The Conway log cabin., 1900-11-27
BRIEF MENTION.

WcdltIieot Si'iAS0 " dead
 P. J. Ledwidge, an old citizen. ot Hot Springs, died at St. Louis on the 18th.
 Thos. Bowie, of Faulkner county, died from gunshot wound acci- dentally inflicted by himself. The Iron Mountain depot at Jacksonville, together with a large amount of freight, was destroyed by fire
 l.. c. Denton, a well known real estate dealer of Fort Smith, dropped dead on the street from heart fall ure
 Jesse McComb, farmer living near Eureka Springs, has become violently insane on religious mat ters.
 Mrs. Katie Stirman, a resident of Fayetteville since 1889, passed away last week at the age of S6 years.
 The Bank of Woodruff County, capital stock $25,000, will open for business at Augusta about Janu- ary l.
 J. w. Allen, farmer near De- Witt, is under indictment for crim~ inal assault upon his 15-year-old daughter.
 The Western Arkansas Teachers Association will meet in Conway at the college hall on December 27th and 28th.
 Samuel W. Bender, aged 62, and Catherine Moulder, aged 60, were married by justice of the peace at Fort Smith.
 While cutting piling near Jones' boro, Dick Wilkerson was struck on the head with limb and in- stantly killed.
 Near the line of Lincoln and Jef- ferson counties, Tom Warsaw shot and killed Marion McDonald Both parties colored. The Cotton Belt will put in a mammoth electric light plant at Pine Bluff, to supply lights for the shops and offices. The wine with which the monitor Arkansas was christened was a na- tive product, produced by a MT. Starck, of Benton county.
 From the reports sent out from all the strawberry growing districts it appears that the acreage has beer largely reduced everywhere. A colored boy named Cooper about IA years old, killed his young er brother near Sheridan by knock ing him in the head with poker
 The work of constructing locks Id dams on the river above Bates vile has been considerably delayed by high water and lack of material
 The Bank of Horatio, in Sevie1 county, has filed its articles of in corporation. The capital stock i $25, ,OO0, of which $5,000 has beer subscribed.
 The Arkansas conference of tn NJ. E. Church, South, in session a Fort Smith, adopted strong resolu tions favoring reform school fo juvenile criminals.
 Prof. Bain, of the United State geological survey, is making an ex animation of the zinc fields of thi state. His report will be published by the government.
 Andy Tirnkski. trackman was run over and killed by switcl engine in the Iron Mountain yard at Little Rock. He leaves wifi and five small children.
 Jack King, colored, shot and ia tally wounded Monroe Thomas, col ored, at Newport. King surrender ed, and claims that Thomas as saulted him with club. l A Mrs. Burgman, from Sweden last week purchased 50,OOO acres o land in one tract near Texarkana She intends to colonize a lot of he country people on the land.
 Gardner Oliphint, of Little Rock is probably the youngest notar, public in the United States. He i but II years of age. The little fol low is an expert stenographer.
 The Polish citizens throughou the state, of which there is quite number, celebrated the. anniversar, of the Polish instruction agains Russian. rule of 1890 Sunday. W. F. Feagle, of Fort Smith, al ex-member of the Arkansas legis | Iaf,,ro x.,a, fo,x,l 1ool :x> '. CA T..