Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-19

ID & Roberts, Esq. the well
known railroad magnet, of this
city, exhibited the first strawber-
ries of the season, last Tuesday,
raised in his own garden.
Hon A II Garland's speech, de-
livered in the senate on the 14th
| of March, is before US. 1t treats
on the appropriation to eradicate
the mouth and foot disease among
the cattle in Kansas.
, Thanks to Hon J Il Jones, for
copy OF Hon S S Cox speech on
the taritl' and labor question,
March 20. The speech can be
had by dropping q postal card to
Hon j X Jones or Senator Gar
land.
The Doran rioters at Hot
Springs are on trial for murder
in the first degree. If they were
black there would be some dan
ger of conviction. The jury was
completed last Wednesday.
j. G. Patton and VIM. Snowden
colored, charged with the murder
of VIM. George. in this county,
October Is, 1882, were acquitted
last Wednesday ior want of evl-
dence to convict.
Mr. Rudolph Fink, an old rail
road man well known here and
in Mexico, has been appointed
general manager of the affairs of
the NJ and l. II r, by the United
States Court at the instance of
the tru tees.
Printing and binding 5000
copies OF Manstield's Digest, was
accorded to Mitchell i Bettis of
| the Democrat, for less than
S15, 200, the highest bid was $780,
600.
Hon j f Mcdonald is called by
the Indiana democracy to step for
ward for the leader of that party
at the ensuing Presidential con
test. He neither accepts nor de
clines. We think he is their best
man.
A Historical Sketch of Hon.
Jno G Fletcher, candidate for our
next Governor, was published in
last Tuesdays Gazette. which
should be read bv all good citi-
zens We think he is the best
man for the place.
PIttsburg Conference will meet
on the Goth inst, in time that
the preachers may all attend
and then 90 to conference. The
Vandalia line will take you to
Baltimore via Pittsburg. Buy
your tickets via Eandalis to Bal
timore, Md
Judge IL G Caldwell, of the
federal court, has sued an order
to sell the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad in 30 days from
the 18th inst, uH,ees the payinent
be made to II X Dow and other
trus tees OF the amount of mort-
! gage liens. The court decided not
to appoint receiver.
Mr. Watson Ivy, a wealthy col
ored gentleman Of Phillips coun
ty, recently rented out his farm
for 5000 per annum and bought
the Pirtle place at McAlmont
station and opened general
store in this city, with a capital
of $4,000. The colored people
should encourage Mr. Ivy. Such
men are of use to the race. See
his ad in another column.
John Crump, bonded constable
of Eagle township, is in trouble.
lie was elected constable and put
deputies to work and he run the
farm. They run him S27O be-
hind. Last Wednesday he bor-
rowed the money by giving
mortgage on his farm. Men that
can't run an office themselves had
best let them alone.cxcept they
want to get busted. w Ratord,
Warren Drake and ID T Flana~
gan were is his deputies.
The sudden demise of Rebt II
Jones of the firm of Jones & Bro.
announced in another column of
this issue of the Mansion, is Ia
mented by all who know him.
He was only confined to his bed
nine days. He was good citi-
zen and a kind husband and a
shrewd business man. He was
manager of the Herald, and his
brother, Geo Z, manager of the
grocery department, which will!
be continued as heretofore. The
firm consisting OF Geo. f, and
the widow.
AS the exercises of the 6Sth An
niversary OF the A Nj f church,
and the banquet rendered Bishop
II NJ Turner. ID d., l. l. d, were
incomp plete and for want of space
and time, will appear in our next
issue. We are at liberty to say
this much now; the banquet on
Wednesday night was success, a
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