The Monticellonian., 1906-05-17
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

Gl D lido SAllDptI Ac NeiA ACeAAo CA 'ANN gar since January l.
 At Hot Springs a cottage occupie3 by MT Lyons and daughter was bad4S damaged by fire, which started fro the explosion of a gasoline stove.
 Dr. James w. Abernathy of Woo land, Miss. has patented an elevate railway which will use a single raj He proposes to introduce it in Az kansas. d
 Sixty-nine students will be gradtIs ated from thet state university nesx, month, all but four of whom are froIA this state. Thirteen will receive ths masters degree ffty-two the baeh5,. lor's, and four the degrees in musiS}
 c. E. Barrett, an alleged desertesa from the U. 5. Army, who was eaE1 tured at Hot Springs and brought tgl Fort Logan H. Roots, escaped recenZ ly and $50 is now offered for his aI# prehension.
 The report of the finance committef of Pine Bluff for the, year endinz April l, 1906, shows that the indebt2 edness of the city on that date wa $79 ,0S9.69, and increase of S14,393.5T during the past year.
 Red river is reported to be at tn highest stage of wafsr ever known ii that stream, and the whole countrl along it's course is aroused to the pro teetion of the leyees. Below FultoI all the levees are reported to havd given way and many plantations ard under water. Planters are preparing to replant if the water gets off bel fore June 1.
 Two reyiyals are being conducted in PiEe Bluff. Rev. Hammond, oa Maiden, Mo, has been conducting d meeting in a tent but the bad weatherj caused him to give up the tent and the Carr Memorial Church is beina used now. Rev. F. r. Gibson, of Fort Smith, is conducting a meeting in theI new Ohio Street Baptist Church. Both meetings are being well attend1 ed.
 It is announced from the of. 5d General Superintendent ". s. T.as5 man, of the Rock Island that the h3el1 Island, Arkansas X Louisiana, or rash- CT the Little Rock & Southern, will be opened for traffic June 3. Consid- erable time has been lost from vari. ous causes, but now a time card is being made out for the operation of trains from Little Rock to Fordyce, a distance of fifty odd miles, beginning June l.
 Wm. Gum and Lizzie Golf have been arrested and jailed at Jonesboro, ac. cused of planning to poison the entire family of James Goad. near Black Oak, in the eastern part of that coun- ty. One of the Goad children is dead and other members of the family have been ill from the effects of poi. son. The coroner's jury declared both Gum and the girl guilty. She is a stepdaughter of Goad and is reported to have written her parents acknow- lodging that she put Rough on Rats in Goad's coffee. Gum is a married man and denies all knowledge of the crime.
 Though the peach trees of Lawrence county are said to be well fruited. It is reliably reported that there is little hope of many good peaches being gathered this season. Some kind of a fly, they say, has stung almost every little peach and planted in it the germ of worm that will develop in time and ruin the fruit. MT. Peace, manager of the MeNair peach orchard, which consists of 10000 trees and Is located one mile west of Black Rock, reports that he has made a careful examination of the fruit on these trees and thinks that there is no reason to expect any perfect peaches. Last year, one half was found at ripening time to be wormy, and this year MT. Peace thinks that more than half the crop will be faulty Other peach tree men report the same conditions exicting in their orchards.
 The work on the new passenger station at Hoxie is nearing comple- tion. The plans were changed to con- form to the wishes of the citizens of that place.
 Five miles of concrete sidewalk will be put down in Bentonville be- tween now and next October Not less than two miles are now under contract.
 W. T. Hanson was kicked Ey horse at Judsonia a few days ago Two of MT. Hanson's teeth were knocked out and his jaw cut so that it had have several stitches taken in it.
 The town of Foreman assessHa fine of $5 against all persons boa a train at that place who do n0t tend to become passengers or haya some others lawful excuse, whe the train is in motion or not
 The coal miners have been ree6 ciled, and the chances are that theE will be a settled condition of aIfa at the mines for at least three ye Let us hope that before the teemiuai## of the present agreement a better HHz derstanding may be reached by the miners and operators.
 MT. John Porter who lives near Hardy, says that the Robin Redbreasts have nest near his barn near the house, and though naturally wilder