The Osceola times., 1885-08-08
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.


The Grand Agricultural Wheel OF Ar
kansas held its annual session at Mount
Carmel recently. There were upwards Of
1900 members represented, and the order
is reported TO be in a very flourishing con-
i'tion. A delegate was elected TO attend
the Grand Council of the Brothers of Free
dom, to be held in Boone County on the
second Tuesday in August. The Council
will meet to consider the feasibility of
consolidating the two orders. The two
bodies, while not making politics pri-
mary feature, have grown TO be of so
much influence that they are courted to a
great extent by politicians and office
seekers. Hon. J. r. Johnson. OF Prairie
Cou1ty, was elected President of the
Wheel, and r. II. Morch cad, Seer etary.
The meeting was very enthusiastic and
harmonious.
There has been suflic' ent rain in Eastern
Arkansas, aud SO large u corn crop as the
one now maturing was never before made
In the State
The rainfall in the State in July was
much greater than during the same month
as; year, aud the ground contains much
more moisture--a fact to be favorably
considered as an offset to the injurious et-
fscts on cotton that would otherwise fol-
low the absence of rain noted in certain
quarters.
A reward has been offer ID by the Gov.
ernor, OF 500, for the arrest and convic-
ton of w. j. Shaver, of Pulaski County
who shot and killed c. G, Rich, January
10, 1888.
The celebration of the Forty an.
niv rsary of the introduction of Odd Fol-
lowslir in this State Will take place in
little Rock on the 2);h Of August.
Grady, tue State-houss gardener, has
"a up two fags in homer o Grant around
"Black Bess," the old cannon in the west
front of the State hDuse yard.
There had not been, up to this writing
a sunstroke in Little Rock this year.
German named Haslecker, an inmate
OF the Lldies' Benevolent Hospital, at
Little Rock, cut his throat few days
ago. He had been i'll several days, had nc
friends or money, and wife and child at
Srasburg, Germany. The wound was
sewed up, and with good care and atten-
tion the sufferer may recover.
Governor Hughes has received a letter
from the Exposition organization now
the North, Central aud South American
Exposition, at New Orleans, stating they
had decided to give each State making a
collective exhibit in the fall 5000 and
urging Ark ansas to participate
Mr.. G. w. Baker has completed public
floating bath house at Little Rock, 1t is
a floating basket, twenty by sixty feet,
drawing four feet Of water. The rates
| . iat-
| ing in that city.
Consi lerable sur prise has been caused
in Little Rock by the fling of articles of
| Incorporation of the Arkansas Telegraph
| Company. The officers ara: K l.. Doug
las, Presd mt; J. B. Jones, Vce-Presi :
dent; H. G.. Allis, Secretary, and W. b
| Worthen, Treasurer. I he company starts
in with $40 900 capital stock, and will at
once build and equip Inns between Lit
! tie Rock and Pine Bluff, The new com
pany will operate in connection with the
| Baltimore g. Ohio Telegraph Company,
and a reduction in rates may be expected
as soon as competition opens up. The in
corporators are all men of means, an the
new company's advent receives warm
greeting from the business community.
august uuS tJilt WIN lht III 'dNtSN VI
Arkansas corn crops secure, and better
prospects for cotton than our farmers
have known for many years. All that is
wanted to insure a bountf yield OF cot
ton is ordinarily good weather for the
coming two or three weeks. A protracted
drouth would be quite injurious, but thus
far the avera ge summer rainfall has been
greater than usual.
A few weeks ago German named Sam-
1 uels was sent to the Ladies' Benev oleut
Hospital in Little Rock suffering with a
case of chronic diarrhu !, and City Phy-
sician French did all he could for the sick
man, but each day found him weaker,
until he concl uded to end his life. A few
days ago, while the other inmates were at
dinner, he cut his throat from ear to ear
going in so deep as to reach the wind
pipe, but not deep enough to sever the
jugular vein He next rolled up his sleeve
and attempted to reach the artery of one
of his arms, cutting several ugly gashes,
but failed in each effort When found he
had tainted from loss of blood. Dr. French
.esuscitated him, but no hopes wers en-
tertalned OF his recovery.
The first steps in n sensational libel suit
were begun recently in Latte Rock by the
arrest of Julian T. Bailey and L. A. Full
ton. both colored publishers Of the Sun, q
weekly paper devoaed to the interests OF
the colored people. and published at Lit
tie Rock. The arrest was made By Sheriff
Worthen, on warrants from Heela, pro-
cured by Mr.. Calvin Clark, manager Of
/ uthland College, near Helena, an nsti-
tuition endowed by the Quakers. Messrs.
Fulton and Bailey, after their arrest,
gave bond to appear before Justice Tap
pan at Helena, on the 4th of August, to
answer to tho charge of libel preferred
by Nc. Clark. The foundation for the
suit consists of two articles published in
the Sun, one on the 4th of July aud one
on the 1lth Of July, in which writer
signing himself Jupiter" and giving
his address as Warner, Ark, makes a num-
Der of very serious charges against Clark
which, il proven, will utterly destroy mis-
/ character 1t charges him with robbery
and with immortality in the school, and
/ in language more vigorous than elegant,
/ demands his removal from the institution.
] The articles are quite long and the writer
presents his narrative with considerable
I vigor. He and the publishers will have a
/ chance to prove them. Clark has begun
| the criminal prosecution against them all,
and employed some of the best legal tai
ent in Helena to conduct the case.
The mortality in Little Rock is heavy.
The register of the internal revenue
Collectors office shows that there are
twenty lone grain distill cries in this State,
and N larper number of fruit distilleries