The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
Conductor Edward H. Irvine ora


 Belt at Poole, twenty-seven mile. south of Pine Bluff. The train which was running at the rate of about thirty-fve miles an bour struck a lot of gravel that had been left on the rails, and plunged over an embankment The engine did not turn over, but imbedded itself in the mud at the bottom of tbe embankment and four heavily la- den cars fell on top of it. Conductor Irvine was riding in the engine at the time and was thrown, with Fire man Persons, underneath the fall ing cars and were killed instantly. The engineer and brakeman saved themselves by leaping from the en- zine.
 Marguerite, the 3-year-old daugh. ter of R. c. Butler of Little Rock, was killed, two other children were bruised and cut and Mrs. Butler mother of the children, received in- juries which may prove serious, in runaway. Mrs. Butler and children were out driving when a wheel of the carriage came off, frightening the horse and causing it to run. Making an abrupt turn, the horse dashed into telephone pole. Marguerite's head was caught between the post and the carriage lamp, and life was crushed out instantaneously. Mrs. Butler and the other occupants of the car- riage were thrown out a few feet further on.
 Lloyd Mays, an engineer on the Cotton Belt Railroad was hurt in a freight wreck. dying soon after in the company's general hospital at Tex arkana. His engine left the track and turned over, catching him un- der the engine and both legs were crushed. He was also badly burned by escaping steam from the boiler of his engine.
 A mail pouch thrown off a Frisco train at Fayetteville was stolen re- gently. A few days later all the let ters except those that were regis tered, were found hidden behind a house near the depot. Every regis tered letter was missing, as well as $1O0 in unsigned national bank notes consigned to the Fayetteville National Bank.
 Rev. W. B. Moody of Bald Knob was severely injured recently by be- ing struck by passing train. He had stepped aside to avoid one train, and, being deaf, did not hear the approach of another which was coming in an opposite direction, and which struck him, cutting off part of one foot and several fingers.
 Crawford Fogg, a negro, was hanged at Lake Village for the mur- der of Monroe Nelson, another ne- gro. near Hudspeth, last August. The scaffold upon which Fogg was exe- cuted was erected in the court house yard, and the execution was witness ed by 25 or 30 persons.
 Marion county won a verdict in the Circuit Court at Melville against the Iron Mountain Railroad for $10O for failure to build a bridge where the county road crosses the railroad, and $5 a day for 395 days during which the failure continued, making a total of $2,075.
 Pine Bluff was visited by severe wind storm recently and many build ings, including the First Presbyter- ian church, were badly damaged. The country districts also suffered great damage from the wind and the heavy downpour of rain which fol- lowed.
 The scarcity of labor in the vicin- ity of Van Buren is causing much uneasiness among Crawford county Fberry growers. By the middle Of April there will be a demand for from 2,00O to 5000 men, women and children to pick strawberries.
 Miss Ida Waters, who lives near Lockesburg, was severly injured re- gently while hitching her horse to buggy, and is in a critical condl- tion. The animal knocked her down,