The Monticellonian., 1901-07-26

cOl0red fisherman found a pearl It Black Rock which he sold for s1.. 800.
 Will Bussy, the alleged negro rapist was acquitted at Camden. This was his third trial.
 Willis Scott, colored, was shot and fatally wounded in a difficulty with two white men in Lafayette county.
 Heavy rains feil at Texarkana. Hot Springs, Camden, Pine Bluff. Helena. Van Buren and Fort Smith on the 18th.
 Henry Cox was assaulted by JohD Moss near Learne, Benton county. with pitch fork and seriously in- jured.
 James Vassar, a brakeman, died in the hospital at Tyler, Tex. from in Juries sustained while coupling cars at Pine Bluff
 John Shields. a farmer, was over come by heat while returning from Fort Smith to his home and died in three hours.
 Gov. Davis has accepted an invita- tion to deliver an address at the Con federate reunion at De Queen August 13, II and 15.
 $. F. Hilzheim, general baggage agent of the Cotton Belt system. with headquarters at Texarkana, has ten tered his reSi~natinu
 Mrs. John Scott was probably ia tally injured in a runaway at Little Rock. Two little children in the buggy escaped injury.
 John Jarvis. under sentence to be hanged at Springdale August for wife murder, has been granted an ap. peal to the supreme court
 The kieeh staye factory at Nettle- ton suffered a loss of $30.000 from fire on the 18th, caused by a cigarette thrown among some shayings
 The barn of T. NJ. Adkins at Jack sonville was struck by lightning. causing it to take fire and burn up. The barn was filled with grain.
 Mike Gran. of Black Rock. was killed on a steamer near Poeahontas by a man named Phillips The men quarreled over berth on the boat.
 Arthur Read, eolored, shot and ia tally wounded Jerry Burnett, color ed, at Pine Bluff The killing was caused by Burnett playing a joke on Read.
 The 17-year-old daughter of MT Young, living near Siloam Springs. was accidentally shot and killed by her little brother who was playing with a target rife.
 Miss Cora Henry aged II. daughter of prominent citizen of Grant coun- ty, suieided by taking strynehnine. A love affair is said to have been the cause of the act
 The saw mill plant of the Kren City lumber Company at New Lew isville was totally destroyed by fire on the goth. Loss about $30,000, with 1000 insurance.
 A jury at Fort Smith acquitted Coffey Williams of gambling and declared the Wilson anti-gambling act unconstitutional. He had been oper- ating thiry slot machines.
 w D. Hables and w A. Freeman, of Fayetteville, A. V. Smith, of War ren. and c. w. Guerin, of Okalona, re- ceiyed appointments as teachers in the of ho ul are now en route to their field of la bor.
 Jerry Palmer, the oldest colored man in Pulaski county. died last week. No one knew just how old he was. but the old-time citizens who had known him for 75 years. declare that he was at least 120 years of age.
 Col Geo II. Sanders. formerly a citizen Of Little Rock and well known throughout the state as an attorney died at Kingtisher, Okla, last week His deatl. was due to paralysis, which compelled him to give up large prac tice at Little Rock in 1897.
 Near Carmel, Chicot county, Will Duke SuOL duu hIlleu JdlueS DOllu with double-barrel shotgun. Bad feeling had existed between the par ties for some time Duke was releas ed on a $500 bond for his appear ance at the regular term of circuit court
 A work train on the Cotton Belt broke in two three miles north of Texarkana, There were 300 laborers on the train. The two portions col. lided. and about forty men were hurled from the train and injured uore or less.
 EDUCATION AND RELIGION.