The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1885-04-25
State News.

1t is now misdemeanor to
point a gun or pistol at any one.
The fire department at Fort
Smith will give a grand May day
parade.
Grading will commence on the
Pacific IL Great Eastern railroad at
Fayetteville in about 20 days.
II is said by journalistic judges
that it costs more and pays less to
print a newspaper ia Arkansas
than in any other State in the
Union.
The Arkansaw Economist is a
new paper at GAINESVILLE built on
the remains of the Brother of
Freedom which suspended short
time ago.
On the 10th Col. e. G. Boudinot,
the we'll known Cherokee half
breed, was married to Miss Minear
daughter of the former California
millionaire. He is 30 and the
bride only 20,
It takes Little Rock to present
the latest specimen of a jury. Al
derman Mare was tried for sell
ing liquor ON Sunday. He adj
mitted that he sold it as charged,
yet the jury acquitted him.
Senator j. X. Jones is on the
committee of claims, agriculture,
patents and Indian affairs. SEN
ator Berry is on Public lands, cpl
remic diseases, civil service and
detrenchment and the select com
mittee to make provisions for
taking the tenth census.
The Connecticut Legislature is
discussing the free pass question.
To prevent members from accept
ing free passes it is proposed to
enact law which will provide for
the free transportation Of such
persons to and from the capital at
the expense of the State.
A Washington special says:
NV. P. Mcintosh, of Arkansas,
has passed the examination of the
Medical Board of the Marine
Hospital service. His name is
third on the list from which ap-
pointments of assistant surgeons
will be made as vacancies occur. "
II. L. Storm, negro who for a
year has been chief guard of the
ohain-gang at Little Rock, after
practioing law and leading the col
ored Republicans, has been shown
to be an escaped convict from the
Penitentiary of Texas, and will go
back to complete his term of ten
years, three of which he has
served 4
The Pulaski C. ne Court has
ceased to exist! RsxpeLing its
day that court Isl apaced in
the First CHARACTERISTICS. The
,Chancery Clerks Office is now
open for business under the new
law. The terms for holding
Chancery Court under the new law
will be as follows; In Lonoke
county, beginning the third Mon
days in May and November;
Faulkner County on the fourth
Mondays in March and Septem-
Der; Pulaski county the first
Mondays in April and October of
each year.
DR. j. B. Bond of Little Rock
suggests, through the columns of
the National Druggist that in or
der to prevent the possibility of
installing morphine for quinine,
the latter, drug be tinted red.
Some such safeguard as that
IS necessary to prevent the repeti-
ton of the many unhappy acct
dents which have occurred Of late
in the administering of these drugs,
In his article Dr. Bond shows that
mistakes of this kind are not made
by novices alone, but also by men
known to be competent, but who
in the hurry of waiting on custom
ers are liable to substitute NOR
phine for quinine,
The Railroad Commission of
the State Of Arkansas, consisting
of Gov. Hughes, Auditor Files and
Secretary of State Moore, have
raised the assessment of near
ly all the railroad property in the
State very materially For in
stance, the valuation Of the road
bed of the Memphis & Little Rock
road was raised from $500 to
$1,000 per mile; the Little Rock &
Fort Smith road from $500 to
$2500 per mile; the Iron Mountain
road from $4,000 to $4,000 per
mile; the Kansas City d Memphis
road from $1,000 to $4,000 per
mile. The Commissioners say
that the increased valuation of all