The Monticellonian., 1904-12-22
BRIEF MENTION.

Vtlle Is HOW in operation.
 Ex-Governor James p. Eagle is ill at his home in Little Rock.
 Wolves have been heard at the door 9f Perryville homes recently
 The worlds fair caused great in Aux of immigration to Arkansas
 Fort Smith El5s have bought a lot for $6000, and will build a home
 The democratic city primaries will be held at Hot Springs January 10.
 Two children of Elmer Porter ne gro. were burned to death al Bates yile
 The contract has been let for steel observatory on West mountain at Hot Springs.
 Congressman C. C. Reid and W P Strait have formed q law partnership at Morrilton
 Arkansas rock asphalt from Pike county was awarded a gold medal at the worlds fair.
 The indications are that December will be the coldest month in the his tory of the state.
 A farmers union has been formed in Eden township. Monroe county, with 2Q0 members
 The worlds fair company will re. turp to Arkansas the statue in the cobnade of states
 The Clerks Association of Arkan sas has been called to me5t in Lift tie Rock December 2S.
 |. A Martin of Little Rock. q civil engineer. will go 10 Panama to work for the cana commission
 Second Vice President John r. sto,a ems of fhe Rock Island spent several days in Arkansas recently.
 Rabbi Meyer Of Philadelphia las been called to preach for The Hebrew congregation If Fort Smith
 Enc Independent telephone campa- ny al Hot Springs will be merged Jan. uary l with the Bell company.
 The project for a new city hall at TeXarkana has been dropped because of opposition to the movement
 Kathryn Adams, aged ' years, left Little Rock alone to make the journey to Havana, Cuba, to join her father.
 The annual meeting of the Retail Grocers and General Merchants Asso- citation will he hold ;r S r' To., ouItn IlJanuary 10 and II.
 Little Rock merchant received twenty cents in stamps from a man who said he had failed to pay for a can of oysters many years ago.
 Judge W. M. Kavanaugh of Little Rock was reelected president, secre- tary and treasurer of the Southern Baseball Association at it's annual meeting
 Chas Schatler was indicted at Lit tie Rock on the charge of saiaA--s sas-s nquor with license. His place is at the foot of Big Rock on which Fort Roots is located
 Mancfield X Cornish, South McAles ter. l T.. attorneys, both former Ar. kansans, received a fee of $750, GOO as general counsel for the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians in their citizenship cases
 Police Judge Schmuck of Little Rock announces that hereafter he will assess the maximum fine of $200 in pistol "toting" cases instead of the minimum of $50 as heretofore. The judges grandson was recently shot at by footpads.
 An examination will be held in Lit. tie Rock January IT and IS for the purpose of awarding the second Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, allot. ted to Arkansas. President Hartzas of the state university will have charge of the examination.
 The republican state central com. mittee al it's meeting in Little Rock December 29 will make recommends tions for the following postofiees in Benton Cotton Plant, DeQueen, By thesville. Hamburg, Hazen, Hunting. ton. Marked Tree Paris and TeXar, kama.
 Rev John Van Lear of Tuscaloosa, Ala. has been called to the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian church at Little Rock.
 4 civil service examination for mes senger boy in the Little Rock weather bureau will be held there January f The position is open to boys from fl to 20 years of age and pays $360 per annum.
 Lieut. Higgins. Company F. station. ed at Fort Roots. has been detailed for duty as aide to Gen. Sumner. com mander of the department of the southwest. with headquarters at Ok lahoma City.
 The Arkansas oil company of Clark county, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $2000,0 GOO.
 Bryan Snyder, of the Frisco sys- tenn, was thrown from an automobile at Fort Smith and received a severe wound in the head A wheel came off the machine while it was running at high 3peed.
 Mrs D. H. Hill. mother of Chief Jus tice Joseph M. Hill of the Arkansas supreme court, died December II at Raleigh, N. c. She formerly resided in Arkansas and was sister of Mrs. "Stone wall" Jackson.