Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26
miscellaneous items.

miscellaneous items.
State Treasurer Woodruff has ex-
hausted the general revenue fund and sus-
pended payment of all ella; ms again the
Sta:e payable from that fund.
An election for County Judge has
| @ III ordered III Carroll County, IOr EebIu
ary lIth. This to fill the vacancy caused
by tie failure of w. II. Wood to give bond.
Colonel b. ID. Williams, of Pulaski
County, was appointed one of the dele gates
to the Mississippi River Convention, to
meet at Washington City, February 3th.
His name was inadvertently omitted by
the Governor in the list published hereto.
fore. Colonel w. Fl. Howe, oc ST. Francis
County, was published as HOLES. The
delegates pay their own expenses, as our
Legislature di not make any appropria-
ton therefor.
The report that two negroes had been
lynched at Hope was unfounded, farther
than the fact that two negroes caught in
the act of burglary were strung up to ex-
tort from them a confession, which was
successful in duplicating others OF the
gang.
The annual meeting of the State His
tor;cal Society took place 4 few nights ago
at the Pulaski Circuit Courtroom. Presi-
dent NJ. w. njumn presided, and Attor-
| ney y-General c. b. Moore acted "a Secre-
tary. There were a good many members
in attendance. Hon. j. Fl. r. Scott, OF
Pope, who was to deliver the annual a.
dress, was unable to be present, and was
decided to adjourn the meeting to the first
Wednesday in May. At this meeting Mr..
| Scott will deliver the annual address, and
| ther. will he papers as follows: On the Ii e
| of Hon Chester Ashley, by DIR. T. Il.
We.ch on the life of Governor Archibald
| Yell, by Judge English: on thelife OF Hon.
| \. ii. Sewer, by Hon. G. b. Moore, and o
| the life of Hon. Il. w. Johnson, by Colonel
| T. G. Peek. II will be an in tercs.ing occa-
| sion, and will no doubt attract large
| audience.
The people of Little Rock are excr-
| cisiny their pedal extremities for iive-cent
| car fare in place of the dime, now
| charged.
| The total num1cr of deaths in Little
| Rock for the year 1888 80; for 1882,
Go. 1t will lie senn that. the increase in
| deaths over 1882 was forty two, due to the
| greater prevalence of diphtheria and dys-
| cntery during August, September and
| . .tober of the past year than the year be-
| fore.
| Considerable difficulty is found in OBJ.
| tanning Il suitable person to accept tn TO-
| sition of Special Judge of the Supreme
| Court in place of Justice John r. Eakin,
| who is disqualfie |, in the tax suit of the
State versus The Memphis & Little Rock
| Railroad. Hon. w. F. Henderson, who
| was appointed to the position by Governor
Berry, declined, giving as his reason that
he was the States Attorney General when
| the case had its first bearing.
A fatal accident took place at the
Pete Cow farm, on Red RIVER, twelve
| miles from Texarkana, q few days ago.
Somebody carried an iron spike to the mill
on the place i'll a lot of corn. \ crowd of
| negroes were standing round while the
turn was grinding, when the spike coming
| in contact with the mill rock caused an ex
| plosion. The rock was blown in every di-
| iection, pieces striking one negro i'll the
head killing him almost instantly. Anoth-
er was seriously hurt, but will probably
| Cecover.
mcager report of terrible tragedy
| in Montgomery County, near Cadd's Gap,
has been received. The principals in the
sad affair were a father and son named
Wilson. The father became angry with the
son and began to fog him with chair
| while in the house. The son escaped from
| the house, and, as he went, snatched gun
| from the rack in the hallway. The father
| followed the son into the yard and received
| a death wound in the bowels. The son then
turned, and with his mother helped his ia
ther from his fallen position into the
| house, whercupon the father with almost
his dying words told the boy to flee and
avoil the law if possible. This occurred
Oh the 18th. The youth is only sixteen
years of age.
Hunters report game abundant.
A Polander named Nowakamski, liv-
ing at Warren, a few miles from Little
ock, while experimenting at logroll-
ing, had his legs crushed by a large log.
Governor Berry has appointed the
following gentlemen as delega,e to the
coming River Conventions: Hon. j. G. Cal
houn, d. H. Reynolds, w. B. Street, Chicot
County; G. w. Sappington, Patrick Henry,
Desha County; J. c. Tappan, Phillips
County; w. H. HOLES, ST. Francis County !;
Thomas b. Peters, Lee County; John r..
Driver, Mississippi County; r. F. Critten
den, Crit.enden County.
Little Rock has collected S47, 900 for
| liquor licenses this year.
A colored man named A. B. Thur
man, working in the sash factory of Cook,
| Abeles, West & Co., Lttlc Rock, was
struck on the head a few days ago by a
knife which flew from one of the machines.
1t almost scalped him and cut large chip
| out of his skull. The wound, though a bad
one was not considered particularly dan
gerous.
Two negroes, caught in the act of
burglary, a. Hope, were lynche1 few
nights ago. They were the same men who
| recently robbed freight car on the Iron
Mountain Railroad.
Plenty of water in the rivers.
Desha County people think Sheriff
Bankston, who recently absconded, must
be crazy.
F. o. Payne, machinist IN cotton
gin factory at Little Rock, fell dead while
| a. work few days ago.
The State is credited with eighty-two
business failures in 1883 with S4Sl 800 nomi-
nal and S3ls. .65S, actual assets, and $629, TO
| general liabilities. The number of traders
| or persons in business in the State in 1888
was ), 80, against $3.50 in 1873.
A three-year-old colored child was
suffocated by fire in the servants quar-
ter of the Female College in Little Rock .
few days since.