The Monticellonian., 1903-08-13

GoV. DAVIS has reappOinted MT. +. Rafter state mine inspector.
 It is reported the Iron Mountain will build a bridge across the river at Van Buren.
 The ex-Confederates of Pope coun- ty held an enjoyable reunion at Cray ely Hill last week
 NJ B Swepston of Charlottesville, Crittenden county, died at Memphis of acute alcoholism.
 Taffic Green, a negress said to be 109 years of age, died at her home in Jefferson county last week.
 Bert Doss, colored laborer, was caught between moving trains at Van Buren and crushed to death
 Mrs. F. c. Dunbeck of Kansas City, who is visiting friends at Texarkana, was seriously injured in a runaway.
 In a shooting scrape on public road four miles west of Harrison Dave Nichols was shot and painfully wound ed by Smith Stallcup.
 j. A Green. Saline county farm CT, was knocked from his wagon in collision with Little Roch street car and badly injured. A Y. M C. A. building is to be erected at Van Buren, the expense to be borne jointly by citizens and the Missouri Pacific railroad
 The St. Louis and North Arkansas railroad, which is proceed to run through to Little Rock, has been con- i pleted to Marshall. iH Searcy county.
 Work will begin in a few days on the Warner, Cummins and Eastern railroad, to run from Linwood, lief ferson county to Watson. Desha eoun. ty
 The family of MT Watkins, resid- ing few miles from Fort Smith. were poisoned from eating apples cooked in a copper vessel, and one of the children died.
 A large number of newspaper men from over the state left Little Rock on the 5th in a special over the Choc- taw for a tour of Colorado and other western pOlHtS.
 An eight-year-old girl was criminal ly assaulted at Hot Springs by an un- known white brute. The crime was committed near the girls home, on the outskirts of the city.
 The governor of Alabama has hon. ored the requisition of Gov Davis for the return of D. P. 1erry, late cashier of the Howard County Bank, under in- dictment for embezzlement.
 The following Arkansas postofIices have been discontinued: Philadel- phia, Izard county mail to La Crosse; Wrye. Nevada county. mail to Pres colt. These changes are effective Au- gust 15
 Stockholders of the Bank of Dan- vile, whose cashier so mysteriously disappeared several days ago, give as surance that all depositors will be paid in full. The bank may resume business.
 May, the 3-year-old daughter of John McAlester, was run over and crushed to death near Newport by log wagon. She was riding with her father, who fell from the wagon, the child cling ing to him.
 Dr. Thomas A Carter well known citizen of Van Buren, died at Musko- gee. I. T, of injuries sustained by 9, fall. Dr. Carter was visiting a daugh. ter at Muskogee when he met with the fatal accident.
 Rev. J. A. Battle, well known col ored divine of Pine Bluff, was elected from Little Rock street car, because he persisted in riding among the col pred people, the conductor mistakinS him for white man. A committee of Fayetteville eiti- zens has gone to South Carolina to investigate the cotton mills of that state and to gather such information as it may deem important on the op' eration of these enterprises.
 The sheriff of Howard county made trip to Alabama for the purpose of returning D. P Terry, who is want ed on 6 charge of embedding funds of the Howard county bank. It turn ed out that the Alabama authorities had the wrong man.
 The remains of a negro supposed to be Tobe Wills of Little Rock, were found in a box car at Ozark The body was badly decomposed, and its position showed that the man had been crushed to death by erossties tanning him into corner of the car.