The Forrest City times., 1901-11-29
BRIEF MENTION.


The Choctaw may extend it's line
! from Newport into the zinc region.
The ediet has gone forth that sa-
looms at Pine Bluff must shut up shop
Sundays
The postofIfce at Alexander was rob
red but the thief only secured $225
in pennies
Indications of oil appeared at Der
mott in an artesian well. and a com
pany proposes to further investigate.
Gov. Davis will probably go to
Washington to look after funds from
the government to equip the state
guard.
A gang of juvenile criminals broke
into Little Rock hardware store and
carried off about $3.50 worth of goods.
mostly cutlery
Gov. Davis has reduced to $50
fine of $500 and one years Jail SEN
tence assessed against Mrs. Emma Nc
Call, of Faulkner county.
The towns OF Huntsville and Kinds.
Vile have raised bonuses of $4,000
and $4,000 respectively to induce a
railroad to enter that territory.
Gov Davis has offered a reward of
$3.50 for the arrest and conviction of
Dave McWhorter, who shot and killed
his wife at Mulberry recently
Marshall and Will Griffith. colored.
were lodged in jail at Helena, charged
with assaulting and fatally injuring
their aged father with an AK
Several complaints have recently
been filed with the railroad commits
sion of the failure of railroads to
promptly supply cars to shippers.
The culprits who stole money and
pearls from the Bank of Black Rocl
several weeks ago equal to the amount
of $4,000 have not been captured
Ed Rochelle. planter. was muir
dered by two negroes at his home on
Red River, near Texarkana The
negroes entered ROchelles storehouse
on his plantation. Drained him with
an ak and robbed the place.
The thirty second session of White
River conference of the NJ. E. Church,
South. convened at Batesyille Novem-
ber 20. The first conference ever held
in Arkansas convened in Batesville
in the month of November. 1896. the
year that Arkansas was admitted into
the Union.
The Jefferson county grand jury eX
honerated Prosecuting Attorney Sorrels
Of charges of malfe2sanee in Office
Greed Caldwell. assistant to Mr. Sor-
rells. was indicted for extortion and
". ID. Vance and J. II. Jarrett. justices,
for malfeasance in office.
Articles of association of the Searcy
Mill Company. OF Searcy. have been
filed with the secretary of state. The
capital stock is $4,000. J. C. Baugh
is president and the other stockholders
are j. 7. Pilkinton. ]. A. Ford. E. A.
Robbins and ]. S. Sanford.
Hon Geo. T. Locke well known
over the state. was shot and serious
ly wounded at DeQueen by Prof r. H.
Kolb. principal of the high school at
the above place. The trouble is said
to have been the result of Prof. Kolb
Furnishing son of Col. Locke
The Choctaw has a corps of survey
ors in the field between Mansfield and
Hot Springs. 1t is generally under
stood that the Frisco and Choctaw are
racing for an entrance to Hot Springs
from the west, and that there will be
no delay in the construction of the
road.
The fall reunion of Scottish Rite
Masons began at Little Rock Novem-
ber 25. and at the session class of
thirty-eight received the degree from
the fourth to the thirty-second. On
thanksgiving morning the corner
stone of the new home of Scottish
Rite Masons of the state was laid.
Bob Perry, colored. body servant of
General Joe Shelby during the war
of the rebellion, was accidentally
killed at Bentonyille by jumping off
a moving Frisco train. Citizens pro-
yided a fine casket. and the faithful
old servants remains were followed
to the grave by large portion of the
white citizens of the community.