The Springdale news., 1888-10-19
Miscellaneous Items.

Sheriff Livingston of Fulton County went to Little Rock few days ago with five persons, who were placed in the vari- ous State institutions. One was prison CT and four were charges-yiz.: John A. Watts, insane asylum; James Caruthers, school for the blind; Miss Belle Elmore and George Pritchard, deaf mute insu- tute, and lastly Q criminal, Dinton Plumbly, convicted at recent term Of court for murder in the second degree and sentenced for ten years.
 Suit has been filed in the Pulaski Cir cult Court by the Arkansas Industrial Company, against the Union Compress Company, for balance due of S36 015. The Arkansas Industrial Company is eom- posed of the lessees of the State convicts, and the compress was built with convict labor. W. H. Wright. who Is president of the compress company, is also one of the stockholders of the Industrial con- pany. Tue parties can not agree on the amount due, the compress people claim ing that the compress building should have been finished in November last, when, i'll fact, it was not done until April.
 The Jones' Glidewell contest at Little Rock has resulted in all important dis coyerY, which may necessitate the forma- tiol Of an entirely new set of election laws. The discovery was made that the bill passed i'll the Lesfs lature of 1S75, governing election contes ts, was read the second time by title only, when tue entire bill, under the Constitution, should have teen read. The discovery has created deep interest in legal circles ana several attorneys assert that the law is invalid. IL remains to be seen what +l,a II ls the meautim il is being thorouyhly dis eussed by the lawyers of the city. An examination of the archiye journal leaves no possible doubt of the passage of the passage of the bill iu the above stated manner. If 1t should turn out that the law is invalid, which many assert, there will be something for the next Legisla- ture to do.
 Additional money order offices have been designated iu this State IS follows: Black Rock, Buckner, Galyest ton, Harri- son, Heber St. Charles, St. Paul, Stutt- gart, Wynne. Postal notes only-Brlght- water Caledonia, Cove James town, Men, ford, Valley Springs, Wyandotte.
 The Arkansas Lumbermen's Associa- tion held an important meeting in Little k ok, recently. The object of the meet ing was to obtain relief in transportation facilities along the Iron Mountain road and it's branches. The present condition of affairs is distres sing to lumbermen as they are short to date l, 560 cars for ship ping lumber.
 Sheriff Coblentz of Conway County ar rived in Little Rock, few | ays ago, with three prisoners for the penitentiary, and they were committed. One of them was Daniel Caar, darky. The following day full pardon was granted Caav, who was convicted at the present term of the Con- way Circuit Court of grand larceny and sentenced to te I'm of one year.
 It was at first thought no one was killed by the falling walls in the recent fire at Little Rock, lut now it seems that man was buried under the debris. ". H. Jones, street-car driver left the stables to go to the fire. He was seen working there up 10 midnight when the walls tell, and he had not been seen since. He left large sum of money in his trunk, and the company owed him forty dollars, and as he had no debts it is hardly supposed he ran away.
 An examination shows that the next State Legislature, which will convene in January, has 127 members Of this number, twelve are Republic.- ans, three members of tue Union Labor party, and five Wheelers, the remainder being Democrats. The oldest member is Hon. ". H. Halliburton, of Arkansas County, aged seyenty-twc years, and the youngest Hon. J. T. Patterson, of Cross County, aged twenty one years. Both the Baptist and Methodist churches each have thirty-seven members, while seven are Pres byterians. The farmers are there sixty two in number, while there are only thirty three lawyers
 The internal revenue collection for the district of Arkansas for September were as follows: Lists, Sl23 37; spirits, $3,- 910.5); cigars. (G339J; tobacco, S715. s7; special tax, $14,016 S9; making a total of S6 500 j3
 D. F. Rose by his attorneys, Vaughan & Collins has brought suit in the Pulaski Circuit Court against Angelo Marre for 5000 dam9ges. Rose alleges that on j day last Au,ust he was, without just cause, painfully injured by being assault ed, hit, bruised, kicked and otherwise brutally maltreated by Marre on the pub- lie streets of Little Rock, for which he praYs iad yment in the sum above stated
 Governor Hug hes has sold his farms.