Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-03
ARKANSAS NEWS.


The Sisters of Mercy will open a
convent school at P~ocahontas on the lst
of October. .
The De Witt Sentinel estimates the
loss of crops in Arkansas county, ny the
overflow, at 100000.
The Clarion strenuOusly opposes the
| Chinese labor movement, and argues that
negro labor is best and cheapest.
The De Witt Sentinel of July a says
| the whole story of the supposed murder
of Mr.. William Valiant, of Arkansas
county, was a miserable hoax.
The Searey Record of the 25th says;
The watering season has fairly opened,
| and we notice the arrival of several fam
lilies to enjoy the benefit of our splendid
springs.
The Napoleon Ne,rs Of July 18th
saws: Mr.. b. F. Grace has purchased one
half interest in that paper, and in future
wiIsbe its principal editor. We wish him
all success.
The Sentinel says that Mr.. William
Valiant left his home. a few days since, to
20 hunting, and has not since been heard
OF. His horse returned the day after his
| departure. 1t is feared he has been muir
/ dered, or drowned in the overflow.
The Madison Free Press of the 9th
| saws: Our Courthouse looks like a bride
| attired for the event other life, with new
roof. new windows and watersp5ut and
to be still further adorned by the addi-
ton Of a new fence.
The Little Rock Gazette Of the Goth
| saws: On Wednesday night, July 2lst, a
man named Tonguett was found killed
near Hot Springs. A mar named Hurt
was arrested on the charge o fhaving COM
mitted the deed.
The Helena Clarion Of July Dist
saws: The Phillips County Agricultural
and Mechanical Association was organized
on the 18th, with the following officers;
John T.. Jones, President II. P. Slaughter,
Vice President; Hon. J. L. Bennett,
Secretary; and Maj. W. L. Moore, Treas
urer.
The Pine Bluff Heekly Press OF the
18th ult. saws: We understand that the
river places in the vicinity of the Pleas
ants Plantation, outside Of the Ievee,
have nearly all been OyeriOwed. Messrs.
Anthony ROusey, q. D.. Nix, John
Brewer and others, were completely sub
merged.
The Nelcs Of the oath July says: On
Saturday last Eugene B. Alexander swan
out some three hundred yards into the
river to recover a canoe which had got
loose, and when returning, II but a
short distance from the shore, be was
seized with cramps, and before assistance
could be rendered was drowned. His body
was recovered and buried on Sunday
evening.
The EldOradO ARK Weekly South
ron SAYS crops are looking well through
out the county, where they have been
worked. We have been over a good por-
ton OfUhe county during the past two
weeks, and have found corn and cotton
looking well wherever the proper c~ulJiva-
ton has been rendered. The corn crOp
will turn out a great deal better than we
thought it would two weeks ago.
The Little Rock Gazette of the Both
ult. says Hon. +. c.. Boudinot left on our
table Yesterday a specimen OfhOme-DIade
tobacco, raised and manufactured by him
at his tobacco factory in Benton county,
near the line of the Cherokee Nation. We
pronounce it, without hesitation, a sIpe-
rior article to any than we have been able
to procure in this market, and we believe
il equal to the best Virginia brand.
In a paragraph upon the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad the Gazette
saws: We are pleased to announce that
Mr.. Josiah Caldwell, the contractor on
the road, accompanied by Capt. Hanev,
the secretary Of the company, and c.. w.
Huntington, the attorney of Mr.. Cald-
well, arrived IA Lne Guy 10 make an e&-
animation Of the work to be done. We
are assured that a large force viii very
shortly be placed upon the road.
The Fort Smith Herald concludes
that the telegraph line from this city to
the border has been abandoned. 1t saws:
1t is now TO be feared that the proposed
telegraph line from this city to Little Rock
will be for the present abandoned. II is
greatly to be regretted that an enterprise
OF so mach Importance should receive so
small attention, and that our business |
men and those along the route, who have
large interests at stake, should manifest
so little interest in a matter Of such mag
nitude.
The Little Rock Gazette of last
Thursday says: Maj. John D. Adams re-
quests as to state that President Brinkley
assured him, on leasing this end of the
Il J.. r. r., that the construction of
the middle division should be pushed as
as possible. If the middle divis-
ion Of the road shall be completed before
the termination of his lease, Mai. Adams
has agreed to give up the road to the
company at that time. It was with this
condition the rOa was leased. Maj.
Adams feels sanguine that the road win
be speedily built. So mote il be.