The Monticellonian., 1899-08-25
BRIEF MENTION.

1oaOANd NioSOho NNill tittN A NCiii PlN At Pine Bluff.
 Sharp shooters are damaging cotton in many sections.
 4 stock fair will be held at Harrison October goth and 2lst.
 P. K. Savage, postmaster at Monti- 1 cello. died on the l6th.
 Over 325 cars Of melons have been shipped from Portia this season.
 Hoboes are not allowed to tarry in the corporate limits of Newport,
 Grading has commenced on the road from Little Rock to Hot Springs.
 The first bale" was marketed at several towns in the state last week.
 Triplets, boy and two girls, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Harris at Wimot
 Sid Collier was fatally injured by falling through bridge at Fort Smith.
 The Newport gun club defeated the Batesyille gun club by score of 1s3 to lS0.
 Arthur Moffat, of Monteyille, Mo, is seeking q location for tiouring mill iii Arkansas
 Vim. Yowell was killed at Pine Bluff by coming in contact with live cleo, tric light wire.
 Hollis Mcdonald, a Hot Springs hotel clerk, died under circumstances indi- eating suicide.
 Hon. ]. l.. Shinn, mayor of Russell vile, died August 10th of typhoid fever He was - years old.
 While boring au artesian well at Clarksville vein of coal was struck at depth of l13 feet
 w. (. Rountree, Jefferson county planter. was shot and seriously wounded by George Price, colored.
 Pink Elliott, who killed Vim. Rogers, near Waldron, last spring, was acquit- ted on the ground of insanity.
 At Bells Ferry, four miles from Pine Bluff, the body of negro was found floating in the Arkansas river.
 The town of Fl Dorado has been formed into an improvement district plants.
 Mrs Annie Echols and her l9.year- old daughter died within few hours of each oth&' at their home in Garland county
 Officers at St. Joseph, Mo, arrested man named ]. w. Wilson, wanted in Johnson county for robbery and horse stealing.
 ]. R. Lewis. of Bonneville, shielded by shooting himself through the heart. Grief over the death of his mother un- balanced his mind
 A petition for pardon of miners con victed in Federal court at Fort smith of contempt has been forwarded 10 i President Mckinley.
 Attorney -General Davis has delivered an opinion to the effect that county clerks are not entitled to fees for the registration of school warrants
 A COW fell into 3o-foot well at Little Rock. where she remained overnight and was removed the next morning none the worse for the experience
 The general superintendent of the l Cotton Belt has issued an order to the l effect that no heads of depart ments should retain in his employ any rela- 1 tive.
 The engine. mail car and baggage l ear on the Kansas City, Pittsburg X 1 Gulf jumped the track on treste near l Texarliana and were almost completely i demolished. Fortunately no one was ] injured.
 l Gov Jones las pardoned Wm pur- cell, convicted in Faulkner county of 1 aggravated assault, and Kid Godfrey sent up from nion county for man 1 slaughter.
 Robert Douglass, young farmer of near Mulberry, was arrested last week on a charge of murder, alleged to have been committed in the Choctaw nation ] two wears ago.
 Civil service examinations will be held at the following towns on the i dates given: Fort Smith, October l+th, | Little Rock, October 9th and Eth: Tex Srkana, October 4th.