The Forrest City times., 1904-08-12
BRIEF MENTION.

was recommended by the grand jury.
 Because of scarcity of stone work on the new state capitol is again de- layed.
 A trolley line from Little Rock to Hot Springs is the latest scheme to be promoted. ;.
 Robert Mara fell from a roof in Ar senta and was fatally injured. He tell on his head
 Mrs. Thomas C. Trimble was se- verely shocked by bolt of lightning at Lonoke, August G.
 Emancipation Day was August 8. but there were few celebrations by Arkansas negroes.
 Lizzie Dunlap, an angry client, wrecked the office of j. D. Page, a Hot Springs negro lawyer
 The license for fruit peddlng in Little Rock was raised by the council from $5 per month to $50.
 Two men held up James McEwen. a Hot Springs merchant. but fled when gun was flashed in their faces.
 On September 16. Eugene Debs. candidate for president on the socialist ticket. will speak in Little Rock.
 Duffy William stabbed Deputy City Marshal George Pearce of Newark in the side at ball game, August 8.
 The Franklin county bank of Ozark is incorporated with s50,000 capital stock. M. B. Conaster Is president.
 Mrs Fanny Gettings. of Oklahoma City died at Hot Springs from an over- dose of morphine. taken accidentally.
 Mrs. Frances Merkel died in Little Rock, August 9, after GA years resi- dence there. She was born in 1924
 Surveyors are working on the pro- posed extension of the Rock Island railroad from Searcy to Heber. thirty miles.
 The Arkansas river has cut across a neck thirty-fve miles below Little Rock and shortened the channel ten miles.
 It is said that a German colony will be established in Scott county A committee was there recently hunting site.
 At Stuttgart, the Bank of Com merce incorporated with capital stock of $50000. j. w Underwood is president
 The survey is being made for the Midland Valley terminals in Fort Smith. An offer of free terminals was refused
 The Arkansas internal revenue of flee has been placed in the Atlanta (Ga.) division. It has been in the Kentucky division.
 Sam Mcdonald, Little Rock milk dealer. was fined $lO in police court on the charge of selling milk contain ing formaldehyde.
 At Eureka Springs, on August 8, while temporarily insane from an op- eration of six months ago, Dr. J. w. Hays killed himself
 Jack West was acquitted at Lonoke of killing Will Nelson at a dance near England last January. The jury was out but a few hours
 The new owner of Potash Sulphur Springs, Baroness de pollaudt has ar rived there and will build an electric railway to Hot Springs.
 On information from Monroe. La, Carl Thompson was arrested at Little Rock on the charge of obtaining cloth ing under false pretenses.
 rnW bnolad Mrc Iobp Gatha,, Bearden, and she was seriously in- jured. Her husband was recently killed on a lumber road.
 The announcement was made, Au- gust g. of the secret wedding, July 12, of Miss Mabel Cook. aged IS, and Rob- ert Wayne. aged 19, of Argenta.
 It is stated that the Pine Bluff Typo graphical Union will withdraw from the Cen,ral Trades Council because of it's indorsement of the socialist candi- date for governor.
 Gov. Jeff Davis. the member from Arkansas of the Parker notification committee, was unable to go to Esopus Hon. Jos. M. Stayton, of Newport. went in his place
 The Thirty-first senatorial conven- tion declared Hon. Thomas w. Milan. of Hot Springs. the democratic nom- inee for state senator from that dis trict MT Milan is at present secre- tary of the state worlds fair board.
 Several days were spent in Little Rock recently by Capt Thomas Hard eman. governor of the province of Pangasinan. Island of Luzon. who Is disbursing officer of the Filipino edu- cational commission, now at St. Louis.
 Rev w Fredberg was re-employed as general secretary of the Arkansas Sunday-school association for another year. and financial secretary author ized w Fred Long and Rev. Sidney Bahcock were appointed a committee on sustaining membership.
 Tracklaying reached Melville, Au- gust 5, on the White River branch of the Iron Mountain system. Work was begun at the old terminus of the Batesville branch. Cushman. two years ago Citizens of Yellville turned mi an masSe to moot tha xorlsmen