Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-07-07
West and South.

West and South.
A SHERIFF's posse on the 265h broke up
the band of desperadocs who had been ter
rorizing tine citizens at Little Missouri, D.
T. One man was killel and the leader of
the outlaws was captured.
EXTENSIVE floods caused by heavy rains
were reported in the western part of Mich
igan on the 21,h. All the railroads were
suffering from weshouts of bridges and
culverts.
IL an aifray recently at Collinsville,
Ala, caused by dispute over a boundary
line, four persons were shot dead.
THE Iowa Republicans held their State
Convention at Des Moines on the 9th and
renoniuated Buren, r. Sherman for Gov
ernor, 0. Ii. Manning for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and Prof. Akers for School Super
intendent. Judge Reed was nominated for
Supreme Judge. The platform adopted
refers with pride to the extinguishment of
the State debt; demands a more prompt
punishment of criminals; calls for revenue
laws that will encourage and protect
American industries; approves the admin
istration of President Arthur, and calls for
the enactment of such laws by the next
General Assembly as shall establish and
enforce the Prohibitory Amendment car
ried at the election June -. 1882.
at the Minnesota Republican State Conven-
ton, held III st. Paul on the 2Ith. G. r.
Gilman was nominated for Lieutenant
| Governor, Fred Won Baumbach for Secre-
tary of State, Charles Kittleson for Treas
urcr, w. II. Hahn for AttOrney-General and
j. II. Baker for Railroad Commissioner.
! The platform approves the River and Har-
! Dor bill, and Arrears of Pensions act; de-
| clares in favor of maintaining internal rev
! enue taxation; upholds the protective sys-
| tenn; indorses President Arthur's admin
! iStration, and favOrs the submission of
! Prohibitory Constitutional Amendment to
! the people.
! THE Prohibitionists of Missouri met in
State Convention at Warrensbnrgh on the
| 9th and adopted a plat form pledging indi-
! vidual and organized efforts to defeat all
| candidates for the Legislature who oppose
| Prohibition or the submission of such an
! amendment to the people. No ticket was
! nominated.
! NEAR jefferson, Tex, two negroes were
! lynchcI few days ago for outrage. One
was hanged and the other burned to death.
| GEORGE Fox and Thomas Ryan Were
/ shot dead at Pullman, ILL.,, few days ago,
| by Wcburt Ray who claimed the shooting
was done in self-defense.
! Mrs. C.. II. Ross, a 1norphine-eater, shot
| herself dead in bed the other night at LAM
/ pasas, Tex. Her husband heard the report
of the revolver and Instantly followed her
| example, dying beside her corpse.
TnE Mississippi River Aoods We're sub
| siding on the 9th, and i'll the overlooked
sections OF Southern Illinois the waters
were receding.
| In sustaining the Scott Liquor law, the
| Supreme Court of Ohio holds that legisla-
! tive power is ample to make laws absolute
| " 1,rohil,itiDp all traffic in Intoxicating
| liquor.
Two MEN were fatally injured a few days
| ago by the explosion of a digester in fer
| tilizing works at Wilmington, Del
| AT Lexington, KY, recumbent figure
| of General Robert E. Lee was unveiled on
! the 2Sth.
Mrs. Pope, of Milan, Tenn, died few
| days ago a few minutes after being stnng
| on the nose by a bee.
| GOVERNOR BERRY, owing to the defiant
| spirit shown by organized desperadoes in
| Garland, Yell and other counties of Arkan-
! sas was forced on the 2Sth to issue Especial
| proclamation to SheriffS to maintain order.
ONE man was killed and another fatally
| hurt by a recent accident on the Summer
| Vile IS. C.) Road, near Charleston.
A FIRE recently destroyed nearly all the
! business houses in Cottonwood Falls, Kan
WHILE resisting arrest at -Blende City
few days ago Lane Britton, Missouri
| outlaw, shot and killed 4. \. Davis and e.
| G. Davis, and then made his escape.
| SEVENTEEN persons were drowned during
| the recent floods in Ncbraska-Mrs. Grubb
and three children, a family named Baker,
| consisting of six persons, and seven others
THE June report of the Illinois State
| Agricultural Bureau of the crops shows n
considerable falling off in nearly all the
! grains.
! NEAR Danville, Va, George T. Grant
| killed j. ". Naming on the 18th ulf., IN a
! quarrel about chickens; John Slelgier
| killed his step-son, John Kelly, IN Batter
| County, Ga. for abusing his tkelly,s)
wife, and at Rochester, Mo-, Winn Ccurter,
| the son of prominent AMI wealthy farm
! er, killed himself by poison because his
| father would not consent to his marriage
with Miss Fanny Jaynes.
| Prof. GEORGE A. YATES, veteran teach
| er in the public schools at CovInSton, ky.,
! was.desperately assaulted a few days ago
| bv Edward Wittick, for whipping him
| when a boy.
| WILLIAM II. FINCH, Martin Joseph and
| TuaIista an Indian, were hanged at Fort
| Smith, Ark, on the 29th ult., for. murder
| George Lake, negro, was executed LOT ie
| lonious assault at Cambridge, Mu', anu
| Toney James (colored) was hanged at "a
rien, Ga, tor k1ilnS 0iNan Al
| brawl.
| WASHINGTON advices OF the 18Th ule' IN
dicated a general outbreak OF smallpox
among the Arizona Indians.
AFEw days ago a family Of five, father.
mother and three children, were drowned
in the Ohio River twenty miles below Mad
| ison. Ind, the waves from passing steao-
er upsetting the skiT.
NICKEL and dime counterfeits, OF excel
lent worbna nshir, were very plentiful II
! New Orleans on the 29th ult.
a coIoKEp mai named William McDow-
| ell was lynched at Bowling Green. Mo-, the
! other day. for a criminal assault upon
! young girl. .,.. of
WHILE temporarily insane, the wife oi