The Monticellonian., 1902-11-20


 E. B. Gillespie, well known farmer. was thrown from his horse near Stutt- gart and killed.
 A large number of prospectors are taking up state claims in the vicinity of Black Springs.
 Oscar Davis, colored, was shot and killed at Cotton Plant, while resisting arrest by Marshal Pollard.
 Earl Swaggerty, young farmer, was thrown from his horse near Fay etteville and fatally injured.
 Henry Depriest was perhaps fatally injured in a gin at Jacksonville, his arms and face being badly mangled
 The ginhouse of John c. Seoby, near Warren. was destroyed by fire Six teen bales of cotton were also burned. Loss, S4.000.
 Ex-Chief of Police Craig, of Pine Bluff is alleged to be short in his ac. counts. Craig disappeared several weeks ago.
 A crowbar passed from the outside by some friend enabled five prisoners to make their escape from jail at Lockesburg.
 Constable Tate, of Hot Springs, has given warning that he will arrest all parties who use profane language on the public streets.
 The Northeast Arkansas Teachers Association will hold their annual meeting at Mammoth Spring on Jan uary 1, ? and 3. 1903.
 A man by the name of Ashloek was shot and fatally wounded by some unknown party while sitting at his breakfast table at Perry
 While squirrel hunting near Lockes. burg, w c. Lee was shot in the side by the accidental discharge of his gun and probably fatally wounded.
 A pardon granted to Mike Bean No Yember 9 has been recalled. on ac- count of Beans conduct. He was con yicted in Johnson county in 1901 of grand larceny and sentenced to two years.
 A coal miner named Jack Bartholic was instantly killed at Prairie Creek mine No. 3 near Huntington by a trap of runaway cars. which struck him in the breast
 A man by the name of Sfpes, while crossing the railroad track at Dumas with team. was struck by train and thrown beneath the cars, his body being terribly m2ngled.
 The Pulaski county grand jury has notified the sheriff and chief of police of Li1tte Rock to keep all saloons closed Sundays and to raid all gam bling houses.
 Complete returns of the congress sionaI election show that Hon. Joe T. Robinson, the democratic nominee, received total vote of 5,237, and his opponent GIT.
 Carter Lowry met with a fatal acci- dent while feeding the edger of a blaming mill at Warren, a plank being shot back from the saw and striking him in the stomach.
 The law office of James W. Wood ward at Danville was destroyed by fire November II, loss about $35O in- surance $250. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary
 George Montgomery, of Fort Smith. who has a wife. is said to have eloped with Mana Taylor, 16-yoar-old girl. Montgomery became acquainted with wait on his sick wife.
 Engineer Ed Hasler. of the Kansas City Southern Railroad, was killed in an accident at Horatio He was 45 years of age and leaves a wife and three children at Mena
 A man by the name of Smith was killed by a train at Plummerville He was crossing the yards to get out of one trains way when struck by an other going in an opposite direction
 Henry w. Miller, convicted in fed eral court at Fort Smith in 1889 of murder and sentenced to be hanged, but whose sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by President Harri- sop, was last week granted full par don by President Roosevelt.
 Julia Burton, negress, was stab bed to death in a tough resort at Lit tie Rock by J. G. Glascoe, colored. It seems that lot of negro men and women were carousing in the resort. when quarrel arose between Glascoe and the Burton woman. He is said to have stabbed her in the left side of the neck.
 The store house of James Frazer at Kerr, in Saline county, was destroyed by fire. The house embraced gen eral supply store, ticket office of Choc- taw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad post office and Dr. J. F. Brewers office. The total loss is $1,2U0.
 The Arkansas annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met at Harrison on the 18th. About one-fourth of the territory of the state is represented in this con ference, and Rev. E. E. Hoss, of Nash vile, Tenn, one of the newly elected bishops, presided.