The Osceola times., 1880-05-15
STATE HASH.

ton will have an "easy walk into
office.
The amateur Dramatic Aassocia-
ton OF Newport, proposes playing
/ Enoch Arden soon.
| A colony of Italians is soon to
locate in Conway county. Three
thousand acres OF Railroad lands
have been purchased by them, aud
between this and the first OF Octo.
Der, one hundred families will ar
rive. They propose engaging in
grape culture.
The first silver ore from the
Montgomery county mines that was
smelted, netted S2O6 per ton.
ChiIls and bilious fcvcrs are re.
ported from divers points in the
river counties
Arkansas has more miles of nav
igablc waters than any state in the
( Union.
Arkansas is the foremost cotton
state in the union according to the
acreage planted.
/ The voters Of Prairie county Will
Il, eide on the fifteenth inst. wheth-
, er or not TO move their county seat.
A section hand on the Iron Noun
tam road, named Freeman, COM
mitted suicide by drowning, near
Corning recently.
The question of the removal Of
the county seat of Lincoln county,
from Star City to Tyro or Warmers
station is TO be submitted to the
people OF that county on the Sth OF
June.
There is soon to be another new
paper started at Little Rock. 1t
will be devoted to the Temperance
cause, and will be edited by Rev
II. r. Withers, with Drs. Welsh
and Winfield as associates.
The War Department has dccid-
ed to establish barracks at Hot
Springs with quarters for officers,
and also Il government hospital.
Lincoln county wants a railroad
from Star City to Sarassa on the
Arkansas river.
A young man IN Lonoke county,
named Lee Corn, while under the
influence of corn juice, had a quar-
rel with his half brother, DR.. Gra-
ham, which resulted in Corn shoot
ing the Doctor through the right
arm, rendering amputation neces.
sary,
j. l.. c. Davis and Thomas Tai.
ley had shooting match about Il
log-ehain. DAVIS tailed one when
his pistol ball struck Tally and the
sheriff cried "ially" too whcn he
took Davis bond TO appear at the
next term Of the Circuit Court of
Pope county.
One J. W. Sheppard, a planter
living near Cotton Plant, growing
tired Of life. went into his gin lot,
climbed tree, tied one end Of a
halter rem to n limb, the other,
around his neck, and then jumped
into eternity.
A Tramp, last week, at the Nal.
vern depot, jumped on passing
fiat car, and losing his balance fell
between the flats on to and across
the rails, and was run over by two
box cars, crushing him to death in
stantly. Letters IN his pockets re-
vcaled his hamc to be James Barns
of Maldel Centre, Mass. The citi.
zens made up money aud gave the
remains decent burial.
The board Of health of Forrest
City at their last meeting declared
matrlmony epidemic" IN that
burg. Now we understand why
Ed. wants to 90 to Forrest City.
Ed. has big heart and is always
ready to relieve the distressed, and
will volunteer as nurse.
4 fatal difficulty occurred in Gar.
land county on the sth. inst. be-
tween two young men named Hub
bard and Blythe, in which Hubbard
received injuries from the effect of
which he died the next day. Blythe
escaped and still at large. Whisky
the cause.
The steamer Hattie Nuwland
struck a snag and sunk at Coopcr's
Landing on the 9lh. inst. She will
be a total wreck. Valued at S25,.
0O0,oO. insured toe $4,000.