The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.

AIkhllshb afe candidates Tor re-
elec ton.
The extent OF land opened 10
homestead entries in the United
States. Is now about 20O,000,000
acres.
The Houston Posi- says; Tickets
for free people tn vote should not
be Matched out in the lodge rooms
of secret organizations.
The Hot Springs Neles reports
the sale of two mines situated in
Montgomery and Polk counties, to
St Louis capitalists, for $4,000
each.
Gabriel Dumont, who was CON
neeted with the Riel revolution, is
said to be fomenting another Can.
adian instruction. Trouble is APP
pretended,
William Sherman, the eldest son
of the retired general of the army,
is finishing his studies for the Jes-
ute priesthood at Georgetown col
lege, much to the disgust of his
father.
An exchange says that since
prohibition has been in force in
Athens, Georgia, the city council
has dispensed with one-third of
the police, having no further need
of their services.
President Cleveland only escap-
ed a nomination for congress in
1870 by the action of the republi-
cans in nominating his personal
friend, L. K. Bass, against whom
he declined to enter the list.
Roscoe Conkling says: 1.-THE
smallest country newspaper is
worth more to its subscribers in
one month than its price for year,
and does more for its neighbor-
hood for nothing than high Off
cial does for his munificent salary"
Danger! A neglect of cold or
cough may lead to Pneumonia,
Consumption or other fatal dis-
eases. Strong's Peetoral Pills will
cure cold as by magic. Best
thing for dyspepsia, Indigestion,
sick headache as thousands testify.
Henry Ward Beecher has re-
quested the prayers of the congre-
CATION of Plymouth Church for
the salvation of Senator Edmunds,
of Vermont, who has fallen from
grace as Mugwump and is now
waging war against President
Cleveland.
The hotel proprietors of Wash
ington complain bitterly of the
parsimony of the members of the
present Congress-. They charge
them with eating and lodging at
second rate hash-h houses. aud utter
devouring titteen-cent meal they
stand before the doors of the ho-
tells, pick their teeth, and claim to
be registered there.
There are twenty-five states
with democratic governors. They
are Alabama, Arkansas, Califor-
MIA, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia and West Virginia. Five
are iii states where the republicans
control the legislatures-New
York, Pennsylvania, California,
New Jersey and Nevada.
A very good story from Texas.
A st. Louis commercial tourist,
whose territory is in Arkansas,
made a trip through the western
portion of Texas and was making
some very uncomplimentary re-
marks about the country through
which they were passing, when n
brother traveller asked him if he
did not like Texas better than Ar
kansas. NO" he replid, Il would
rather be bob-tailed dog and be-
long to a negro in Arkansas than
to be governor of Texas"
There is one most commendiable
thing in the present railroad strike.
1t is the boycott which the
strikers have instituted against in
temperance. lthss been frequent
ly noted during the present
strike, that the participants have
kept away from the saloons and
remained quiet and orderly. The
tramp and the hoodlum have not
dared 10 show their heads. If this
boycott On incompetence can be
inforced by laboringmen they have
comparatively little to fear from
corporations. The sober, steady,
capable mechanic is never long
out of job. The Knights Of La
Dor are doing grand and noble
work by the incubation Of sobriety
among their members, L r..
Democrat
The third annual report of the
Civil Service Commission lust
sent to Congress, shows that the