time ago signified her intention of go. ing into the scheme with him.
 Mrs. Greens idea" said MT. Bil lings, lis to run through line from Little Rock to Paris, Tex, to connect with her Texas properties. I suggest ed the line from Little Rock to Mister. These extensions will be made, and informed Mrs Green that I was ready to put down dollar every time she did in this enterprise"
 Rudolph Fink, receiver for the Little Rock < Memphis, has spent several days with Mir. Billings and Mr. Green the son of Mrs. Hetty Green.
 Duties of School Directors
 The school directors are required by section 7057 of Sandel & Hills digest to enroll the names and ages of ali persons between the ages of 6 ard 2, years, residing in their district on the 1st day of September. Section 705s provides that if the directors of any district fail or neglect to make theh report to the county examiner of tht statistics and finances of their district in the manner prescribed. they shal be liab ble to a fine, and in addition for costs and damages, for loosing any school revenues that would otherwis, have been apportioned them.
 Persistent COunterfeiters.
 ". L. Nic6, of the government secre service, the other day. discovered ; counterfeiting plant in one of the cell of the Arkansas penitentary. J. Stout, arrested in March last for rob ping post office in Clay county, anC Lock Powerton, charged with passing counterfeit money in Faulkner county and awaiting trial, were operating the plant. A handful of nicllels mad, of Babbitt metal were found secreteC in the mattress in the cell occupied b, the prisoners.
 Counterfeit Coin in Ills Possession.
 Constable Willis Bowman arrested John Davis, alias Haymaller, at Cam den. Davis was under indictment il the Calhoun circuit court on charge of selling whisky without license and broke jail several weeks ago When arrested several counterfeit dol lars and nickels were found on his per son, and the outfit for making then in his possession.
 Want the Money.
 Judge Parker, of the United State court, has issued a writ commandinc the county judge of Prairie county t, appear in court October 2s and show cause why peremptory writ should not issue commanding him to pay tn, Paully Jail and Manufacturing Co g., 119, for which amount they have judgment against the county. Slashed by n Creek Indian.
 Ed Stafford, colored, was sitting or the depot platform at Van Buren tn, other night when Will Hendricks, drunken Creek Indian, cut him thre, times in the back. Hendricks denies the cutting, and stafford identified him as his assailant. The wounds ar, fatal.
 Eleven Years for swim.
 $. l.. Swim, on trial at Newport, wa, given five years in the state prison b1 the jury. He will now have a period eleven years to serve, six years being the number given him in the first case Alleged Counterfeiter Arrested. At Camden acting on information received from Davis, who was arrested the day previous, officers arrested L Rollin, on charge of counterfeiting Want Receiver.
 The Equita ble Security Co. of New York has applied for a receiver for { large tract of land in Jefferson county now in possession of NJ. H. Williams Shot While at Ills Post.