The Monticellonian., 1904-09-08

In the least.
 The boil weeyil has been found again in Arkansas This time fl is n Miller county which adjoins Texas )n the north
 Chas. Meisenhaimer was convicted at Danyile of assautng an Indian woman and given fifteen years in the penitentiary.
 The price of hard coal advanced in Little Rock fifty cents per ton on September 1. that being the regular winter raise.
 The contract for fourteen miles of the Plum Bayon leyee on the Arkan- sas river has been let to Walker Stan. sell of Memphis
 Ten companies of the provisional been completed and are ready to go to the eneampment
 Tom Harris of Bonneville, Craig head county vas clubbed to death in a Jonesboro restaurant by two strang. CTS, who were arrested
 The amount paid in Arkansas for liquor license by Arkansas saloons for 1904 was si25.69o, for about 100 Sd. looms The license is 500.
 The Country Club of Little Rock is making an effort to secure a profes. sional golf teacher from the Cape May links to instruct it's members
 William Jones. a Little Rock negro, was killed by John Davis. who struck him over the heart with a rock dur ing a fight Davis was eXonerated
 At Luna Landing August 2S Hub Fennell was shot and instantly killed by Hamp Boone. Boone was also shot. but his wound is not dangerous.
 County Clerk c. S. Falls of Pope county died August 20 at Russellyille. He had served one term and was the democratic nominee for a second term
 NJ. ]. Murphy. q Hot Springs visitor from Paiatka, Fla. committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor Despondency over ill health was the cause.
 The Little Rock cotton receipts for the year ending August q, 1904. were 16S,023 bales as compared with 260.. 673 bales ia l902-02 and 231.177 bales in 190l-02
 Edward S Black, the Western In. ion swindler was taken to St Louis for trial The police of the country have been asked to lock for Dan Loweuthal. an alleged confederate
 NJ. J. Finn. for four years manager of the Little Rock Southern League ball team, announces that he has signed for 1995 to manage the Toledo club in the American association.
 An attempt was made August 27 to wreck an Iron Mountain passenger train near Prescott for the purpose of robbery The railroad officials of. fered a reward of S250 for the wreck CTS.
 Caldwell < Drake. the state capitol contractors. have taken a contract to build q plain sehoolhouse in Little Rock, the work to be completed with. in fifteen days from the time it is be- gun.
 A fire, started by incendiaries. was extinguished in peculiar manner at Hot Springs The flames melted a lead pipe. from which water poured in quantities sufficient to extinguish the flames
 The Arkansas deaf mute institute will open on time this month. though the bill making appropriations for it's maintenance was vetoed by the gov ernor in the omnibus veto May 9. 1903.
 John T Puckett of Russellville was appointed by the governor as county Falls, deceased He will hold until October 31. when the newly-electad clerk will take charge
 A $5,000 new school building is nearing completion at Foreman
 Joseph NJ Wilkerson of Pine Bluff was fined S25 in a justices court at Little Rock on the charge of conspira- cy in giving an infant child over to the care of a woman in a house of ill fame He appealed the case.
 A state association of Mexican war veterans and camp of the Danes of 1S46 was formed in Little Rock re- gently Col. NJ. F Locke was elected president of the veterans and Mrs Josie Cappleman. president of the Danes.
 The restraining order issued by Chancellor Elliott at Pine Bluff against the Frenchtown levee board, was dissolved. the leyee board giving bond for damages.
 The monument to Sheriff John II. Powers, who was killed in the Clarks- vile bank robbery has been erected in the cemetery there. It is of gran ite, and cost sl 800.
 The white child left in care of negro woman at Helena. was taken charge of by the Kings Daughters and taken to St Louis to be placed in an orphan asylum.