Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-22
Miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous Items.
Breaks in the Laconia Circle lcvee
near Helena, have caused the in
undation of $4,000 acres of the best cotton
| land in Arkansas.
The philosopher of the Arkan sas City
| journal saws: "a live town, though sit
ting on flood, is preferable to a dead one
| resting upon rock"
Cleburne County's winter oats are re-
| portel frozen cut.
The hand lie factory at Fulton got an
order from st. Louis for $4,000 hoe
handles.
Distress is reported among the poorer
| inhabitants of the overtlowed region in Lee
! County.
| During the svere w.ndOstorm which
| visited the neighborhocd of Ell Dorado,
| Cedar County, about two weeks ago,
| Mr.. j. p. Gulley was drivin e four mule
team along the road near Blanchard
| Springs, a large tree was blown across the
team, killing three of the mules, and leav-
| ing Mr.. Gulley unharmed in the saddle on
the fourth.
Conway County's new Court house
has just been completed at Morrilton. 1t
| is substantial brick structure.
| An attempt was made recently to
| burn the Courthouse at Evening Shade.
| The incendary saturated part of the
| front of the building with coal oil, then ar
| ranged lot of pine knots under it and set
| them afire. Fortunately, the burning was
discovered and extinguished before any
| damage was done. No clew TO the guilty
| party.
The examination of VIM. Flynn. one
| of the Hot Springs gang, charged with
shooting Bob Pru1tt at Little Rock recently,
| istrate Wigs, was waived and Flynn was
| was held for the Grand Jury. His bail waH
| continued at 10000, and in default thereof
| he was committed. His attorney made a
vehement speech, vainly endeavoring to
have the hail reduced. The witnesses who
saw the shooting were required to give bail
to appear before the Grand Jury.
Booker, the negro who outraged
white woman named Watts in Texarkana
about six months ago, was found guilty
recently and sentenced to hang. Mrs.
| Watts is lady, poor, with a large family
| of children.
Reports from North Arkansas says
| the people of Cleburne and Van Buren,
| Counties are much excited over the an
nouncement of the recording of deeds to
all the lands embraced in two townships
and a portion of two other townships. The
-
| Agnes X. Miles, a widow, living in Kansas.
Recently the County Clerk recorded deed
| from Agnes X. Miles to one Leighton, of
| Colorado, for the whole of Townships
| Eleven and Twelve in Van Buren, County,
| they being portion of lands described in
| a grant from the Government of Spain,
| dated June II, 1898, to one Don Joseph
| Talleria and filed in the SurveyorGen-
| erals office at New Orleans, and also in a
| 4 ia, T,xy TO Inhp,
son under the power of attorney given by
the heirs of ValIeria. Most of this land is
| settled up and great portion of it well
| improved. The amount involved will
| reach S300.O90.
| Eliza Mcneil, wife of John Mcneil,
| of Little Rock was burned in a most shock
| ing manner in their home a few days ago.
| She was sitting on the floor when some por-
| tOin of her clothing came in contact with
an open blaze lamp and ignited. Almost
| frightened to death she out of the
| house into the street where some one threw
| blanket around her and smothered the
| flames. She was carried back suffering the
| most intense agony, and little hopes were
| entertained for her recovery.
The waters are lowering.
The following are among the recent
donations in the State Land Office: 100
|
herst; 1a5 acres in Howard County to Sam
| uel Turner, and 120 acres in Lincoln Coun-
| ty to Essex Wright. Seventy-five acres in
| Drew County were sold to Mr.. G. Bullock.
| Hon. J. N. Frierson, Judge of the
| Second Judicial District of the State, died
at Jonesboro a few days ago, after long
| and painful illness.
| James w. Whitiel has been APP
| pointed Treasurer OF Stone County, in place
of r. E. Trevathen, resigned.
| William Moore has been convicted of
| manslaughter at Fort Smith.
| Wade Bead, the negro who killed
| white man named Reeves, near Texarkana
on Red River, in 1882, and granted a
| chang of venue from that county to Neva-
| da County in November last, was found
| guilty of murder in the first degree at Pres
| colt. The whole Bead family are regarded
| as exceedingly bad characters, and every
one is greatly pleased with the verdict, as
| The murder was of the most cold-blooded
| character Beads execution will take
| place in Texarkana.
| The State Supreme Court has affirmed
| the dea n sentence passed on Wright, one
| of the Howard County rioters.
| Help your flooded ncighbors.
The Penitentiary convicts working in
| Stencils coal mines, in johnson County,
| made their escape few days since. Sew
eral of them were recaptured. Sheriff Nc
Connell and about forty men went in pHr-
| suit OF the others and brought them in.
VIM Britt and John j. Duval. of
| Bouguton, saw-mill men, charged with tres
passing on Government land, waived ex-
| animation before Commissioner Goodrich
| at Little Rock. and were bound over to the
| April term in bonds of 800 each.
A colony of fifty leading farmers has
left the vicinity of Fayetteville FIR ldaEo
| and Washington Territory, and will soon
be followed by a party of one hundred.