The Forrest City times., 1888-08-04
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
 Pine Blun hopes to secure free mall delivery in the near future
 A large and handsome two-story brick hotel is being built at Lonoke-
 Jefferson county has raised esss-5o for immigration purposes
 To Saturday Ozark had shipped ITS bcxes of fruit this season.
 sevier county's indebtedness is but a little more than s40o1
 Fort Smith Times: The natural gas driIl has been vigorously at work for two days on the Carnall place and Is down forty-five feet The indications srs god, and they will go the 4ooo this time e find wind
 About fifty teachers attended the tsachers' institute for the First judicial circuit held ct Searcy this week. The institute was conducted by Prof. Cox of Van Buren-
 Jasper Luckenbill, who killed J. F. Biackwook. union lator candidate for judge of woodruff county at Snapp few days ago, has been admitted to bail in e500o.
 The busy little bee persists in doing business in Fort Smith, to the annoy ance of almost everything and every body else. An effort is being made to fierce their removal out of town.
 From evidence recently found it appears that oil was discovered near Fort Smith in ls4e, which antedates its discovery in Pennsylvania by sev- sral yezrs. Arkansas oil wells will yet be in successful operation. : Mrs Lide Merriweather will arrive in Hot Springs next Saturday to begin series of temperance lectures. The temperance people will erect large tsnt for the purpose Gf holding these nseetingB-
 Jefferson county has paid this year total taxes amounting to sl00, 900, be- ing the second largest tax-paying county in the the state Its school taxes amount to s40,000, nine-tenths of which is paid by the whites. while three-fourths of it goes to maintain col cred schools.
 Chicago capitalists have bought an option on 100 acres of land near Tex arkana on which coal is believed to ex- 1t, and will make . thorough cxzmina- ton of the property.
 Hr. T. R. Brice will begin the publi- cation of . new paper to be called the Toilers' Advocate, at Heber, Cleburne county to-day.
 Ar. Joseph Knott, 2 farmer living i've miles from Pocahon.a5, plowed up . rich specimen of silver ore in his fs,d the other day.
 A MT. Ray of Little River county killed his brother the other night. The latter was walking in his sleep and was mistaken for burglar.
 An election has been ordered to de- termine whether the county-seat of Clay county shall be located at Rector, Grsenway or Piggott-
 In Sangamon county the acreage sowed to wheat was less than last year, but the harvest gave a better yield per acre than usual.
 Prof. ". H. woodaIl of Lonoke has besn employed as president of the Jud- sonia university. He is to employ teachers and receive for compensation the net earnings of the school.
 A district Snnday-school convention has been called to meet at Doweil's Chapel Washington county, Saturday.
 Ar. Wagner of Cleveland county has . war relic in 2s-year-old mule, still sble to make good hand on the farm.
 E. B. McDonald's steam gin and grist-mill at Weldon, Jackson county, burued Saturday night. It was partially insured.
 The Fort Smith Journal pied its local page as its forms were going to ts press Tuesday morning. Six columns of type were heaped on the floor.
 Hon. A. A. c. Rogers of Pine Bluff, ex-member of the congress from the old Second district, will remove with his family to California about August l.
 The Texarkana street railroad will soon be extended to four miles in lsngth. Its receipts Sunday were $50 and the stocks of the company is selling readily at par.
 About twenty-eight additional rooms will be added to Hotel Trulock at Pine Blud.
 The News claims for Springdale the largest and best constructed canning factory building west of the Mississippi.
 An effort is being made at Fort Smith to abolish the town COW. MT. John Edwards fine steam gin in Drew county burned Friday night.
 E. E. Clark, a Fort Smith sewing machine agent, is in trouble for selling tho flash clothing of his mistress, a handsome Mrs. Johnson of Washing ton county, said to have been recently divorced. Tho woman mysteriously disappeared some days ago and Clark was charged with her murder, but she has been located in Texas
 Trouble is likely to occur at any time, says the Texarkana News, be- tween the police and a gang of toughs in that city, whose infractions of the law arc continual.
 The Pine Bluff City social club has been organized at Pine Bluff with a largs membership. It is designed to bs sn organization similar to the cele- brated Concordia club of Little Rock.
 Pipe-laying is in progress for the Pine Blu6 water-works- Engines and other machinery will arrive in ten days and by August 20 it is hoped to have