Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-13
ARKANSAS.


Dcs Arc is said to be booming with
measles.
A reading club is to be organized at
Magnolia.
Editor Pitts, of the Austin Tri-
umph, is i'll.
Gardening it Sharp county has
commenced.
An opera house is now talked Of at
Fort Smith.
Carroll county seeds travellers at
twelve taverns.
Corn sells for sixty-fve cents per
bushel at Ozark.
Augusta this season ships 10000
bales of cotton.
A large gray eagle was killed last
week near Arkadelphia.
Ten families of Canadians settled in
Nevada county last week.
Arkansas City sends $40 to the
starving people Of ireland.
The citizens Of Beebe spent $4,000
last year on improvements.
Several cases Of pneumonia are re-
ported at and around Dardanelle.
Mr.. p. d. Boyle will be a candidate
for re- election as recorder Of Forrest
City.
The young folks Of Hot Springs are
preparing for a grand first of April
picnic.
Colonel Baber, of Lawrence, is spo-
ken Of as a prospective candidate for
congress.
The Arkansas Tribune supports
Hon. Poindexter Dunn for reelection
to congress.
Mr.. H. NJ. Rector, jr., has again
assumed editorial charge Of the Hot
Springs Telegraph.
More cmigrants arrived at Forrest
City last Tuesday night.
Rev. Mr.. Hutton, of Tennessee, has
been conducting a series Of meetings
in the Presbyterian church at Helena.
Leslie Myers, government gauger at
O'Kean, had his face badly soalded
by the explosion Of a boiler a few
days ago.
A negro boy twelve years old
drowned himself at Newport a few
days ago to pay his mother off iol
thrashing him.
-sThe ten thousand dollar appropria-
tion for St. Francis and L'Anguille
rivers has done us but little good as
yet.-Marion Index.
The Fort Smith Independent vii
support for mayor, James Brizzolara
for chief of police. John Kemp fol
city recorder, G. w. Schneider.
Forrest City Courier, II: TIE
waters ON each side Of Forrest Git
continue to grow in size, and arr
spreading over a large amount of ter
ritory.
Five persons have been arrested OIL
account Of the Mariana burglary
four Of whom we're released, and one
is still held on suspicion. The count,
scrip was thrown away by the burg
lars, and found next morning.
Dardanelle Independent Arkansian
18th: government dentist, " passet
up on Tuesday pulling "snags'' iron
the jaws Of old Arkansaw. 1t did no
come too soon, as our river has lon
been neglected and is full of snag
from head to mouth, or rather wa
before this sDag-boat entered.
Helena World The oil mills ar
running night and day, working u
their fall capacity, and a ready parke
is found for the products thereof
Thisa branch Of industry OF whicI
our people may well be proud, for i
has been no small factor In material
advancing the business interests G
Helena.
The Hay house at Hot Springs, wa
struck by Lightning a lew days since
The Harrison Times says: Unlock
ing about for our next county officer
let us endeavor to select our best ell
liens without regard TO religion. poll
tics or war record. Let us have me.
who will work for the advancemeu
and safely guard every interest q
eur growing county
Little Rock Gazette, 18th Office
Dave Adams arrived from Memphi
Yesterday, having in charge jeff Wa
kins, the murderer. JEFF was arreste
in Memphis and held there until a
officer was sent from this city. Wa
kins killed an old mai hero in 1877
The murder was committed with
t stone, with which jeff struck h:
, victim, Knocked him down and the
beat out his brains. The prisont
: lays he committed the crime in sci
defense, and that he left here becaus
, he was advised to take that step.
STEAMBOATS,.