The Monticellonian., 1895-11-29
WHAT ABOUT THAT RAILROAD?
State GleantneA,


 built by native labor
 state Gleanings.
 Little Rock is becoming great on bicycle races.
 The Y Nj c. A. of Little Rock is very progressive.
 chemical engine may be pur. chased for the Little Rock fire depart ment.
 Alderman Wehrfritz, of Little Rock, donated three months salary to the united charities
 4 broom manufacturer of Columbia, Mo. is negot. .ating in Little Rock for the location of his plant.
 Mrs. Lease, the Kansas populist, spoke to large crowd at atConway. So says he Little Rock Gazette.
 Parties at Indianapolis, Ind, may establish factory for the manufac- ture of farm implements in Little Rock.
 Joseph A. Isee, of Memphis, Tenn. and Miss Amelia Ditter, of Little Rock, were married in the latter city re gently.
 Gov. Clarke has pardoned k. E. Mills, who was sent to the penitentiary last May for two years from Garland coun- ty for forgery.
 Mr. W. A. Crawford, assistant in the state department of education, and Miss Kate Riggan, of DardaneIle, were married recently.
 The board of public affairs and the council of Little Rock are of the opin- ion that the water-works company should furnish pure water at all times.
 1t is quite probable that the budding attempt to carve an independent mu- nieipaIity out of Giles addition to North Little Rock will be abandoned.
 The city council of Little Rock has passed an ordinance providing that not more than five cents shall be charged for each passenger ferried across the river there.
 The United States fish car visited Mammoth Spring recently and put 1000 Van Behr trout, $50 English brook trout and LOGO Rainbow trout in Spring rlyer.
 The Hot Springs Sentinel wants to know if Gov. Clarke, the Helena World and the Little Rock Democrat will try to prevent the meeting of the South ern Teachers association In Hot Springs i'll December. A. M. Cox, travelling representative of Chicago publishing firm, was fined S50 in police court in Little Rock for carrying q pistol. He took an appeal, claiming that as a traveller he had . right to go armed.
 A. Gov. Clarke. has pardoned w. M ssssSsSgs Yho was convicted in Scott ovember $, 1895, of petit lar \ < N ssassS2sSSSssgSSNSs eatenced to serve 360 days K NssNsy ssNsyNSsy jail and to pay fine of !. x M sNsSNNe sentence was remitted s$s sS.sa of S10 and ten days con . sse county jail. N 2 fin, who claims to be a
 gelist, recently preach yS. Ss,.ss k on the subject: The < s$ " PSs''gd Seven Times After 1t
 He wants the white peo- 4A ss4sle Rock to provide hlm with V 7 sssaSfig place that will accommodate sS.6j0o people.
 V The jury in the case of Dr. Smith, being tried for the murder of Dr. Baker, on change of venue from Ben ton county to Fayetteville, after be- ing out five days stood nine for ac- quittal and three for conviction The jury was4discharged and the case set for December 3. This makes the sec- ond trial with hung jury.
 T Rock Y. NJ. C. A. have elected Mir Thomas Johnson as secretary to sue. ceed Mir .Lf NJ. Workman, resigned. MT. Johnsoncomes from Clinton, Mass. where he recently closed a successful secretaryshiP Of four years. during which time he increased the memb ber- ship of the Clinton associations from 125 to 230. Previous to this he was en- gagged in the work in New Hampshire and at his home at New Bedford Mass. in all having devoted seven years to Y. NJ. c. A. work. He is young man, only 29 years of age. and is we'll fitted by experience and ability to conduct the affairs of the association.
 Col Uriah Lott is reported to have strong inclination to sell his alleged railroad between Benton and Hot Springs te the Goulds, and the citizens of the latter city who expended Sl5,- GOO to secure him right of way and other privileges are demanding their rights in the courts. Little Rock is grumbling because Col. Lott declined its s75,ooo purse after having pledged himself to accept that sum and build his road from here to Hot Springs Some people never know when the Lord is good to them. Little Rock Democrat.