The Monticellonian., 1906-09-06
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Howard Circuit Court directing Cor della Gordon to bring into court at Nashville certain dog belonging to her deceased husband at the time of his death. the subpoena being issued in the case Of The State ys. Lee Ollie Lackey, who is charged with the murder of Win Gordon in the north end of Howard county in August, 1905. Prosecuting Attorney Lake says that he has ordered that the dog be brought into court as part of the chain of circumstances upon which the state bases it's hopes of convic- tion. He says that Lackey lived with Gordon prior to the killing. and that the dog was as familiar with Lackey as with it's master; that subsequent to the finding of the dead body of Will Gordon the dog accompanied the fath- CT of the murdered man to the scene of the killing; that a short time after the arrival of the party at the scene of the killing, the dog was found a mile and half away, in field with a man where Laekey had stopped and talked, and was subsequently found with Lackey. It is the theory of the prosecution that the dog trailed Lack ey from the scene of the killing to the place where he had stopped in the field to talk with the man, and after ward followed the trail from that point until LacEey was found. By the act ions of the dog in court Prosecuting Attorney Lake expects to supply ttpI- in ohaf in at Lackey.
 A Scotch terrier belonging to Geo. Leiper Jr., deliberately ended it's life recently by jumping off the free bridge at Little Rock, into the waters of the Arkansas river. The dog took up with young Leiper and made it's abode around the lime and cement store of Leiper X Mills. It was an affection ate little creature. but there was no place for it about the store, and the young man was informed by his fath- CT that it would be well to give the dog away. A few days ago young Leiper started to Argenta, and as usual the dog started to go with him. Mir Leiper again told his son that
 
 dog away, and asked him not to bring 1t back to the store When about half way across tho bridge the dog suddenly stopped, squeezed itseH through the space between the floor of the bridge and the iron railing and jumped into the water about sixty feet below. II made no effort to swim T af. I tf.I~ The dog may have understood that it was not wanted about the store, and may have decided that death was pref erable to separation from the masters of it's choice.
 Heavey rains at Fort Smith recent ly effectually stopped the building op- erations in that city. No stone or brick work could be done, and only on build ings where the sides and roof were fin- ished, so that inside work could be done, was there any work. All the work downtown where rebuilding was in progress was delayed and contract ors had idle men on their hands. One contractor said that he knew of 100 brick and stonemasons who had been idle practically week. Where ex- cavations were made an founda- tions commenced, it was necessary to keep men at work bailing out water to prevent settling and the ruin of work already under way.
 The work of computing the total pension allowance for each county of the state has been completed by clerks in the office of State Auditor Moore, and by September 15, it is expected the various pension vouchers will be ia the hands of the county clerks of the state, ready for distribution. The total allowance for the state has not yet been figured. but it is estimated it will reach about $400,000 The pension fund this year will be s2s9.- 000 so that the board will probably be able to pay about 65 to 70 per cent of each of the pensions allowed. This is the largest per cent paid by the state board in many years.
 mass meeting held at Siloam Springs the sum of $2,354 was sub scribed toward the bonus for the Rogers Southwestern railroad. The total subscription to date is $13, ,703. Much enthusiasm was displayed at the Siloam Springs meeting and the sen timent in that city is apparently unan- imous for the proposed line. Busi- ness men were the leaders in the movement toward subscribing a bonus for the road. Other meetings are to be held shortly and efforts put forth to increase the amount already do- hated
 The contract for the construction of the foundation of the New Union Depot at Little Rock has been let to the Westinghouse-Chure Con- pany of New York, and work on the excavation will begin at once. No fig ures have been given out by the rail- road officials, but it is estimated that the foundation work will cost about $22,090.
 The new city directory for Texar- kama is out, and is now being circu- lated. The book contains 324 pages, and is believed to contain the names of every resident in the city
 Uncle Jimmie Norwood' of Wash ington, Hampstead county, 94 years