The log cabin Democrat., 1907-06-20

salary rom SoUU 10 StoU per AloAi'ii. Col Vincenheller was also reelected lean of College of Agriculture Tor ! period of four years, with a raise of S1OO. All other heads of depart nents were reelected for four years. Heretofore election has been for one year only. Neil Carothers, the Inl- versity representative who will be graduated this year from Oxford, the University of Englan-.. was glv- en a position as associate professor of economics.
 Very large development in the goal industry is taking place be- tween Huntington and Montreal, all the territory being underlaid with coal. The Central Coal and Coke Company is sinking a shaft which will develop the largest body of coal in the state and will be thhe deepest and largest mine in Arkansas. The Dallas Coal Company Is preparing to sink a shaft, as is also the Mon trcal Smokeless Coal Company Bache and Denman's new shaft on the Boone land is nearing comple. tion.
 Four months ago the town of Al. ma was overrun by rats, but now the town is entirely free of the TO- dents, they having been destroyed by ferrets. At first traps and poison
 were resorted to, without the least effect in diminishing them, and if. nally a ferret was secured. Its work of destroying the rats was so success. ful shat three more were purchased and a vigorous campaign against the destructive animals was inaugural ed. In one week there was not { rat visible in Alma.
 Frank Brown, a carpenter, living on the outskirts of Batesville, shoi and killed his wife, thinking she was burglar. They were disturbed during the night by noise among the chickens, and he secured a pis. tol and went into the kitchen, bid. ding his wife return to bed, as she was sick. Seeing a form crouchine at the window he fired and killed his wife. The jury fully exonoratec him.
 George Adams of the Helena World and Pine Bluff Graphic. en. gagged in a fight with several mem.
 bers of the local police force of Hel.
 ena, in which he came out victori- ous. The Helena World has beer
 fighting the Police Department fol
 some time, charging certain mem
 hers with being lax in their duties
 and the trouble grew out of these charges.
 Miss Nellie Lyons of Pine Bluff died at Grcenville, Tenn. recently l from the effects of a cold contracted while enroute to that city to be mar. ried to Rev. Mir. Crabtree. She anC Rev. Crabtree were married the af. ternoon of her arrival and she died the following afternoon at the same hour.
 An unknown negro was run down and killed by a Gotten Belt train near Humphrey, Jefferson county, recently. His head was completely severed from his body The negro is believed to be from Wabbaseka, but his identity has not been determined. c. w. Zigler, foreman of a gang of Italians working cl the railroad south of Leslie was beaten into in. sensibility by several of the men who had a grudge against him. One oi his eyes was badly gashed and two I of his ribs were broken. A. NJ. Rodgers of Gravette, who recently patented a rotary evapora.
 ting machine, is installing a large evaporating plant in that town The capacity of the plant will be i 100 bushels per day.
 The site has been purchased fol the building of a new school house at Columbus, and the work of con. struction will begin as soon as plans
 for the structure are prepared ana accepted.
 A postolfice has been established at Orton, Little River county, while | +bo ofEoo of I Opnlno Eraoklin conn.