The Monticellonian., 1899-04-14
BRIEF MENTION.
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 footed by burglars Sunday night
 The public school at Berryyille closed last week on account of an epidemic of measles.
 On April 1st there were S39 convicts in the state penitentiary, compared with ,0O5 July l, 1898
 James Maxey, colored, was convicted of criminal assault at Van Buren, at special term of court.
 Work was begun on the foundation of the main building of the new Gallo way college at Searcy April 5th
 Attorney~General Davis has decided that insurance companies have a right to cancel insurance carried in this state. The sale of the Lott road to com pany headed by Col. S ". Fordyce has been confirmed in United States court
 The board of trustees of the state charitable institutions at a meeting in Little Rock, reelected $. P Turner secretary.
 Gov. Jones appointed II. l. Turner circuit clerk of Bradley county, to fill the unexpired term of B. r. Langston, deceased.
 w. L. Elder shot and killed his father in-law, J. w Outlet, in Faulkner coun- tv. Both men were drinking, and fell out a bout Outlets stepson.
 Mayor Bell, of Pine Bluff, who was a candidate for collection, running as an independent, was defeated by ". B. Alexander democratic nominee, by 96 votes.
 Miss Maggie Hughes, postmistress at the little town of Hugo, in Carroll county, committed suicide by hanging on account of disappointment in love affair
 Revenue officers last week destroyed three illicit stills in Montgomery coun- ty and placed under arrest Vim. Cog burn and George, James, Bryant and Lige Dunston.
 Floyd Isom, % years old. 6 feet four inches tall and Miss Martha Million, IA years old and only feet 3 inches tall, were married at Powhatan, Lawrence county, last week.
 Internal revenue receipts at the Little Rock office for the month of March amounted to sl9, 52, and for the same month of 1898, s6, 43s 43, an in crease of *12, 9o6 o9
 Bud Walker shot and killed Andrew Burns near Paris, Logan county. The men had been enemies for years, and the tragedy took place on a public high way, where they met by chance.
 Articles of consolidation of the Ar. kansas Railroad Company and the Alex andria, Junction City X Shreveport railroad, forming the Arkansas South ern Railroad Company were last week filed with the secretary of state.
 Gov Jones last week named the fol- i lowing gentlemen tocompose the board of trustees of the Confederate home for the next two years: Col John G. Fletcher, T !. Oliphint, B. W. Green, Geo. w. Murphy and J. F Ritchie.
 The municipal election at Hot Springs resulted in a victory for the straight democratic ticket. with G. R Bedding l for mayor at its head. The opposing candidates for mayor were C. w. Fry and w w. Waters. both independents
 John Smith, white, while sitting on a rock on the bank of Kings river. near Eureka Springs, watching for ducks, was insta"tly killed by the acci- dental discharge of his gun, the muzzel of which was resting against his breast
 Senator J. K. r. Douglass, who rep resented the Twenty-ffth senatorial district, died on the 10th at Little Rock of typhoid fever. His home was at Alma. where he had resided since com ing to Arkansas from Mississippi in 1878. He was 5s years old.
 Miss Daisy Cravens, of Fort Smith, has been appointed sponsor for Arllan- sas Division, |. c. V, during the ninth annual reunion of the veterans, to be held at Charleston, $. C., from the 10th to 18th of May. Mrs. Mary NJ. Rice, of Helena, will chaperone
 Ben Wilson. who about six weeks ago brained companion named Will jams with an ax while working on a public road in Jefferson county. plead guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary. Both men were colored.
 An opinion of general interest was delivered last Saturday in the state supreme court by Justice Riddick, n which it is held that a citizen is not exempt from jury duty because of fail ure to pay poll tax, nor can an office be vacated because the otfice-holder fails to pay his poll tax.