Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-27
ARKANSAS.

Eggs are retailed from the stores in
Fort Smith at 10 cents per dozen.
Dir. Thomas F. McElwee has as
sumed control of the Morrillton Dol
lar.
Mr.. P. ID. Boyle, formerly of Mem
phis, is doing some fine work in the
shape of buggy painting at his shop in
Forrest City.
A telegram from Newport announces
the fact that Sam Jackson, one of the
men who robbed Mr.. Calloway's house
sOme time ago, has been captured and
is in Jail at that place.
1t is a notable coincidence that the
Queen of England was sixty years old
and the junior editor Of the Little
Rock Gazette fifty years old on the
Oath inst. That is it comes within
ten years of a coincidence.
Colonel 2. DOMAIN has secured for
the members of the Arkansas Press
Association and their cousins, their
uncles and their aunts. an invitation
to take a free ride all the way to Du-
luth and back. This will give those
who go magnificent opportunity TO-.
see the great Northwest. /
The gauge of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railroad will
be changed on the 18th of June TEX
arkana to st. Louis from 5 feet to 4
feet 81 inches, the standard width.
The truck changing machine at Tex
arkana will be transferred to Colum-
bus.
Captain Henry c. Pratt, Thirteenth
Infantry, United States army, and
Miss Elizabeth Van Vleet Conger,
daughter of Superintendent j. N.
Conger, of the Hot Springs railroad,
will be married at Hot Springs June
3. The captain will at once leave for
the North to enjoy his honeymoon.
Little Rock Democrat, Odd: Hon.
S. w. Dorsey, ex-United States sen
atOr, en- route from Washington to
New Mexico, arrived in the city this
morning. 1t is understood that he is
here on business connected with the
erection of the downtown railroad
bridge across the river, congress hav-
ing some time since granted the right
to build it to the Arkansas River Rail
road Transfer Company.
The Arkansas Press Association will
meet. at Pine Bluff on Monday, June
I'd. A steamboat will leave Little
Rock some time on the Saturday pre-
ceding the meeting Of the convention,
to transport those who will attend the
convention via this city. All who
wish to avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity should be in Little Rock on
Friday night or early Saturday morn
ing.
An Arkansas editor remarked to his
son, who had just succeeded My
son, always use the best of language.
For instance, don't say, as you often
have done, Charley or George favors
his mother Say resemble; it is a
much better word" The next morn
ing the old gentleman was very much
astonished at the following under the
head Of personal = Our old friend,
Jim Jackson, resembled us with a call
yesterday"
Mr.. H. S. Goodner, of Montgomery
county, makes a final settlement with
the auditor for the collections fol
1873 nearly as soon as for 1871. This
year only two delinquentS in The
county one a one-armed man, NJ
property and no family the other, NJ
property, with a large family. In lS7,
not a delinquent in the county. The
sheriff reported that there we're two O
three parties who have not paid bui
would as soon as he returned, and he
would pay their taxes. Montgomery
stands head on the delinquent list.
Fort Smith Elevator, 23d: We
learn that on Saturday last about .
pm, two men came into the store o.
Captain j. j. McAlester, at McAles
ter Station, some eighty miles west O
this place, and ordered two clerks
then in the store, to open the safe anC
deliver up the money but finding The
clerks unable to do so, they took Fifty
dollars from a trunk belon ging to one
of the clerks, some clothing 9, etc, anC
then marched the bystande re-, very few
in number, out into the street anC
guarded them while one ~ ranged the
horses, and hen the robbers mounted
and rode off west,
Forrest City Courier: A distressing
accident occurred in Grigga township
Wednesday night, by which the
week-old babe of Squire Callahan
lost its life. The PARTICULARS, as We
learn them. are as follows: Mrs. Cal
lahan walked up during the night il
question and missed her child from it
accustomed place by her side, but
supposing the nurse had removed i
while she was asleep, she thought lit
tie of the matter. After awhile sh.
reached for a drink of water, tn.
bucket having been placed at the bed
side, and in the bucket she found he
babe. drowned.