The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
BRIEF MENTION.

There were 539 business failures in Arkansas in 1904.
 The store of Jackson, Bolton 6 Go. at Earle was burned.
 It is said that the price of shoes will go up 20 per cent soon.
 Wm. Breen. one of the oldest resi- dents of Fort Smith, is dead
 The hotel of the Crossett Lumber company at Crossett burned.
 Ed Sehader, boy shot off his foot whilo hunting at Little Rock.
 A high school building to cost S25.- 900 will be built at Fl Dorado.
 Dolf Hudgins of Settlement shot off his head in fit of despondency.
 Representative s. 0. Boone of Crit tenden county resigned January f
 Congressman John s. Little will be candidate for governor in 1906.
 Licenses have been granted for sa. looms in Hoxie and Walnut Ridge.
 Wm. J. Bryan spoke at Little Rock January on the Value of an Ideal. <"
 Angel Beck, aged 10, was accident. ally shot by companion at McNab.
 The State Horticultural Society meets at Rogers January 24, 25 and 26.
 Noah Smith. Little Maumelle farmer, was found dead near Little Rock
 Rev. Sam Eaton has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at Gentry
 The name Of Big Lake station on the Valley road has been changed to Rottaker.
 Fort Smith volunteer iremen have resigned and that city now has a paid department.
 Three white boys were arrested in Pine Bluff charged with robbing sey. eral stores.
 The Dale two-story residence. erect. ed in Texarkana in it's errliest days was burned
 Green Walker, a negro. died at Little Rock from the strain of lifting keg Of beer
 Tom Cole, Joe Warner and Will Keys, negroes, were drowned whiie crossing Lake Chicot
 State Digester N. r. Kirby will ask the legislature for additional pay tc the $2,000 he received.
 Much cotton is being held in To noke county. One farmer has held twenty bales since 1903.
 The receipts of the Little Rocl postoffice in 1904 Were $13S.373.42. i; gain of thirteen per cent.
 Nine new concerns filed articles ot incorporation with the secretary ot state in one day recently.
 Hon. Bryant Holmes, representative from Miller county, was married al Texarkana to Miss Etta Jones.
 The appearance of insect enemie. of hickory wood is said To threaten 2 shortage in the supply in Arkansas.
 Rev. J. U. H. Wharton, pastor oi lmmanuel Baptist church at Little Rock, has received a call from La fayette. Ala
 Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Little Rock was elected treasursr of the south ern rabbinical conference, in session at New Orleans.
 Mrs. R. A. Ware was seriously in jured in runaway at Pine Bluff. and for time her condition was consid cred very serious.
 Work will begin soon on the ten story office building to be erected or the southeast corner of Center ant Second streets, at Little Rock.
 Tom Taylor, a white man sent LII from Howard county for seven year. fer murder. appeared at the peniten tiary alone and began his term
 Farmers from Seyier, Pike, Nevada hempstead, Howard and Lafayette counties met at Hope and adopted ; resolution to hold cotton and reduce the 1905 acreage one-fourth.
 'Dr" Burton, the negro shot by Constable Jones at Little Rock while resisting arrest, died of his wound Constable Jones was exonerated
 An unknown man was arrested al Shawnee Okla, on the charge of at tempting to pass bond issued by the city of Little Rock twenty years ago
 The South Arkansas Potato Grow CTS association was organized al Stephens The members pledged them selves te plant total of 200 acres this year
 Joe Burton, aged 12. died at Ho Springs from lockjaw, resulting iron an injury with toy pistol Christmas
 M C. Thompson. who has beer agent for the Pacific Express company at Texarkana for 24 years, has re signed.
 George R. Foster died at Pea Ridge at the age of ST years. He was one of the oldest residents of Benton
 Mrs Mary A. Phillips. who was 10l years old, died recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Morrison at Elkins.
 county.
 W. J. Baker. of St Louis, a brick. mason. was found dying on the side walk on Happy Hollow road at Hot Springs. He was removed to the Ar lington stables, where he died.
 The city council of Helena passed a resolution requiring every citizen to be vaccinated or show satisfactory ev, dence of having been yaccinated sue. cessfully within recent years.