Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-29


some person misrepresented him to Judge
Word by repeating remarks to him that he
never made in connection with the way.
station matter aforesaid.
miscellaneous Items.
In the Circuit Court. for Dorsey
County, Abe Fraser was sentenced to be
hanged on the Goth of October fer the muir
der of William Davis. An appeal was
granted.
The State Auditor recently forwarded
the amounts named to the following coun-
ties on account of the School Fund: Sebas,
tian, 81, 1927 Pope, $3,O09.10; Boone, 81,
539.51; Columbia, $2,15S.32; Ouachita, ST..
9Oi.5S; Montgomery, $l,211.51; POinsett,
$6)6.O5.
Twenty-Five Arkansas merchants re-
Gently visited ST. Louis, and between them
purchased half a million dollars worth Of
goods.
The new Opera-house at Pine Bluff
approaches completion.
The following lands were recently
donated by the State: 16O acres in Union
County, to James Bradley; 1G0 acres to
Barney Stone, and 100 acres 20 l.. b. San
ders, III Ashley County; 100 acres to T. d.
Jeffress, in Clay County; 100 acres to j. NJ.
acres to J. w. Wilkerson, 160 acres te
j. b. Brown, and 12e acres to NJ. r. Hull,
in Lincoln County; 100 acres to Benjamin
Meiser, in Clay County; 100 acres to VIM
&. Hutchings, in Greene County; 100 acres
to p. Hibler, in Monroe County.
Mrs. Fanny Owens, daughter of the
late Hon. James Smell, died at her resi-.
dence in Pine Bluff few days ago.
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convcts to the State Penitentiary: Moses
Walker, five years; Charles Martin, three
years, and John Mosely, five years.
Captain Charles Dixon, of Texarkana,
Sheriff of Miller County, recently returned
to duty after spending a vacation in the
more congenial climate (for dog days) Of
Wisconsin.
Rev. II. Il. Milnor, of Russcllville,
Pope County, pastor of the Presbytera:. :.
Church, who has been assisting in the con-
duct of an extended series of revival meet.
in rs at Dover, had returned to his regular
pastoral duties.
The late rain in Pope County had
been followed by continued hot, dry
weather, which was telling quite severely
on stock, the animals being unable to pro-
cure sufficient water to satisfy their thirst
John II. Allen, Sheriff, and Richart
Charyton, County Clerk of Little Rive,
County, have been indicted and placed un-
der arrest for charges preferred against
them by the Grand Jury in session at Rich
mond. They have been suspended from
office until an investigation can be had. 1T
is thought the matter will be brought up at
the present term of court, when satisfactory
al diustmcnts will be made and the cases
dismissed. The Sheriff's and Clerks offices
have been placed in the hands of A. w.
Irwin and G. d. johnson, respectively, who
will conduct the present term of court
without interruption. The matter has been
the source of much speculation.
a negro woman named Ann Jones,
who was regarded among her peaple as a
sort of prophecies, dropped dead while
picking cotton on the Roane plantation
near Pine Bluff, few days ago.
The people of Eastern Arkansas de-
m;nd a new constitution, because, under
the present one they have no power to pro-
tect themselves against overflows. They
want authority q tax themselves.
A few days ago while II young girl
twelve or thirteeu years of age was on her
way from Texarkana to Block Springs,
Montgomery County, and while on the cars,
a sharper robbed her of twenty dollars, all
the money she had.
Alfred Werner, late lessee of the De-
sha County Convict Farm, who is charged
with the murder of prisoner named Sha:p
in July last, was recently released on Sl0,-
900 bail, a circumstance which created
great indignation among those conversant
with the circumstances of the crime.
Rev. j. II. Hamilton, the Arkansas
evangelist, died a few days ago at Louis
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position in charge of the Arkansas press
exhibit.
The needed rain has come.
Further particulars from Newton
report the death of Verlines who was
shot a few days since by robbers. Baker,
alias Thompson, one of the robbers shot by
Verlines, died at CIarksville. His partner,
Joseph Wilson, was taken back to the
scene of the crime. The deceased rohber
was twenty-three years of age, and gave
his post-office address as Chinquepin, KY.
The Pine Bluff Jefferson County,
Press Edgle establishment was sold re-
Gently at trustees sale. 1t was purchased
by Mr.. Arthur Murray, for some time past
editor and publisher.
A post-office has been established at
Alton, Fulton County.
Thos. Henley, conductor of con-
struction train on the st. Louis d Texas
was killed a few days ago in a
collision which occurred between Pine
Bluff and White River. A locomotive ran
into a caboose in which Henley and several
,ther persons were seated, killing him III
,tantly, and, it is stated, fatally wounding
others.
The opening of the Paramore Rail
road from Mcneil to Magnolia, Columbia,