Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23
MiscenancomsS State Items.


MISCELLANEOUS state items.
Shipments of cattle for the spring
drive nave commenced \ lot numberin.
our five hundred, mostly yearlings and
two-year-oldS, We're sent via Kansas a
few days since. The prices per head
ran-;c s. for calves, 30 for yearlin IS, and
>i2 for twp-year-oldS AMI upward. The
in,i "a ions are a, spring approaches the
movement in stock WI be active, though
there is no likelihood of such demand as
there " IS last sea on. when the STATE was
crowded with buvers, and ycarlinGs sold
rs Ei:l rs >l3 per al the ST. pmentS
from the State last year footed up !orty
:hou and head. Careful estimates place
nc nulnhc; which will be put on the mar
kat the coming season at fifteen or twenty
tEouSj,,;d bead. Local owners are G"ner-
ally holding, for advance in prices.
Conf !cring the unfavorahle weather stock
Is in rood condition.
Nil'am Haynes. a mcchanlc, while
drunk :. Nv ,iays since lay down on tie
railway TIA * near Tillar, Drew County,
and had foot badly cru shed 10y pass
in, train that it was fought nmpu Il ion
would Ne ,rn=~a~y.
Z. G. Mitchell. cadet ut West roint
:rn.u TIE Fuur.A Cru:,rcs -ipnal District,
has rcs'~n"d- The vacancy will lie filled
by &. ID. Vance. o. lIarri-"n. Boone County.
In a row At Walnut Ridge Il few
III ms az" John X "a c,.t jams Bottoms
~ 'E.c neck with p"nknife. Bottoms wa
n cl. ed to live. El,a IL Il not been
rested.
i ne irirS # the late Governor John
l.. l;"an, oI l. TIL" K.c,, hav" hr gun suI.
~ the Jefferson Ctuu V C,u~t against \.
". Bovd Esp, t"rrc"vcr the Roam home
>tcn ;. vr1rcd NJ -, ~.
{. T. IIur~ts of Faulkner County. on
trial for til.. as~;sssjnnt .nu q. Ii. brother
! in-law. u. y. Mcdonald. was convicted Of
tnTrd ~ in t." sec II deere and st n'cnc"d
| f., e. - v..trS il Nh" P",'i-"nti'rv.
John Arnold, Of Prescott. was before
! M" 81 eel o.;,.-@ Comm, 3ns"" n L.iti,
Rock Il few days a-O. clar."l with selling
/ liquor irhorIt license. II waived cNauii-
/ ra'i"n "''l was a ''iit'"l - bail.
III" total anf.lI in February. 1883,
was 81. .m".cs: the to al nUun. rainy
/ iuvs was -: the III .hr-t water III tn river
wa, n the lpth. - To-. AMI ~ iEchc~. Ii
/ looks aS Tough i>>i might equal the record
! !l.. !.lli up 10 The 1-th ils.. iaving. been
! G.of inches.
Souc cntrrpri>ing joker stuck two
boots IN Hard ~pp; in t..c ma / ~ could
| j." found in Little Rock the other dav, and
! u ;ccd Il p!acard OF MAN Drowned over
! iLc.,.
Fad roads make bus'n dull in the
| III ipr .>v,i.
Mad dogs have been making things
| lively lor LIE peopIe OF Bear Creek, Scarcy
! County.
Twenty back bears have brcn killed
! in Howard County wItnIn the last two
| months.
y green young man Of Marietta cap.
| tIryd !; pu4c sat willie u.it walkin-s recently y
| with hi, best girl. H" never darcs now
| com" .wix' tn. wind and y" II i lily.
Few en- May 1t and December 3lSt,
iSs.;. t.. Hope Lutm,cr Company -nirpc,'
! .vcrriO ~ n0 fec OF DIRE scd lumber to mar
| l"t. aslsl r,aih ut :SI",Hlo in WAGES.
Major John \. Adams has rendered
| his l. sigma IN 10 Governor Is rry as IL
| Commissioner to the New Orleans Cotton
Centennial. He gave as his T. ason that
| a.. was orcel 20 do accouu' of W
| business enSa gem"nts formed since his ac-
csptaEce which would render it impossible
| :or him 70 u. rforn tn" ,lu les.
Active measures are under zwsiy to Sc
cure ii grand exhibit 10y tHe%State at the
| New p"leans EXPOSITION
| Ecports from the river towns al.
| briny H. o. i.l-h water, accom- panied by
| more or less damage TO proper V. ne Ar
kansas River was bank full at Little Rock.
| Arg.uta irinC nearly all fl .o'cl Much
damage has been done to railroads by
wa.i;olts and travel i'll any direction is a
rather pc ariou~ uudertaku".
Governor Perry has issued commits
sons l. Il militia company winch Is being
organic I'll in Hot Springs. Colonel vii.
liam J. Little was commissioned Colonel OF
the militia of Garland County, and the off
cars of the company, to be called the ''Hot
| Springs Gunr,:s,'' are: Captain. c. w. Fry
Fust Lieutenant. L'icius Fa. NOR; Second
| Lieutenant, John LouGhran; Third Lieu
| tunan., o. \. johnson. Sixty stand OF
arms have been sent for the of the com
panv-
At meeting of the stockholders ol
the state Falr Association, neli i'll Liz ,le
| Hork, recently, COMMITTEES was appoint ed
| to take steps toward the immediate sale
| of the fair grounds and buildings. Tie
managers claim the fairs have been con
ducte in considerable financial loss to the
| stockholders, and further ,ffnrt to make
| tic'r, ~rccc sful WAS decided to h" uScl 'ss
The Governor has extended the time
ioI- "a" collection ot t:fXes i'll D1s,.a Coun '
Twelve days on account of vacancy N TIE
| otficn Of collector.
The Arkansas River is booming.
Tie Little Ro. k Watcr-works are now
bein., supplied from the new system o.
wells. The water is quite clear and a dccd
ed improvement on the old supply. Th.
pumps have been at work on them serera-
DAYS. and the new wells are pronounced ;
| success.
Patents have lcen issued from the
: a.c lunI o.ti-e to tAc Memphis Land anc
Timber Company of Memphis for iSs acre:
o. ian | in Poinsett County. The land has
r,.vey been the tax books before. an'
II w h gins to bring in revenue to III,
State.
Much damage must result from III,
p"c~.n i rl~p. Give hi-n wac.
The dedication of the State Unvcrsi
ty a Little Rock Will take place on the -,
ani2}d. \ banquet will be given Friday
II mt, Il. I'D, i'll honor of General Shcr
man and other distinguished visitors WHO
are expecse / to grace the occasion by tn iii
pres ncc.
Tony Peace, an old negro, living
| near tt1ckv C.ln ort, Lit,I. RIVER County
was called to his door, few nj shts ago
and murdered by party OF five masked
men. l. is believed the obj 'ct was rob
bnrv Tne cit.z rs organized AMI were
tryinr to discover the assaS,inS.
The floods are upon us.
| Williams saw and grist mill a
Winons. burned lew day, 40. destroying
a large anoun. of lumber and other prop
ertv; loss. >:'ooo.
The Democratic State Committee
M It il Little Rock Ma CT II t. arrang,
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