The Monticellonian., 1899-07-21
BRIEF MENTION.

evangelist by the Baptist state board. Morrilton has a curfew law that ap- plies to all persons under 21 years of age
 An average of 9s per cent of the as- sessed taxes in the state has been col lected.
 The Crescent Coal Company, of Fort Smith. has incorporated under the laws of the state.
 reunion of veterans of the blue and the gray is to be held at Heber Au. gust 2d and Sd.
 Arthur Tuddle, an exployes of the Little Rock Flouring Mill, lost hisright hand in the machinery.
 The general offices of the Pittsbura t& Gulf are to be removed from Tex arkana to Kansas City.
 J. H. Hobgood, charged with em bezzling county funds when sheriff ot Jackson county, was acquitted.
 Grant A. White, captain of Company E, First Arkansas, has been appointed a first lieutenant of volunteers
 The Washington Post says Senator Jones will not resign as chairman o1 the national democratic committee.
 The government cotton crop report shows the conditions in Arkansas to be below any other cotton growing state. Jack Houston, an old man living near Greenwood, committed suicide. Trouble with his 1S-year-old wife was the cause. J. L. MUyse, a smooth individual, was fined s1O and costs in Little Rock justice court for failure to pay board bill
 The city of Newport will probably erect municipal water-works plant, or purchase the one owned by private parties
 On March 18th all the county collec- tors had settled with the state except six, and they were expected to settle within two weeks
 Hugh Neill, son of Railroad Commits sioner Neill, has been appointed see Old lltuItndHI III Lllc Jlt lS HOS in the Philippines
 Oliver Jones, aged 60, who lived the life of hermit. died July l2th at Pine Bluff. He owned property in Louis jana valued at ,000.
 C. l.. Minor, a Jackson county farmer, sowed 20 bushels each of oats and wheat and harvested 500 bushels of wheat and GOO bushels of oats.
 Near Texarkana Archie Green, a young white boy, was killed by the ac edental discharge of pistol in the hands of play. mate.
 More money has been invested in mineral lands in northwest Arkansas within the past three months than dur ing three years previous.
 The receiver has given notice that the affairs of the First National Bank, of Little Rock, will be wound up within the next three months.
 Jeff Stuart, colored, confined in jail at Searcy on the charge of horse steal ing, made his escape. Stuart is also wanted at Little Rock
 A preliminary survey of the St l. ouis, Siloam Springs X Southern railroad has been completed from Pomona, Mo, to Harrison, Boone county
 Lafayette Leath, who removed from Alabama to Jefferson county in 1888, where he has resided ever since, died last week at the age of 71.
 The preliminary survey of the Little Rock X Hot Springs (Lott railroad has been completed, and construction work will commence within 50 days.
 The remains of an unknown man were found along side the railroad track near Newport. The body had been partially devoured by hogs.
 City Marshal McKo~n, of Hunting. tou. charged with contempt in the Federal injunction coal strike trouble, was discharged by Judge Rodgers.
 w. L. Gunthrop, colored school teacher of Faulkner county, was sen. fenced to one year in the pcnitentiary for violating the age of consent law.
 A carload of supplies contributed by citizens of Texarkana for the Texas flood sufferers was transported to its destina ton free of charge by the Texas Pacific.
 At the meeting of the State Sheriffs Association, held in Little Rock. reso. lution urging the necessity of enlarg- ing the insane asylum was unanimously adopted.
 Tom Black has brought suit for s5. .0OO damage against Sheriff Harrell, of Sc. bastian county, for detaining him in iail and refusing to accept a bond signed by his attorney.
 The Jonesboro Touring mill was de. stroyed by fire July 9th. Loss on build, ing. sl6, ,O0O; on stock, ss,o00. Insurance on building. sl2,0O0; on stock, s7 ,o00 The mill will be rebuilt.
 T. L. Finney, convicted in Fulton county last April of carrying pistol has been granted pardon. Finney was indicled in 1885, and the case was on the docket II years,
 Bob Council, half-witted resident oi Texarkana, was found dead in the woods few miles from town. Council had been missing several days, and his death was due to exposure.
 A reward of sl0O has been offered by the governor for the arrest and deliv cry to the sheriff of Independence county Of Marion Cox, who, iH 1891