The Springdale news., 1889-06-21
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

A fatal accident occurred at James, own, few days ago. A kitchen stove in he residence of k. Milligan was upset by children, who were playing i'll the room. Two of them were caught under the stove i md burned to death. One of them aged en years, was child of k. 0. Bears, and he other was Mir. Milligan's. The house ,lso narrowly escaped being destroyed i oy fire.
 A cyclone passed over Arkansas City, few nights since, destroying the Third 1 Street M E. Church South, Sweet Canaan i Colored Baptist Church, St. Johns Col pred Baptist Church, the white and col pred school houses and some ten or twelve dwellings. The railroad elevator was partly unroofed, and Whitehall's old warehouse was blown down. The fOllow- i ing is a list of casualties so far as known; l Kate Walton, colored, aged fifteen, killed; i Tuly Walton, colored, aged nine, killed; Mrs. Walton, colored, slightly injured; i Lizzie Russell, colored, hip dislocated. l The wind was from the southeast, and was ] accompanied by heavy rain and iucessant l lightning. The loss is about $, 900.
 One hundred and eighty tho usand dol lars of the debt of Little Rock, which is by far the greater portion of the indebt- ] edness has been funded through a St. Louis banking house i'll twenty flve- I per cent bonds, which has reduced tho rate of interest one per cent, and saves to i the city in interest alone SIG GOO.
 John Bently, Arthur Bently, John l Hughes, Seyborn Hall, Dan Ford, Jessie i Murphy and John Harris have been l placed in jail at Helena charged with the murder of Dan Reynolds. The parties are all colored. Reynolds was supposed to be intimate with the wife of one of those i parties. He was taken out and whipped 1 severely and died of his injuries. The matter was investigated a few weeks ago ] and the parties released for want of ] sufficient evidence. Later developments i fixed the guilt on the aboye-named i parties, and they were remanded to jail i without bail.
 l Articles of incorporation of the Cook ] and Washwoman's Association of Arkan- sas have been filed with the Secretary of State. The incorporators are: Mary Jones, Fannie Wren, Alice Sampson, Mary Taylor and Hattie Campbell, all cOlored women. The company has no i capital stock, and it's objects are setforth i to be the raising of fund by assess ment to take care of sick members, to relieve distress, and to bury the dead. l The public believe the real object to be l to advance wages, and the Chinese pOpu- 1 lation of Little Rock is of that opinion i and propose to fight them.
 A short time since particulars were 1 published of the suit of f. H. Jones, Re- publican, vs. H. F. Gildewell, Democrat, i for the office of treasurer of Pulaski County. It is contended that Jones was elected to the office, and only failed to receive it because Of the stealing of the ballots and books from the vault in the rear of the county clerks office. Re- ] gently the contest ease came up for trial before the Circuit Court and proceedings were stopped by the application to the Supreme Court for q writ of prohibition. The judge of the Circuit Court was noti- fed that the Supreme Court denied the writ and announced that he could proceed i with the case.
 Sheriff E. D. Pillow and guards of Phil l lips County went to Little Rock last week with the following prisoners, who were sentenced to the State penitentiary; II. C. Beid, manslaughter. three years; Will jam Famous, manslaughter, five years l. A. Jackson, mans laughter. two years James Childs, larceny, twelve years :; Mark Hicks, larceny, two years; Jessie ! I Clay, larceny, one year: Simon Hicks larceny, one year; Giles Pryor, assault with intent to kill, five years; Joe Mich oils. grand larceny, two years; J. x. Bar. nett larceny, seven years.
 The seventh annual session of the Ar kansas Pharmaceutical Association was held in Little Rock last week, lasting three 1 days. It was the best meeting the asso. citation has ever had and the members were more than pleased with the result l of their labors. Twelve new members were enrolled at the meeting. The old officers were reelected, and Pine Bluff was selected as the place of meeting nexi year. President ". ". Kerr, of Bates vile, was elected delegate to the National convention for the revision of tine phar- macoppia. which meets in Washington iu 1890, and D. 1. Miles, John Schaap, F. W i Bush, E. F.. Shendall and E. R. Goodwin delegates to the American Pharmaceutical Association.
 There is said to be man in Fort Smith so mean that he refused a neighbor tho privilege to look at his clock to ascertain the time of day.
 The Pulaski County clerks office boasts of an interesting relic in the shape of ar old single barreled hint-lock pistol. 1 is very formidable looking weapon, bu the gentlemen who have charge of the office assure visitors that it Is perfectly harmless.
 Attorney J. F. Baily, who is also editor of the Little Rock Sun, received notifica tion from the University of Illinois tha the title of "Ph. D." had been conferred upon him by that institution. He is very proud of the distinction, as he Is the sec ond colored man upon whom that degree has been conferred.
 Mrs. Porter, wife of k. W. Porter Little Rock train dispatcher, filled chicken thief full of cold lead a few nights ago. Her husband being absen from home at night, she set an electric battery in such a manner that tho openin! of the outhouse doors would sound an al arm in her bedroom. About three o'cloel in the morning she was awakened by tn, alarm, and picking up a revolver sh cautiously made her way to the rear o the house. There she saw man with sack, into which he was dropping tho fowls. "Bangn' went the revolver "Stop! stop, stop!" cried the thief. Sh, responded with another shot. Do yol surrender?" .'Yes," replied the thief a he stepped painfully out. She lowered the weapon anu He Julhpeu tAe leHce Four more shots were sent after him, bu he finally escaped. 4 trail O. blood fo
 six squares gave evidence of the seriou
 character of his injuries, and his captur
 by the police, if not fatally injured, wa expected to follow.
 In the Miller County Circuit Court,
 few days since. George Dooly, colored
 was tried and convicted on a charge o
 criminally assaulting ten year old girl
 and given ten years in the penitentiary