The Osceola times., 1886-07-31
Miscellaneous Items.

The recent dry weather has been rather
hard on corn, hut the cotton has not suf-
ferod very severely as yet; however, con-
,inuance Of tre drought will make itself
felt at picking time.
DR.. John Il. Rumph, one of the oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens of
Ouachita County, died at his home few
days since of cancer in the stomach and
bowels.
Mr.. job b. Miller, of Little Rock, has
been forwarded from Queenstown, Ire
land a letter taken from the lost steamer
Oregon. This is the second letter of this
kind received by parties in that city.
The burdens of witnesses in the criminal
courts Of the State are thus set forth by a
correspondent of the Little Rock Gazette:
IF n man becomes cognizant Of some
rascality pefpetrated by some scamp he
is summoned to appear before the courts
as a witness, and often attending the cir
cult court of his own county for three
terms at an expense of two dollars day
in good and lawful money (for which he
gets one dollar and half in deprecated
scrip) then a change of venue is taken to
20 some forty or fifty miles two or three
times more to attend the courts, being
placed under bond of 500 to appear.
The prisoner in the meantime amuses
himself thinking how he will dodge the
next term and weary out the witnesses"
The Ladies' Benevolent Hospital al Little
Rock has been purchased by Pulaski
County and will hereafter be run as a
county institution.
Russellville entertained n large excur-
sion and picnic party from Fort Smith a
few days ago. The Fort Smith boys car
red their bats and balls with them and
demolished the Dardanelle club.
The amount realized by the Secretary of
state on account Of fees and the sale of
books during the quarter ending June 80,
was 81 ,40j,
Captain T. 7. Brashears, who was COM
mandng the steamer Peerless when II
cry and furniture.
Judge w. NJ Steele, of Springfield, ex-
county Judge Of Conway County, died
suddenly a few days ago while attending
the Methodist quarterly conference at
Quitman.
The remains OF General Gideon J. Pill
low, of Tennessee, a veteran of two wars,
who died on his plantation in Phillips
County. this State, in 1873, were recently
! removed to Memphis and inferred in Elm
wood cemetery.
Two new post offices have been estab-
lshed in this State, one in Clark County,
two and one-half miles from Whelan
Springs, to be known as Ashton, of which
solomon Ehrilch has been appointed post
master The other is in Franklin County,
one and three quarters miles from Aston,
| and will be known as Hight. Isaac l..
! Mcpherson has been appointed postmas-
ter.
Rain is very badly needed.
with a taxable valuation of Sl3O,00O,0 ,0C0
| Arkansas expended last year S729, 16s for
| the salaries Of teachers and other current
expenses Of its free public schools, built
more than twenty new school houses at a
/ cost Of from 5000 TO $4,000 each, and
then had SlG9 s37 left in the school fund.
is learned that James Wilford, OF
| Faulkner County, was shot and killed a
| few days ago 10y fellow named William
/ Reaves. The killing took place near Cas-
| cade Springs, and from all that can be
learned. it seems to have been the cul-
mination of an old grudge. Reaves is
still at large.
| The low stage Of water in the rivers
makes navigation precarlous.
Peyton johnson took TO the State land
office a few days ago some fine speci.
mems of timothy and millet grown on his
place, near Little Rock, this year; also a
limb from an apple tree, four feet long,
with seventy-six apples on 1t.
A desperate fight occurred between q
sheriff's posse and a band of horse thieves,
in the upper portion Of Montgomery
| County a few days ago. The thieves were
armed with Winchester rifles, but were
routed and hotly pursued by the posse.
! II is thought that some Of the band were
wounded by the posse, as blood was seen
ON the trail
Picnics are ripe and the crop seems good
Ill ever the State,