The Monticellonian., 1904-08-25
A pnnitrq show will be held ill Ben.

Willis Waycaster, a country boy, is under arrest at Hot Springs, on charge of forgery.
 F. B. Stover, of Crowley. La. has been elected principal of the Fort Smith high school.
 Hon C. c. Reid addressed the Little Rock Parker and Davis club on the night of August 23.
 Cleburne county has three county tickets in the field. democratic, popu- list and independent.
 A receiver has been asked for the Arkansas Baptists Publishing Com pany at Little Rock.
 Sam Newman, Hot Springs tailor has filed petition in voluntary bank ruptcy. Liabilities, s1.235
 Rev Edward Rushing of Chidester. a Methodist minister died in Little Rock hospital August 1S
 Mrs Martha Henry. mother of B. F. Henry, of the Benton Times Courier, died at her nome on August 19.
 A gar seven feet, two inches long. and weighing 14S pounds. was caught in Bayou Meto, Pulaski county.
 August 16 was the hottest day In Little Rock since July 22 1902. The temperature reached 94 degrees.
 Five recruits were secured during the first three weeks of August at the Little Rock army recruiting office.
 Bob Fitzgerald. a distant relative of Bishop Fitzgerald of the Catholic church. died at Little Rock on Au- gust 19
 Mrs S P. Van Patton, of Poplar Bluff. Mo, was robbed on a train en route to Hot Springs of all her money and ticket
 The mining of rock asphalt to be used in paving West Third street at Little Rock was begun in the Pike county mines on August 9.
 Faulkner circuit court scheduled to meet July i. did not convene until August 22 on account of the farmers being behind with their crops.
 petition is being circulated ill Little Rock asking for Lexow com mittee to investigate charges made against an alderman and a police ser geant.
 School children from points along the Cotton Belt railroad, left Texark. ana August 21 in charge of Prof. Jun jus Jordan of Pine Bluff to visit the worlds fair
 Options on several thousands acres of coal lands have been secured In Pike county by Ed Martin of Russell vile. It is said a German colony will be located there.
 Left fielder Housholder and Pitcher McPartln have been released by the directors of the Little Rock base ball club as the first step owards a cur tailment of expenses
 There are many applications ts take the examination to be held August 23 to 26 in Little Rock by State Superin- tendent Hinemon for professional and state teachers licenses
 Mrs Salls Bilitzer has sued her brother Vim. Back of Little Rock for an accounting of funds held as admin istrator of the estate of her father, deceased. About s25. 900 is involved.
 Nick Peay, county convict contract or for Pulaski county, has been sued by the county for about s6.000 alleged to be due on his contract for the hire of the county eonvicts for nearly two years.
 The contract for paving ten blocks on West Third street, Little Rock. with asphalt has been let to the Ar kansas Asphalt company of Little Rock. whose asphalt beds are in Pike county.
 Gov. Davis has paid the judgment of s25 secured against him by w. N Lucey, of Hartford for a printing bill alleged to have been incurred during the campaign of 1902. The appeal was dismissed
 A verdict of accidental death was returned at Hot Springs over the body of Harry Hicox who was shot by a companion. The boys were playing
  dentally discharged.
 At Little Rock a negro charged with snatching a charm and chain from another negro, claims that he did so because a sign of the lodge re- presented by the charm was not re- sponded to when he made it.
 Alexandria Shofter leaped from a train at Mammoth Spring and fell un- der the wheels. his leg being cut off
 John Barkley jumped from a train in Fort Smith to get his hat which had blown off and in attempting to get back on lost leg
 w. F. Pence, Little Rock grocer who was concned in the county jail short while several days since on the charge of assaulting his wife. com plains that he was the victim of kangaroo court and struck twenty three times across the back with strap.
 Every sheriff and collector has set tied with the s.ate for 1903 taxes, the last paying over his funds on Aug ust 15
 Secretary of State Crockett has compiled book of 165 pages con tainng all the corporation laws of Arkansas.