Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-01

city council
 February.
 Feb. 1.-SmallpoX breaks out
 Capt. W. Ii. Wright died at Little Rock.
 An effort to put Pine Bluff out of the Cotton States league failed.
 Capt. o. c. Goldman says the time is not r,pe for building the Pine Bluff and Star City railroad and abaudons the project
 Constable Dalton of Whitoville township arrested Sim Caldwell, coi- cred, for earnal abuse upon fhe person of a 4-yeal.old white girl named Ger tie Porter, and a gang of negroes res eHe3 the prisoner while the officer was bringing him 10 Pine Bluff. They were captured later.
 Bills creating the Plum Bayou levee district and iDcreas ng the salary of the chancellor Of the Pine Bluff dts trict pass both houses at Little Rock.
 Property owners CD Fourth avenue object to doub2e-tracking the street.
 Vim sters association objects 10 Sunday baseball, while he laboring men present a counter petition
 Feb. 2.-Pine Bluff is snowbound. The thermimeter is 1 degree below zero.
 Holland and 1-ampert buy the Brook hill hotel and saloon from Friedman, keil r and CD. of Paducah, Ky. Con- sideration, $12,500.
 Capt. Johnson receives "blue prints for the double-tracking of Fourth ave nue--one of the little by-p1ays in the tn on depot comedy. which had such a phenomenal run during the year.
 ! ". Miller goes to St Louis to al1e show cases, irste2d of selling groceries. He Wa2 connected with tae firm of Strauss and Mill r.
 Mrs. J. E. Wills reports to the DO. lice department the strange disappear ance of her husband
 Feb. 4.--WcIf Nichols signs contract for new building at Third and Main,
 Feb. G.-The city council Epasses the Iron Mountain depot proposition" Ii is to cost $G0,0o0. It passed several other times during the year. The Press-Ea gle was ordered to vacate the city hall which was done about eight months later
 Sanitary Officer Willis Condlay's re- port shows there were 65 cases of smallpox during January. None died.
 Sim Caldwell, the old negro accused of criminal assault upon a white girl ramed Gertie Porter, was acquitted at his trial in Whitevlle township
 Feb. Fire destroyed the feed room and contents at Lyons grocery. Loss, $3GC0.
 Fourth avenue people threaten to enjoin the paving of their street. They were prematurely alarmed.
 City Engineer J. ?. Harper fires Street. Commissioner Ritchie.
 Charles A. Bloom, Lawrence l.. Thompson. Col. J. J. Whitaker and Willie Bahlau die.
 Jeff Hicks gives free coal to the needy.
 Ed G. Roost absconds with s200 of the funds of the Southwestern Tele- graph and Telephone company, of which he was local cashier.
 Feb. 9.-A deputy sheriff served mo- tice upon Arthur Murray of the Press Eagle to vacate the city hall. It is not on record whether Mr. Murray smiled.
 The city's proposition respecting a union depot is forwaded to supt. w. T. Tyler for his inspection. Several oth- CTS were forwaded later.
 Great damage by sleet and cold Fuel. scarce.
 Feb 13.-The city council passes a measure requiring street cars to be heated. MT. Murray was given until June 1 to "vacate."
 Trouble in the Cotton States league seems to be settled, and Pine Bluff is "still in."
 s. Hill, negro, killed by the Iron Mountain train.
 The thaw leaves deep mud On the streets. It's there yet.
 Feb 14.--J. B. Early dies.
 The appropriations concmittee adopts Conaressman Rob 'nson's apprc- priation of s75,ooo for a federal buila- ing here. '.