The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

in the case Of The State ys Lee Ollie Lackey, who Is charged with the | murder Of Will Gordon in the north end of Howard county in August, 1905 Prosecuting Attorney Lake says that he has ordered that the dog 5e brought into court as a part of the chain of circumstances upon whicE the state bases it's hopes of conyic- ton. He says that Laekey 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 a field with man where Lackey had stopped and talked. and was subsequently, found with Lackey II is the theory of the prosecution that the dog traled Lack ey from the scene of the killing to the 1 place where he had stopped in the field to talk with the man. and after ward followed the trail from that point until Lackey was found. By the act ions of the dog in court Prosecuting Attorney Lake expects 10 supply C link in the chain of evidence againss Lackey
 A Scotch terrier belonging to Geo. Leiper Jr.. deliberately ended its life recently by jumping off the free bridge at Little Rock, into the waters of tho Arkansas river. The dog took up with young Leiper and made its abode | around the lime and cement store of Leiper Mills. IL was an affection ate little creature but there w;si no 1 place for it about the store. and the young man was informed by his faith er 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. MT Leiper again told his son that it would be well for him to give the l dog away, and asked him not to bring 1t back To the store When about half Way across the bridge the dog suddenly stopped, squeezed itself | through the space between the floor of the bridge and the iron railing and 1 jumped into the water about sixty feet below. IL made no effort to swim out and drowned almost immediately 1 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
 Heayey rains at Fort Smith recent. l ly effectually stopped the building op- erations ill that city. No stone or brick work could be done, and only on build | ings where the sides and roof were fin l lshed. so that inside work could be done. was there any work. All the work downtown where rebuilding was in progress was delayed and contract. DTS had idle men ou their hands one 1 contractor said that he knew of loo l brick and stonemasons who had been idle practically d week Where ex- cayati0nS were made an founda- tions commenced. il 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 I5. if k expected the various pension vouchers will be in the hands Of the county clerks of the state. ready for distribution The total allowance for the state has not yet been figured, but il is estimated il Will reach about $4ou0a0 The pension fand this year will be $2s9.- e0o. so that the board will probably he able 10 pay about 65 to I0 per cent ef each of the pensions allowed This is the largest per cent paid by the state board in many wears
 A q mass meeting held at Sloan Springs the sum of $2.354 was sub. 1 scnbed toward the bonus for the Rogers Southwestern railroad The total subscription to date is Sl3,7og. Much enthusiasm was displayed at the Sloan 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 bonus for the road. Other meetings are tu 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 10 the Nesting Church-Kerr Com. pany of New York. and work on the excavation will begin al once No fig ures have been given out by the rail. road officials. but il is estimated that the foundation work will cost about s22. .000
 The new city directory for Texar kama is out. and k now being ciren lated. The book contains 3:4 pages and K believed to contain the nanes of every resident in the city.