Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-08

Fireman George Frizzell has re- ported for duty after a months iii- ness.
 Conductor Bob Rice was among his many friends in the city yester- day.
 John Saunders, machinist in the round house, Is sick at home with la grippe.
 Mir. Fred Smith, foreman of the round house. has been i'll for the past two days.
 Fireman J. w. Martin and wife have returned from short trip to Hot Springs.
 Tue large axle furnace in the black smith department is receiving a gen. eral overhauling.
 A small engine No. ?, with name "DeM ey" on it, is now in the back shops for repairs.
 The brass foundry at these shops are now working ten hours per day and five days week.
 Fireman John Roma has been talk en of the south end and placed on the Rorth end for awhile.
 Several of the colored helpers in the lumber gang have been laid off on account of not having work.
 A large number of new headlight casings have been turned out of the tin departn ent the past week.
 Capt. San Hilzheim, travelling freight agent for this'company, spent the holidays here with relatives.
 Mir. c. L. Maxwell, a passenger brakesman on this road, has severed his connection with the company.
 Mir. Jack Hayden, formerly en- ployed here as machinist, has re- turned and will again be seen at the bench.
 Mir. James Brener, a maehinist in the machine shops, has resigned his position to accept a similar one in Mexico.
 Tie mill was in running order all week as the stationary engine receiv- ed general repair during the shut down.
 0. A. Jackson, a sign writer and painter at the shops, has returned from an enjoya able trip throughout Louisiana.
 Mir. F.. L. Morris, one of our most popular operators, has returned from his Christmas vacation at Fort Worth, Texas.
 Mir. E. $. Maupin, who has been visiting throughout Missc uri, will return tomorrow and resume his du- ties at the shops.
 MT. John Hope has returned to San Antonio, Texas, to resame nls duties after spending the holidays here with relatives.
 Mir. Tony Brinar, a mechanic who operates the large planer in the mill j, has returned from q short trip to Fort Madison, Iowa.
 
 $. w. Kenward. formerly superin- tendent of the south end, has taken hIs old position as conductor on pas . senger trains l and 2.
 Mr. Jim Wilson, of Jonesboro, will arrive today and remain for few days the guest of Mir. R. A. Bird, of the Cotton Belt Hotel.
 MT. George Shepherd, of ths boiler department, has disposed of his handsome mustache, and now won- ders why the girls laugh at him.
 Mir. A. $. Wilson, who has been employed in the telegraph office here for the past six weeks, is now telling them "how it happened" at Jones' boro.
 Mir. Andrew LeBaume has accepted a position at his home in DeSoto, Mo, and has severed his connection with the tin department at these shops.
 Messrs. Frank and Henry Webskes will return home tomorrow from Fort Madison, Iowa, where they went to attend the funeral of their mother.
 Mir. ". A. Brown, chief clerk and time-keeper for Trainmaster Raw lius. arrived here Friday from Jones' boro and speaks in high terms of his new quarters.
 Mir. Edward Heeley, ali apprentice in the brass moulding department, has resumed work after being con- fincd tO his room for the Dast two