The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-10
R. S. Nash of Jonesboro was killed

IeeCutI1 at NSCtACeoh, " tAoAH " the Jonesboro, Lake City and East ern Railroad. He was conductor on the local freight and was making a coupling of two flat cars loaded with logs, when the cars came to- gether, and the logs caught him, crushing him to death.
 John Harelson was shot at Para gould recently by Calvin Stout, the result, it is alleged of domestic diffi- culties. The discovery of letters which had passed between Harelson and Stout's wife is alleged to have been the cause of the trouble. Har- reIson is also married but lives apart from his family.
 Mrs. Nancy McElroy, aged 99 years, an aged Arkansas woman, died recently at the home of her daughter in Memphis. She was al inmate of the county poorhouse of Logan county until two weeks ago, when she was removed by her daugh- | ter.
 Russell Copland, of Delight, has been arrested on a charge of iberat- ing a prisoner from the town jail.
 Citizens of Springdale are contem- plating building a cold storage and ice plant to cost in the neighborhood of $5O,000.
 A heavy rainfall at Hot Springs recently flooded the northern part of the city, causing a loss of at least S75,OOO. A number of bridges and houses were washed away, and rail- road service was tied up for several hours.
 Jim Mitchell, a 12-year-old negro boy, captured at Prescott, impli- cates four negroes, one of whom is his father, in a series of burglaries and fires which have occurred ln that vicinity recently.
 May Kirk, the 15-year-old wife of John Kirk, aged IF years, gave birth to triplets at Eureka Springs recently. All three of the babies are girls and their aggregate weight is fifteen pounds.
 After going down 45 feet the drill of the Lees Creek Company at Van Buren encountered a bed of quick sand and was forced to suspend oper- ations until casing could be placed in the we'll.
 A. c. Hull, former secretary of the Security Fire Insurance Com- pany, now in the hands of a receiv- CT, has filed a petition in bank ruptcy in the United States District Court.
 County Judge Gooch of Cross county has refused to grant saloon licenses to applicants though the county and township voted for It. cense at the September election.
 The plans for the new $75,O0O postoffice building at Pine Bluff are being prepared at Washington, and work on the structure will begin not later than March 1.
 N. B. Price, IT,, of Stuttgart, is the youngest pilot on the Mississip- pi river. He was graded frst-class on his certificate, compliment very rarely bestowed.
 Lunettie Bracy, negroes, living in Little Rock, is under arrest charg- ed with the murder of her father, Isaac Bracy, who was burned to death recently.
 A petition is being circulated in Poinsett county asking the legisla- ture to enact law providing for the working of State convicts on the public roads.
 A company has been organized at Springtown for the purpose of de- veloping the gas well which was discovered near that place some months ago.
 l.. W. Reville of Monette, Craig head county, is in the Puliski coun- ty jail in default of $500 bond, on a charge of uang the mails to de- fraud.
 Homer Higgins died recently at his home in Helena from injuries
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