The Van Buren press., 1902-11-15
BRIEF MENTION.

A new bank has been organized at
Lamar.
A business mems club has been or.
ganized at Hazen.
Work is under way on the 100000
Cotton Belt hospital at Texarkana.
Jim Chandler. colored was killed by
the shafting in Trips gin at Arkan.
sas City
The state debt board has purchased
at par six $1,000 three per cent bonds,
series Of 1899.
Clayton Bell, colored, was killed by
falling tree while 'possum hunting
near Fordyce.
The new monitor, Arkansas, has
been put into commission with Capt
Vreeland In charge.
Ben Glass. negro with numerous
aliases, pleaded guilty at Little Rock
to five charges of forgery.
Oscar Davis, colored, was shot and
killed at Cotton Plant, while resisting
arrest, by Marshal Pollard.
Albert Vaughan, aged 16 years,
while telling tree near Augusta, was
caught by limb and badly injured.
A bill will be introduced at the
next session Of the legislature for the
protection Of mussels In waters Of this
state.
A crowbar passed from the outside
by some friend enabled Ave prisoners
to make their escape from Jail at
Lockesburg,
A man by the name OF Ashlock was
shot and fatally wounded by some
unknown party while sitting at his
breakfast table at Perry.
Lee Phillips and Tom Baker had q
row at a saloon near Mammoth
Springs, which resulted In the former
being shot and seriously wounded.
A man by the name Of Sipes, while
crossing the railroad track at Dumas
with a team. was struck by train
and thrown beneath the cars, his body
being terribly mangled,
The Pulaski county grand jury has
notified the sheriff and chief Of police
of Little Rock TO keep all saloons
closed Sundays and TO raid all gam.
bling houses.
Engineer Ed Hasler. Of the Kansas
City Southern Railroad was killed In
an accident at Horatio. He was As
years OF age and leaves wife and
three children at Mena.
man by the name Of Smith was
killed by 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.
George Montgomery, Of Fort Smith,
who has n wife, Is said to have eloped
with Mana Taylor, a l6.year-old girl.
Montgomery became acquainted with
the girl while she was employed to
wait on his sick wife.
Henry W. Miller, convicted In fed.
eral court at Fort Smith In 1889 OF
murder and sentenced to be hanged,
but whose sentence was committed TO
life Imprisonment by President Harrl.
son, was last week granted n full par.
don by President Roosevelt.
u. y. Gillespie, a well known farmer,
was thrown from his horse near Stutt.
CART and killed
Revenue officers last week destroy.
cd three illicit stills near Prim post.
ofilcc. In Clcburno county.
], T, Chearis, prominent NOR.
chant Of Winchester, Jefferson coun.
ty, was caught In the shafting Of a
gin and fatally injured.
A big reward Is offered for the muir
dercr Of Miss Shillcutt. who wa,
slain In a brutal manner near Little
Rock about two weeks ago.
MIL md Elevator Burnsd.
Tho Model -four mill and n wheat
elevator adjoining were completely
destroyed by fire Mt Nashville, Tenn,
the other day.
serious CHARGE Against Him.
william Cooper,i7 years Of age, was
committed 10 Jail nj Pnducah, Ky,
charged with robbing mail boxes q,
Fulton, Ky.
Will Hvect IN once building.