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Is patcher at these shops, has seen nt to let his whiskers grow and says ne doesn't care fl they drag on the ground.
 Mr. Mike McDurmont, machinist employed here has severed his con- nection with this company to accept Il similar one at the Mountain shops in Little Rock.
 MT. Rich Cane. machinist and en- gIneer of lsthmus of Panama Canal, after q visit to his old time friends here. left yesterday for New York where he will sail for bis home.
 Mir, Jos, Paulette, who was form crly employed as machinist in the tool room at these shops and also with the DiIley Foundry Co.,, in this city, will open machine shop of his own about January l, to the sur prise of hls many railroad friends, Mir. Bradshaw Brewer, formerly employed at these shops but now one of the handsomest firemen on the Iron Mountain system, was shaking hands with his many friends here last week.
 The Richmond locomotives will according to their orders run when handling stock at the rate of g miles i per hour over 56 pound rails and g miles per hour over 75 pound rails.
 ", N. Honey, an employe in the boiler department, while walking through the shops :was accidentally hit on the forehead with piece of iron, inficting apainful but not dangerous wound.
 A bulletin was posted yesterday stating that the following depart ments work eight hours until further notice, commencing Monday Dec 12; the carpenter department, the up holsterers. painters and mil men.
 MT. A. c. Briner, Il machinist at the shops who has charge of the large planer in the mill, left last night for Fort Madison, Iowa, at which place he will spend sChristmas with relatives.
 The shops will soon be lighted mp by the Kitson Lighting & Heating Co.,, and the night men will then be relieved of carrying torches around with them. Two of theselights were yesterday placed in the machine shop.
 Mir. jeo. Merrill of the Cotton Belt, known among the boys as Circus George" and now engineer on a switch engine at Pine Bluff, will soon take the run with Engineer Kirch- grabber, who runs on the Cotton Belt between this place and Pine l
 Mir. Biil Evans, better known as Uncle Bill" formerly q patrolman but now employed as carpenter on the new store room, had the msfor- tune to severely cut his foot while using a foot adz last Friday. HeI was immediately taken to his home where the company surgeon was summoned and his wound dressed. He is reported to be resting easy to- day
 Engineer H. H. Kirebgrabber of the Cotton Belt was at this end of the line yesterday and wshnw him he was tryiog to console his fireman, Al. E. Simpson. who he said, had just had a misunderstand- | ing with his best girl. eKirch', as. aurea him, however, that matters would be smooth on his return home.-TexaFkaua Call.
 i''Si Nt'1ioi dS ffldaY tender [ ed his resignation as trainmasfer of the Cotton Belt road. He has far the past fourteen years heea. .connet.4 ed with the Cotton Belt Lat tnisnlaeoI and has proven Almself Il most eff cient and falehful servant A4r Richards resigns to accept the gen eral management of the Louisiaae @ Arkansas Railway, wilh head quarters at Stamps, A1k. As soon as MT. Richards resignation, is ac- cepted he wIli move hls family to that place and make Chat his fnfnro home. Our best wishes aecompanq him and his good familv.