The Osceola times., 1888-07-07
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

MOCK anu resulted IN tue lilsohVA oNAh-
remauded to await the action OF the
grand jury. Roeh, ii is alleged, offered to
sell counterfeit money TO party at For'
Scott, Kas. .-.a...-a
On the day for the sale OF delinquent
lands in jackson County, there was but
one small tract lett on the list the taxes
having been paid on the rest
Editor Eugene Moore of the Atkins
Maj, was the only member Of the West
ern District Press Association who re-
sponded TO the recent call for meeting
at Clarksville. More hospitality had been
prepared for the occasion than be could
dispose Of.
There is considerable excitement and
much rejoicing at Little Rock over tbs
reported discovery OF natural gas in the
city. Prof. Reuben Carroll, OF Louisville,
KY, recently said he would stake his
reputation as a gas and oil expert upon
there being natural gas In inexhausuole
quantities in the vicinity. Prof. U. +.
Mitchell, OF the oil regions of Pennsylva-
MIA, and Mr.. Hiram Robbins, mineral
expert of Little Rock, have made the IN
vestigations and found the place where
the gas comes forth from ahole two feet
in diameter, and burned brightly until
extinguished by heavy rainfall. The
opening is about two miles from the city
in a dense wood.
The sheriffs OF lizard, Sewer, Jackson
Poinsett and Clay counties have settled
with the State Treasurer for taxes collect
ed for 1887.
In row at Corning, few nights ago,
Jim Inman was seriously wounded. Carl
Wall and Tom Kuykendall are in jail
charged with the shooting.
While in bathing in Sutton Lake, near
Texarkana, few evenings since, JEFF
Robinson, a colored youth, eighteen years
old, was seized with cramp, drowning be-
fore assistance could reach him.
Miss Alaska Dunn is the name OF a re-
cent addition to the household OF Con-
gresham Dunn, of this State. The little
| daughter weighs eight pounds, and she
and her mother ''are doing quite WELL"
News from Paris, Logan County, re-
ports the killing OF Ed Jarard and Alois
leller, German boys, by lightning. Ihey
were aged respectively eighteen ana SIX
teen years, and we're engaged In shocking
rats at the time they were killed
Twenty years ago David Ashley, OF
irant County, killed raoid dog ana
GOT some OF the saliva on Que Vi MS hanus,
"hlch are" years ia'er oeg"n 10 anect
uiul' re" Gays since he oieu III inc
greatest o. agony Victim OF hIuro-
phooia
some very important moves on Tue ran
ROAD CHECKER, poard IN ARKANSAS, Id tne
way OF ne" lines W oe oohs'ruc'eu' ma!
DC iookeu lor soon.
Little rock is sunerlng from al epi'
aenic OF peut purglaries'
Inc peopie OF ,arIlsle are proIecuhg
auo 'oHooi ou,'uih x upou "ni1" 'n''
poso " VAp,nu soiAe so'VoV, auu "'ii0'' 'A''
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| NoIoheI IL. f. helley, OF Kansas, VINO IL
Interested In the properties known as the
highlands, ABOUT mile up the river from
Little Rock, Is arranging ior the cohstruc-
non OF dummy hne opening up that
ection OF country.
Arkansas has added not less than one
hundred factories 10 her INDUSTRIAL wealth
WITHIN the last year
The recent Sunday school convention at
Bentonville showed that Benton County
had last year 2 9i2 pupils enrolled, requir-
Ing the services OF 20 teachers. The total
amount OF contributions for Sunday
school purposes was sl,O26.ol.
Sheriff J. s. Reagan Of Nevada County
| arrived in Little Rock few nights ago,
and lodged in the penitentiary for safe
keeping Grant Holly, colored. who at
tempted an assault upon a white woman
near Bowden, Nevada County, and to mob
whom several attempts were made
When the train passed Bowden six armed
men tried to enter it and secure their
man, but were stopped by the conductor,
who stood them off until he could start
the train.
| A desperate encounter occurred between
| revenue officers and moon sinners near
Black Springs, Montgomery County, a
few days ago. Internal Revenue Collect
or Fry and posse raided the moonshin-
ers' camp in the vicinity, destroying three
distilleries. Shortly afterward the posse
was attacked from ambush by an armed
| band OF moonshiners. A regular battle
eusued, in which Deputy United States
Marshal Trammel twas killed. Collector
Fry at once telegraphed to Fort Smith for
achievements, and more bloodshed was
expected.
The Board of Public Affairs of Little
Rock has closed a contract with the Fort
Wayne Jenny Electric Light Company to
| furnish the city an electric light plant for
| $4,000, with Corliss engine and all neces-
sary equipment to run 100 arc lights,
which are to be hung at the intersections
of the streets. The company will enter
into bond OF $4,000 to the city that the
plant shall be in running order by the
lst Of September, 1883. The $1,000 are to
be paid by the city in four annual pay
ments. Thus mooted question is settled
and the city will have the electric plant
The case of the Eureka Vinegar Com
pany VS.. the Daily arkansas Gazette, for
libel, came up in the United States Cir