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Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
No. 962.
No. 962.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,

No. 962.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
October 10, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN following named settler has
filed notice of his intention to max @
final proof IN support of his claim
and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver OF
the Land Office at LiLile Rock, Ark
on November II, 1888. viz:
VIM. III Stevenson, who made
Homestead Entry No. 1920, for tn
S E N quarter and N w 5 II
quarter, Section 13, Z 3 NJ. X IL
west.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon, and cultivation OF said land,
viz: w w Notifies, J f White, Poyo
tor CASTING, Austin Walkor. all OF
Marchee. NJ.
w. GIBBS, Register.
c.. Z. KELSEY, Receiver.
Oct l3-5t
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
No. 973.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
October 13, 1883.


Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
October 13, 1883.
AOTICE is hereby given, that tho
following named settler has
fled notice OF his intention tofmake
final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Register and Receiver at
Little Rock, Ark, on Oct. IL, 1883,
viz: Lawrence Prokaska. who madc
Homestead EntryN No. 1888 for r half
N w quarter. and additional Homo
stead No. 1910. for the w, hall n w
quarter, for the Section 8, Township
g N, r IL west.
He names tho following Witnesses
80 prove. his continuous residence
and cultivation of said land,
VIZ: Andis Hoepkowiak, Blazy Au-
1ieies, Ton Kosclny, Maik Chndy,
all of Pulaski county, Ark.
Nj. W. GIBBS, Register.
G.. +. KELSEY. Receiver.
October cost.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
The New York Globe has the

The New York Globe has the
following to say previous to the
election, which has been demen-
strated to the letter.
The republican managers in
Ohio have become alarmed over
the decided split in the ranks of
the colored voters, especially ia
Cincinnati. The disatfection start.
ed by Herbert A Clark in the
columns of the Afro-American has
grown until now it is estimated
tina: of the 5000 colored votes of
the county, one third will be cast
tor the dem ocratic ticket. Many
stories have been circulated to the
effect that Foraker, the republi-
can candidate for governor, was
unfriendly to the negro, and as
his opponent, Hoadly was a hot
abolitionist, many colOred men
feel that he is q better friend to
the race. 10 secure the negro
vote will now be the effort Of both
parties, and as the disaffection
prevails to a greater or less ex-
tent throughout the state, close
contest is anticipated. The total
colored vote of the stats is e-tl-
mated at $4,000, and Is $4,000
votes would have changed the
result las year, the negro becomes
a factor OF great importance. Ia
any event, the disintegation of
the negro vote foreshadowed can
not but benefit the race, as when
the republicans find that they
cannot rely on the usual blind
obedience hitherto shown by the
negro, its leaders may consider it
worth while to treat him as . man
and not a child. He may receive
the same consideration shown
other classes Of voters. His opin-
ions may be sought and respected
and his services recognized. If
the democrats should win by
the aid Of their black allies. it
would clearly be to their interest
to give them the same fair treat
Y. Globe, Sept. Is,
1888.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
Notice for Publication.
No 259-

No. 259.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
October S, 1888.
Complaint having been entered
at this office by Henry Brooks
ing his Homestead Entry No. 1929,
dated January 6, 1888, upon the
S half s e quarter Section l, Town.
ship 2 S, Range IA west, in Pulaski
county, Arkansas, with view to the
cancellation of said entry; the said
parties are hereby summoned to aP,,
bear at this Office on the 9th day VI
November, 1883, at 1880 O'Clock a.
m, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandon
mont.
M. w. GIBBS, Register.
C.E. KELSEY, Receiver.
Oct. 13-5t
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Notice for Publication.
No. 9T4.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
n.tnhar 1E 1SS3

NO. y t.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
October Is, 1883.
RSOTICE ia hereby given that the
ID following named settler has
ni4 I notice Of his ntentlJn to make
anal proof III support of his claim
and tact said proof will he made be-
fore the n.ss::i-'er and Receiver at
Little Rock, Ar, on November
l7lk, 1888, viz:
Laura Jane Asher, willow of Rich
ard Davis, deceased, who made
Ii omes' cad Entry No. S619, for the
S haiI g w quarter, section 10, town
ship 4 N, X 20 west.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of said Lind,
viz: James Aerrit; F n Smith, }
H Fulkner, Sam'i Holt, all Of Jack
sonville, Arkansas.
NJ. W. GIBBS. Register.
G.. E KELSEY, Receiver.
October 2O-5t
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

Over 100000 votes were cast
last Tuesday, the largest number
ever polled. The Commercial
Gazette must have been right
when it said the Afro American
list of independents was compos-
ed of tomb stone inscriptions.
Verify, they, like Lazarus, arose
at the call, and every last corpse
voted for Hoadly Afro -Ameri-
can of the 18th inst.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

The Arkansas press excursion
lists presented the officers of the
Louisville and Nashville and
Memphis aud Little Rock rail
roads, Hot Springs diamonds as a
token of appreciation for the cour'
tesies extended.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

We gratefully acknowledge re-
ceipt OF the Journal and Review
from DR. A and II z Coffin of
Aiken, 8 g.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
Notice for PAblicntiS5Ssi'di s'i5yhc Shc

a.
against Samuel D Singleton, from
the United States circuit court
for the southern district of New
York, and No. z8, Richard A.
Robinson and wife against the
Memphis and Charlestown rail-
road company, from the United
States circuit court for the district
of Tennessee.
These cases were all based up
on the first and second sections of
the civH rights act of 1875. and
were respectively prosecutions
under that act for not admitting
certain colored persons to equal
Accommodations and privileges in
inns and hotels, in railroad cars
and in theaters. The defense set
up in every case was the alleged
unconstitutionality of the law.
The first and second sections of
the act which were the parts di-
rectly in controversy are as fol-
lows: Section 1--That all per
sons within the jurisdiction of the
United States shall be entitled to
an equal en- alignment OF accOmmo-
dations, advantages, facilities and
privileges at inns. public convey
ances on land and water, theaters
and other places of public amuse-
ment, subject only to the condi~
tions and limitations established
by law, and applicable alike to
citiztDs of every shade and color,
regardless of any condition of SER
vitude.
The second action provides that
any person who violates the first
section shall be liable to forfeit
$500 for each offense, to be re-
covered in a civil action, and also
to a penalty of from $500 to $1,000
fine, or imprisonment for thirty
days to a year, to be enforced in a
criminal prosecution. Exclusive
jurisdiction is given to district
and circuit courts of the United
States in cases arising under the
law. The rights and privileges
claimed by and denied to colored
persons in these cases were full
and equal accommodations i'll ho-
tells, in ladies' cars on railway
trains and in the dress circle in
theatres.
THE OPINION.
The court, in a long, carefully
prepared opinion by Justice
Bradley, holds:
First, That congress had no
constitutional authority to pass
the sections in question, under
either the thirteenth or fourteenth
amendments to the constitution.
Second. That the fourteenth
amendment is prohibitory upon
the states only, and that the leg
islation authorized to be adopted
by congress by enforcing that
amendment, is not direct Iegisla-
ton on the matters respecting
which the states are prohibited
from making or enforcing laws
ordaining certain acts, but is cor
rective legislation necessary or
proper tor counteracting and re-
dressing the effects of such law or
acts; that in forbidding states,
for example, to deprive any per>
son of life, liberty or property
without due process of law. and
giving congress the power to en-
force the prohibition, it was not
intended to give congress the
power to provide the due process
of law for the protection of life,
liberty and property. which
would embrace almost all the sub
jects of legislation, but to provide
modes of redress for counteract-
ing the operation and effect of
state laws obnoxious to prohibit
tiOn.
Third. That the thirteenth
amendment gives no power to
congress to pass the sections re-
fo,,ol 70 booouso that amoDa-
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

menC rel0teS only 20 slavery anu
involuntary servitude which it
abolishes, and gives congress the
power to pass laws for it's enforce
s1ent; that this power only ex-
tends to the subject matter of the
amendment itself, namely, slave
ry ana involuntary servitude, and
the necessary incidents and con-
sequences OF thcse> conditions;
that it has nothing to do with. the
different races or color, but only
refers to slavery, the legal equali-
ity OF different races and classes,
citizens being provided for in the
fourteenth amendment, which
prohibits states from doing any
thing to interfere with such
equality that it is an infringe
ment of the thirteenth amend
ment to refuse to any pe-aan equal
accommodations and privileges IN
an inn or place OF public enter
tainment. However it may be
violative of his legal nights, that
it imposes upon him no badge of
slavery or servitude, which ap-
plies some objection of one person
to another, and the incapacity in
cident thereto, such as inability
to hold property, to mike con-
tracts, to be parties in court, and
that if the original civil rights
act, which abolishes these inca
pacities, might be supported by
the thirteenth amendment, it
docs not therefore follow that the
act of 1877 can be supported by it.
Fourth. That this decision
affects only the validity of the law
in the states and not in the terri>
tories or the District of Columbia,
where the legislative power Of
congress is unlimited, and it does
not undertake to decide what
congress might or. might not do
under the power to regulate coms.
merce with foreign nations, and
among the several states, the law
not being drawn with any such
view.
Fifth. That, therefore, it is
the opinion fthe court that the
first and second sections of the
act of congress-, March 1, 1877,
entitled "an act to protect all cit
izens in their civil and legal
rights" is unconstitutional and
void. and judgment should be
rendered on the indictments ac.
cordingly.
At the conclusion of the read
ing of Justice Bradley's opinion.
which occupied more than an
hour, j ustice Harland said under
ordinary circumstances and in an
@ ordinary case he should hesitate
to set up his individual opinion in
opposition to that of his col
leagues, but in view of the
thought that the people OF this
country wished to accomplish
what they tried to accomplish,
and what they believed they had
accomplished, by means OF this
legislation, he must express his
dissent from the opinions of the
court. lie had not had time since
hearing that opinion to prepare
statement of the grounds OF his
dissent, but he should prepare and
file one as soon as pc ssible, and
in the mean time desired to put
upon the record this expression of
his individual judgment.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS rs.
NOTICE.
No. z60.
U. 8. LAND OFFICE, I
LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS,
OctOber 13. 1893.

OCIOOoT Id, 1000.
Complaint having been entered at
this office by Jeptha Langley,
against John x l.ankenso", for
abandoning his Homestead. No.
8l6l, made February 8, 1878, on
= matt. s W quarter, section 9, town
ship 2 n, X 1a " and against Fred
eFiokStalze for aband4sni n" his home
stead, No 9O24, made May ., 1919 on
w half, s w quarter, Section 9,
Township 2 N, X II w, in Pulaski
county, Arkansa., with a view to
the cancellation Of said entry; the
said parties are hereby sum .noned
TO appear at this Office on the 18th
day of November, 1888, at 1890
o'clock a. m, to respond and I Aish
testimony concerning said -
abandonment. =
G.. f. KELSR
Oct 204t Rece7
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS OF TIE
VARIOUS COTTON PRODUCING
AND COTTON MANUFACTURE
ING STATES.

To His Excelleecy the Governor of the
State of Arkansas:
DEAR SIR--The next annual
Convention of the National Cot
ton Planters Association of Amer
lea will take place at Vicksburg,
Miss on the 21st of November
next,
You are earnestly requested to
appoint two delegates from each
county in your state to attend
that meeting and to take part in
its deliberations.
We had hoped that ere this
work of organizing local branch
es of the association would have
been sufficiently accomplished to
render 1t unnecessary to ask the
governors of the various states
las has been our custom in the
pasD to lend us their co-opera-
ton by appointing delegates to
our Convention, but owing to the
fact that almost the entire work
of the Association during the past
year has been devoted to the in-
terests Of the Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposi-
ton to be held, as you will see by
the enclosed copy of act of con-
gress, under the joint auspices of
+ NSMrtati0nal Cotton Planters As
il fAiTi n ms ID; Of 2lSsiiat sia4ts> New Or
sociation, the. city lot springs, ,ne
:eans, and the Governmeate o, tse n.,
United States--owing to this cir
cumstance we ere again led to ask
the governors not only of the cot.
ton growing states but those OF
other states wherein the manu-
facture OF cotton is an important
industry, to aid Us I'M bringing
togethera 2 Thoroughly represen-
tative body ofmen. -
= Among the many important
measures that will come before
this convention will be one to de-
wise ways and means to secupe
on hespaft sc the:
-eeeton Interests of the
-: ''xtr.S -wur3r3,. IN.
49strlal and cotton cen.s-,asnlns ms
the welfare of all who are emgSs
ed IN either the. growing, the
handling or the manufacture OF
eataptoss - ,<,,s-s. o.
z his exposition ~ ecss
BY the national cotton pI RDsfs
Association for the purpose of
improving the condition of the
agriculturists of the south, and
to open avenues for immigration,
and for the profitable Investment
of capital in our midst. Hence
the Importance OF full and rep
resentative attendance at tho com.
ing Convention.
In making your appointments
in compliance with this request
we would ask that you select per-
sons engaged in the cotton Indus
try and rs far as possible practical
We also ask that
you Immediately send to this Of
flee list of the delegates you
may see fit to appoint, with their
Post Office addresses, in order
that we may forward to them full
and complete inform .tion Is to
the purposes OF the convention
and the subject to be considered.
Very sincerely,
f.. G. MoRRHEAD,
President National Cotton Plan
ter5' Association Of America.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

Alter completing lCS laDOrs,
the colored convention adjourned
sine die. Delegates were ap-
pointed to the national conven-
ton to be held in Louisville, and
President Arthur's administra-
ton was endorsed in u manner
that will make our national an
gler glad he was born. Judge
Gibbs, who holds federal Office,
and could probably be prevailed
upon to continue the sacrifice at
the old stand through another
presidential term, wrote the reso.
lutions. He took up the bloody
shirt and tapped it with much
vigor--not probably to create eff
feet at home. but it is believed
these demonstrations will thrill
the Northern heart, One Of the
confessions now almost daily
made by the republican stalwarts
OF weakness comes in the gulse
of theatrical displays of the bloody
shirt. 1t must be confessed that
the mild and amiable Judge
Gibbs, who, as before remarked.
might possibly be induced to suf-
fer several years longer as a fed
eral officeholder, did a very neat
iob.--Little Rock Gazette.
The Daily Gazette, a demo
cratic sheet published in the state
OF Arkansas, was a little surprls-
ed when Hon NJ w Gibbs offered
a resolution endorsing President
Arthur's administration. Judge
Gibbs is our leader and Moses in
the west, as we have often said
that the democratic party must
90. What difference does it make
whether Judge Gibbs is an Office
holder or anything else ! lie
had the power to have a resolu-
tion passed endorsing the present
ad administration, the Gazette to
the contrary notwithstanding.
The Gazette and the democratic
party must go.--Washington, d.
g., Bee.
Yes, we recognize Judge Gibos
as a leader. and an uncompromis-
ing republican, who can be trust
ed in any capacity but we cannot
say that of our colleagues at the
national convention whose words
are not good for a cent. They
promised US it we would get Mr.
Douglass to agree to allow each
delegate to name their own man
for any position to which they
we're to be appointed, in case
of his election that they
would support him for permanent
but they fought him
to the bitter end Notwithstanding
he granted them their request.
They kept no promise they mad g.
We think unmerited honor a dis
grace to any man.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

The Mosaic festival was q
financial success, Thursday eve.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20

President National Cotton Plan
ter5' Association Of America.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-10-20
CIVIL RIGHTS.
Important Decision by the Unit.
States Supreme Court.
The Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Amendments Defined as To
the Rights of Coiored
People.

WARRINGTON, October 15.-The
most important decision rendered
by the supreme court Of the Unit
ed States today was that in the
five cases commonly known as
the civil rights cases, which were
sub--itted to the court on printed
arguments aru~+ year ago. The
titles of these cases ana til. atates
from which they come are as fol
lows: No. 1, United States against
Murray Stanley, from the United
States circuit court of the district
of Kansas; No. 2, United States
-saipst Michael Ryan, from the
EzsNd States circuit court OF the
oHt ee California; No. 8, Unit
SwNisS i.sSo% M gainst Samuel Nichols
70 .;ss swscon1r United States circuit t
e V.o WON 'ir the western district of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

iting special legislation in the cases therein
enumerated, there has been a persistent and
quite successful effort to evade it. The method
most popular is to make grants of powers and
privileges to individuals, their associates and
assigns great many such grants of very val
liable and important franchises and privileges
nave Deen made, and made In manner which
In my judgment is dangerous to the public
interests.
These grants were, before the Adoption of
the constitutional amendment, usually con-
terred upon corporations: when so conferred
they were subject to repeal or alteration under
the reserved power" contained in the COnsti-
tuition. Very many Of those which have been
granted to individuals, and which the legiSla-
ture Will doubtless be called upon to grant TO
individuals, could be obtained by the organiza-
ton OF corporations under the general laws,
ana II SO Obtained, could be taken and held
subject TO the right o. the state to revoke or
modify, These franchises granted to indiyid-
uals become when accepted property They
generally involve the expediture of more or
less money, and there is great danger that thew
would be held by the courts to be irrepealable
contracts, and beyond the power Of legislative
revocation or control. 1t is paiDably unwise TO
make any grant OF powers, franchises or priv
ueges, which may affect the public interest
without reseryng to the Legislature the right to
repeal or alter the same, whenever in it's iudg-
ment the public interest shall so demand
1SCOululeuu IudG no sSuCn grants be made
by special act in cases whore the object can be
attained under the general laws now existing,
or which can be propely enacted, and that In
oil cases where special grant seems to be nee
essary, there be inserted in it clause regerv-
ing the right to at any time revoke or modify it.
also suggest to you the utility of considing
whether general law may not be framed I'm
der which cities may be organized as efficiently
and well as by special act If this can be done
it will diminish materially special legislation,
and viii save considerable amount to the
people. "l ~ ..s." .gl 49,.
CONCLUSION.
have thus sought to communicate to you
briefly but intelligibly q" the condition of the
state" With such recommendations III the
premises as l deem expeuient
assure you of my cordial and dihgent CO.
operation in every proper effort to meet the
wants OF the people, and to secure to them,
what they are entitled to demand. an honest
economical and efficient government
JEREMIAH VI. RUsK.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Madison, Wis, January
H. 1888.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
An Indians SuuaW.

A missionary among the indians says
that ones eyes will at once tell him
whether an Indian is a heather or a
Christian. If you see an Indian riding a
pony while his squaw is trudging on be-
hind, you may be sure that he is a
heather. If, however, you meet a
gquaw riding and her husband walking
by the horses side, you will not need to
be told that he is a Christian Indian
The test is good one, tor true Chris
tianity begets sympathy with, and re-
spect for, women. By nature the Indian
is cruel and Indifferent 10 the sufferings
of his squaw, whose position is a miser=
able one. An incident witnessed by a
gentleman while camping with hunt
ing party on the banks of the Big Wind
River shows the Indians brutality to-
wards his squaw: One cold morning
when the mercury showed forty degrees
below zero, an Indian with his sQuaw
were seen, driving before them dozen
ponies packed with the household goods.
The broad river was covered with ice,
except for forty yards In the center,
where the current was too swift for it to
freeze. The squaw was ahead, astride
of pony, while the Indian was in the
rear "whooping" the animals along.
In her arms, suspended by broad band
she held baby not two weeks old. She
walked her pony over the slippery ice
and on getting close to the brink of the
swift current, stopped. With an appeal
ing look. which showed her fear, she
looked back at her master. He stretched
out his arm in a commanding gesture.
She whipped her pony and forced him
to plunge in. The water was so deep
that the horse turned a somersault and
was swept away by the rushing water.
She lost her seat and, though holding on
to the reins, was in danger of drowning.
With yell the Indian ran his horse
along the ice bank and helped out the
squaw, who had let go of the reins.
Taking her up on his own horse, he
plunged in and crossed to the opposite
bank Letting her slide oil, he, more
anxious about the swimming pony than
his half-drOwned wife, galloped down
the stream and rescued the struggling
horse The cor woman fOndled her
screaming baby, while she herself was
turning into a column of Ice. Her blan-
ket, the only clothing she wore, except
q Abuckskin undergarment, was soon
frozen so stiff as to impede her move
ments. Mounting her pony she rode to
some brushwood, where the rising
smoke soon showed that the miserable
creature was drying her wet clothes.