The Osceola times., 1886-08-14
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

Pollock then charged him with sending
an improper note to his daughter and pro.
ceeded to use cane on him. Parties in
terfered and separated the men. The
chief of the fire department an d the mayor
Investigated the charges and discharged
French.
Lightning burnt up one acre OF cotton in
a field near Boonville few DAYS ago.
An incendiary fire at Lead Hill, Boone
County, few davs since destroyed the
stores Of Brice Mlene aud Richard Holt.
No Insurance; loss about $4,000 No clew
20 the inceniiary.
Governor Hughes recently pardoned
John Hanaford, convicted Of burglary and
larceny at the spring term Of the Pulaski
Circui; Court in 1881 and sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary. Hanaford was
released July 20, 1885 and the pardon was
only granted to restore him 70 citizenship.
A FIenclsnan nams Bonhill, an expert
mineralogist and assayer, recently tested
-four barrell full of Newton County cop
per ore at Little Rock and got sixty pounds
Of good solid mineral therefrom.
The Commissioner Of State Lands re.
Gently sold eighty acres Of land in Little
iAANfl tthAlN " Jdth bIph uink ioi Tfif
forty acres in the same county TO Harry
Nelson for >2l, and twenty-five acres in
Stone County TO John McCullom for S13.G0
Nose Mitchell, a Little Rock wife-beater,
was fined sixteen dollars recently.
Advices from Searcy County report the
destruction by fire of the courthouse at
Marshall a few days ago The public rec
ords, indictments, etc, were saved by the
county clerk. The material of the Farm
ers' Herald, the Office of which was in the
courthouse. was also completely de-
stroyed. The stores on all sides of the
public square were badly scorched. This
is the third courthouse burned on the
present foundation.
Reports from twenty counties place the
crop prospect as the best since 1850. Cot.
ton Is heavily fruited, and the corn acre.
age is greater.
Gilbert Elliot, of st. Louis, has been APP
pointed n Commissioner of deeds for Ar
kansas by the Governor.
The new addition TO the Female College
in Little Rock is completed, The build
ing is gGxC0 feet and contains twenty
rooms.
A fire a few days ago near Okolono de-
s'royed several hundred dollars worth of
lumber belonging to the Gates Lumber
Company. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
john Dohson, a colored man, was run
over a few nights ago near Arkadelphia
by train of cars on the Arkansas &
Sou hwesicru railroad. Both legs were
crushed above the knees.
The anniversary cf the emancipation of
slaves in the West Indies was appropri.
ately celebrated by the colorel citizens of
Little Rock at Deuel. park.
The bycicle is a great favorite with the
Little Rock ladies. Which means that
they like to see graceful athlete spinning
around the West End park in a wild at
tempt to break all former records.
The plans for the Pulaski Court house
have been adopted by Judge Hill, the suc-
cesslul architect being Mr.. Max Orlopp, Of
Little Rock. Mr.. Orlopp is the youngest
architect in the city. All materials used
in the building, with the exception of the
iron floor beams and roof trusses and terra
Gotta are to be from the State of Ar
kansas
Attorney General Augustus II. Garland
arrived in Little Rock "A few days ago
direct from Washington, accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. Hubbard. Mr.. Garland
has gone to Homny Hill, where he ex-
poets to remain until the last of Sep
tcmber, when he viii return to Washing
ton and resume his duties before the SUI
preme Court of the United States. He
looks fatiPued from overwork and stated
h., TO Lob tba fa
miliar scenes of his country home.
S. II. Holland, one Of the most promi-
nent colored men in this State, died sud-
denly In Little Rock a few days ago. He
was a resident of Chicot County and for
several terms sheriff OF that county. He
was also State Senator two terms. His
services as sheriff was under Democratic
Administration. He was coal-black me-
gro, honest, faithful, and bore a good rep
utation as business man.
Tom Daniels, a colored man, about forty
years Of age, vino for several years was
i'm the employ of r. w. Worthen, in Little
-Rocl; sat down in chair at his residence
a few DAYS since and when MS wife spoke
to him a few minutes afterward she dis
covered that he was dead. The cause of
his death was consumption.
The following is a list of patents recent.
" granted Arkansas inventors Samuel
Brown, Russellville, refrigerator store-
house for fruits and vegetables; Zebulon
W. Patrick, Helena, trademark for rem.
adies.
Miles q. Townsend Of Little Rock,
thinks he has horse that can beat John
:. Prince, the champion bicycle rider, in a
twenty emile race Prince has $1,000 which
says that it can not be done, but wants to
make the race on the Springfield (Mass.)
track, which, next to the one at Little
Rock, is said to be the best In the country.
Mr.. Townsend says if his horse does not
down Prince he will kill him.
For several weeks the citizens of Perry
County have been complaining to the
United States officials at Little Rock that
the county was being flooded with count
erieit coin. A special operator was lsent
for from Washington to work up the case,
and he arrived last week and commenced
investigating the matter. He succeeded
in locating the persons he wanted, who
lived in log cabin about twelve miles
southeast of Perryville, and in one of the
most remote parts Of the county. They
were j. w. Howe and his wife and they
we're arrested.
The immigrants continue to come.
Miss Ollie Barker, youngest daughter OF
Captain Z. f. Barker, of Logan County,
was bitten by rattlesnake a few days
400 aud dfaJ from tho affects Of thp