The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Miscellaneous Items.

The Arkansas Knights OF Labor ano
member of the Agricultural Wheei ars
talking of uniting their forces.
Business circles in Little Rock were sar'
prised recently by the failure of the boot
and shoe house Of Jacob Kempner. Kemp
ner is man of considerable means, own
ing a fine residence and several business
buildings. He failed for about 5000, nam
ing N. w. Cox, as assignee.
Particulars of a row that occurred at
Campbell, Clay County, on Christmas eve.
have Just come to hand in which man by
the name of Fletcher killed one Johnston
of that place by cutting his throat with
knife. Fletcher skipped, and Johnstons
friends offered a reward for his capture.
Messrs. Y. H. Berry and J. NJ. Copeland,
of Rector, started on the trail, and, as
sisted by John r. Thompson, of Paragould,
captured their man in the swamps east OF
Paragould few days ago.
young man named Morris, riding the
mail between Clarksville, this State, and
Marionville, NO., met with shocking
death on the mountain, north OF Clarks-
vile, few evenings since. In descending
the mountain he got off his horse, looped
the halter rein over his arm and started to
walk. He had descended but short dis
tance when the horse became frightened
and made dash, which frightened the loop
around the young mans arm. He was
dragged some distance down the road and
his brains knocked out against tree.
The pamphlet Senate journals Of the last
Legislature have been delivered to the
Secretary Of State, and will soon be dis
tributed.
Governor Hughes has been elected hon.
orary member of the Thirteen Club, of New
York, and the Northwestern Literary
and Historical Society, of Sioux City,
Iowa.
Fire destroyed the dry goods house Of
j. C. Bliss, and Chicks grocery store at
Argenta, across the river from Little Rock
q few days ago. The loss is approximate
ly 5000; partly insured.
A man named John Kelley committed
suicide at Walnut Ridge few nights ago
by throwing himself beneath the cars of a
passing freight train. Kelley had been
telling his fellow workmen during the day
that he intended to kill himself in this
way, but they, thinking him intoxicated,
paid no attention to his threats.
The cocked-hat bowling match for the
championship was concluded at the Athlet
ic Association Club House at Little Rock
few days ago, resulting in favor of the
Trys in two out of three frames. The
wautops, the defeated team, held the
championship two months. Oscar Davis,
of the Wautops, was high man, his total
score being ninety-fve. The new series
will be Trys VS.. Hetros.
There is war between the union printers
and non union employers of Little Rock.
The Erening Democrat recently published
card to the public in which it explained
its position, and referred to the boycotters
as lot of disaffected parties with selfish
ends in view. The union came out with a
little boycott sheet and hit back at the
Democrat with a pert rejonder, besides
giving biographical history of Mr.. James
Bettis. of the Democrat. Other union
establishments in the city have also pub
lished cards in the Democrat, giving their
respective positions on the boycott. Fun
may be expected as the fight progresses.
The Board of Railroad Commits sioners
held very important session at Little
Rock a few days ago, and their action has
caused no little hutter in railroad circles.
The Board consists of Governor s. =.
Hughes, Secretary of State f. B. Moore
and Attorney General Dan W. Jones. By
some means the Board found on the statute
books law passed several years ago,
which requires every railroad in the State
to file annually, before January Goth,
yearly statement of its capital stock, gross
earnings, number Of tons of freight and
number of passengers transported, togeth-
er with its expenses, etc. The Board de.
cided to enforce this law, and instruct ID
the Attorney q eneral to notify the several
companies to hand in their reports before
the Goth inst.
The immigration OF negroes from North
and South Carolina to this State is at
tracing attention. The newcomers have
generally chosen Chicot, Desha and Drew
Counties. in Southern Arkansas, as places
of abode. The negro population is very
large in that section. particularly in Desba
and Chicot Counties, where the Republi-
cans have majority and choose county
officers, dividing the offices with the
blacks. In the past three months hum
dreds of negroes have settled in these
counties. A gentleman in Little Rock re-
Gently received a letter from Charleston,
s. c., stating that the writer, leading
colored man, desired to locate forty or
fifty families, comprising five to eight
persons in each family, in this State dur
ing January. Other letters from different
parts Of the Carolinas indicate that ct
least 900 negroes will come to Arkansas
between now and May.
State Evangelist J. C. Mason, of Texar.
kama, read an interesting paper before the
annual convention of Christian churches
of Arkansas, which met recently at Little
Rock. There have been over 1900 converts
to the Christian Church during the year
just closed and this denomination is -four
ishing in forty five towns of this State.
The Church is growing in strength and the
people seem anxious to receive religious
instruction. A large number Of delegates
were present.
An exciting affray took place in Little
Rock few days ago, fortunately attended
with no loss of life. q. b. Dawn, pro-
prietor OF a meat store, and customer
named Roscoe quarrelled about an account.
The customer used very insulting Ian
guage, and Dawn pursued him with a re-
volver, firing five shots as he ran. When
the last shot missed him, Roscoe said,
"That's all, now it's my turn" and chased
him back to the store. When he started
in, Dawn knocked him senseless at the
door.
The cold snaps back is broken.