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ARKANSAS C "’*TE NEW&. I Tom Hindman Camp, U. C. V. The fifth annual reunion of Tom Hindman Camp, U. C. V., held at New port, brought together veterans from nearly every state espousing the cause of the Confederacy during that greatest of all civil struggles for supremacy, as well as their wives, sons and daugh ters. Gen. V. Y. Cook was in command, with Capt. Frank Caldwell, adjutant; Col. L. Minor, judge advocate; Capt. R. L. Baker commissary, and Capt. Guy Hmith. provost marshal. The following companies and battery were in camp: Company A, Veterans, Capt. 1. H. Dyer, commanding; Company A, Sons of Veterans, Capt. M. B. Brewer, com manding; Eagle Rangers, of Lonoke, and Eagle Light Battery, Little Rock, Brig.-Gen. C. R. Schaer, commanding. One of the most interesting features of the program was a sham battle be tween the veterans, Gen. Shaver com manding in the field, and the Sons of Veterans, with Gen. Schaer command ing, which was witnessed by fully 10,000 people. Association of Pharmacists. J. F. Dowdy, president of the Arkan sas Association of Pharmacists, an nounces the following standing com mittees for the ensuing year: Leglklation W. L. Dewootly. Pine Bluff. J H Bind Sr. and,l H. Brown Little Rock. Trade Interests W H Skinner Pocahontas. John Sihapp, Fort Smith Z J Bunt, Hot Springs I’barwuni pla \V W Kerr Russellville. .1 W Be.dvitxiati, Little Kock, Bordeaux Vance, .Monticello. Pharmacy and Queries J. A Ginocchio. Lit tle Rock. .1 M Sparks. Fort Smith J M. An derson Pine Bluff. ’ Membership -R. H Lusby, Little Rock; W ‘ F Blochii Fort Smith K. N Merriman. O. ! Halliburton W 1> Hanna Little Rock ! Original Research and investigation F. G. SchSChleitO J A Ginocchio Little Rock. R. H King Helena. H. Weimer. Hot Springs, J. N Anderson Pine Bluff. Pharmaceutical Display E. F Klein, M. A Eisele Hol Springs; J. 11. Mann, Pine Bluff J B Airhart Übnoke A L .Morgan, (’arnden Public nitons J B. Bond, Jr , J A Jungkind J I Dowdy r.ittle Rock. At Her Old Tricks. Minnie Jones is in the Federal jail at Fort Smith, charged with introducing and selling liquor in the Indian Terri tory. She is a sister of the notorious Bill Jones, now serving a sentence in the penitentiary, and it is not the first time she lias looked through prison bars, although only 25 years old. About three years ago she was first arrested on the charge of grand larceny. For this crime she was never tried, and after staying in jail a couple of months was turned loose, /\ few months later she was again lodged in jail for selling liquor in the Territory. At her trial she was convicted and sentenced to is months in the penitentiary. from which she was released about four months ago- Appeared Before the Board. Attorney B. R. Davidson, of Fayette ville. and President Simpson, of the Wells - Fargo Express company, ap peared before the state rail wav assess ment board and submitted figures show ing the volume of business transacted by that company in this state. Not withstanding the fact that express companies are assessed regularly, they are not now paying any taxes to the state or counties, collection being pre vented by a temporary injunction granted by the Federal court., pending final determination of the question as to the stale's right to collect taxes from them Blind Farmer Burned to Death. James Kinsey, an aged and totally blind farmer, of Lincoln township, Gar mud county, lost his life in a sad and turned their attention to saving the furniture. They had gathered up their last load and Mrs. Kinsey was out of the door when her husband called to her that he could not find his way out. She started to his assistance, but the roof foil in before she could reach him. In their fruitless efforts to rescue him from the roaring flames Mrs. Kinsey and her son were painfully burned. Back Taxes. J. S. Whiting, special master in I’u aski chancery court to determine the amount due by the Little Rock A Fort Smith road for back taxes for 1879, 18S0. l ss l and 1882. has submitted his report, which shows the sum due the state to be fl 1.956 io. and to the various coun ties 434,9(19.30, apportioned as follows: Sebastian ||..V>2 IV Crawford. ••• 12.377 10 Franklin. .... 2,998 17 Johnson 1,378 82 Pope . .... 2,801 58 (’onwav 3.803 12 Faulkner 2.990 01 Pulaski 3,120 73 Mean Business. A delegation representing citizens of Cleburne county paid over to the state board of railroad const-ruction the sum of 11,000, being that county's quota for the preliminary survey of the North and South road, to lie built under the pro visions of the Bush bill. The delega tion assured the board that Cleburne county will donate 8,000 acres of land, besides cross-1 ies and bridge t itubers, in •id of the road’s construction. Mingling of Educators. At a meeting of the Southeast Arkan sas l i aeliers'associa t ion. held at Monti cello, the following' oflicers, to serve for the ensuing - yenr, were elected: J- W Cantrell, Magnolia, president; !• L. Bond, Stephens, vice-president; t has. T. Gordon, Camden, correspond ing secretary; Miss Hattie Bloom. Pin Bluff, recording secretary. ' | Proposed Railroads Incorporated, incor P or ation of the Mis ■oufi A Arkansas Mineral Belt railway capitalized at |8,t)oo,ooo, has been filed •n the office of secretary of state. It is proposed to construct a complete belt line from the Arkansas and Missouri state line through the counties of Bea ton, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Searcy and Newton. The following are named us directors: O. L. Cravens. M. ”• ( la .y. D. T. Mason, Neosho, Mo.; G. R. Clay, Pineville, Mo.; James M. Bo hart, Bentonville; J. A. C. Blackburn. J. G. Walker, Rogers; John A. Bunch, Harrison, and A. S. Layton, Yellville. 1 he Big 1 hree Rail way company also filed articles of incorporation. The directors are I). C. Willett. L. F. Willett and J. B. Bethel, of Morganstield, Ky.; D. Clark ami L. Franklin. Hot Springs’ 1 his is the proposed road to run from Lakeport, in Chicot county, to Texark ana, in Miller county, a distance of 200 miles. Mena’s Wonderful Growth. Ihe town of Mena, on the Kansas City, Pittsburg A Gulf rood, which celebrated its first anniversary as a city on August 18, has a population of .’I,OOO, its streets are graded, has good side walks, two beautiful parks. 200 business houses, including several wholesale houses. Catholic, Baptist. Methodist and 1 resbyterian churches, a high school, a * atholic parochial school, and two daily and two weekly newspapers. Claim to Have Struck Gold. Citizens of Mount Ida and vicinity a re considerably agitated over the claim of two brothers named Denton that they hail struck gold in paying quantities near that place, and all the ne.ighbot ing territory has been staked oil' into claims. Specimens of the ore have been submitted to experts for examination. Protest Against the Lease. Citizens of Searcy have employed counsel to contest tfie legality of the lease from George (’. Griffith by Mem phis parties of the lakes near Bald Knoli. for pearl fishing, contending that they do not appear on the records as the property of any individual or corpora tion, but belong to the government. Championship Shoot. B'l'hc contest between Geo. Clements, of Pine Bluff, and Hamilton Conner, of Little Rock, the erack shots, for the state championship, which took place in the latter city, resulted in a victory for Clements by the close score of 44 to 42 out of a possible 50. Promoted. Thomas Eubanks, for 12 years fore man of the car department on the Cen tral division of the Iron Mountain, has been promoted to the position of gen eral foreman of the car department of the Missouri Pacific system, with head quarters at St. Louis. Will Save Freight. A smelter with a capacity to work five tons of ore per day is being erected at Bear City. Montgomery county. It will control the output of the Silver City mines, which heretofore had to be shipped to smellers at St. Louis and Kansas City. Quarreled Over the Dough. At Texarkana Wm. Washington aryl Miles Love, members of a colored band, got into a row over a collection taken up for the benefit of the band, when the former drew a revolver and shot the latter in the back, inflicting a fatal wound. Want to Lease Convicts. The Fort Smith board of trade has requested the penitentiary board to lease 300 convicts to tin- contractors of the projected road from that city to liarnsuu at the actual cost of mainten ■”Va" sis while reading a sermon from the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in that city and died in a few hours. Long Distance Telephone. Little Roek and other towns in the state are to be connected with Chicago and intermediate p< n's by the con struction of a long distance telephone 1 i ne. THE STATE IN BRIEF. Hazen lias a law and order league. Little Rock’s first bale of cotton brought i>‘ j cents. The terms of 36 state convicts will expire in September. Forest fires did considerable damage to fences and timber near Prescott. A well recently dug at Austin tastes so strong of salt that it is untit for use Little Roek will hold her first annual Mardi Gras celebration in February, 1898. Prof. J. IL Shinn's History of the I'nited States will be used in the public schools of Little Rock. Will Ford, a young white man of Con wav. was accidentally killed by a freight train at Hartman. Texarkana is suffering an epidemic of lawlessness, and the jail is being taxed to accommodate the evil-doers. Burglars ente red the residence of J M B ttekwell, ti Chickalah merchant, and got away with a tiunk and $750. The steamer Ralph, in command of ( apt. E. C. Postal, ran into a snag and sunk at the mouth of the St. Francis. The fust bale of cotton received at Pine Bluff brought 11J 2 cents, am’ Helena's first bale sold for 11 * cents. The total amount of forfeited lands selected by the Springfield, Little Rock A Gulf railroad foots up to 340,000 acres. A WISE PHYSICIAN. Broad of Opinion He Throws Pre judice to the Winds. Ot. J. L. Limes Eudornoi Ur. \V Illium*’ Pink Pill* liecauue lie Hum Found Them Etlieueiou*. lieiievea the Fir Kt Duty of n I'liyaieinn 1* to Cure IHm Patient*. Front the Capital, St. John, Kansas. Hearing that Dr. J. L. Limes, of St. John, Kansas, had used Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills in his practice with great success, a reporter called upon and interviewed him regarding the matter. \ <>ur reporter found the doctor a very pleasant and affable man of probably fifty years ot age. We were much impiessed with his manner, as it was kindly ami dignified. \\ hen we broached the subject us our cull, he became enthusiastic at once and proceeded to give us the following for publication: "My attention had been called to Dr. Wil liams’ Pink Pills tor Pale People by several pet sons of my acquaintance who had been greatly benefited or entirely cured by their i use. 1 determined to give them a trial in my practice ami il the> proved to be satis ! factory 1 would adopt them and use them | regularly. Sim e 1 began prescribing them I have never had cause to i egret my deter mination. 1 have used Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills in a number of eases of nervous trou ■ hies, neurasthenia, rheumatism, etc., and in every ease they have been exceptionally well pleased with the results, and 1 can honestly mid conscientiously recommend Pink Dills . for the above diseases. 'w.. •Wo. WC- Lx | \ X . • ’ I "T shall continue to use them mid recom mend them to my patients, for 1 consider J there is nothing better tor the diseases they ne recommended to vine than Dr. W illiams’ ' Pink Pills. If you desire to use this for pub i lication you can attach my name. 1 am well known in this part of Kansas and also in Fayette ('minty, Ohio. I am Secretary I of the I . S. Pension Examining Surgeon's Board foi Stafford County. Kansas, and I Chairman ot the Repnl>li< an County (’entral j Committee for the above-named county.” Yours faithfullv, JESSE L. LIMES. M.D. We also ascertained the Ductor’s standing in St. John by a few interviews with promi nent people, which we herewith publish along with the Doctor's statement regarding Pink Pills: "1 am well acqmiiuted with Dr. J. L. Limes ami know him to be an honorable and straightforward man. and whatever he j mav sa\ can be relied uvon. E. I!. BENEFIEL, County Supt. of Schools, Stafford County, j Kansas. St. John, Kansas, July 14th, 1896. I have known Dr J. L. Limes i'oi a num ber of years and can recommend him as a ; piominent physician, and a man well liked m this vicinit v. HOWARD GRAY. Cashier Commercial Bank. I have known Dr. J. L. Limes for several I years, and as a physician he is very promi nent, and his reputation for honor and in- I tegrity are too well known to be questioned for an instant. 11. J. CORNWELL. Editor St. John News. Dr. W illiams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life ami richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an • unfailing specific for such diseases as loco motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ | dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner , vous headache, the after effect of la grippe, 1 palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow ions, all forms of weakness either in M vr female. Pink Pills are sold by all will be sent postpaid on ri’ceipt -ix hows 11 *'■ l 1 sold in bulk or by the ,)r - W illiams’ Medicine ( N it. Far mer’s 1 will give ■il .o<| in-t. wa that some misl.J." I.ad I ma v i all I know, and until the thing isiljiSßWMß I mu<l> < ; o i I i \ y Sub Romii. •jKwTBSiI Rohin-im l> a Well . I tb.at confidence. Bl' ti a in "Will. H y,m 1 mm ~ 11 ■ mm. ■ . ~: * ■ His I'i 'J | Judge Pi i«oner a! the’ I'"W - ’T Prisoner It I'm at the bar give me'Al drink.—N. Y. Truth. Do We Need Muscle* f By no means. Persons of herculean buil - frequently possess a minimum of geiiini’/Y vigor, and exhibit less endurance than vei small people. 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