Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-25
ARKANSAS.

Mask ball at Prescott on the 9th
inst.
DR.. E. NJ. Blackburn, of Ozark, is.
dead.
Hot Springs is laying off a new Gem
etery.
The Montgomery county silver mine
fever is up again.
Des Arc wants a society to prevent
cruelty to animals.
Russellville is endeayoring to get
better school facilities.
The Brinkley Item is the latest
thing out in journalism.
The Beebe Waterman has been
purchased by Mr.. D. 0. Bell.
There are 10 children Of school age
in the Magnolia school district.
One firm at Hope has already, this
season, sold $1,000 worth of hay.
The Central hotel, at Lonoke. is
now run by Mr.. Corbray, Of Mem
phis.
The total valuation of the property
OF the town Of Dardanelle is 1892
1876.
Up to the 18th inst. Fort Smith had
this season shipped 1888 bales Of
cotton.
A colored preacher is in Jail at
D%ardanelle tor trading m~ortgaged
property.
More new houses are going up in
Malvern than in any town of similar
size in the state.
Little Rock is elated at the pros
pect of being illustrated in the New
York Graphic.
McGowen, a Des Arc barber, who
!kes weekly attempts to commit
Suicide, is now in Jail.
Newport also claims to have shipped
more cotton this year than any town
OF its size in the state.
The Batesville merchants are pre-
pairing for a heavy spring trade. not
w%ithstandiug the late fire.
Mr.. John Kerr, of Bald Knob. has
a saw mill and ships a carload of lum-
Der per day to st. Louis.
The Randolph Scalpel notices that
Hon. NJ. D. Baber, Of Powhattan. i.
good congressional timber.
Little Rock Gazette An effort i,
being made to purchase Fourche
granite for Memphis street purposes.
Joe Reed, Of Randolph county, was
recently taken from home by a gan OF
masked men and whipped until he
tainted.
George Dolphin, charged with kill
ing P. r. Bradford, was furnished
tools by friends outside, and sawed hi,
way out of the Scarcy Jail.
Colonel Adam Clarke, editor of the
Arkadelphia Standard, is iavorably
spoken Of for governor, and is un-
donbtedly worthy and competent.
Searcy Record; There have been
several eases of pneumonia in town
and the vicinity during the past
month nearly all of which have proved
fatal.
George Dolphin, an alleged muir
derer, escaped last week from The
White county Jail. His outside friends
furnished him with saws and other
necessary tools,
Jerry McTyre and James Ander.
son, Of Crawford county. have turned
out as highwaymen. They recently
robbed James Hair aud Robert An
derson OF considerable money.
The route for a wagon road from
Kussellville to Harrison across the
mountains has been surveyed by a
party OF engineers, who estimate the
cost OF improving said route at only
$1,000.
The large saw and grist mill Of
Robert NJ. Galloway, in independence
county, together with a large quantity
OF corn, cotton and new machinery.
was destroyed by fire about two weeks
since. Cause of fire unknown. The
loss amounts to several thousand dol
lars.
Malvern Meteor. The last relic of
the Brooks Baxter war a cannonl was
purchased by the Cheap Red store as
old iron, this week. Many of our
patriotic citizens passing the old Gun
as she lay helplessly upon the side
walk, felt great streaks of patriotism
running up and down their hackbones
as big Us gateposts.
Little Rock Democrat, %: Col. J.
G. Laven, Canadian land agent of the
st. Louis 4 Iron Mountain railroad.
whose office is at Hamilton, arrived in
the city a day or two since, with a
party ct sixteen Yell-tO-do people
from that country. They are in search
OF a better climate than the dominion
presents, and will undoubtedly locate
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