The Carlisle independent., 1909-10-14
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 One of the St. Louis balloons passed over Bentonville. It could be easily seen, as it carried a red and white light
 The largest bale Of cotton of the season, sold at Forrest City, weighed 710 pounds and brought $109.20 for lint and seed.
 J. M. Hawkes. large cotton gin at Datto, near Corning, was destroyed by fire. Cotton to the value of $6,000 was also burned
 After her husband had been miss ing from Hot Springs for two weeks, Mrs. J. E. Collins filed suit for di- vorce and asked for a receiver for his business.
 An interesting program was rem dered at the annual meeting of the o-d settlers organization of Hot Springs county. held at the court house in Malvern.
 Alex Somers & Co of Little Rock are preparing to engage in business at Carlisle. The firm will handle heavy machinery and pumps and wilt aiso engage in drilling rice wells.
 The valuations in Hampstead coun- ty, as shown by the assessors books. total $5,340.418, divided as follows: Personal property, s1,S67 orr: real estate, S2.405,765; railroads, S1,067.- 574.
 A party Of children playing with matches Set on fire the grass on an old field near Van Buren and de- stroyed several acres of hay and strawberries. also a number of fences.
 A cotton gin worth several thou sand dollars was destroyed by fire at Fowler. fifteen mics below Dar- danelle, on the river IL was the property of the Oil Mill company of Dardanelle.
 The levying court in Lake Village at it's meeting provided foi four i'm portant bridges, including one Of steel. The county's indebtedness was reduced more than s20,000 during the last fiscal year.
 The most important step ever talk en in Howard county looking to per manent improvements was the pro- vision made by the quorum court for the construction of five steel bridges in Howard county.
 By the breaking of rope with which he was being lowered into well, George Wallace of Harrisburg g fell fully half the depth of the vel, and his life was probably saved by the two feet of water at the bottom of it
 The Argenta Drug company, with a capital stock of S10,0O0. of which amount s2,050 is subscribed, was chartered by the state The incor- porators are S. B. Sharp, president: John Farmer, N. J. Barlow and E. Sharp.
 The school building at DeQueen has been declared unsafe and school has been suspended until the neces- sary repairs can be made Large cracks have appeared in the walls and it is feared that the building might collapse.
 Henry Strawp of Murfreesboro was shot in the face by the accidental discharge of a gun, with which he had been hunting. The acciden, oC. cured at the home of the young man, the hammer of the gun striA .ng gate post as he was entering the yard.
 The citizens of Richmond have ac- cepted the proposition of the NJ. P. t G. railroad, and the contract has teen closed. The railroad asked that the citizens give them the right of way from Ashdown to the Wa nut tayou, and five acres of land for a depot.
 The Conway board of trade has comp eted arrangements with Assist ant state Agent Snowden of th8 United States department of agricul- ture whereby the exclusive serv.ces nf a government expert will be se- cured in demonstration farm work in that section for another year.
 The Pulaski county grand jury h taken up the case of w. Y. E.l who is charged with killing N. Willis of Indianapo is, Ind, in the chancery court room in Little Rock several weeks ago. Among those who appeared before the magistrate were United States Senator Jeff Davis. Judge Guy Fu.k and Lorenzo Gibson. all of whom were in the chamber o6 Judge Guy Fulk at the time Willis was killed.
 John Moix, prominep. citizen ot Conway, was thrown from his buggy by a runaway horse. His arm was broken and he was otherwise injured. His horse snied at bridge and the