Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
ARKANSAS.

1uc ledu mines OF hduQOlpl county
arc very promising.
Searcy will hold a prohibition con-
.vention on the 10Th Of June.
Work on the Little Rock cotton
mills IS progressing rapidly.
B%atesyille had even fifty cases of
scarlet fever, nine of which we're fatal.
The battle is over, and Hempsteads
county seat will be moved from Wash
ington to Hope.
Notices Of prayer-meetings and
cock-mains go side by side in the Hot
Springs papers.
A five mile section Of the telegraph
between Little Rock and Pine Bluff
has fallen down this week.
A chapter of Royal Arch Masons
has been organized at Atkins. DR.. NJ.
NJ. MeGuire conferred the degrees.
The Batesville Pilot say the Rev.
Pollard is now in that vicinity, lodging
with and preaching to the colOred
people.
Rev. j. F, Baker, from Pike county,
Missouri, a Presbyterian minister, has
come to Des Arc to make his home
for a while.
Every man you meet from the coun-
try has his pockets fall of rocks. The
mining interest is increasing daily
Hot Springs Sentinel.
The Lonoke Democrat rvs " Rev.
Mr.. Winburn, of Des Arc, we venture
the assertion, has married more cou-
Piles since New Years than any other
preacher in the State"
Arkansas is taking the lead in
strawberry culture. A gentleman
living near Judsonia has, up to this
time of the present season, realized
$1,000 from two and one-half acres of
land.
The celebrated case Of Adair VS..
Jacks, in the Lee Circuit Court, which
has been pending since 1910, was
decided in favor of the plaintiff last
week by Judge Cypert. The cas- will
be carried to the Supreme Court.
Pine Bluff Press: The Arkansas
Press Association take an excursion
to Arkansas City, on the Mississippi
river, on Tuesday, the Sd day of June.
A dinner will be provided at Arkansas
City for the entire press gang, and a
good time may be anticipated, Come
along, brethren.
The governor has pardoned Joseph
Fisher. Mr.. Fisher is a German, and
a respected citizen of Arkansas eoun-
ty. He applied for liquor license, but
before giving bond, upon advice of
some one, it seems, began selling
liquor. He was indicted, tried and
sentenced to Imprisonment and 800
fine.
Mrs. Ann Wood died at Searcy on
the evening of the 10th instant, from
a stroke of apoplexy. She was a We
man of more than ordinary mind, a
devout Christian, and always as char
table as her means would admit. She
was sixty-three years old. She was
the aunt of General Robert Vance.
member Of congress, and Governor Y.
B. Vance, United States senator from
North Carolina.
Arkansaw Traveller Mr.. William
WhOlesend, who lives on the Searcy
road, fourteen miles from here, met
with an accident which was as terri.
bic as it proved fatal. Mr.. Whole
send, for some purpose, climbed a tall
tree which stood in his yard, and no
doubt became dizzy, caused mainly BY
the exertions he had made in climb.
ing. Blinded by his dizziness he lost
his balance and fell, In his descent
he fell across a wire clothes line
(Which was stretched across the yard
and Immediately under the tree) com
pletely decapitating him.
Des Arc Citizen, 2lst: Elias G.
Kincheloe, who has been teaching
school four or five miles from town,
was arrested on Sunday on a charge of
forging an order on the county treas
urer for $50. An order was presented
on May 9 for $50 on his school dis
trict, with the names of three trustees
signed, upon which the treasurer paid
the money. After a warrant was
issued by Esquire Stephenson, Con-
stable Loving made the arrest, guard
ing KinchelOe at his house on account
of sickness until Monday morning,
when he was brought to town. Atthe
time Of going to press the examining
trial was not over"
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