The Monticellonian., 1899-07-28
BRIEF MENTION.
The Kissing bug" has arrived.

The kissing bug" has arrived.
 A large roller mill is being erected at Salem.
 Newport wants new passenger depot.
 Arkansas cantaloupes were the first to reach New York City.
 July goth there were fl inmates of the State Confederate home.
 Citizens of Junction City have raised liberal bonus for cotton factory
 The sensational correspondents are evidently taking summer vacation.
 A Eureka Springs merchant was fined s15 and costs for selling cigarettes to a minor.
 Arkansas lumbermen report a good business, with orders ahead of their capacity.
 Gov Jones asserts that he refuses ten applications for pardon to every one granted.
 The Whittville coal mine in Sebastian county has opened up with a force of union men.
 Tillman Campbell, of Augusta, has been appointed a second lieutenant of volunteers.
 The city of Newport is to try muni cipal ownership of water-works and electric light plant.
 11p,har Rrr, of PpFoIn recently purchased 10000 acres of tim Der land in this state.
 Andrew Carnie, the millionaire iron manufacturer, recently invested s50,o00 in Arkansas mineral lands.
 The barn of J. c. Heffner X Son, near Carlisle, was struck by lightning, causing total loss of barn and large quantity of hay and grain.
 The annual reunion of Confederate veterans of Lonolxe and Prairie counties will be held at the camping grounds in Lonoke county August 17th.
 An unusual downpour of rain in Car rol. and Boone counties July goth did considerable damage to crops.
 A young man named Brazzle, from Scott county, was drowned in the Qua chita river near Bervyn, I. T.
 Jim Stokes was shot and killed by Will Allen at a tie camp in Jefferson county about woman. Both eolored.
 The Southern Lumber Manufactur- CTS Association has advanced the price of yellow pine lumber g per thousand.
 A severe wind and hail storm in the vicinity of Helena on the night of July 21st did considerable damage to crops.
 Master Mechanic Cain and Road master Green, of the Pee Gee, with signed.
 James A. Long, of Springdale, cap tain in Company r. First Arkansas Vol unteers, has been appointed first lieu tenant in the regular army.
 While out driving at Fayetteville Mrs. D. Portnell, wife the proprietor of the City roller mills, was thrown from her buggy and instantly killed.
 The acts of the last legislature have been printed and are now being dis tributed. The volume contains 416 pages, the largest in 20 years.
 The Abingdon Zinc and Lead Mining Company, of Harrison, capital stock S30, GOO, all paid in, has been incorpor- ated under the laws of the state.
 The 1s-months-old infant of Mrs. Cushing was drowned in a we'll at Lit tie Rock. The child was playing around the well and stepped on loose plank.
 farmer near Jacksonport while plou ghing in his field, uneartbed an old iron coffin of ancient make. It is sup posed to have contained the remains of some Indian chief.
 At Huddleson, small town on the Pee Gee 12 miles north of Ttxarzana, Fannie Scott shot and killed her hus- band, Robert Scott Another woman caused the deed.
 The residence of Col Hooks, 10 miles west of Texarkana, was blown up by dynamite and Col. Hooks instantly killed. A notorious negro tough is sus- pected of the crime
 The Arkansas Law School, organized at Little Rock last year, has been con- solidated with the law department of the State University. Hon. John ala, ala