The Monticellonian., 1901-02-15

BRIEF MENTION.
 Tom Ben Garrett was renominated ty the democrats for mayor of Fort Smith.
 The commander of Fort Logan H. Roots reports six assertions within two weeks.
 Rev W. D. Buckner, of Pine Bluff. las been rendered a chaplaincy in the regular army.
 Conway business men have organ izod a commercial league. with W. w. Martin chairman and W. N. Owen seGetary.
 A Crawford county farmer reports that on January 18th he found namLer of strawberry plants on his place in full bloom.
 At Index small town near Tex arkaua, Eugene Lewis and Henry Hud- son fought duel and both are dead. Lewis used q musket and Hudson a re volEeT-
 The Newton county republican cen. t1al committee has endorsed Hon. B. NJ Foreman of Miller for United States marshal of the Western dis triet.
 F M Miller a dentist, died sud. denly at BeatenviIIe from the ef. feets of an overdose of wood aieohol. taken by mistake while under the iu. tuenee of whisky
 At Dalton, a small town in the northern part of the state. five wo- men. members of the W C. T. L., pat elung after Mrs Nation. wrecked the eHly two saloons in the place
 Gov Davis last week received from the government check for s3.067 n IaT,lal payment for the expense of mohllzng the First and Second regi- ments for the Spanish war.
 The city democratic committee of Little Rock has decided to permit col esed men to vote at the forthcoming primaries for city officials provided tLey pledge themselves to support the nominees.
 A protest will be sent to the legis, latle signed by druggists over the s;a;e against the passage of the blll fHiLF each pharmacist $1o0 who pre- sc1a,es for a patient or recommends any patent medicine.
 Tcny Bernard snot and fatally wounded Dick Thompson at Hot Springs The men were engaged in q game of cards anu got into dis put when Bernard drew a revolver and shot Thompson in the breast, just ever the heart.
 C. G. Scheneck, a Pine Bluff busi- Eees man. was seriously injured by drcnken negro. Schencck had rent cd q tr,cyele to the negro, who re- fused to pay for damaging it, and struck Scheneck with a scantling, breaking his jaw.
 Win Johnson and Will Hill, two colored sports of Pine Bluff, engaged in difficulty which may result in the death of the former. Hill used revolver and fired at close range, shooting Johnson through the face
 Several boxing bouts have recently | heen pulled off at Hot Springs Tom Irwin and one Jack Gleason fought twenty rounds before a large audience last week. Irwin was awarded the battle
 Wm P. Kirseh. lumber inspector for Hudson Bros, of Cairo and Chi cago was arrested at Pine Bluff He is charged with having stolen two car leads of lumber from E. c. Collier. nbo alleges that Kirsch secretly billed the lfuber to Houston Bros. in the aalue uf Houston Bros, as shippers.
 At a conference of the executive committee of the State Teachers As soo3ation, held in the office of the state superintendent, it was decided to hold the next annual meeting of the association in Little Rock, June 26. 27 and 2S.
 Pres Lane. eolored, of Pine Bluff, was stricken with paralysis under pc euliar circumstances. Lane was rais' ing glass of whisky to his lips when the stroke came The whisky never reached his lips and Lane has prom. ised to drink no more.