The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
Miscellaneous Items.

Ilt tStdDIISIntHJ III 1lIIIt ROCK OI mammoth furniture company. The prin- cipal stockholders in the enterprise are, 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 fish ill this State some half-dozen furni- tured factories HOW operating ut Northern points.
 The people of Newport live under a local- option law. \ petition filed in the County Court year ago was found by the County Court not to have majority of the adults within the three mile limit. In conse- quence thereof no licenses were granted. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court, where il has been pending until a few days since. when the decision Of the County Court was sustained, and Newport is dry for another year.
 The Board Of Trustees of the State Uni yersity held session recently. Messrs Avera, keezee, Nelch and Fishbaek were present with Governor Hughes and See retarg Grayens. Two members were ab- sent Mitchell and Taylor. The board closed up the years business made out 1 their biennual report to the Governor and recommended that the Governor ask the Legislature fer an appropriation a5gre- gatIng ~l ,D0 fer the necessary expenses and Improvements for the-ext two years. They also recommended that the law which is=now in force preventing girls from be- ing appointed as benefeiaries Of the uni versity, and receiving the benefits of all education Ut this State iustitution.be re- pealed.
 =J. E. Reeves. aged nineteen years. shot himse through the heart al Little Rock, few nights ago. He vas Respondent over family troubles. i
 Thomas Watts, of Sulphur Rock. Inde- pendenee County, was killed at Newport, a few days ago, by d runaway team.
 Behan's hardware and furniture store at Texarkana was destroyed bf fire a fesg mornings since. Most of the goods were burned. The stock k estimated at S775 ooo; loss, s23,09o; insurance on stock and building. >25000
 The Miller County grand jury found bill Of indictment against Fl 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- tons for pardon in the ease of Henry C. Anderson. convicted in this State of viola ton Of pension laws and sentenced in Au- gust, lsSf, to five years Imprisonment at Little Rock penitentiary
 A suit has been begun in the Circuit Court at Little Rock by Charles r. Martin X Co.,. cotton buyers, against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain X Southern Rail- road Company for >S9, ,931. + iS another bfg suit growing out of the great Novem- Der cotton fire iu le>1. and a~ similar suits have been compromised, 1t is possible that this case will be settled in a like l manner.
 Adviccs from Huntsville. Chester Coun- tv report the death of W H. Cecil. who was shot by ]. F. Basham. of Kingston. The murderer has not yet been captured.
 The biggest failure of the season in this State took place q few days ago. when ii was announced that the Lincoln mills and stock farm, located i'll Lincoln County. had made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors. The liabilities are up- known. The assets are estimated at ~f00. 900. 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 new trial and the sentence stands good. The wife of the defendant with a child but one month old was in the courtroom at the time of the sentence and was extremely affected and weVt piteouslY when the judge pronounced the sentence which was to deprive her of q husband and her children of father.
 Arkansas is again acknowledged bv 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 Il subject of special consideration There were exhibits from Illinois, Kentucky. Missouri and Arkansas. and after q most thorough examination the honor of show ing the greatest number and best varieties of that class was conceded to Arkansas. which State had already won the bighest awards at New Orleans, at Boston and at Riverside, Cal,
 Petitions to the State Legislature are being circulated in several counties. ask ing that law be enacted reducing inc present high and unjust rates of toll char ged on the wagon and foot-ways of railroad bridges in Arkansas.
 The Governor has issued communications to Chas. Johnson and Scott Booker. for twenty-two days each in consideration of good behavior while confined in the pnni- tentlary. The former was sent uu from Jefferson County for one yeal. for burg- lary and larceny, and the latter was sent from Howard County for the same jen0tb of time for grand larceny.
 Legislators are brushing up.