The Monticellonian., 1902-06-27
BRIEF MENTION.

A damaging hail storm fell in Gar. land county June 20.
 Ray Nash, one of the oldest resi- dents of Miller county, is dead.
 Rev. R. s. Deener, under indictment at Batesville for alleged forgeries com. mitted ten years ago, has been releas- ed on $4,000 bond
 The Hope Compress Company has been sold to the St Louis Warehouse and Compress Company for $25 1000 cash.
 Ned Taylor, an old colored citizen of Malvern. was arrested on an indict- ment returned ten years ago charging him with illegal voting.
 The case of MeWhorter. under sen- tence of death for the murder of his wife at Van Buren. has been affirmed | by the supreme court.
 The dry-kiln of the Ezell Slave Company at Camden was destroyed by fire. Loss, S15,000. The mill proper was saved by hard work
 Robert Dickson. a railroad man, lost his life in an attempt to board d moving engine on the Texas Pa cifc at a small station near Texar- kama.
 At the recent annual meeting of the grand lodge, A. o. U. w, held in Portland, Hon. $. s. Faulkner, of Helena. was elected member of the finance committee.
 James Dill, aged 12 years, was shot and instantly killed by Johnny Prior, aged 16 years. at Hot Springs. The boys were carelessly handling an old gun, when it was discharged
 The secretary of the republican state central committee announces that there will not be a joint canvass between the candidates for state of fees.
 A locomotive drawing passenger train on the Texarkana, Shreveport & Natchez railroad left the track and turned over. Engineer Ketcham and Fireman Crawford were terribly | Scaided.
 A tie cutter by the name of Perry Dennis committed suicide at his home six miles east of Walnut Ridge by cutting his throat with razor. Do- mestic troubles are said to have been the cause.
 Lush Thomas. Camden negro. shot and killed another negro from Forrest City near McNeil. Both men were working on the Cotton Belt Thomas surrendered. He claims to have acted in self-defense.
 The grand lodge Knights of Hon. or of North Carolina. in session at Asheville, endorsed the proposition to establish a Pythian sanitarium at Hot Springs.
 c. c. Andrews. an Arkansas county farmer, was killed by his team running away. Two wheels of the wagon passed over his body and his head was crushed.
 The county judge of Zapata county, Texas. has issued an appeal saying that most of the county has had no rain for three years. He says it is i'm possible to exaggerate the situation.
 Eighty state convicts are at work rebuilding the Iron Mountain road be- tween Van Buren and Little Rock.
 Bessie. the S-year-old daughter of Hon. B. F. Wofford. of Crawford county, was accidently killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Homer Webb, age2 16.
 Judge Jacob Trieber, of the United States district court, has reappointed Judge F. c. Dooley, of Little Rock, referee in bankruptcy for the western district of Arkansas Referee Doc ley's jurisdiction extenure covers two years.
 Will Johnson, eolored was shot and killed by another negro named Allen on a plantation near Little Rock. Johnson, who was a tough character, entered Aliens house and opened fire on him. but missed and was riddlee with a load of buckshot.