Sharp County record., 1888-01-12
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

a general fight ensued, IN which one Oh
the robbers and deputy marshal "ere
killed.
Sheriff McCarroll has at last run in the
narties who burglarized the 9el County
safe last February. The Sheriff returned
recently from Texas with Mike Launders'
in irons. George Edmundson is IN Dover
Jail and George Anderson in the state
penitentiary for robbing the Howard
! Comfy safe. Launders has confessed.
Mr., James Stringer, who is the proprle-
for of a large saw manufacturing eStab-
lishment at Cincinnati has been in Little
Rock recently in the interest of his busl'
ness, He likes Little Rock as location,
and it is understood that he contemplateS
the removal of his manufacturing estab-
lisbment to that city, provided he can
make suitable arrangements.
The Governor has granted pardon to
lack Hill, who was convict ed with intent
TO kill and sentenced to three years in the
penitentary. Hill was citizen OF Desha
! County, and his pardon was recommends
! ell by citizens of that county, as we'll as
bv the prosecuting attorney, the circuit
Judge and others. 1t appears that the
assault was the result of an aggravated
quarrel, commenced in drunken frolic.
The seventh annual meeting af the State
Bar Association will be held at the United
States Courtroom, in Little Rock, on
Wednesday, January A, 1885, at ten O'Clock
n. m. The annual address will be deliv-
cred by John Mcclure, and papers will
be read by the following gentlemen: w.
E. Hemniway, W. E. Atkinson, j. W.
Butler, J. NJ. Moore aud S. r. Cockrill.
A posse was organized in Little Rock,
under the proper officers, to assist i'll the
capture of the Southwestern train rob
bers. A number of the best boys in the
city, armed and equipped, Joined the
posse, and they left in as quiet manner
as possible The entire State is agitated
over the doings of the desperadoeS, who
have been terrorizing the Southwest, and
there seems to be systematic and deter
mined effort on foot to wipe them out.
On September "a last John Howard, or
"Unc'e Johnnie" as he is famiIiarly
called, was eighty.seVen years of age He
is now living five miles northwest OF
Dover, Pope County, on plac9 settled by
himself forty-two years ago. He plants
and cultivates crop of corn and cotton
each year, and to one unacquainted with
him he has the appearance of man OF
forty five or fifty years of age, working as
steadily as a young man.
The internal revenue office at Little
Rock has just been fitted up with elegant
Brussels carpet rugs.
Adelaide B., widow of Joseph W. Car
e hoe
, pension for service rendered by her hus-
band in the Mex can war.
A special election has been ordered by
the Governor in Greenbrier township, In
) dependence County, for one justice of the
peace. The election is for December 81
Mr.. Arthur Winslow, of the geological
survey, is moving down the Arkansas
river making a close inspection of the
. 4 Jutcr.er -,~..,--uuo ~DanHs anu ex'
amining the bluffs very closely. Mr..
Harris is at work in Clark County.
The Secretary Of State has received the
official returns of the election in Carroll
Coun ty for Circuit Clerk. They show that
Nunnally, the Democratic candidate, re-
ceived e42 votes, and Mitchell, his Repub-
! lcan opponent, received 794.
Large ira nsfers of valuable real estate
in Little Rock have occurred recently,
and it is noticeable fact that most of the
purchasers are non residents of the State
who contemplate the erection Of factories
and public enterprises in the city.
Sheriff w. S. Jett of johnson County
recently pl laced James Westover in the
penten tiary for two years for grand
larcen Y, and John Evans for fifteen years
for murder in the second degree Evans
is the man who murdered Truelove in
Johnson County last summer in cold
blood, shooting him from behind a stump
while be was plowing.
That the law will not guarantee a man
compensation for labor performed or the
use of property for an illegal purpose was
proven in the Circuit Court at Little Rock
recently in the case of James Garibald
VS.. Jose Writ. The defendant rented a
house from the plaintiff under a written
contract for $l2j a month, and used the
house as house of il-fame. The de.
fendant did not deny owing one months
rent, Sl25, the amount sued for but said
il was for an illegal purpose, and the de.
fendant knew il. The jury returned a
verdict for the defendant.
Faulkner County comes to the front " ith
a silver and copper mine, which has been
recently discovered near Cascade Springs.
Specimens of ore from the mine have been
tested and pronounced genuine and in
paying quantities. Mr.. B. F. Jones, who
owns the property, will shortly have the
mine thoroughly tested and developed.
Those who have visited the mine say that
it is one of the richest that has ever been
discovered in the State.
Governor Hughes has offered reward
of 5000 for the arrest and conviction of the
unknown parties who burned tho corn
crib of D. L. Gray, on the Ashley place in
Lonoke County, on the night of Novem-
Der 1S
The Governor has pardoned Frank
Arnold, who was recently convicted of
petit larceny in Sebastian County. Ar
mold had about served his term, and the
pardon was granted merely to restore him
to citizenship.
A pardon has been granted to Amanda
Pettis by the Governor. She was con.
victed of murder in Clark County in 1874
and sentenced to the pen tent ary for ff-
teen years. She had served thirteen years
and eight months, and during that time
had behaved herself well, so executive
clemency was extended to her.
Sheriff McCarrell of Yell County visited
the penitentiary at Little Rock few
| lnvS aOO where he recopnized the notori