The Monticellonian., 1904-11-24
BRIEF MENTION.

of consumption at Trinidad, Col.
 The Pine Bluff board of health has declared war on diseased meats
 An effort is being made to secure a federal building for Pine Bluff
 The strike of coal miners in the Spadra district has been settled
 Robert Lilly. aged 8. d negro, was burned to death at Wrightsyile
 The Salvation Army has decided not to buy Eagles Hall in Little Rock.
 The steam gin of Ike Mangrum was burned at Weiner. with a $5.000 loss.
 It is reported that the Midland Val ley railroad has been sold to the San ta Fe
 NJ Miles. a traveling insurance man. is dead at his home in Little Rock
 Forest fires are raging along the Choctaw between Little Rock and Benton.
 The Arkansas Concrete Stone Com. pany of Benton has been issued a charter
 C. F. McCarty was injured inter- nally at Hot Springs by falling from an iron girder
 Thirty candidates were examined by the state pharmacy board at it's November meeting.
 J. J. Mahoney. general manager of tho E.ori Smith ana NN,.+1r,, ,,o;1,.-,.a died al Fort Smith.
 The ordinance fixing the license on butcher shops al S50 per annum is be- irg tested at Mena.
 The total vote in the fifth congress zionaI district was l1.373 for Reid and 7.2SS for Fowler
 Rev Walker Lewis will leave the pastorate of the First NJ E Church South al Little Rock
 The annual meeting of the Texas FOX Hunters Association began in Pope county November 21.
 Senator James A. Gray of Pulaski county has formed a law partnership at Little Rock with Asa Oracle.
 The 3-year-old child of Willis Moore was badly burned at Hot Springs by his clothes igniting from a stove
 Effective November 27, the day trains on the Fort Smith road will carry observation and dining cars
 Fordyce had a good sized fire No vember 19 in which the electric light plant was the principal sufferer
 The total vote for congressman in the second district was Brundidge 9065. Tucker 5.3sS In the fourth district il was Little 9,30S. Brizzolara 6,32S
 Chas Hammond who was to have been hanged at Morrilton November 24 for criminal assault has appealed to the supreme court and been grant. ed a stay of execution
 Miss Maude Pillow of Texarkana has sued the local street railway company for S50000 for injuries re- ceived in collision in which two companions were killed.
 The Arkansas Gazette was S5 years old November 20 and celebrat- ed by issuing the largest regular edi- tion ever issued by an Arkansas pa, per. It consisted of 26 pages.
 Joe F. Govan, of Helena formerly night ticket agent in the union depot at Little Rock, has been appointed travelling passenger agent of the Chi cago X Alton railroad, with headquar- ters at Dallas. Texas.
 Robert s. Mccormick. United States ambassador to Russia. is at Hot Springs, accompanied by his wife
 The A J. Neimeyer Lumber com pany has been incorporated at Little Rock with a capital stock of s750 .000
 Forest fires are raging in Lawrence county, and the town of Sedgewick had a narrow escape from being burned.
 A verdict for the defendant was given at Little Rock on the suit of W. P Hunter against John NJ Oracle for damages for alleged i'll treatment while a prisoner on the county con vict farm.
 Col N H Eagle has practically re- covered from his illness at Little Rock
 J. Nj. Jackson and Miss Marie Sum- mers of Helena were married July 1, 1903, and kept the wedding a secret until last week.
 Planters all over the state are hold ure, which is a cent less than at the same time year ago The movement of cotton has been exceedingly slow everywhere. Instead of paying off their rent notes Tn November as usual. farmers are renewing them for sixty and ninety days on good collateral.