The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-02
STATE NEWS.


ity of Bells Chapel. Mr.. Clon-
niger and one or two of his neigh
bors have lost several head Pope
County Reflector
A little son of Ben Ssoneaeher,
of Liberty Hill neighborhood, aged
about ten or twelve years, was found
dead in cotton pen supposed to
have been suffocated while play
ing in the cotton. Sharp County
Record.
A report that Hon. b. B..
Hudgins of Boone had been de-
feated for reelection is incorrect.
Mr.. HI. won by a handsome ma
jority. He will be remembered as
one of the brightest, strongest
democrats in the house two years
ago.. r. Gazette nth.
Hon. B. B. Hudgins, reelected
to the legislature from Boone CO.,
thinks of being candidate for
speaker of the house. Mr..
Hudgins made very fair reputa-
ton in the last general assembly
and his candidacy will probably
meet encouragement, L. r. Dem
Ocrdf.
Judge Hill has received letter
from Hon. Powell Clayton, ask
ing him to visit Eureka Springs
and examine the marble and other
stone there with view of receiy-
ing bids for stone to be used in
the construction of the new court
house. Judge Hill will go up in
few days r. Democrat
We congratulate Boone county
ON her re-electing the Hon. B. B.
Hudgins to the Legislature. He
W. one of the most prominent
and earnest members of the late
assembly, and his reelection is
not only credit to Boone, but to
northwest Al kansas and of the
state at large. -CarroH Progress.
C. T. Coffman was seen in q sor-
rowful plight this morning-he
couldn't get the young lady over
the mud hole in the street. Had
he remembered scrap of English
history he would have doubt
less thrown down his prince
Albert that she might have walked
over with dry feet.-L. R. Dem
ocrdt, 18Th.
We learn that eight persons
were poisoned by drinking water
on John Hotchkiss' farm, in Rich
woods township, among whom
were two of Mr.. Hotchkiss' chill
dren. Dr. Garner was called in
great haste, who reported two of
the party in great danger. The
poisoning is a mystery. Sharp
County Record.
The petition to the circuit court
for a mandamus to compel the
4 )ard of canvassers to make an alb
tract of Jones election, as shown
by the poll books was granted.
This gives Jones a majority of five
votes, Judge Pittman decided
that the tally sheets of an election
were no part of the poll book
Carroll Progress.
Tom and Baxter Prather, of the
Cherokee nation were acquitted in
the federal court at Fort Smith
on the 14th, on a charge of murder
for the killing of Joel Nail in the
Cherokee nation last April. Their
case attracted more than ordinary
attention, there being ten of the
best lawyers to be had employed
in the defense, while the govern
ment was represented by three
Mrs. Isbell Mott, of Council
Bluff, Iowa, wants to know of the
whereabouts of her husband,
Ezra Mott, who left home to hunt
homestead in Arkansas, since
which time she has heard nothing OF
him. He is five feet ten inches
high; fair skin; hazel eyes; black
hair, slightly gray; forty-two years
of age; scar ON the left side of face.
about three inches long, having the
appearance of a knife wound; a
little stopped.
The sensation i'll Moreland town
ship over the abduction of Maggie
Brashear. by James X. Biffle and
Ed. Bowden continues to excite
wonderment in that usually quiet
community. The runaways were
followed by the father of the young
lady, to Marion county, where they
were oyertaken and returned home.
To-day the young men will be tried
before Esq. Peck, of Convenience
township ON the serious charge of
abduction. Meantime the relatives
OF the misguided girl have the SYM
patty Of all.---RusselLriiIe Dem.
Under section 1900 of Mansfield
Digest it is made the duty of every
minister of the gospel or priest tc
record his credentials before