The Osceola times., 1888-08-18
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

age, and in short while the whole con-
cern was burned up. The building be.
ionged 10 ths Little Rock Furniture Com
pany and was valued at 5000. fully In
sured. The material aud goods burned
were worth $4,000, insured for $1,000
The machinery was worth 5000; no In.
surance. Every thing Is q total wreck.
A suspicious stranger gluttcd Lonoke
with counterfeit silver few days ago.
p. N. Goetz, Of Randolph County, was
recently fued 500 and sent to Jail fol
thirty days for Illegally selling liquor.
o A gar-fish six feet and two inches long,
weighing I'D pounds, was caught at Jud-
sonia recently.
new cotton compress and an elegant
new hotel are being erected at Arkansas
City.
In spite Of politics Arkansas continues
to improve. The fact is Arkansas can
not be kept down.
Near Little Rock, a few days ago, Eli.
jah Wayne and C. NJ Duncan. farmers,
quarreled about the hogs Of one getting
into a field belonging to the other. They
fought. and both are believed to be fatal
ly injured.
Miss E. Dalton, of Randolph County, a
handsome and popular girl, committed
suicide recently by taking dose of ar
senic. She left letter behind giving the
reason for the act which her family re-
fuses to divulge.
Tho Governor has appointed William
Vance, Jr., circuit clerk Of Crittende a
County, to fill the vacancy caused bv the
resignation of David Ferguson.
The post-office at Joplin. Montgomery
County. has been discontinued, and mail
ordered to Silver City.
Arkansas fruits and vegetables bring a
better price in st. Louis and Chicago
than any other Southern goods.
Mrs. Amanda J. Beadler, the divorced
wife Of Hon. II. N. Beadler, ex-mayor OF
rexarkana, but now OF Battle Creek,
Mich, died at her residence, In Tex.
arkana, few nights ago, Of congestion
Of the brain.
Remember the exposition at St. Louis
and uphold the pride of the State. Ar
Kansas can't be beaten for fruit and grain.
Send in that big stalk Of corn, that peach,
pear, plum, apple, apricot, that sheaf OF
oats. wheat millet and the various
grasses.
Governor Hughes recently pardoned
Norman J. Pruett, sixteen-year- -old
boy, who was sent TO the penitentiary
from Sebastian County last December for
term Of two years for perjury. The
boys mother went to Little Rock from
her home in Sebastian County, bearing
with her strong petitions for her sons
pardon and the boys conduct age and all
being taken into consideration, the par
don was granted.
Sheriff John @. warheld Of Desha
County recently lodged six convicts in
the penitentiary for the following terms
and offenses: James williams, assault
with intent to kill, one year; Thomas
White, grand larceny, one year; Jake
Richards, murder, twenty-one years I;
William Brazee, burglary, three years ;
Monroe Christy. grand larceny, one year /;
Bob Stins, grand larceny, one year.
The Board Of State Railroad Commits.
sioners held q session in Little Rock q
few days ago, at which the St Louis &
Ban Francisco railroad was returned as
being worth $1,000 per mile. The com
inissioners assessed it $500. The st.
Louis, Arkansas & Texas road was re-
turned at $4,85o per mile for the main
line ana branches. It was assessed at
5000 per mile on the main line and 81, 900
per mile on the branches.
Articles Of Incorporation of the Augusta
Il Southwestern railroad have been fled
with the Secretary Of State. 1t is to run
from Howell on the Batesville & Brink
10y road to Augusta, a distance OF sixteen
miles. 1t Is to be built at once by the
Batesville & Brinkley Railroad Company
IN time to handle the present crop, and
will be operated In connection with that
road.
A terrible accident occurred recently
four miles southwest of Avoca, in Madi.
son County. A man named Sam p. Will .
iams was walking along the road, accom-.
panied by his wife and his six.year. old
girl In his arms, when suddenly and
without warning dead tree fell over to-
ward him, striking him on the top Of the
head, crushing his skull and breaking his
neck. The child was also buried under
the fallen tree, and when taken out was
crushed into an almost indistinguishable
mass.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Iron Mountain railroad, near Little Rock,
a few days ago. While q train consist
Ing of four cars and an engine was back.
ing, II struck COW, derailing the whole
train and killing Conductor John Keeby,
Of Little Rock, and seriously II not fatal
ly injuring Engineer C. F. Reynolds and
Rock. The fireman saved himself by
jumping. Keeby had recently married.
Passenger traffic was delayed from eight
70 ten hours.
John Peters, barkeepsr at the St
Louis House, at Little Rock, dropped
dead, q few evenings since from apopIexy.
He had been living in the city for about
Eve years. was unmai Tried and a quiet
and peaceable citizen. The deceased had
not been we'll for few days and had
been taking medicine, but was not Ill
enough to quit work. Peters, father and
mother live In Germany and are evidently
well-to-do people, as they made frequent
Of good sums Of money to
their son.
Three deaths occurred in Fayetteville,
recently, within twenty four hours. Tho
FIRST was that Of George, Q young son of
ex- United States Senator J. q. Walker,
who had been III for some months. The
Hamburg, visiting her married sister in
and who had been sick with
fever for about three weeks. The third
was Mr.. W. 2. Msyes, who was suddenly
prostrated by the heat He lived two
miles south Of the city, on q fine farm.
He moved from Tennessee when young
man, and had lived in the county ever
since. He was a carpenter by trade, and
had csntract on the University building.
OF late years he has been engaged In
farming.
The open bolls are appearing.
The development Of the Fletcher Man.
ganese range near Little Rock has begun