The Van Buren press., 1899-10-28
BRIEF MENTION.

The Arkansas Southern has been
completed to Baton Rouge, La.
Andrew Camden, barber, was killed
by his brother-in-law at Rogers.
The barn of Mrs. Virgil Davis, near
Conway, was burned by incendiaries.
The state fair at Pine Bluff attracted
visitors from every section of the state.
The business men of Dardane!le sui
seribed $4,000 as bonus for cotton
factory.
A farmer near Mena has mare mule
IL years old which foaled a colt two
months ago.
The general store OF Beardsley Bros.
in North Little Rock, was almost totally
destroyed by fire.
VIM. Cook, a farmer near Huntsville,
was assassinated in his field by some
party unknown.
Express tariff No. /, promulgated by
the railroad commission. goes into
effect November Goth.
The Porter Lumber ompany pur.
chased 2,160 acres of timber land last
week in Cleveland county.
Helena citizens will present a hand
some sword next month to Commander
Benjamin Tappan, of the Callao.
The fairs at Clarksville and Fort
Smith were well patronized, both in
point of exhibits and attendance.
Twelve thousand acres of pine and
bottom land in Miller county were sold
at an average price Of 81 per acre.
Gov. Jones appointed j. G. Walker
sheriff of Jackson county, to succeed
his father, j. j. Walker, deceased
The Arkansas synod of the Cum ber-
land Presbyterian church will be held
in Paragould, beginning November 9th.
The Yellville Land Company, of Yell
vile, capital stock, s., 900, filed articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state.
The grading of the Little Rock &
Hot Springs railroad is more than half
completed and track-laying will soon
commence.
G. w. Dickerson, a Calhoun county
planter, shot and killed Shade Nor
wood, colored, one of his tenants, in
self-defense.
The city council Of Little Rock ap-
propriated 81 900 toward the bonus OF
800. 900 to secure the Arkansas North
ern railroad
Rev. w. E. Rutledge was indicted at
Jonesboro on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretense from
another minister.
Dan Brown and Alfred Wilson were
bound over to the grand jury at Helena
on the charge of killing George Will
Jams October 9TH.
Henry Crump, colored, was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary in fed
eral court at Little Rock for drawing a
dead mans pension.
Bud Wilson, colored, wanted in Pu-
laslsi county for highway robbery, bur-
glary, assault to rape and larceny, was
captured at Black Rock.
j. C. Butler, convicted October 10th
at Bentonville of the murder of his l6-
year-old daughter, has been sentenced
to hang January 18th next.
A young man committed suicide at
MAYNARD and when a brother had the
body disinterred he found it had been
mutilated by grave robbers.
Drs. w. L. Ball, I. ]. Woods and w.
T. Huddleson have been appointed
members of the board Of pension ex-
amining surgeons at Batesville.
Carl hlnlIty' iOl thS MINING VI DoS
Miller at Texarkana two months ago,
was found guilty of murder and SEN
fenced to 81 years in the penitentiary.
The Missouri grand lodge, Knights
of Pythias, voted a per capita assess
ment of 81 to aid the building of the
national sanitarium at Hot Springs.
A physician of Jonesboro claims to
have discovered that gelsenium will
cure spinal meningitis when properly
administered 1t is a deadly poison
unless taken in a certain form.
At Fort Smith Dave Furie struck
John Howard with his fist, knocking
him down, his head striking so violently
against the eurbing as TO crush his
skull. Death resulted in few hours.