Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-27
ARKANSAS.

X. +. Crittenden, of Crittendeu county,
is announced as q candidate fer State
senate.
1t seems conceded all over the State
that Jacob Frolich will be the next sec,
Rotary of state.
The Lewisburg State says that Henry,
Democrat. gave Waldrop, GreenbAcker, a
wolloping in a speech at Plummer on
Saturday.
A correspondent of the Mariana In.
dex, writing from Moro, reports a new
s~chool.house. a nice new church and q
good stand of cotton.
General Thomas ]. Churchill is a
candidate for the Office of State treas
urer against MOjor VIM. E. Woodruff, jr.
Both are good men and very popular.
Hector Tate, the negro, who SO brutally
assaulted Captain Crouch, at Arkadel.
phia sometime ago and came near kill
ing him, was sentenced to a term Of
twelve years in the p~enitentiary Monday
last.
According to the census Of 1870 the il.
~literacy Of the State Of Arkansap, the
number at adult persons unable to read
and write amounted to 81, 1891, say one
fourth to one-ffth Of the voting pOpula-
ton.
The Bonneville Enterprise records a
serious sffrsy in Logan county between
Taylor Greene and A. P. Parks, %origina-
ting in a lawsuit, in which Greene was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded by
Parks.
The Hot Springs Sentinel contains a
card from Mayor Kimball warning visit.
Ors against allowing themselves to bs
"roped" in by drummers employed by
physicians, hotel men or gamblers. Such
"roRing" he declares contrary to law.
Forest City Courier: The advance
guard of the army of caterpillars has
made its appearance. They are ener.
getic little fellows, and, as usual, are
nobly performing their work of stripping
the forest trees of superauous green
leaves.
The prettist place within the limits OF
Little Rock is said to be the United
States arsenal grounds, covering thirty.
five acres. This post is garrisoaed by
two c%ompanies-C and E-of the 18th
Infantry, numbering about eighty off.
cera and enlisted men.
Fort Smith Herald: We understand
that several Of our farmers are blowing
up their wheat preparatory to planting
some other crop. We regret the neces-
sity of this course, but it is better to do
so in time and be able 10 make the land
available for some crop. We will have
a fair wheat crep, Notwithstanding the
fly.
Judge James W. Butter is a candidate
for congress from the First congressional
district, to succeed Mr.. Cause. Judge
Butler is a citizen of BatesviIle, Inde-
pendence county. at which place be has
resided many years. He was q member
Of the constitutional convention in 1874,
aad as a member of that body he earned
for himself much honor.
Little Rock Gazette, Goth: General
Warren P. Edgarton and Mr.. William
Small, special agents OF the postofice de-
partment, arrived yesterday afternoon
from Camden, where the latter has been
investigating a loss Of a registered pack
age containing $500, which investigation
resulted in the arrest Of Mr., Clarence J..
Green, sub-contractor on the route be.
tween Prescottand Camden, as the guilty
party. After an examination before
Esquire Morgan at Camden, on the 18th
and 10th, Mr.. Green was held for trial,
brought to Little Rock, and in default Of
$1,000 bail, confined in the State prison.
Shortly after arriving in the city Mr..
Small, upon complaint Of Mr.. S. B.
Kirby, whe was recently indicted for
traficking in stamps, was arrested twice,
n charge before United States Com.
missioner Goodrich being for unlawful
detention of the mail, and the other be-
fore Esquire Morrison for libel. Bond
was qiVen in each case.