The Springdale news., 1889-05-17
NIiscellanenns ItemS.

Miscellaneous ItemS
 The inmates Of the Miller County jail, i East Texarkana, had their arrangements completed to make their escape recently, | when they were discovered. There were 1 eleven prisoners in all, of various shades, who had very skillfully cut hole in the . floor and tunneled under the wall. It is | said that one of the party read in a loud voice one of Mir. Talmage's sermons to his associates, while d detail was going ahead on the tunnel. Sheriff N. Blythe ' suspected that there was too much piety ! for the size of the crowd, and instituted | search, with the result stated. ' A six-year- od son of MT. J. J Hicks, ! deputy clerk of Pulaski County, was bit l ten by a mad dog at Jacksonville recent | ly. Tine wound became greatly inhamed, and the child was pronounced to be poi soned from the bite. His parents took him to Beebc, where a maidstone WAS ap- l piled to the wound. Il is alleged by the cAild's parents that Il drew tue poison from the wound, and that the child has recovered.
 | Miss Nealie Hynson, aged twenty eight, ! who lives with her sister, Mrs. J. F.. Shut, l in Texarkana, went to q ueighbor's house . . iiuugiin, a widower, a4ci fifty, without he knowledge of Mrs. shut. The bride -eturned to her sisters after the cere- mony to procure her belongings, but on | lcquainting her with her matrimonial venture Mrs. Shut obtained assistance | and forcibly detained the bride by lock- ng her in a room. The groom had taken 10 steps to recover his treasure, but his friends claim that he will soon d. so, while the Shuts swear that lie shall never have her.
 The motion for new trial in the con viction of Reid and Lucas, the Morrilton men, was argued at Little Rock, few lays ago, and Judge Caldwell had the matter under adyi1ement.
 The jury in the case of Martin, Higuight and Anthony, charged with stuffing bal lot- box in Woodruff County, came into court and reported that they could not reach any agreement and were dis charged
 Iii the Federal Court at Little K ock, a few days since, Judge Caldwell quashed the second indictment against Charles T. Reid and J. L. Lucas, who were convicted on April 7 on tho charge of interfering with an election officer at Plummerville last November. The Judge held that the indictment did not specify in what par t.cular the interference was made and that it was a conclusion of the law. The defense was d technical one, but as the Judge ordered the men confined in the penitentiary until he got ready to pass tha sentence tho impression prevailed that the men would be sentenced to prison for a term of years.
 .J ,i4 of Little Rock have organized a society, to be known as the ex-COnfederate Asso- citation of Arkansas. The principal ob- ject seems to be to secure funds for the erection of home in that city for dis abled Confederate soldiers. A committee, consisting of Colonel R. A. Little, Hon. E. E. Moore Hon. B. E. Chism, Major John D. Adams and Mr. Leo Pollock, has been appointed to raise the fund by sub- scription About $500Ow raised imme- diately in sums ranging from $50 to $l. Among the subscriptions are $500 each by Colonel Little, ex-Governor H. NJ. Rector, John D. Adams, Thomas W. Steele and John c. Fletcher, and S200 by Governor James r. Eagle.
 A small-size riot took place in Little Rock few days ago, on the Ninth &
 
 name of Williford ejected a colored boy for stealing a ride. The boy climbed upon the car again and was put off by Williford a second time. A crowd of colored men them came to the boys as- sistance, throwing rocks at the driver. By this time another car had arrived, the driver of which, by the name of Parker, came to the assistance of Williford. The colored men were getting the best of tho row and were receiving endorsements from all sides. When Williford was about overpowered he drew a knife, cut ting one of his assailants, George Harris, with fatal effect. Harris was carried home on a stretcher. The drivers sur- rendered to the officers soon after the trouble. The drivers If the city held a meeting to take measures for the protec- ton of Williford and Parker.
 The Texarkana Foundry and Manu-
 featuring Company, which was chartered under the State laws with capital of SIC, 900, and which has been in successful operation at Texarkana for the last two years, has been placed in the hands of a receiver.
 Governor Eagle, Hon. G. Fletcher, l Thomas Steele, w. P. Campbell and John D. Adams called a meeting, which was recently held in the State House in Lit ! tie Rock, to take action looking to the establishment of home for disabled ex- l Confederate soldiers in that city. l The annual May meeting, fair and festi- val of the State Horticultural Society will
 be held in Little Rock, beginning May 15 1 and continue three days.
 In the case of Heyton Hill, colored, who | brought suit in the Circuit Court at Lit ! tie Rock, against the Iron Mountain rail- way for 5000 damages, the jury returned i a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for S250.
 His leg was injured while loading cotton.
 The journeymen plumbers of Little
 Rock held meeting, recently, and de-
 cided that S3.50 was not enough for a days work. They made a demand for Si, and will remain out until the em- | ployers come to their terms.
 The body of Simon Thornton, who killed his wife recently, at Clarendon, was found near the house where he commit
 ted the crime, with pistol shot in his
 person M one knows whether it was i suicide or murder.