The Springdale news., 1890-01-17
COUNTY ITEMS.
Condensed ar Taken Bodily From Oul
 County Exchanges

oHe recently tDtfe haNfnp peeu de- stroyed by the Bell Telephone Company
 The Farmers Alliance of Wash lngton county held a meeting recen- tly and 1T was decided 10 establish q hardware store with " F Dow ell in charge, It is not stated where it wlll he but We presume at Fay ettovlle.
 The Building and Loan Associa tion at Fayetteville is in a thriving cordiuon It has about s15,000 loaned out and The dues and inter est amount to almost $500 per month.
 Over s100.000 was spent in build ing In Fayetteville last year.
 There arc two carzy people con fined in the county jail and 1t is sald they make things miserable for other prisoners There is no room in the State Insane Asylum and their present quarters are the best that can be given them.
 Uncle Edwar4 Boone and Aunt Thersca, two of our colored citizens were Tn :he city last week. The only remarkable thlng about this is that the husband Is 76 years of age and Ihe wife has sect l07 win. ters They were the slaves of Dr James Boone, an early settler of thls county, and are still able to support themselve es oy manual h bor.-Democrat.
 'Squi1e Wyeatt of Whey Grove, has invented and had patented continuation harrow and roller that from appearance will prove a great sGceess. The harrow IS in the form of cylinder and revoiyes under the tongue to the two wheels of which II is attached and the roller is attached ln tho rear. It looks as though IL would run lighter, do good service and three or four tunes the work can he done as with an ordinary sepet4te harrow and roller.-Democrat.
 Ne were shown today fine sample ot silk thread made by Miss Polly Shalton well known young iady liFng two miles north of Fay etteyille Mss Polly started m May lSSs with I half ounce of silk worms and now has mne pounds of eoe3ous worth SIX dollars a pound. She has manufactured four pounds ot K and K m Ling quilt 10 exhlblt atthe Worlds fair in 1892 usang hes home made silk or the patch work.-Demoerat
 It's said that the Farmers AL ha0ce will soon cstatlih Produce i.xehange i'll Fayetteville.
 Fayetteville has the grip.
 Gov. Eagle has pardoned Geo Crabtrec, convicted of lorceny at the late term of our cncuit court ana sentepeed to the penitentlary for one year-SeLtinel
 We learn from Judge Greene that by agreement between the coun Y judges of Washington and Mad ison countic, and to-S.ork of the county surveyors, the long contin ued dispute regai dlng the honndry lpne bttw cen the two counties has at last been adjusted and the lines been approved by both courts and recorded Sentinel
 The ln1uetion suit which has beer pending m the T. s. Court al Fort Smith tor some tune past restrain ing the collectors of Benton and Wash gtou ueties form collect l 2 the taxes on the railroad bridge 1t Van Buren, has been dissolved. Itseoms the Board of assessment had decided that the tax should be distributed between he counties of Benton, Washington, Crawford aud Sebastian, but Judge Little had de cIded that the bridge, belonging to other parties than the railroad, did not fall under the provisions set forth by the Sta board, and hence the bridge WAS re-taxed by Craw | ford aud Sebastian counties. To prevent this double tax, the Frisco Road entered an injunction suit 10 the collectors, winch has at last been decided in iaver of the origi- nai State assessment. It Was really suit of Benton and Washington coanties, against Crawford aud Sc