Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-26

him by the City Council, and the numerous
gambling establishments are clsssed among
the things which were.
Texarkana: The proposition to build an
oil-mill and cotton factory at this point is
being agitated Owing to short crops
and low prices for cotton last year many Of
the farmers are not able to pay their taxes.
..... Several families of Swedes, directly
from the old country, have located near the
city. They are an industrious class OF farm
ers and gardeners.
Pine Bluff Commercial: County scrip sells
at fifty-fve cents ........ H J. Lewis, colored,
has received So for three drawings of the
flooded district that appeared in HdrpeT's
Magazine ma bridal chemise,' whatever
that may be, worn by society young lady
in Pine Bluff recently, had two genuine sun
flowers fastened on it. That was quite too
exquisItely utter The colored man
represents the Republican party in Jefferson,
the white man the Democracy. Each is de-
pendent on the other. The taxpayers and
Democrats are willing for a fair divide.
Our Arkansas river fisheries are doing
thriving business in the way of drums, buf-
faloes and cats, with an occasional sprinkle
of shovel-bills and sturgeon north
western Arkansas man deyotes some Of his
spare time to catching butterflies, which he
sells. Many of our Pine Bluff young men
devote a great deal of their spare time to
catching butterflies which-sell them.
Work progresses on the Paramore road, and
in less than sixty days trains will run to the
swampy Saline. .Mumps have again
tackled the town."
Little Rock Gazette: @Governor Churchill
has sent 500 worth of supplies, denoted by
the citizens and visitors OF Hot Springs, to
the sufferers from the overflow Lizzie
Parker was convicted in Benton unity of
concealing the death of an illegitimate
child and sentenced to one hour in the peni-
Tertiary. The cost would have been $40.
and the governor sent a pardon Major
Sabre, a Norwegian gentleman, is in the city
on his way to Malvern, to confer with others
respecting Swedish and Norwegian colonies
in this Slate. Seven convicts on their
way to work, headed by man named Kirk,
sentenced to twenty-five years from Wood
ruff county for murder, made dash for
liberty. One OF the guards fired at Kirk,
who was wounded, but not severely enough
to keep him from heading the enterprise OF
lawlessuess. Another guard fred and shot
Kirk through the head, killing him instantly.
A chase was Immediately begun. Two con-
victs were soon captured, but four of the
number escaped. An old ladies' home
has been organized at Little Rock. 49,.
Last Sunday we'll known minister OF
a Little Rock church, just before the
contribution box was passed around,
said: The congregation will please not
deposit mutilated coin in the box. Nickles
with holes in them have for some time
composed the bulk of donations, and now
] am compelled to ask that christians throw
in legal tender ........If an immigrant-as
the estimate has it's worth $1,000 to a
community, Arkansas is largely indebted to
Colonel Slack and the Fort Smith railway.
His latest transaction is the sale OF tract
of land in Pope county, comprising about
1900 acres, to Mr.. Peschke, agent OF col
onization society, whose headquarters are at
Dresden in Saxony. The colonists TO take
possession of the land will be members OF
the Lutheran Church, and it is understood
that the entire tract will be occupied within
a vearr