The Osceola times., 1886-09-04
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

Judge U. N. Rose fled suit In the Cir.
cult Court of Pulaski County against
Thomas c. Newton, postmaster, and
Thomas II. Simms. United States revenue
collector, for possession Of the property
apon which the United States court.house
and post -offlce has been erected. The suit
was brought in the name OF the Beebe
heirs, the same parties who recently
brought suit for several thousand feet Of
river frontage In Little Rock.
At the recent session Of the Department
Encampment of the q. A. r. at Little
Rock, the following officers for the en-
suing year were elected: Commander,
&. G, Waters, Little Rock; senior vice.
commander, ID. Greaves, Hot Springs;
Junior vice commander, Jas. Oates, Sloam
Springs. assistant adjutant- general, W.
q. Akers, Little Rock; assistant quarter
master general, N. W. Cox, Little Rock;
medical director, George r. Weeks, Little
Rock; chaplain, Rev. W. r. Clark, Hot
Springs, chief mastering officer, s.
X. Robinson, Fort Smith; inspector,
d. c. Rugg, Hot Springs; Judge.
allocate, s. II. Sherlock; Fort
Thomas Boles, Fort Smith; NJ. Kirst, Lit
tie Rock; James Mitchell, Fort Smith; 8.
ID. Gilbreath, West Fork; W. J. Price,
Rogers. Representatives to the National
Encampment--John Vaughan, Fort Smith |,
Fred I. Dean, Little Rock. Alternates
M. Adds, Little Rock; A. s. Fowler,
Fort Smith.
Tho lovee break at Old Town, has ruined
over one million acres Of fertile cotton
lands.
Governor Hughes has appointed J. b.
Conner, Of Benton County ard J. z. Leary,
of Lee County justices Of the peace.
Deputy Sheriff Naples of Benton County
recently lodged two convicts in the peni.
tentiary.
Sheriffs T. ]. Grummett, of Columbia
County, and W. N. Mcclure, of Pike Coun.
ty, have made final settlements with the
State Auditor.
Fourteen new members recently united
with the Second Presbyterian Church at
Little Rock, and eight children were bap.
tized. Work on the church tower will be
begun at once, the money having been
raised for that purpose.
The depot building Of the st. Louis q
Iron Mountain railroad at Batesville was
burned by incendiaries q few nights ago.
The loss on freight is 10000, and on build
ing and cars over 5000.
The Democratic executive committee Of
the First District met at Jonesboro a few
days ago and decided to call a Congress.
sional convention at Jonesboro Septem.
ber 10.
The proceedings Of the Arkansas State
Bar Association have been issued in neat
and handsome pamphlet form, and will
prove OF unusual interest. The last meet.
ing was prolific in the discussion OF i'm.
portant topics and there Is quite demand
for the pamphlet.
Ham Williams, the deputy sheriff, who
was shot and seriously wounded while de.
Tending the machine shops Of the railroad
at Barring Cross. was the recipient Of a
check for $500 few days ago from Jay
Gould. Mr.. Gould gave instructions that
the best medical attendance be procured
and no expense spared. The wounded
man is slowly improving.
In the case Of the State vs.. T. NJ. Hum.
phrey, at Hope, indicted for robbing the ex.
press Office at the above named place last
fan, he was found guilty and sentenced
10 the penitentiary for one year. The
case will be appealed to the Supreme
Court.
The case of Fred Allison VS.. the Little
Rock Street Car Company, the jury gave
a verdict Of $l,500 for Freddie. The boy
was injured last winter while jumping of
a street-car that was going down the
la % Un,a eli
on the rails at the curve and the mules ran
away with 1t down the grade. In jump
ing of Freddie was thrown on his head
and sustained severe injuries, from which
he has nearly recovered.
The strawberry growers Of this State,
under the auspices Of the State Horticul.
tural Society, are arranging for State
strawberry fair and exposition in Little
Rock on the 18th and 18th Of May. A
committee Of the Horticultural Society,
consisting of Messrs. S. II. Nowlin, J. w.
Galloway, F. NJ. Christman, F. l. Dean
and w. s. Thomas, met in Little Rock
few days ago and arranged
for the exposition. The fair will
be held in the hall Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and premiums will be offered
for the several varieties. The opening ad
dress will be delivered by Governor s. p.
Hughes, after which there will be an arti-
Gle by General d. McRae, Commissioner
for Arkansas to the New Orleans Exposi-
.ion. II. f. vanderman, Pomologist of the
Department of Agriculture at Washington
will attend the exposition.
Colonel Whtthorne, of Benton, upon
,aar,;n, % ba anpaiptroapf of his broth her
as Senator from Tennessee, smiled sadly,
but says he consoles himself with the re-
Election that he is the only one Of the
family "that went that way"
A case of malignant smallpox was dis
covered In Little Rock a few days ago
The patient is woman named Doyle, who
has not been out of the city for months
The Board of Health took the case under
Investigation and isolated the patient.
United States Circuit Judge Brewer re.
fused the application for a restraining or
der in the case Of C. W. Huntington and
George Ripley, as trustees of the Little
Rock & Fort Smith Railway VS.. r,
W. Worthen, Sheriff and Coll
lector, ct al. The object of the application
was to restrain the collector from collect.
ing taxes from the railroad until the case
appealed from the State Supreme Court to
the United States Supreme Court few
days since could be heard. The railroad
holds that the assessment of the road by
the State Railroad Commissioners is ille'
gal, and is fighting against paying the
taxes under the assessment. The State
Supreme Court decided against the rail-
road.
More high water is predicted.
The Arkansas State Teachers Associa-