The Springdale news., 1889-03-15

IS made. lhIs offer Will stand un- tll May l, upon wlich date the above presents will be awarded.
 Jeff Davsl no longer enjoys the distinction of being the only living Democratic Ex-President There are two of them now.-Globe-Dem erat.
 And the only thing disgracefnl about that is, they will have to be placed in the same category with the notorious R. B. Hays.
 At the commencement exercises of the medical department of the A. 1. U. held at Little Rock last week, seventeen young men were given the privilege of affixing to their signatures M. D. Among tbo number was Chas. F. Hurley of Bentonville, who took first prize on best examination in Anatomy.
 The Randolph Herald says: Frank Gocns married glrl under the requisite age. carrying her to Missouri to marry her. He was brought back and tried before Squire Bayless for entieiHg girl under age into marriage, and sen fenced to twenty days in jail and sl0 fen. He is now in the Randolph county jail.
 The Boone County Banner threat ems to eutstrip tue Globe. Democrat in old folks stories. This IS what it says: "One day last weex an old lady who signed her name Provey Baker, aged 94 years, walk ed from Searcy county with her grandson a distance of twenty ight miles, through mud and water to the United States Land-Office at this place for the purpose of mak. ing a homestead entry. She made the entry about o'clock in the evening and returned to Bellefonte that night, making the distance walked that day twenty-six miles, she having started the evening be- tore from home. The week before her trip here she walked twenty-five miles to Marshal in day and re- turned home the day following. We have the records to show what we say and we ehallege any one to show more remarkable or ener- getic old age than this2'
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March F. The president sent the following nominations to the senate today: Arthur C. MIl!ette, Watertown, Da. kota, to be governor Of Dakota; Luther B. Richardson, Grand Forks Dak ota, to be secretary of Dak kota; Cornelius H Hanford, of Washing ton Territory, to be chief justice of of the supreme court of the Terri tory of Washington; Geo. W. Iry- ing, of Montana, to be United States
 
 Marshal for the Territory of Mon tana; Smiley U. Chambers, of In- diana, to be United States attorney for the district of Indiana; Geo. S. Batcheller, of New York, to be as sistant secretary of the treasury; vice Hugh s. Thompson, resigned Albert G. Porter, of Indiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister to Italy; John A. Enanier, of Illi- nois, to be minister resident aud consul general to Denmark. Post masters, kyman Nj. Ward, at Ben ton Harbor, Mich, and Richard Root, at keokuk, Iowa.
 The Sh"fiff of Conway county, says the Ft. Smith Times, recently received q letter signed, "Jack the Ripper No. ?" It was addressed: Mir. Sheriff, PlummervilleCenway County, Ark" Ii was in white en velope ad dressed with apen in a diff fer4nt hand writing from the letter. It was written incramped hand and on journal ruled paper. But half of the post mark was legible, and the upper part showed the letters, "th west City, March 5.' The reverse side of the envelope was stamped with the receipting stamp o: Plum m rlille. The follow ng is a copy 0f the letter.
 MAYsvnLE, ARK, March 4.-Mr Sheriff: "Sir: am the man who killed J. NJ. Clayton. I went to Plummerville to kill Powell Clay ton. Powell Clayton had my father and brother killed when ] was a child. have been West for nine teen years and returned 10 Fort Sr,;,b ;u4 n f, ar f h n aIacfian oynacf-