The Monticellonian., 1904-09-22
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tonVllIe raised to city of the second class
 Chas, Brewer. white man. was killed by falling tree near Murfrees- boro
 Alfred Cameron. charged with steal ing diamond ring al Little Rock. was acquitted.
 A site has been purchased at Nash vile for the erection of Presbyte- iian church.
 A sunfower measuring four feet in circumference was on exhibition at Siloam Springs.
 Abe Foster. who escaped from the Chicot county jail has been captured at Montgomery, Ala.
 Harry Burnell, stranger. died sud denly in a house boat on the Black river near Newport
 Henry Francis of Hornersville was drowned while fishing in Little River because of a leaky boat.
 A daughter was born at Melville to MT and Mrs Fred Siebers, aged D and 13 years respectively.
 Capt Chas A Pratt of Little Rock is one of the judges at the horse show being held at St. Paul. Minn
 Miss Helen Gould will attend the dedication of the new railroad Y. NJ. C. A. building at Van Burer
 Rev J. Y. Christmas. a retired Methodist minister. is dead of con sumption at his home in Hot Springs
 There were forty-seven criminal cases on the docket of the Benton circuit court for the September term.
 Dr. T. W. Toler of Swifton was given judgment for S35 by a jury for the killing of a bird dog by a train.
 Notice has been given that the price of Arkansas anthracite coal will be advanced s1 per ton on October 1.
 Robert Wallace. an extra conductor on the Frisco. was killed at Nettleton by falling from the tender of an en- zine.
 Rev Jasper K Smith. pastor of the Second Presbyterian church at Little Rock. has received a call from Shreye- port, La.
 A warrant for si0o0o was drawn September 13 by the auditor in favor )f the various funds of the University of Arkansas.
 J. H. Chandler. an employe on a snagboat at Little Rock, was struck by a tree while at work and died. His home was at Mt Ida
 A report was made by J. W. Nichol- son of Saline township. Cleburne coun- ty. that his cotton crop was killed Dy frost the night of August 25
 None of the officers of the proyis- ional regiment of the state guard will receive pay or expenses for attending the eneampment at St Louis.
 Mrs Mary Fuller. mother of Rep resentative Fuller of Carroll county, is dead at her home in Eureka Springs at the age of 5 years,
 A G Anderson. president of the Newport Grocery company. was fined s for failing to work the streets or pay for a substitute when warned.
 Dr. ". r. Magness was indicted at Mena for murder in the first degree for killing Harry Daniels last month. \ change of venue to Seyier county was granted
 W. A. Billingsley. administrator of the estate of Mrs Mary Hurley, was awarded 5000 at Newport for the latter's death in the wreck at New port last November.
 An ordinance was introduced in the Little Rock city council to change the names of the north and south streets west of Main street to the names of the presidents.
 There will be no suit at Fl Dorado on the shortage of the county treas urer caused by the failure of the Bank of Fl Dorado. The bondsmen and bank stockholders will settle
 F. B. Richards, section director of the weather bureau at Little Rock has gone to St Louis and northern points to spend few months vaca- tion During his absence O. c Bur row is observer in charge
 In circuit court at Benton John Da- wis vas fined $100 on the charge of unlawfully performing a marriage cer. emony
 John Kanis, a farmer in Pulaski county planted one stalk of hops on his farm as an experiment, and says that he believes they can be raised in Arkansas.
 zeb Jones, aged %. of Logan coun- ty. claims to be the smallest man in the state He weighs 76 pounds and is II inches high His body and head are normal size and his hands touch the ground when he walks
 Up to September 15, there had been paid out of the state capitol fund. since the new board took charge, $231.15S13.
 Lieut. Col Thos F Davis. 30th in- fantry, U s. A, broke his left arm while getting out of a buggy at the Little Rock postofiiee September II. Ae is stationed at Fort Roots.
 The Cotton States league baseball season closed September 14. The pen