Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Recent transactions in the State la

Recent transactions IN the state lano
office are as follows: Two hundred and
eighty-six acres sold at fifty cents, to &. Z.
Dowell, Lawrence County; 100 acres soid
at fifty cents, to D. U. Humbeck, Poinsett
County: forty acres sold at fifty cents, to
Mabel Horbaur, Fulton County; 200 acres
sold ut fifty cents, to N. I. Shotwell, Law
renee County; I6O acres donated to NJ.
II. Owen, jefferson County; 1Go acres do
mated to S. A. Bacon, Poinsett County; 16O
acres donated to William johnson, Lincoln
County.
Governor Berry recently appointed
two special Judges in the Supreme
Court to try cases in which tho Supreme
Judges were disqualified. The appoint
ments were Colonel Ben. T. Dun al, of For5
Smith, and Sterling r. Cockrell, ESQ.,, of
Little Rock. The cases are as fellows: B.
Y. Turner VS.. E. A. Turner, M. c. Carvill
VS.. Ihos. NJ. Jacks, Herman Carvill VS.
Thos. NJ. Jacks, Mary E. Woodall VS.. S. p.
Delatour, all appeals from Phillips County
Circuit Court; and Geo. w. Mcleod VS.. r.
D.. GrifIis, app,a al from Lee County Circuit
Court.
In the mount ain section of the State
bear, deer and wild turkey are exceedingly
plentiful. A Lunter in Searcy County re-
Gently had u desperate fight with! a bear
near losing bis life.
New Years night was the coolest of
the present wirtcr up 10 that time, the
thermometer standing at fourteen degrees
above zero, and what made it appear colder
then was n change of fifteen degrees in n
short space of time, and the wind blew very
hard.
Hur.ng the absence, at q neighbOr' 3,
of Henry Jones and his wife, of Plummers-
vile, Conway County, n few days ago, the
house and contents were destroyed by fire.
One child was roasted to death and ano her
fatally burned.
The cOlorcd citizens of Helena recent
" held a mass meeting for the purpose of
securing means to procure new trial Tor
The thirty five negroes now under sentence
in Howard County for acts of violence
done dun ing the riot in that county few
months ago
A hotcl-kccper in Ratesvillc attempt
ed to keep a lady boarder's baby as secu
rty for an unpaid board bill, but the
lady's attorneys promptly forced him to
give it up.
The storchouse and stock of goods o
| Mr. Richard 5. Key, at Keysville, were de
| stroved a few days ago. Loss upon build
| ing and stock, $3.50; insured for $1,000.
A prominent citizen of Dardanelle
Yell County, Mr.. T. c. Mays. well known
| throughout the Safe, died a few nights
| ago, after an illness of several weeks. lie
| leaves a wife. The remains were taken t
/ Forrest City for interment.
Thomas Tewell shot his f:therin
| law, Lewis Cecil, killing him instantly,
| few days ago at Walnut Ridge. The caus'
| was p:evious difficulty. Shortly after
ward Louis Stedmap, colored, was sho
AMI killed by his brother-in-law, Henry
| Dickin son, almost at the same place wher,
| the other tragedy occurred.
Irwin & Daniels, dealers in drygood
AMI sentlemcn's furnishing goods at For
| Smith have assigned. Liabilities, $1,000
| the ssets are expected to pay the indcbt
| edness.
| Captain Billy johnson, an old-tim'
| steamboatman, died recently at Cham
| panol", Union County.
| Two hundred and thirty-twO pupil
We're enrolled at the Harrison tBoon
| County, public school during the term jus
| closed.
| Cnc of the leading houses of TeXar
kama recently put up poster on their iro..
which read: ''Poarh sassagcs for sal
| heer."
The latest fish story is to the efiec
|
weiGhin, 300 pounds. In letter from Be
| Lomond the correspondent says: "Sma!
game can he killed by the wagon load, an
the streams abound ith fish of all size
| size, from a four-pound trout to a quarter
ton buffalo,
INC following new pos; mn~tcrs nav
recently been appointed: Ezra r. Henry
Central Point, vice j. NJ. Cail.han, I,
signed; Marshall s. Cobhs, Idel; Levi /
| Boon, Gilmore; William J. Wilson, Hardy
| I. r.. Marshall, Crowell, vice G.. w. Maj
shall, resigned; john J. Harris, Thornton
L. \. Hannah, Ococc; Nancy J. Blue, Edge
Lorenzo ID. Walker, Collins Bluff; Thoma
ID. Hassey, Siddell. The following post
Offices have been establishel: Sidell, Sa
line County; Collins Bluff, Miller County
Edge, Van Burcn County; Ococe, Wash
mgton County: Thornton, Calhoun Coun
tyy: T. r.. Marshall, Benton County; Han
dy, Sharp County: Gilmore, Crittcndcl
County; Ih.l, Logan County.
Father AcGidius Hcnncman, for lon:
time connected with the Ca! holic Cathedra
in Little Rock, died in New Orleans re
Gently. He went to Louisiana some tim
since on account of his failing hea tn, an
the change of climate seemed to have mad
lin much better. He mad. many friend
and was greatly esteemed and loved by al
who met him there.
A few nights ago, when the north
| bound Iron Mountain train stopped at tn
Union Depo. at Little Rock a tall, hand
some well-dressed man got off the trail
and walked up the platform. He suddenl.
drew a white handled pocket-knifef from hi
pocket, opened it, and before any one coui
stop him, cut his throat on one side, the
the other, and stabbed himself in the lef
Ill {l,t
before any one knew what he was about
he lay on the platform in pool of his ow,
blood gasping for breath. The gashes il
his neck were too far back to strike tn
iurular vein, and the stab in his side, al
though deep had reached no vital organ
He gave his name as G. NJ. Payne, and sal
he was from Hot Springs, where he ha
been a bartender both for Ben Brown an
for Jack Morris. His home he said was il
Jackson, Tenn, and he had n brother livin
in Denmark near Jackson, Tenn.
Winter has apparently arrived.
Fire few days ago at Mariana de
stroyed w. w. Chism & Co.'s store. Loss
| $4,000; insurance, 5000. The building
occupied by Anderson Roberts, Jaco
Shaul and ]. w. Hays were also damaged
Twenty or thirty colored people from
| Sweet Home were in Little Rock a few day
ago in connection with the free fight tina
occurred there on Christmas Day. From
all accounts it was simply that and nothing
more. Whisky had been largely imbibed
and the fighting that disturbed the peac
of the community is traced directly to tha
| cause.
Dardanelle, Yell County, celebrated
New Years with Leap Year ball.
A few nights ago at Plummerville
| ror,.,u Cn,,ntv Mr. Henry Jam an,