The Osceola times., 1885-03-21
Miscellaneous Items.

Several houses are nearing completion
in the burned d strict of Arkansas City.
The Governor has ordered a special elec-
ton in Cove Creek Township, Washington
County, for election Of one Justice, for
March 31st.
Elder r. X. Pounds, a respected Baptist
minister, was stricken down with heart
disease at Springdale recently, and died
in a short time.
The little son of Sheriff Hammock, of
Drew county, was accidentally shot
through the foot recently by the careless
handling of pistol.
Cot-beds are being prepared in the State
House for the clerks of the House of Rep
resentatives who will reside there dur ing
the remainder Of the session, being led out
for air once a week.
The Governor has commissioned Barnett
Brewer Justice of the Peace in Oliver
Springs Township, Crawford County, who
was elected February 2sth, 1885.
The Governor has received from the
United States Land Office patent No. II of
swamp and overfowed lands inuring to
the State of Arkansas under provisions of
sect on 2,473 Revised Statutes of the
United States in the district of lands SUBJ
ject to sale at Camden, formerly Cham
pagnolle, 6, 49, 96 acres.
Joseph g. Hudgins, the fugitive legis-
lator, has not yet been captured, and none
of the officers who started in pursuit of
him have returned. 1t was feared that
when they got back in the interior they
might be bushwhacked.
To ha oil "a Aaal In tb..
House of Representatives the other night,
reading: "Dear Tom-Don't you think it
would be good scheme to introduce bill
to have these long -winded fellows indicted
FOR cruelty to animals in keeping us here
all night"
The report recently published that Cap
tain T. b. Stallings of the Black River
steamboat Lady Boone, had shot and
killed Sheriff J. S. Keeler Of Marion Coun-
ty is untrue. Keeler, in a letter, denies
the report, and states that Captain Stall
lings was arrested by his deputy for
selling liquor without license; that they
had no affray, and the Captain has given
bond for trial.
Who will succeed Garland?
The Executive Committee Of the State
Press Association has named Helena as
the place for holding the next meeting of
the Association, the first Wednesday in
May being the date.
Reports regarding the strawberry crop
are to the effect that, owing to the wet,
cold weather, it will be backward, but
stands well preserved, and the outlook is
good for an average crop. The prospect
for peaches in the State is good, but the
crop will be late. Some damage has been
done to the tender varieties, especially
Crawfords, but the general yield promises
well.
The sinking fund in the State Treasury
has been transferred to the general fund.
At an early hour few mornings since
the Court house at Powhattan, Lawrence
County, was discovered to be on fire. The
edifice was Of brick, one of the finest
Court houses in the State, and cost about
$4,000. The records, preserved in vault,
are safe.
Albert Walker, who was recently tried
in Conway County convicted of murder and
sentenced 10 life Imprisonment, has Ibeen
lodged in the State Prison. He murdered
man named Goodman in the Petit Jean
Valley, supposedly for the purpose of rob.
berry, and was convicted on circums ,antial
evideace.
The crop Of Senatorial candidates is still
large.