The Carlisle independent., 1906-08-09
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

engaged the attention of pearl buyers from all parts of the United States. Pearls were first discovered in those. rivers six or seven years ago, and for a long time residents along the rivers abandoned their agricultural and other pursuits to search for pearls. According to local dealers it is but rarely now that Arkansas pearls are offered for sale in Little Rock. whereas there was formerly a. great market for them there. It is said that the pearl industry in Ar kansas is almost at a standstill, all though a pearl found in White river was sold about three weeks since for S1,000 10 buyer for a Memphis establishment.
 Mrs. Mary J. Wignall of Eande- voort, Arkansas an heir under the will of the late Russell Sage, who died in New York ten days ago, leaving an estate of approximately S100,000,0O0. Mrs. Wignall is a niece of the noted financier and under the terms of the will bequeathing s25,OO0 to each niece
 
 in the event she does not contest the will, in which case the bequest is set aside, according to the terms of the will. Mrs. Wignall is a daughter of Elizur w. Sage, a brother of Russell Sage. Her father was twice married and she is the eldest daughter of the first wife. She resides in Polk county in Vandervoort, a village of one hundred inhabitants
 The Arkansas Normal College to be established at Eureka Springs is now a definite certainty A college char ter is being arranged for, providing for collegiate, normal, music and commercial departments. The trus- tees of the institution include: Mayor Wood, Hon. c. D. James. Post master Rosewater, Rev. N. Chesnut, Rev. J. E. Denham, Supt. Barnett, Dr. c. A. Reed, MT. Giles E. Miller, w. T. Shepherd.
 One of the most important cases disposed of at this term of the Polk County Circuit Court was that of the Arkansas Improvement Company vs. tn. Kansas City Southern Railway Company. The plaintiff, who is the owner of the Stilwell orchard, north of Mena, brought suit for S8,000 dam ages alleged to have been caused by fire, originating from locomotive on the Kansas City Southern. The jury awarded the plaintiff s1,000.
 The Rose City Lodge of Machinists, Little Rock, has instructed its repre- sentative on the Central Trades Coun- cil to vote against the proposed Labor Day parade. The men believe that the day should be spent as quietly as possible and that march in the hot sun would be harder than work. Each of the unions in the two cities is allowed to vote for or against the parade.
 The Jackson County Sunday School Convention. will meet at the Metho- dist church in Newport, Tuesday, August T. All pastors and superin- tendents are delegates by virtue of their office. Each school is entitled to one delegate for each twenty-five enrolled.
 Preliminary steps have been taken at Harrison to organize a bar asso- ciation to be composed of members of the bar in that federal district. The lawyers in that section of the state have been invited to be present at the October term of the court to perfect the organization.
 The l. o. o. F. lodge, to be known as Little River Lodge, No. 431, has been organized at Foreman. About twenty-five charter members were en- rolled, and the new lodge starts off with flattering prospects for the fu- ture.
 The Crossett Lumber Company of Crossett is contemplating bringing some settlers from the North to locate on large tract of land which it owns. in the vicinity of that place. At pres ent it intends to bring 300 white fam flies from New York state and will settle them upon three hundred farms. into which it will divide it's lands.
 M. L. Gray, who resides on rural route No. ?, Little Rock, about three, and a half miles from the city, owns calf three days old which has two tails. The calf is very large for it's age.
 The Forrest City and Cutoff Tele-- phone Company has been organized with J. J. Barron president, Dam Wylds, Sr., vice-president, and D. B. Harper secretary and treasurer