The Monticellonian., 1906-05-31
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

Reed at Bertig, on the St. Francis river. Several little boys and girls were playing in a room, when one of the boys found a J2-calibre revolver hidden under a stack of papers. He took the pistol from its hiding place and the little son of Judge Shipman then got possession of it. He was playfully toying with the revolver, when it was discharged, the bullet en- tering the abdomen of little Lovie, ranging straight through and out of her back. The little girl never fell or even screamed, but walked into sn adjoining room, where she was placed upon a bed. and died about 90 min utes after the accident
 The official schedule for the annual excursion of the Little Rock Board of Trade which will be held June 12, 13 and 14 has been prepared by the off, cials of the Iron Mountain railroad and delivered to the secretary. Ac- cording to the schedule the special train bearing the excursionists will leave Little Rock June 12 at 7:30 a. m. and after making numerous stops will arrive at D. m. at Warren, where part of the night will be spent. Tho second night will be spent at Cam den and the train will arrive in Lit tie Rock at 6 p. m. on the 14th of June. Accommodations will be pro- yided for only 100 persons, and half that number of tickets have already been sold.
 Pine Bluff is to have an eight-story office building in the near future. The building will be put up by the Arkan. sas & Texas Consolidated Ice and Coal Company at the northeast corner of Second and Main, now occupied by Fred Senyard's saloon and Sulli vans cafe. Jeff Hicks, president of the company, has had the plans for the building for several months and the prospects now are that the build ing will be erected as soon as the present lease on the property expires.
 Thomas P. Johnson, 94 years of age the oldest negro lawyer in the state died recently at his home in Little Rock after 36 years practice of law. He was licensed as attorney in July of 1870. He was slave and be- longed to a planter in Desha county of this state. He was twice elected president of the Negro Bar Associa- tion. This Association attended the funeral in a body. The services were held from Miles Chapel, Fifth and Collins streets.
 The stockholders of the Patton Singing School, which organized last year, met few days ago and reor- ganized by electing A. w. Coulter president and Leslie J. Savage secre- tary. The organization is known as the Patton Normal Musical Institute, and it's purposes having conducted under the supervision of Prof Pat ton a class in singing at Hamburg some time during the month of Sep tember. Prof. Patton has contracts for several classes throughout the county and this school is the last of the series.
 Fayetteville has already begun to feel the effect of the coal strike Most of the large coal users have been making turns one way and another to keep up their stock of fuel The city waterworks company's supply of coal was short and they bought 50 cords of wood, which they are now using. Washington county, however, has phnndonRn of can be mined anywhere, and should the coal shortage continue it will re- suit in developing the home product. any of which is worth 8 a ton.
 ited at Elliott. It weighs 32 ounces and measures Is inches in circum- ference. It was raised by Miss Lutie Frazier.
 The remains of B. F. Walker were taken from the river near Combs the other day. MT. Walker, who lived with his wife and daughter near Cin- cinnati in Washington county, disap. peared from his home about two weeks ago. When found he had a 15-pound rock tied to his neck.
 R. F. Ballard of Little Rock, has se- cured a patent on an automatic re. frigerator and cheese-cutting cabinet. He is having the first one manufac- tured, and is considering the organi- zation of a company for the manufac- ture of the cabinets.
 The Paris Coal Company, of which Joe Pendleton is manager, will begin sinking a shaft about one mile north of Paris in about thirty days. Presi- dent Wright of the Arkansas Central was in Paris recently and went over the ground for the purpose of select ing route for a switch to the mines.
 The school election at Tuckerman, resulted in the reelection of s. ". Harvey and w. M. Tins as directors. A 5-mill tax was voted and the propo- sition to build an SS,000 school build. ing was voted on and carried.
 A boy Il years of age and a younger sister, children of Otto Elsey, near Denning, proprietor of a wine farm, were struck by lightning while stand
 ing in the door at their home during a thunder storm the other evening,