The Monticellonian., 1904-09-15
BRIEF MENTION.
canning factory has started opera tion at Danville

tion at Danville.
 An exposition under the auspices of negroes was held in Fort Smith
 Dr E. R. Dibrell of Little Rock was slightly injured in runaway.
 The Little Rock Country club has employed a professional golf instruc- tor
 There were thirty-fve failures in Arkansas during August. according to Dun's review
 Col. John L. Smith. aged 62, Brinkley cotton buyer. died at his home in that city
 Pitcher Jack Braeken of the Little Rock club who was recalled from Baton Rouge has been released.
 A young negro cashed three checks in Little Rock to which he had forged the name of Henry Weideman.
 Ashley county was the first to draw her money from the school fund after the annual appointment was made
 The depositors of the defunct Bank of Fl Dorado decided to accept settle ment on a basis of 9 per cent of their claims.
 F. F. Savage. secretary of the Mar qIette Timber company. of Little Rock, died in Chicago of abscess of the liver
 permanent organization of the old settlers of Garland county was effected with Capt F NJ Mahan az president.
 Henry Thompson, q prominent young man of Fort Smith. was killed by a switch engine in the Frisco yards there.
 Wesley Taylor, colored, a cook at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock. was seriously stabbed by Alice Taylor. former lover
 Jim Byrd. for several years ground Keeper at West End park iu Little Rock. dropped dead September in the Choctaw depot
 Mrs. Belle Colay is in jail at Nor rilton on the charge of marrying C. B.
 
 Brooks is also in jail
 Mayor Bedding of Hot Springs will be host at the Arkansas building dur ing September as a member of the worlds fair commission.
 Hon. Harry Myers. late republican candidate for governor. has been asked to speak for the national ticket in Indiana and Kentucky
 September 10 was the forty-frst an niyersary of the evacuation of Little Rock by the Confederate troops upon the arrival of Gen. Steele
 An Iron Mountain freight train crashed into passenger train near Wynne, derailing both engines and smashing five freight cars
 Benton Agildie. of Clarksville. was arrested at St. Louis on the charge of having a bill in his possession which had been raised from g to 8.
 On September 9, Little Rock was sixth in the official standing of the Southern League with little chance of finishing any better than fifth.
 Hon. A. F. Vandeyenter, of Morrill, ton, delivered an address Sept. F in the Missouri building at the worlds fair on the resources of Arkansas
 Gustave Block. a Buffalo travelling man. was robbed of wallet contain ing sS5 while asleep in his room. His vest was taken from under his pillow.
 Hot Springs had three fires in one day recently but the total loss did not reach S10000 A lumber yard, pigeon hatchery and a private cottage were the places burned
 Two tons of stationery were re- ceived at Rock Island headquarters in Little Rock recently to supply the various departments on the Choctaw district from September l to Decem- Der l.
 A. s. Dodge, third vice president of the Frisco, hos been appointed third vice president of the Rock Island. with headquarters in Chicago. Freight and passenger agents will report to him.
 William Pickens, the Little Rock ne gro who recently graduated from Yale with high honors. is visiting his par ents in Little Rock. He was tender ed reception by his race on Septem. Der g.
 An aged couple named Reynolds was found on an island in the Mssis- sippi river below Helena. nearly starved and nude. The man was an engrayer and said they had started down the river on a houseboat which stranded. Then it was overturned. and they sought shelter on the island.
 David w. Sutton. an aged resident of Warren. died September [.
 Miss Carrie Hampstead of Little Rock was elected assistant secretary of the worlds fair jury of awards on candies, teas. coffees. chocolates and condiments, of which she is a mem. Der
 John w. Gilleylen, democratic nom- inee for representative from Pike county, died several days before the election and at a hurried meeting of the county central committee the name of Ex-sheriff O. B Owens was placed on the ticket.
 There were fifty-nine deaths in the city of Little Rock during August and