The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-17

clde III a foOmlng mouse III LlCJle Rock recently by taking morphine. A letter found in his possession and headed ''Death No. l." contained the words: "Whiskey is the cause of it all. Many a good position l have held, but none now. So 1 will try another life" The letter closed with the words, "Again, boys, let whiskey alone" Another letter found on Whorton's body stated that ht was to have been married soon to Miss Willie Adams of Baton Rouge, La., and requested that her letters, which would be found in his pocket, should not be destroyed.
 Unknown parties entered the Frisco depot at Truman recently, and after getting drunk on lot of whiskey in the express room, tore up everything in sight. The tele- graph wires were torn from the in- strument and the telephone box torn from the wall, besides doing considerable other damage.
 James H. Alexander of Pine Bluff has passed his ninety-second mile. post and is still hale and hearty. He has lived under the administra- tion of every president save one, and has witnessed the greatest changes, religiously, commercially, educat;onally, industrially, that the world has ever known.
 Schauman & Garratt have been awarded contract to drill another 1000 feet for oil in the well at Stuttgart. The well is already down a thousand feet. The pro- motors of the enterprise are confi- dent that gas. or oil will be struck before the drill reaches the second 1,000-foot limit.
 A petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States District Court by Henry H. Hubbard of At kins, Pope county. The indebted ness is set out at $4,100 and the as- sets are estimated to be about $4,800. The petitioner has been en- gagged in a general mercantile bus- ness at Atkins.
 Mines in the Spadra district are still closed as a result of the recent decision of the Supreme Court hold ing the screening act passed by the last legislature constitutional and nearly 600 men are on strike.
 The cancelled warrants of Desha county, consisting of county war rants, $3O,05S.16; school warrants, $14,479.52; road warrants, $6,- 711.96, were burned recently at Ar kansas City.
 A 12-year-old son of Noah An derson of Dierks, had one of his legs badly wounded few days ago by the accidental discharge of shot gun, and the member had to be amputated.
 Edward Smith, who is alleged to be wanted at Russellville, Ala, for the murder of his wife, has been ar rested at Jonesboro, and is held to await the arrival of the Alabama officers.
 While out hunting recently, four boys chased down and caught large wild cat in Woodland addition to Mena. This makes the fifth cat the boys have caught this winter.
 Two large sawmills are being erec- ted at Amity, one by R. Kilgore and the other by MT. Treckle. The mllS WILL nave capaclIy or oO,OOO feet a day, each.
 The sawmil of E. c. Shore, which has been in operation at Point Pe- ter, Searcy county, about a year, has been moved to the pinery north of Buffalo river.
 James J. Foster, an old citizen of Clarksville, and an ex-Confederate veteran, died at his home in that city from the effects of paralytic stroke.
 J. Y. Erwin, a prominent planter of Monticello, choked to death dur ing a violent fit of coughing on one of his plantations on Bartholomew h9vOu