Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-02
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Marquand.
Chicot County, during the era of re-
construction, issued bonds to the amount
of $200,000 in aid of railways which were
never built. The courts have given judg-
ment for an amount which almost equals
the value of taxable property, and an effort
is being made to compromise the debt at
forty per cent.
a train which arrived in Little Rock
from Memphis few nights ago, had anon G
its passengers dead man sitting bolt up
right in his seat. On arriving at the de-
pot this fact discovered. An inveSti-
CATION developed the fact that the man was
tramp, and was put aboard the train at
Brinkley while in a dying condition. His
name was Schwartz.
The city debt of Little Rock is 1882,
473.3,.
Alex Mays, a colorcd man has been
arrested and lodged in Jail at Little Rock
on the charge of numbering the German
gardener, ketcher, and outraging his wife
on the night of December 10, 1883. The evil
dence strong enough against him to
send him to jail without bail on the charge
of murder and rape to await the action of
the Grand Jury. The man lived about
three-quarters of il mile beyond the Ketch-
er place south of the city, and it was prov
ed that he had a difficulty with the murder
ed man a few weeks before the tragedy
about some money which he claimed Ketch-
owed his for labor performed.
There were witnesses who swore that the
powder flask found near the scene of the
tragedy belonged to him. The evidence is
circumstantial with the exception of the
Identification of Mays by Mrs. Ketcher and
har oh m sole fa1 of
quite large number of colored men as the
guilty man.
The executive committee of the State
Teachers Association has selected Morril-
ton as the place for the next annual meet
ing of the association, and June 18th, 18th
and 10Th as the time. Abundant free en-
tertainment will be provided for all MEM
bcrs, and all the railways throughout the
State will lie requested to give them re-
duced rates, and will, no doubt, kindly
comply, as they have done in the past.
G.. w. Martindale, 4 well known
planter near Big MauueiIe, thirty miles
above Little Rock, and famous hunter,
killed il huge panther a few days ago. 1t
Il male, and of the largest size, meas
urinG eight and Il half feet long, ana wei gh-
ing one hundred and fifty pounds. He was
discovered in tree by Mr.. Martindale,
who Immediately fired and wounded him
severely. The panthe dropped to IL large
limb, and winding his legs around it, clung
firmly until another shot brought him down
to the ground with n thud that almost
shook the earth. Its mate is known to be
in the vicinity, both of them having been
seen at times for several years past. Tie
huge carcass was carried to Little Rock,
where it excited great deal of curiosity.
Judge Z. Randolph, a prominent
character i'll Desha County died recently.
He was Il large land holder and spcculator
before the war.
An effort is being made to re-organiZe
the Quapaw Guards at Little II )ck The
young gentlemen of the city are becoming
quite enthusiastic over the matter, and the
prospects for carrying the thing through
are bright.
An appeal has been granted in the
cases of three men sentenced to hang for
the murders in Howard County.
Considerable excitement was Occa-
stoned in Little Rock a few days ago by the
sudden death of a colored man who was
walking along the street. Tom Kelley was
a robust young fellow until he became i'll
sometime ago. For several days he had
been confined to his bed and had been suf-
fering from hemorrhaSe of the lungs. On
the day of his death he concluded to walk
down town, and while walking slowly
along, he was suddenly attacked with a
we're hemorrhage, and. throwing up both
hands, fell to the ground where he died in
a few seconds.
A Little Rock woman whose husband
is absent during the day heard a noise in
the house few days ago, and on investi-
eating saw a man trying to get in through
a window. Frightened nearly to death she
might. This frightened the fellow and he
ran away. He was white man and had a
seedy appearance.
Cool drinks plenty next summer.
Governor Berry has appointed Judge
j. NJ. Martin as special Judge in tine Su-
preme Court in the Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad tax suit, in place of Justice
Eakin, disqualified, and General Hender-
son, declined.
A queer example of religious zeal was
witnessed ut the little town of Austin re-
Gently. The colored church was submerged
by the sudden rise of a bayou, but the min
lister, an old-fashioned plantation negro
preacher took q position on the roof and
the congregation gathered about i'll skilfs
and listened to the sermon.
The cotton receipts indicate the fall
ing OIL III the CROP
The subscription books of the Little
Rock & Choctaw Railroad were opened re-
Gently, and all the capital stock, S1,O0O,O0o,
subscribed. meeting of the stockholders
to elect directors and officers will be held
on March 1, in Little Rock. 1t is under
stood that Colonel w. d. Slack has been Of
fered and has accepted the Presidency of
the road. The managers of the enterprise
are moving energetically, and it is believed
that the road will be built inside of two
years.
Clark County is overrun with rabid
dogs.
The rivers are all full of ice.
An ice gorge in the Arkansas River
was reported at Pastoria below Little Rock
No boats were leaving that city, and river
men were waiting anxiously for better
weather.
A Pocahontas (Randolph County,
correspondent says: "Some smarty has,
without the knowledge or consent of those
mostly interested, caused the daily mail
line from this place to O'Kean to be dis
continued. Why this is thus we can not
say"
The receipts of cotton at Helena since
as,l45 bales, against Sa,sGs bales for same
time last season,