The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-09
NEWS OF ARKANSAS

cery Court has granted temporar, injunction in the case of J. N Heiskell ct al. vs. Mayor W. E Lemon ct al., enjoining the city ad mlnistration of Little Rock iron preceding further with the erection ot the proposed city hall, jail ant auditorium. The case will proba ply be taken up for a hearing on it: merits, and additional testimony will be taken within the next few weeks.
 The State Board of Election Commissioners has met in Little Rock and appointed commissioners for every county in the state, two Democrats and one Republican for each county. There were warm contests for Pulaski, Garland and Crawford counties, but recommen- dations made by County Central Committees were adopted in prac- tically every instance.
 Hon. J. H. Harrod, elected spe- cial circuit judge at Searcy, to serve in lieu of Judge H. N. Hutton, who was taken ill, having returned to Little Rock on pressing business, the bar elected Judge J. N. Cypert special judge. Judge Cypert, who is in his eighty-third year, was judge of that circuit from 1874 to 1882. He is still active and clear minded, despite his long lease on life.
 The bear which has been feasting for some time on green corn in the fields of Jefferson county, is dead. A party of negroes with hounds chased him for eight hours, when he was killed by one buckshot from a gun in the hands of one of the pursuers, the shot penetrating his head. It was only a black cub, after all, weighing 40 pounds.
 The transcript in the case of J. C. Scott against W. E. Casey has been filed in the Supreme Court on appeal from the Miller Circuit Court. Casey is keeper of the dog pound at Texarkana, and the suit is over the possession of dog placed in the pound by Casey. Scott clans the animal, and is seeking damages.
 Reports of considerable damage for overflow of the Terre Noir, in Clark county, are reported by per sons living near it. That stream played havoc with the crops on its banks last year, and it is hoped the farmers may escape a repetition of the disaster this year.
 Secretary of State o. c. Ludwig is sending out to the election com missioners elected Wednesday all the blanks and papers that will be used by these officials in preparing and reporting the September and November election.
 A negro in Little Rock "em- bezzled" ten cents, and was sen- fenced in police court to pay a fine of ten dollars and costs. and to serve thirty days at the rock crush CT. The "rock crusher" is Pulaski county's new county farm"
 A negro in custody in Little Rock says la Is a cannibal, and that nothing else but human flesh will appease his appetite. He refuses to eat anything else, and so far he Is going hungry. It is stated the po- lice think" he is crazy.
 Howard county is without a jail at present, since the removal of the county seat from Centers Point to Nashville, but there are no prison CTS now on hand. A new jail build ing is in course of construction.
 The Little Rock council has al- lowed the claim of the Union Trust Company for $32,000 in full pay ment for ,block upon which the new city hall is expected to be erected.
 The apple crop of Benton county is growing fast and coloring fine' The quantity and quality is the best for many years. The crop is con-