Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-10
ARKANSAS.

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! Three lunatics have died in III
! Pulaski county Jail within the pas
year and only three remain.
r The coal mines along the For
; Smith railroad will be operated at ful
capacity during the entire summer.
Dardanelle has named a chess cluI
in honor Of Ben Franklin. Somebod
will get struck by lightning yet u
} that way.
the merchants of lizard county, VIII
for years past have been trading a
Springfield, Mo-, are giving the Bates
vile merchants a chance.
Miners recently refused $4,000 foi
a single claim near the Diamond Jol
mine in the silver diggings of Mont.
gomery county.
During a session of the Masonic
Lodge at Rosston recently a bold thieI
drove off a number of mules belong.
ing to the attending members,
Owing to i'll health, Bev. B. +. Hal
has given up the Batesyille district
The vacancy has been filed by the APP
pOintment of Rev. j. w. Boswell.
Roadmaster Crowley opened an old
Indian mound, near Walnut ridge.
and was rewarded by finding a busheI
of flint arrow heads, broken pottery.
skulls and bones.
The trial of Henry Taylor, the negro,
at Forrest City last week, resulted in
conviction. Taylor outraged a little
girl at Wheatly last September. The
penalty is death.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Arkansas Press Association, to be
held at Pine Bluff on Monday, the
I'd of June, will be largely attended
and a very interesting and enjoyable
affair.
A young pOetess wrote a poem for a
Little Rock paper, and in speaking OF
a boy king, said he was a reigning
lad" but by some strange freak the
words we're changed to " raging tad
The next question is has the girl a
big brother.
The Corning Courier complains that
a gang of outlaws'and horse-thieyes,
claiming to be Ku.Klux Klaners, in
fest that vicinity, The Courier pro-
nounces them frauds of the first water,
and says they have no right or title to
that name.
In Little Rock you can say that Mr..
knotheel is a rascal, and some one
else will say that's a fact" but if
you cast any such reflection upon Mr..
Knotheel in Batesville some one will
ask you, why do you speak so disre-
spectfully of my relatives?'''
A woman was on trial before Justice
Howe the other day in Little Rock,
and after all the witnesses had been
examined the justice asked: Have
you any other witness" The woman
replied None but God" The
justice, not understanding the woman,
turned to a constable and said Have
him summoned.
There are now pending in the Cir
cult Court of tho United States, now
in session in Little Rock, no less than
l5l cases against the several counties,
cities and towns Of this State, on
bonded indebtedness, created mainly
II not entirely during the period Of
Fapongfruofion
Des Arc Citizen The weather for
the past few days has been very unfav-
orable for the farmer, there being too
much rain, and two or three very cold
nights, The cool nights checked the
growth Of cotton, but not of the grass
and weeds. If the wet weather contin-
ues a while longer the farmers will get
fearfdlly behind with their work.
Des Arc Citizen The Memphis
Daley LEDGER is now issuing an ex-
ira edition at four o'clock, alter the
Two o'clock edition. This is some
thing new for Memphis, and we hope
will prove a great success to the
LEDGER.
We are getting along very well.
thanks, and always get some fresh
news from the Citizen for u Ar
kansas department.
A prisoner convicted Of robbery.
named ). l.. Thompson, from Craw-
ford county, was consigned to the
%penitentiary al Little Rock the other
lay for u year, and particularly
requested that his name should not
appear in the papers. Such modesty
IS truly touching and rare ia these de
generate times. Some men when they
get 10 town never rise until they SEQ
their names Ia the papers. The Ark.
ansas man could have kept his name
out Of the papers by keeping out Of
the penitentiary.
Major G. g. Newman, Of the Pine
Bluff Press, who Is a lawyer AZ well
as an editor, and therefore has the ad.
vantage over some Of the rest Of us.
vas recently elected special Judge in
the contested election case Of j. A.
Williams VI. X. j. Pindall for the
Office Of judge Of the Eleventh circuit.
AS an evidence Of the popularity aud
standingOi Judge Newman with his
brethren al the bar, he received
twenty five out Of twenty nine votes
cast by the lawyers 20 attendance on
the court After O patient hearing
the court decided against tho plaintiff
aud dismissed the complaint. An APP
peal was taken 10 the Supreme Court,
The Arkansas County Democrat says
The lawyers speak Ia the highest
terms Of the calm aud dignided bear.
ing Of Judge Newman when presid-
Ing upon the bench. Wa leol hon
0red ~ learn that one Of our brethren
u the newspaper fraternity has won
deserved honor aud distinction in
another profession, and has presided
al "a IuIea - tIa circuit .ourf Ia