The Monticellonian., 1899-03-17
BRIEF MENTION.

A big fouring mill is to be erected at Hot Springs
 A &20, ,O09 court house is to be erected at Piggott Clay county.
 The two electric light plants at Little Rock have been consolidated.
 The state encampment, G. \. R., will be held at Fort Smith May sd.
 Five prisoners escaped from the Craw- ford county jail one night last week.
 The Arkansas Federation of Womens clubs will meet at Helena April 10th.
 The Arkansas Swine Breeders Asso- citation will meetat Brinl<ley April tlth.
 During the first week of the coal miners strike no serious trouble oc- cured.
 Clark county is to have a $3o, ,o00 court house. and the contract will be awarded this month
 The warehouse of Joseph Matthews, at Fort Smith, was destroyed by fire. Loss, SIC eo0
 Wm Dent, coIored, was shot and killed at Danyii1e last week by some unknown person.
 E. J Reilly, prominent railroad man, received fatal injuries in a run away at Pine Bluff.
 Revenue officers destroyed two illicit stills in d remote section of Montgom- cry county last week.
 The Mississippi river commission al lotted to the st. Francis levee district for leyee purposes, Sl50,Oo0.
 A non-partisan municipal ticket will he put out against the regular demo- cratic ticket at Hot Springs.
 Under the new army reorganization bill passed by congress, Arkansas is en- titled to two second Eeutenants.
 The 5-year-old child of Mr Frank Watson. of Fort Smith, fell into an open grate and was burned to death.
 Sheriff D w. Dandridge, of Logan county, was seriously wounded at Bonneville while raiding blind tiger
 The berry growers 1n the vicinity of SiIoam Springs have agreed to ship only first and second grade berries this season.
 Judge r. NJ. Cypert, well known as an attorney throughout northeast Arkan- sas, died at his home in Back Rock last week.
 Hon. ". J, Bryan will visit Little Rock the latter part of the present month upon invitation of the general assembly,
 John Bittick was sentenced to three years in the pententiary for the killing of Luther Pool at Jonesboro three years ago.
 Two l6-yearold boys set fire to the public school building at Arkansas City The blaze was discovered in time to save the structure.
 An unknown white man, about 21 years of age, was run over and killed by an Iron Mountain passenger train near Traskwood, Pulaski county.
 Foreign corporations doing business in this state are complying with the law recently passed compelling them to file articles of incorporation with the secretary of state.
 Galloway College day has been post poned from March 18th to April 9th, when collections will be taken in all the Methodist churches in Arkansas for the benefit of the college fund.
 It is reported both the Iron Mountain and Choctaw X Memphis people are negotiating for the purchase of the White X Black River railroad, extend ing from Newport to Brinkley.
 Jas F. Mason and Miss Ollie Jones were married March sth at Pine Bluff and the following morning Mason's at torneys filed a suit for divorce, alleg- ing that the marriage was performed under dnress.
 A man named Jarnary, confined in iail at Newport committed suicide by smothering himself with his bedding rather than be taken back to Michigan to stand trial for a murder committed 20 years ago.