The Osceola times., 1888-12-22


the untrammeled right of suffrage without
reaction. Let the people be educated,
but not restricted in the exercise OF the
right to vote because not educated. There
| is much practical, valuable knowledge OBJ
tanned from what is usual denominateu
education. | do not believe the people OF
the United States will vote for or submit
to an educational qualification OF suffrage,
and the tendency would be to aristocracy
and class distinction, inimical to the
genius and spirit of our free institutions"
Miscellaneous Items.
Arrangements have been completed for
the establishment in Little Rock of q
mammoth farniture company. The prin-
cipal stockholders in the enterprise ere,
at present, citizens OF Grand Rapids,
Mich. The enterprise will be inaugurated
soon after the holidays. A strong effort
is being made by Michigan people who
are interested in Arkansas timber lands,
together with local capitalists, to estab-
| lish in this State some half-dozen furni-
tured factories now operating at Northern
| points.
The people Of Newport live under local
option law. A petition filed in the County
Court not to have a majority Of the adults
within the three mile limit. In conse-
qucnce thereof no licenses were granted.
The case was appealed 10 the Circuit
Court, where it has been pending until a
| few days since, when the decision OF the
County Coart was sustained, and Newport
Is dry for another year.
The Board of Trustees Of the State Uni
1 :. los
| Ayera, KeeZee, Welch and Fishback were
present, with Governor Hughes and Sec
retary Cravcns. Two members were alb
sent, Mitchell and Taylor. The board
closed mp the years business, made out
| their bicunual report to the Governor and
recommended that the Governor ask the
| Legislature for an appropriation aggre-
| eating $4,000 for the necessary expenses
and improvements for the next two years.
| They also recommended that the law which
| is now in force preventing girls from be-
ing appointed as beneiciarics Of the uni
versity, and receiving the benefits of an
education at this state institutiOn,be re-
pealed.
j. T.. Reeves, aged nineteen years, shot
himself through the heart at Little Rock,
a few nights ago. He was respondent over
family troubles.
| Thomas Watts, of Sulphur Rock, inde-
| pendence County, was killed at Newport,
a few days ago, by runaway team.
Behan's hardware and furniture store
| at Texarkana was destroyed by fire, few
mornings since. Most Of the goods were
burned. The stock is estimated at $4,000;
! loss, $4,000; insurance on stock and
building. S25,OO0.
| The Miller County grand jury found a
| bill of indictment against Ell Spear. who
shot and killed DR.. Beidler recently, of
murder-in the first degree, and he was
remanded to Jail without bail
The President has denied the applica-
/ tions for pardon in the case Of Henry C.
| Anderson, convicted in this State OF VIOLA
/ ton Of pension laws and sentenced in Au-
| gust, 1887, to Ave years Imprisonment at
/ Little Rock pcniteDtiary.
/ A suit has been begun in tho Circuit
Court at Little Rock by Charles +. Martin
| & Co., cotton buyers, against the st.
/ Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Rail-
, road Company for 5000. II is another
| big suit growing out of the great Novem-
/ Der cotton fire in 1887, and as similar suits
1 have been compromised, it is possible
( that this case will be settled in like
manner.
| Advlcss from Huntsville, Chester Coun-
| ty, report the death of W. II. Cecil, who
was shot by J. +. Basham, of Kingston.
| The murderer has not yet been captured.
The biggest failure OF the season in this
State took place few days ago, when il
was announced that the Lincoln mills and
stock farm, located in Lincoln County,
had made an assignment for the benefit
| of their creditors. The liabilities are un-
| known. The assets are estimated at $780,
| 0OI. st. Louis, Memphis and Little Rock
parties are among the preferred creditors.
W. l.. Brock, the robber of the Cotton
| Belt train at German, four miles east Of
| Little Rock, about twelve months ago,
was found guilty and sentenced to three
| years in the penitentiary. No motion was
made for a new trial and the sentence
| stands good. The wife of the defendant
with child but one month old was in the
! courtroom at the time Of the sentence
and was extremely affected and wept
piteously when the judge pronounced the
sentence which was to deprive her of q
| husband and her children Of a father.
Arkansas is again acknowledged by the
! highest horticultural authority TO be the
seeding ground Of the United States for
| apples. At the meeting OF the Illinois
| State Horticultural Society, recently held
In Alton, seeding apples were made a
subject OF special consideration. There
were exhibits from Illinois, Kentucky
| Missouri and Arkansas, and after most
| thorough examination the honor OF show.
| ing the greatest number ard best varieties
| of that GLASS was conceded to Arkansas
which State had already won the highest
awards at New Orleans, at Boston and al
| Riverside, Cal.
Petitions to the State Legislature are
being circulated in several counties, ask
| ing that law be enacted reducing the
present high and unjust rates of toll
charged on the wagon and foot-ways Of
railroad bridges in Arkansas.
The Governor has issued combinations
TO Chas. johnson and Scott Booker for
twenty-five days each in consideration OF
good behavior while confined in the peni-
tentiary. The former was sent up from
Jefferson County for one year for burg
larry and larceny, and the latter was sent
from Howard County for the same length
of time for grand larceny.
Legislators are brushing up.
Information has been received of the
death of Colonel j. w. Martin at Rich Hill
Mo. The deceased was for twenty years a
resident Of Little Rock and was taken
from the Charity Hospital in that city to
Rich Hill only few weeks since. He was
a veteran of the Mexican War, and in the
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