The Osceola times., 1886-06-12
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Governor recently appointed the foi-
lowing justices Of the peace: J. II. Neasey
of Perry County, +. q. Barton and James
7. Barton Of Crittenden County.
Decoration Day was one that will be
long remembered by the many veterans
of tn e war, both Federal and Confederate
living In and about Little Rock. The ex-
Confederate Association and both posts
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic united
10 observe the day of decoration, and the
result was that everybody and almost
every society ioyou sly Joined them in the
good deed. Crowds of people were pre-
sent from the country and the neig ighboring
towns and the line Of march through the
city was packed with people. The
various organizations reported 10 George
W. Clark, Grand Marshal and acted
as his aides on the occasion. At the Ma
tional cemetery, after the regulation SER
vices by the Grand Army of the Republic,
the public programme was inaugurated
with an address on the part of the Grand
Army by Rev. 7. J. Shelton. He was fol-
lowed by Judge Frank T. Vaughan, Of the
ex-Confederate Association. An original
poem, Mot in Vain" was read by Mrs. s.
X. Allen, after which Miss Dillon recited
1.-THE Blue and the Gray" The benedc-
tion was then pronounced and the thou
sands Of people turned their attention to
the graves, of which there are many rows.
Judge T. w. Hooper, OF Monroe County,
has been placed in the Penitentiary to
serve out two years. sentence for torg-
cry. He was county judge and foated
overissues Of scrip, forging the county
clerks name.
There is now in the Secretary Of States
Office an excellent picture of the late Hon.
b. B. Beavers, formerly Secretary Of State.
Mr.. Z. B. Moore had the picture made, and
all the friends Of the late Secretary state
that it is faithful likeness.
Governor Hughes has appointed Major
John D. Adams trustee for the State In
sane Asylum in place of Rev. 7. Tupper re-
signed.
Three convicts from Sebastian County
were recently lodged in the penitentiary
by Sheriff Williams: Frank Isom, forgery;
Geo. Robinon, robbery; Dick Neil, rescu-
ing prisoners. Their terms Of imprisen-
ment are two years each.
Judge Pittman is a candidate for re-
election as judge for the Fourth Judicial
circuit, a position he has filled during the
past four years.
During the month Of Nav sixteen pa
tients were admitted to the Ladies' Be-
nevolent Hospital at Little Rock; twenty
one were discharged, and there were in
the hospital June forty-one. There were
two deaths during the month.
Sheriff E. D. Pillow Of Phillips County,
recently put the following convicts in the
-r-ft
intent to kill and horse stealing, thirteen
years; Alex Sanders, grand Larceny, one
year; T. w. Hopper, forgery, two years;
VI. c. McCane, gpand la rceny, two years:
Coleman Stansell, grand larceny, three
years: Isam Winters, horse stealing five
years; W. c. Cox, incest, sevenyears.
Judge W. II. Cate, who has all along
been considered a candidate for Congress
from the First district, formally declines
to become q candidate. This leaves the
race. so far, between Dunn, present in
cumbent, and General Govan, OF Mari
anna.
Paul W. Blance, a boiler maker in the
Iron Mountain shops at Argenta, was
drowned few days ago while bathing in
the Arkansas river. Deceased went into
the water with John Branning, J. b. San
ders and Patrick Ken nedy. Sanders and
Kennedy went some distance up the river
10 enjoy long swim down with the cur
rent While they were gone Blance, who
could not sw m, and Branning got a log
which they pushed off into the deep water.
Blance, as soon as he stepped of the bar.
released bis hold on the log and went TO
/ the bottom. The body was recovered.
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bar keeper for See & Hardesty, at Corn
| ing, came TO blows a few days ago, and
[ Rsner was dangerously hurt. In the fore-
noon Risner, who was drinking, had a
/ fight with a lumberman, and all during
the day was very boisterous. He had just
struck a bar tender with a beer bottle and
rushed at Gilbert, when he was promptly
knocked down with a club and beaten Sc
verely over the head. He is in a critical
condition. and il is believed will die. No
arrests have been made.
The cause Of the astonishing scarcity Of
fish this season in the Ouachita River IL
now known TO be that miscreants have for
several weeks been exploding dynamite
cartridges up and down that stream for a
number of miles in this vicinity. This not
only kills the fish, but destroys their
spawn. Parties engaged in this nefarious
business should be given a five years term
in the State prison, but unfortunately the
statute does not make such offense a
felony, as it should.
The syndicate of Boston men, known as
the Desha Lumber * Planning Compan y,
now have on the way to Arkansas City a
carload of machinery for the erection of
the saw mill, which they propose to erect
nesr there. They own about twenty five
thousand acres Of land in Desha County,
and propose, after the lumber is cut off
and utilized for the manufacture Of furni.
ture and other purposes, TO turn the now
heavy timbered lands into farms. The
location of the mill has not been deter
mined on yet. but it is thought that il will
be erected on the site which the oil mill
was burned from some years ago. They
also propose to erect a large furniture
factory in the near future. The company
will employ a great many hands and will
be of vast benefit 10 Arkansas.
Lightning set fire to some cotton in the
third story Of Captain Wright's gin house,
at Morrillton. a few nights ago, and but
for its immediate discovery and quick
work the entire building would have been
consumed. The building was in no way
injured by the lightning.
No more broad guage road.
The merchants and business men Of
Russellville, at a recent meeting in that
city. agreed to contribute Sl,l00 in aid Of
the water works project, and the works