Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-18
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

a meeting OF 0ne democratic state Cens
trail committee has been called to meet in
Little Rock March a. The time and place
of holding the State convention will be
fixed, and arrangements made for select
| ing delegates to the National Democratic
convention.
Jim" Burrows, the Genoa train-robber,
was taken from Texarkana to Little Rock
and placed in the penitentiary for safe
keeping. He will be confined there until
the next term of Miller County Circuit
Court. Burrows has made a full confess
sion.
The remains of Major w. W. johnson.
who died in Chicot County, recently, were
taken to Little Rock for in terment. He
was an old resident of the capitality,
The sensational murder trial Of Andrew
Hudyespath, at Harrison. ended in ver-
diet of guilty. Hudyespath was employ
ed by Geo. Watkins, near Yellville, and
seduced Mrs. Watkins, who plotted the
murder of her husband. The woman
afterward confessed her guilt, and her
testimony convicted her paramour.
Hudyespath will be hung at Harrison.
The date has not been fixed.
Rev. q. 7. Bennett of Sercy has been
elected editor of the a rkdnsdS Metb0dist
to succeed to the editorial chair made
vacant bv the death of the lamented Dr.
A. R. Winfield, and which has been filed
since by Rev. Horace Jewell. Mr.. Ben
nett was the founder of the White County
Beacon, and is a most forcible writer, and
WILL no doubt, make an able successor to
an able pred ecessor.
Messrs. Z. E. Campbell and Sam Hard
wick, of Atkln, Pope County, arrived in
Little Rock few nights ago in charge of
G. M. johnson, an insane man who has
created no little fear and CONSERVATION
among the women and children of Pope
County. He is a raving maniac Of the
most dangerous kind, and it requires the
| closest surveillance to keep him from COM
mitting some dastardly crime. He was
pl aced in the insane asylum.
The case of the State against Albert
Mabry for the killing of Tom Middleton
in Faulkner County, last May, was in
progress in the Circuit Court at Con way.
The case is one that has attracted no little
attention, and at the time the crime was
committed it was the subject that en-
crossed the attention of the State press
| for several days.
For reasons not given Colonel R. FL.
| Crockett announces This withdrawal from
| he gubernatorial race.
| DR.. R. P. Wright, The alleged bigamist,
| late city editor of the Little Rock Demo
crat, recen tly captured in Tennessee, has
been lodge in jail at Little Rock.
Phillip Schuster, a former St Louisan
and for many years a resident of Texar-
kama, lied few days ago of pneumonia.
| The So 500 secured by the City of Little
| Rock from the General Government for
military improvements is being expended
/ in placing splendid iron fence around
| the arsenal.
| Governor Hughes has ordered special
| election to be held in Boone County, on
the 25th inst, for the purpose of electing
| a clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the
| removal of w. w. Watkins for mall
| feasance. W. A. Watkins has been ap
| pointed clerk in the interim.
The Pulaski County convicts, under
several guards, have been placed at work
on the Fourche noun tain turnpike, which
| it is expected will be extended to Sweet
Home, dis lance of five miles.
Governor Hughes has offered a reward
of 5000 for the arrest and delivery of Os-
car Coulter to the Sheriff of Logan
County. Coulter is charged with the MUIR
der of c. P. Massey on January 27.
New post -offices have been es established
in the State as follows: Joplin. Mont
gomery County, with Antoine B. Chatelle
as pos tina ter; Delucs, Arkansas County,
John W. Steven, postmaster; Little Bay,
Calhoun County, BENZ. Dickson, post
maste.
Clark County seems to be going largely
into butter making. Over two hundred
patent churns have been sold there within
the past few weeks.
AS an evidence that the farmers have
hapu0 vnrH in for ha
the hardware merchants in the cities are
selling quite a number of implements with
which to till the fertile Arkansas soil
The fruit crop of all kinds is pronounced
safe so far by those who have been OBJ
serving. An abundant yield of apples
and peeches is much to be desired this
year, as want to show our expected
visitors what the State can do in the way
of fruit.
The Terry-W Waggoner internecine war
which has been raging along the border
counties Of this State and Missouri is Writ
ually ended. John and Miles Terry are
under arrest. John Mitchell, John and
William Ambrose and William Wagon
er have been placed under bond.
Governor Hughes recen tly issued req
uisition on the Secretary of War 70.
firearms and military equi pments to sup
ply the military companies lately or
ganized in Little Rock. The order was
indorsed by the Secretary of War, and
arms and equipments amounting to some.
thing over 81 900 will shortly be received
by the Governor.
An attempt was made one night recent
ly to blow open two safes in the town of
Stevens, about sixty miles east of Texar-
kama, on the st. Lo uis, Iron Mountain &
Texas railway. The burglars were de-
tected, however, before they accomplish
ed their work There were said to hav,
been eight of the gang and they all es-
capped.
Advices have been received from Prof.
w. S. Thomas, who is in charge of the
Arkansas exhibit at the National Fruit
display at Riverside, Cal, stating that
Arkansas has the finest display of apples
and the greatest variety ever made on the
Pacific coast. Arkansas has now COM
peted at all the fruit shows of the United
States, and has at each place won the
highest award for apples. The award has
not been made vet at Riverside, but it
is confidently expected that Arkansas will
get it.
few nights ago Mr.. James F. Huff
who lives few miles from Dardanelle,
Yell County, on the Fort Smith road,