Marion Co AR Newspaper Abstract Marion County, Arkansas - Mountain Echo Newspaper May 7, 1886 through June 25, 1886 Submitted by: Gladys Horn Brown Email: fernbrown@Prodigy.net ------------------------------------------------------------- The USGenWeb Project Copyright Notice http://www.usgenweb.org) In keeping with The USGenWeb Project's Policy of providing free genealogical information on the Inter-Net, this data may be used for your personal research as long as This Copyright Notice stays on all copied material. It may NOT be reproduced, in any format whatsoever, for any commercial or "for profit" purpose or any presentation by any individual or organization It may not be copied and placed on any internet or web site. Permission to use this data must be secured from the contributor. 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C. McBee is having his mammoth store house painted and papered in "bon ton" style. I advise him to get a lightening rod hat and to subscribe for The Echo in order to be happy. That indomitable Capt. Stallings arrived this morning at McBee's Landing in command of his boat, the Home, with fifty tons of freights. The Home is the only boat that will come here on twenty-inches of water. -- May 4, 1886., W. B. F., Jr. LOCAL ECHOINGS Mr. Edward Kelley, of Bellefonte, Boone county, is in town. We regret to learn that Dr. Dodd, of Doddsville, is quite unwell. Big stock of furniture just received at Layton & Cowdrey's. Mr. John H. Thompson, Sr., enrolled with The Echo this week. An adjourned term of county court will be held on next Monday. The Echo is placed under obligations to Master Robert Berry for a lovely bouquet. Our George's Creek and Flippin correspondents came to the front again this week. Genuine New Orleans Sugar House Molasses and Syrups at Layton & Cowdrey's. Service at the M. E. Church, South, on Sunday at the usual hours -- morning and evening -- by the pastor, Rev. O. H. Tucker. Attorneys DeRoos Bailey, J. C. Floyd and B. F. Fee went to Mountain Home this week on legal business. Some of the boys have been fishing every day this week and have succeeded in being unsuccessful up to date. Call at Dr. W. C. Wilson's and get one of Dr. Bull's almanacs and a trial package of Dr. Bull's Blood and Liver Pills. [Unsure if this name is Bull or Ball. Faded film. GHB] Cam Berry turned cowboy one day last week. He had quite a thrilling adventure while "rounding up" the lowing herd. By order of the President a called meeting of the County Wheel will be held at this place on the 21st inst., at 10 o'clock a.m. Mr. James A. Young opened a subscription school at the public school house on last Monday. The Echo wishes him success. Messrs. Geo. W. Stone and W. W. Record, two of Marion's good farmers, were callers at this office this week. They subscribed for The Echo. This is the merry month of May, and we haven't heard of a single picnic or Sunday school celebration in the county. Verily, the good old times have played out. "Two souls with but a single thought" have been granted license to wed since our last report. John C. Langston and Miss Amanda McElyea are the happy twain made one. Mr. J. A. Callahan, of Water Creek township, called to see us yesterday. He left a dollar with us to help pay our board bill Mr. C. will probably be a candidate for assessor. Mr. Felix Huddleston, of Buffalo, was in town last Saturday mixing with his numerous friends. He was wearing a smiling countenance, the cause of which was the recent arrival of a "new infant" at his house. Assessor Cravens and his assistant, Mr. J. I. Thompson, are progressing finely with their work on the assessor's books. The books are indeed neat and clean, and show that great care and pains have been taken with them. Married -- At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. H. J. Noe, of Oakland, this county, April 26th, 1886, Mr. E. T. Record to Miss Mary Noe, Elder W. D. Jennings officiating. The Echo congrat- ulates them and wishes for them many happy years and prosperity unbounded. Mr. Pat Carson smiled on The Echo man last Friday, and The Echo man returned the compliment (smiled a smole on Mr. Carson) when he heard the merry jingle of the dollar of our daddies drop into the fire and burglar proof safe of this establishment. Mr. Carson still wears his arm in a sling. Mr. H. W. Hudson, Sr., and James Cowdrey, who have been with the Carthage and Batesville railroad engineers since the corps left here, returned home last Tuesday, the survey having been completed to Bald Knob. From Mr. Hudson we learn that Chief Engineer Van Frank and his corps were ordered to Desoto, Mo., as soon as the work in Bald Knob was completed. Lay away your guns now. Deer, turkeys and quails are all pro- tected by "Uncle Sam." --Baxter Citizen. "Uncle Sam" who? What has "Uncle Sam" to do with the Arkansas game law? No more than a game rooster has to do with a game of poker between two game legged black-legs. The advice is timely, however. Put your old flint-lock blunderbus(sic) in the rack, and grasp the plow- handles. We had quite a nice ride up the raging Crooked' on last Sunday afternoon. The gallant tub, the "Wiggins" was chartered (in the absence of the owner), and under command of Commodore Cravens she gracefully rode the shoals, and a most enjoyable voyage was the result. Cravens can successfully handle anything that floats, from a canoe up to the Great Eastern, including cedar rafts and flat-boats. Mrs. Bradbury, of this place, is in quite a sad condition. She has been blind for a number of years, and now the light of reason has taken its flight. She showed symptoms of insanity several days ago, and has been growing worse every day. At first she was not boisterous, but talked incessantly on religion. She imagined she was dying on Tuesday, and since that day she claims that her soul has been in heaven, and that it is Christ that speaks through her, and not herself. She refuses to take medicine, and eats and sleeps but little. Yesterday she was much worse and quite boisterous. She will probably be sent to the insane asylum in a few days. GEORGE'S CREEK The people of this vicinity have organized a Sabbath school, with Mr. A. B. Hampton as its superintendent. Hope they will succeed well in so good an enterprise. We attended church last Sunday at George's Creek Baptist church, where we listened to quite an interesting discourse delivered by Elder James A. Butler, of Lee's Mountain, Ark. Yours, &c. May 3, 1886. Bill Slim NOTICE The public is hereby notified that I no longer hold myself responsible for the acts and conduct of my son, Levy Cox, he having left home. May 1, 1886, G. W. Cox Mtn. Echo, May 14, 1886 BEARDEN TOWNSHIP Mr. B. Mears, who got a let broke some months ago in falling from a wagon, is said to be gradually improving. FLIPPIN ITEMS I was shown some very fine specimens of copper ore by Mr. Jo Lewallen, one of White River's best citizens, recently. Sunday evening I visited Charley Lewallen, one of my old class- matesat school when we were boys, who has been confined to his rooms for six months with lung fever. He is yet hopeful of his recovery. On last Saturday I was presented a nice linen handkerchief from Grandma Flippin that she had hemmed with her hands as neat and nice as if it had been done on a forty dollar Howe machine. She gave me the handkerchief as her eighty-eighth birthday gift. On last Sunday evening at 4 o'clock Wm. R. Reynolds led Mrs. Margaret Daffron to the hymonial(sic) altar, where they were made one. Rev. W. H. Wood officiated. Your correspondent wishes the happy couple all of the joys incident to a happy married life. They are both highly respected and much liked here, and a host of friends join us in wishing them a bon voyage through life's fitful, changing scenes. --- May 11, 1886 W. B. F., Jr. LOCAL ECHOINGS Dr. G. F. Elam was in town this week and gave us a call. Lawyers J. C. Floyd and B. F. fee went to Baxter county yesterday on legal business. The three big A's -- Alex. Scott, Albert Cravens and Abe McVey -- went to Harrison yesterday. Messrs. Marion Wickersham and G. Wash. Weast started for Texas yesterday in a two-horse wagon. Mr. J. F. Davis, of Clear Creek, will please accept our thanks for three subscribers to The Echo this week. Mr. John Cowdrey and family and Misses Edna Layton and Lillie McDowell returned from Harrison yesterday. DeRoos Bailey, esq., visited his Boone county friends and relatives since our last issue. He returned home Wednesday. One marriage license issued since our last report -- W. H. Reynolds to Mrs. Margaret Daffron, both of White River Township. Mr. E. J. Rhodes, of Elixir, Boone county, was in town several days this week attending to some business before the county court. Mr. Alex. Scott is now a gay grass-widower. Mrs. Scott and children left on Tuesday for Decatur, Ills., where she will spend the summer visiting relatives and friends. Dr. J. S. Lindley returned Sunday evening from St. Louis, where he attended the American Medical Association which convened in that city last week. The doctor no doubt had a pleasant time. The boys have revived the band and the toot of the brass horn is again heard in the land. This is right. There is plenty of musical talent in Yellville and there should be a good band. Elder Jacob Smith died at his home in Prairie township, on Sunday night, the 9th inst. He was buried on Monday with Masonic honors at the Patton graveyard. He was an old and respected citizen of the county. On Wednesday evening the editor of The Echo was made the recipient of the handsomest and sweetest bouquet of the season. Little Mary Young was the donor, and we thank her most heartily and wish for the little miss a life as pure and innocent as the fragrant flowers her hands plucked amid the exhaling dews of the bright May morning. Capt. B. H. Trimble, the irrepressible, was in town several days this week. He represents the famous Boone County Tobacco Factory, and his brands of tobacco are favorites with users of the weed in this section. Your attention is called to his new advertisement in this issue. He has given out the idea of locating at Lead Hill for the present. Mr. J. P. Gilliam, of Desoto Springs, presented the editor of The Echo this week two handsome paper weights, made of Arkansas marble. They are pyramidical in shape, nicely polished and finished, and the workmanship of Mr. Gilliam. They are convenient, as well as ornamental to our table, and we extend sincere thanks to Mr. G. for this kind remembrance. Mr. W. H. McDowell, of Columbus, Kansas, was in town Wednesday. He has been prospecting at Rush Creek mine and expressed himself as satisfied with the outlook. He was on his way to Harrison to buy some lands in the Rush Creek neighborhood. From Harrison he will go to his home in Kansas, but will return again soon. He is expecting several other miners here from Kansas in a few days. Dr. Lindley had been wearing a sickly, "sent for-and couldn't- go" expression ever since he returned from St. Louis until yesterday eve, when his face suddenly brightened up, and he skipped across the street to tell us that he felt a "heap" better, and then commenced humming "Every day'll be Sunday by-and by." When we suggested that his recovery was due to the arrival of a certain vehicle from the west, he blushed like a maiden wrestling with her first love. ITEMS OF INTEREST Twenty-two convicts were recently taken from Fort Smith to the house of correction at Detroit. The Salem Informer reports considerable damage to property in Fulton county by the hail storm last week. After five years of labor the Panama canal has penetrated the isthmus for a distance of eight miles, at a cost of $16,000,000. Four times that sum will be needed to complete it. COME UP AND DRAW YOUR RATIONS In addition to their mammoth stock of general merchandise, Layton & Cowdrey keep a good supply of Cornmeal, Flour, Bacon and Lard. Mtn. Echo, May 21, 1886 The sheriff of Mississippi county, W. B. Haskins, is reported $9000 short in his settlement with the State. One day last week James Liston, county treasurer, had a difficulty with Haskins growing out of the alleged defalcation of the sheriff. The men came to blows, and while engaged in a scuffle Haskins drew a pistol and fired at Liston, the bullet grazing his head. Friends sepa- rated them before further harm was done, but more serious trouble is expected. A CYCLONE struck Kansas City Tuesday morning of last week, at+ 11 o'clock, causing a large loss of life and property. Twenty- nine persons were known to have been killed at 10 o'clock that night, and the number injured was very large. It was one of the most disastrous storms that has ever visited that storm-beaten section. Leavenworth and Nortonville, Kansas, and Evansville, Ind., were also struck, suffering a great destruction of property but no loss of life. BEARDEN TOWNSHIP I am creditably informed that Mrs. Cox, wife of G. W. Cox, has entirely lost her mind. Mr. Cox is a highly esteemed citizen and his wife an excellent woman. All are very sorry of their misfortune. LOCAL ECHOINGS Mrs. A. G. Cravens, of White River, was in town Monday. Mr. Ossa Layton was baptised by immersion, at the Crooked creek ford below town, on last Sunday evening by Rev. O. H. Tucker, of the M. E. Church, South. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following persons since our last report: F. R. Mode to Miss Nancy Hudspeth; J. M. Jones to Miss Katie Belle Whitlock. Robt. Berry favored us with another pretty bouquet this week. Our elegant flower vases -- a quinine bottle and a disabled goblet -- are always in readiness to receive such flowery donations. Messrs. J. C. Rea, E. T. Record, J. N. Griffin and G. E. Orcutt, of Oakland, were in town Saturday. Mr. Rea was making final proof of his homestead entry, and the other gentlemen were witnesses. Our young friend Will C. Bevens, of Batesville, arrived here last Friday and is passing a few days in the village. He is a manipulator of moveable alphabets and has been rendering us valuable assistance this week. Wid Bridges, the boy who robbed the mail between Oakland and Isabella, Mo., several weeks ago, and who was taken to Fort Smith for trial, plead guilty and was sentenced to two years and a half to the house of correction at Detroit, Mich. Mr. R. R. Carson, who returned the first of the week from a trip through the Buffalo country, in the southwestern portion of the county, says the crops in that section are looking exceptionally fine, and the prospects were never brighter for a bountiful crop. We noticed one of Marion's old land marks on our streets yesterday -- Mr. Bithan Allen, who is now one of Newton's foremost merchants. Mr. B. H. Trimble, the tobacco man, was in town again this week. He has severed his connection with the Boone County Tobacco Factory and will go into the business for himself at an early day. He has not decided whether he will locate at Lead Hill or at Yellville. We hope he will decide in favor of the latter. Died-- At his residence near this place on Monday morning, May 17th, 1886, of apoplexy(sic), Mr. Jesse Bridges, aged about 47 years. His death was very sudden. He leaves a widow and five children who have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereave- ment and great sorrow. ITEMS OF INTEREST Miss Folsom, the President's fiancee, is one of the American ladies who will be presented to Queen Victoria at the next drawing room. ROLL OF HONOR - Jas. A. Young's school - The following named pupils reached the maximum 100 during the week ending Friday, May 14: Elbert Noe Dalla Hudson Flora Layton Emma Hudson Rena Wilson Mary Abee Bud Covington Lucian Weast Effie Covington Mary Sims Mary Covington Allie Cantrell Mtn. Echo, May 28, 1886 The Crescent hotel, at Eureka Springs, was formally opened on the 20th inst. This hotel has 125 rooms, and cost over $100,000. It is built of stone and brick. Among the notables who were Present at the opening were Stephen Elkins, of New York; Gov. Garcelon, of Maine; J. F. Drury, of Chicago, and Mrs. Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati. STATE NEWS Fort Smith has a population of 10,000 inhabitants. Lee Barnes was hanged at Dover on the 21st for the murder of Charles Holman, a gambler, last November. Jackson County Herald: It is estimated that at least nine-tenths of all the crimes committed in Jackson county are caused, either directly or indirectly, by whisky. And still there are people who argue that whisky is a blessing. LOCAL ECHOINGS Dr. Lindley reports several cases of sickness in the county. Rev. O. H. Tucker and DeRoose Bailey went over to Oakland Wednesday. Tommy Matlock gave us a pretty bouquet this week. It was very nicely arranged. Mr. C. E. Cantrell was in town Monday. He reported everything lovely in his section. Mr. Ross Waddill, the commercial pilgrim, was interviewing our merchants this week. Dr. Jobe, President of the County Wheel, was in town last Friday attending the meeting of the order. A new post office has been established at George's Creek, and will be known by that name. Mr. J. S. Hudson is the P. M. Mr. Denny Griffin, of Johnson County, was in town last Saturday. He is visiting his brother, Mr. J. N. Griffin, of Oakland, this week. On Monday night Mr. and Mrs. James Young entertained a few friends, The Echo man being one of the number, in a most hospitable manner. Presiding Elder P. B. Summers will hold his third Quarterly Conference at the M. E. Church South, at this place on Saturday and Sunday, June 5th and 6th. Messrs. W. I. Lefevers, J. W. Covington, L. Matlock, Ben Fee and son, Cam Berry and Geo. Wickersham went to Buffalo River Monday, on a fishing expedition. Mr. Amo(sic) Culleton this week forwarded some of the Rush creek silver ore to the mineralogist of Oxford (Eng.) University, for the purpose of having it assayed. We understand that some time in June or the first of July, Mrs. O. H. Tucker's music class will give a concert. A real good time and a musical treat may be expected. The Echo man makes his politest bow to Miss Lillie McDowell for a handsome bouquet and elegant flower vase. The quinine bottle and disabled goblet have been shelved. F. M. Wickersham and Dick Weast, of Yellville, passed through our town Saturday last enroute for Texas. We wish them a safe and pleasant journey.---Huntsville Democrat, 19th inst. Mr. K. F. Cantrell, of the Desoto Springs neighborhood, killed a catfish, weighing eighty pounds and measuring four feet five inches in length, in Buffalo river, one day last week. He killed it with a gig. Sheriff Keeter and Deputy Sheriff Lawson, assisted by Messrs J. C. Berry and Abe McVey, started with Mrs. Bradbury, of this place, for the Insane Asylum at Little Rock, on Wednesday. The Sheriff will make his settlement with the State Treasurer while in the capital city. This office is not supplied with a genuine "waste-basket." Our friend Albert Cravens made us a present of the aforementioned receptacle of spring poetry and other trash. Our correspondents need not become unduly alarmed at this new addition to our office, and when writing, they will save a good deal of space and time by not referring to the "deep recesses of the waste-basket," and so forth. Dr. W. T. Bryan has moved to town and can now be found at his office at Hudson's drug store. His card will be found in this issue of The Echo. The Doctor is a clever gentleman and deserves a fair share of the business. In the proper column we announce Mr. Ben F. Fee as a candidate for Representative in the Lower House of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. He offers subject to the Democratic primary election. Mr. Fee is a lawyer by profession and has a thorough knowledge of our laws and finances; he is identified with the county and her interests, and is acquainted with the needs and wants of the people, and he would, no doubt, make a good and faithful legislator. He submits to an impartial hearing and asks a fair consideration at your hands. THE SAME OLD STORY On Wednesday night about 9:30 o'clock the sound of wheels attracted attention and a buggy could be seen moving up the main thoroughfare of this quiet and altogether serene village, and stopping at the City Hotel. Following the vehicle were a gentleman and a lady, mounted on horses, who also halted at the aforesaid hostelry. In a few minutes later a messenger was sent in search of County Clerk Dodd, who was easily found, the messenger knowing exactly where to find the accommodating official when off duty, and informed him that his valuable services were much needed at his office. Mr. Dodd was somewhat loth(sic) to go at once, as the hour was somewhat earlier than was his wont to depart from --- well, its unnecessary to say where. A half hour elapsed and Mr. Dodd still lingered long, held by gentle eyes, a thrall of love, nor struggled to be free. The messenger returned again and informed him that two loving hearts were growing impatient to beat as one, and asked him to adjourn until he could issue the necessary papers to accomplish the feat of welding two souls for life. The clerk could not longer withstand the earnest pleadings of Charley Wilson, the messenger, and probably applying the Golden Rule to suit the case, he hastened to give all the relief in his power. At his office he found a young man anxious to secure license to marry, and in his usual urbane manner the clerk issued the papers, signing his name with a flourish that indicated that he was glad to see the good work going on. Rev. J. C. Barker had been summoned at the hotel, at 11 o'clock, the words were spoken that united in the holy bonds of matrimony Mr. J. M. Boyd and Miss Emma Hatchet, both of Searcy county Arkansas. The young couple were not fleeing from irate parents, as is usually the case of runaway matches. Another over confident swain in the land of Searcy, it appears, had procured a license to marry Miss Hatchet without her consent, and the clerk of that county could not issue another license to marry the same young lady, until the bond was forfeited and license returned. We learn that the unsuccessful young man has swore vengeance(sic) against his rival and his bonny bride, but we hope that he will remember that "discretion is the better part of valor" and change his mind. The loving couple and their attendants, Mr. Hollyboy and Miss Keaner, left yesterday morning for their homes, as happy as a big sunflower. May they live long and never regret the blending of their lives. ROLL OF HONOR (Jas. A. Young's School) The following named pupils are entitled to a place on the roll of honor for the week ending May 21st: Flora Layton Bud Covington D. G. Wilson Mary Abee Mary Burns Daisy McCabe Lula Thompson Tom Matlock Emma Hudson Walter Seawel Lucian Weast Lillie Cantrell Rena Wilson --Jas. A. Young, Teacher-- Mtn. Echo, June 4, 1886 Our latest papers stated that the President and Miss Frankie Folsom were to be married at the White House, Washington, D. C., on last Wednesday. We suppose the report is reliable, but we have no inclination to misrepresent the President in so delicate a matter, and therefore we will not state it as a fact that he is really married. Invitations to the wedding were limited to near relatives of the bride and members of the Cabinet and their wives. Hon(?) ANDERSON APPERSON, colored, late a Republican Represent- ative in the Legislature from Jefferson county, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. Two years ago he killed a Negro named Thomas Cotton. Ex-President Arthur is said to be slowly sinking, and his death is only a question of a short time. The New York Times in speak- ing of the condition of the ex-President's health says, "His friends have hopes of carrying him through the summer, but the most sanguine of them hardly hope for more that this." ROLL OF HONOR (Jas. A. Young's school) The following named pupils are entitled to a place on the roll of honor for the week ending May 28th: Flora Layton Lucian Weast Nellie Wilson Virgil Weast Rena Wilson Walter Sewell D. G. Wilson Birdie McVey Mary Covington Mary Abee Hattie Covington Lula Thompson James A. Young, Teacher LOCAL ECHOINGS No marriages to record this week. Mr. John Q. Wolf, of Mountain Home, is in town. Hoop Skirts on the 25 cents counter at Seawel's. Many thanks to Robt. Berry for a dish of delicious ice cream. Mr. J. M. Herd and wife, of Isabella, Mo., were in town on Tuesday. Weast & Co. suspended work at their distillery on last Monday. Mr. "Bud" Wood returned on last Friday from Ft. Smith, where he had been serving as U. S. juror. Mr. J. M. Herd and wife, of Isabella, Mo., were in town on Tuesday. Our correspondents are not furnishing us any news now. Why is this thus, friends? Rev. J. C. Barker occupied the pulpit of the M. E. Church, South, on Sunday morning and evening last. He will have a regular appointment here every second Sunday. Sheriff Keeter, Deputy Lawson, J. C. Berry and Abe McVey returned on Tuesday from Little Rock whither they escorted Mrs. Bradbury, who was placed in the insane asylum. Col. Albert Cravens was in town Wednesday and Thursday. He says the steamer Allen came up the river last week as far as Calico Rock. Some of our merchants had goods on her. On Tuesday evening Charlie Wilson killed a weasel in Mr. Henry Young's yard. It had for some time been preying on the chickens in the neighborhood. It was the first weasel we ever saw. DeRoos Bailey, Esq., went to Harrison again last Friday, and returned the first of this week. There must be a powerful magnet up there that draws the gentleman in that direction so often. J. H. Thompson, Jr., is an expert whittler, as well as a first class mechanic. His latest work is a perfect little toy pistol, which is as perfect in every particular as a real Smith and Wesson, except that it is made of wood. A chain is attached to the butt of the pistol, and is a side piece of whittling. We received a letter from Clear Creek this week, but as it was written with a pencil and was so dim it was impossible to read it. We have made a guess at its contents and find that the only item of news is about as follows: On Saturday night last Mrs. Taff, of Stringtown, was disturbed by an attack made upon her house by a half dozen men, who fired pistols and threw rocks over her house. The boarders at the We(a)st End House are all paired except Clerk Dodd, and he has his eyes wide open and will probably find a partner before the "leaves begin to turn." There are two lawyers, two doctors and two printers who assemble at that festal board "three times a day." The Clerk holds his own very well without a partner, and the landlord is satisfied that the table is not slighted in the least. RESOLUTION OF RESPECT Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom has seen proper to remove from our midst our friend and brother, Jesse Bridges, be it therefore Resolved, 1. That we, as members of the Young Peoples' Christian Association of Yellville, extend to the grief stricken family of our deceased brother our deepest sympathies in the great bereavement and that we commend them to the mercy of God, who alone can comfort them in this sad affliction. 2. That while we are grieved at this untimely death of one of our members, and while we prayerfully sympathize with the sorrowing ones who mourn in him the loss of a father and husband; yet it is consoling to remember that at the first meeting of the Society -- and the only one which it was his privilege to attend -- he gave public testimony that he had found Jesus in the forgiveness of his sins; that he was at peace with God, and that he rejoiced in the hope of a bright immortality beyond the grave. 3. That a copy of this resolution be furnished The Mountain Echo with request to publish, and also that a copy be given to the family of the deceased, and that the same be spread upon the record. Respectfully submitted. James Young, J. C. Floyd, Committee. Yellville, Ark., May 28, 1886. DEATH OF A BROTHER [The following verses in remembrance of Mr. Bridges, were written and handed in by Mr. Thomas Railsback with the request to publish.] Death has been here and borne away A brother from our side; Just in the morning of his day, As young as we he died. Not long ago he filled his place And sat with us to learn; But he has run his mortal race And never can return. Perhaps our time may be as short, Our days may fly as fast; O Lord impress the solemn thought That this may be our last. We cannot tell who next will fall Beneath thy chastening rod; One must be first, -- but to us all Prepare to meet our God. Mtn. Echo June 11, 1886 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and Miss Francis Folsom were married at the White House on Wednesday, June 2. Invitations were limited to members of the cabinet and their wives, and near relatives of the high contracting parties. Attorney-General Garland did not attend the wedding. NOTES AND COMMENTS John Kelly, the great Tammany chieftain, died on the 1st inst. He had been ill for several months. Mrs. Poindexter Dunn, wife of Congressman Dunn, is reported as being seriously ill at Washington. LOCAL ECHOINGS Mr. K. J. Hudson had a good horse to die on last Sunday with the botts. Mr. A. S. Layton has sold the City Hotel property to Dr. W. C. Wilson. Mrs. J. H. Thompson, Jr. is visiting relatives and friends in the country this week. Mr. John Cheek, of Clear Creek, will accept our thanks for his kind remembrance. Rev. J. C. Barker will preach at the M. E. Church, South, on Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Ellen S. Layton will leave today for Baxter county, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Hart. Mr. W. B. Flippin, Jr., gave us a call yesterday. He was on his way to Newton county on business. Commodore Cravens, of White River, was in town again this week relating some choice fish stories. Mr. H. W. Hudson, Sr., started for West Plains on Tuesday after a load of goods for Mr. W. Q. Seawel. Rev. Wm. Mathis, of the Yellville circuit, preached at the M. E. Church, South, on last Monday evening. The rain Wednesday we understand was not general. Several portions of the county are suffering for rain. Misses Edna Layton and Flora Montgomery went to Lead Hill on Wednesday. They returned home yesterday. Messrs. E. L. Berry and Sam Seawel went to Harrison Saturday and returned Wednesday. They doubtless had a pleasant trip. Mrs. John Soward died on Friday last, June 4th, at her home three miles north of town, after a lingering illness. She leaves a husband and three small children. Mrs. Sarah Weast started yesterday for Walnut Ridge to visit her mother, who is quite sick. She will probably visit her sister at Mammoth Springs before she returns. Mr. Jas. H. Wilson, who has for some time past been in the employ of Layton & Cowdrey as salesman, has associated himself in the general mercantile business with Mr. G. W. McDowell. The new firm will be known, we suppose, as McDowell & Wilson. The matrimonial market is indeed a drug(sic). Not a single marriage license issued in this county the past three weeks. The clerk should offer a premium to go with each marriage license issued during this dull season. "My wife's Kinfolks, or The Ups and Downs of Man who Married a Whole Neighborhood" would be an appropriate premium. ROLL OF HONOR (Jas. A. Young's school) The following named pupils are entitled to a place on the roll of honor for the week ending Friday, June 4th: Lucian Weast Virgie Layton Birdie McVey Ella Hudson Walter Layton Rena Wilson B.G. Wilson Hattie Covington Nellie Wilson Ethel Harris Mary Abee James A. Young, Teacher --------------- The mouth of the Mississippi is said to be again filling up. A woman loses one-tenth of her life looking for her thimble. The military music at West Point costs the country $10,000 a year. FLIPPIN FACTS Judge W. B. Flippin, "Capt" A. G. Cravens, and neighbors Jenkins and Barb armed themselves with a double-barreled shotgun and accessory fishing tackle and sallied down to the river last week to string up the finny tribe and have a little recreation and tell their best yarns, and have a good time generally. Jenkins said that they caught 500 pounds of fish, and that Barb looked like a French fish market when he started for home on foot in the morning with 300 pounds of fish strung across his "wethers" and eight bed quilts under his arms. But your correspondent is inclined to doubt his veracity, as I perchance met the judge on his return home with only one little hog sucker tied at the end of three yards of string. Our assiduous singing master, James Flippin, is the happiest man in the township. The newborn babe is a girl; usual weight. John Birch's wife presented him with a 10-pound boy last week. Since my last, Charley Lewallen gently passed from this earth to that better world above where sorrow never comes. Charley was a consistent Christian and an affectionate husband. He leaves a wife and four little children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn over his death. In times like this, when a family is bowed down with grief at such a loss, words of sympathy cannot alleviate the pain of suffering hearts. But the vicinity can not refrain from tendering the bereaved friends and relatives such heartfelt condolence as we can give, and may the divine Master be with them in their sad bereavement, and when they, too, follow after may they form a united family in the Christian's eternal home. -- W.B.F., Jr. BEARDEN TOWNSHIP (one person mentioned) Mr. Wm. Ott has the best wheat I ever saw in this country, or at least I think so. June 9, 1886 - Jim Pills Mtn. Echo, June 18, 1886 A SCRAP OF HISTORY "Old Fogy," a regular contribu- ... of the Louisville Courier Journal, furnishes the following interesting facts concerning two of the pioneers of Arkansas -- Ambrose H. Sevier and Archibald Yell: Ambrose H. Sevier, of Arkansas, was a native of Tennessee. He emigrated to the Territory of Arkansas in 1827, nine years before it was admitted into the Union as a State. He was elected a Delegate to Congress, and, as such, was continued in that body for eight consecutive years. One of the first Congressional s peeches I ever read was made by him. The substance of it is still fresh in my mind. In order to a perfect understanding of what I am going to say in this connection I will state that he married a daughter of the Hon. Benjamin Johnson (brother of Col. Richard M. Johnson), who was Judge of the United States District Court of Arkansas. A lot of fellows, actuated by malice and meanness, petitioned Congress to impeach him. Sevier took on the petitioners, one by one, and dissected their characters. No surgeon ever performed his work more skillfully. The result was that nothing more was heard of the case. In 1837 A. H. Sevier and William S. Fulton - another native Tennessean - were elected the first Senators from the State of Arkansas. By the by, Fulton pronounced his State Ar-kan-sas, and Sevier Arkan saw. Daniel Webster invariably addressed the former as "the gentleman from Ar-kan sas," and the latter as "the gentleman from Ar-kan-saw." I believe the Legislature of that State, a few years ago, determined that the name hereafter shall be Ar-kan-saw." Col. Sevier served continuously in the Senate until the 15th of March, 1848, when he resigned, and was appointed by President Polk, together with the late Nathan Clifford, of the Supreme Court of the United States, Commissioner of Mexico, with the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary, to negotiate a treaty of peace with that country. When the arrived in Mexico they found that Nicholas Trist had already made the treaty, which treaty was ratified by the Senate of the United States. Col. Sevier lived but a few months after his return to Arkansas. He died there in December, 1848, aged forty-six years. I knew Col. Sevier intimately for four years. He was not only a gentleman of much ability, but an outspoken, honest man. Though a sterling Democrat, he was always polite and courteous to his political opponents. I do not believe that there was a member of the Senate who had not a profound respect for him. He always expressed his sentiments boldly, but with due deference to the opinions of others. His death was lamented by hosts of friends far beyond the limits of the State he so much loved. Col. Archibald Yell, of Arkansas, I knew from my boyhood. He was born in Bedford county, Tennessee, received and academic education, studied law, and practiced at Shelbyville, the county seat. He was a gentleman of popular manners, and took to the people like a young duck takes to a pond. In 1825 he was elected to the Tennessee Legislature by an overwhelming majority. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Gen. Jackson. Early in the first Presidential term of the old hero, he appointed Col. Yell United States Judge for the District of Arkansas. In 1835 he resigned this office and became a candidate for Congress. He had a competitor at the beginning of the canvass, but soon seared him off the track. Here hangs a tale, and I must tell it. The two were riding together on a certain day, and came across some men who were shooting for beef. Col. Yell asked them if they would allow him to take part in what he called their "game." On receiving their assent he alighted, made several shots, and won several quarters of beef. He then inquired: "Who are the poorest families in the neighborhood?" On being informed, he sent them all the beef he had won, with his compliments. Mounting their horses they soon arrived at a camp meeting on the wayside. There they tarried several hours. When the competitor thought i t was about time to be moving on, he searched all over the camp grounds for Col. Yell, but could not find him. At length he went up near the altar, and there stood Col. Yell, singing at the top of his voice "How firm a foundation, ye saints Lord." The reader can imagine his surprise. When he succeeded in getting Col. Yell out from among the brethren, he took him to the side and said: "I'm off." "Off where?" asked Col. Yell. "Off the track," responded he. "I see it is perfectly useless to run against a man who, on the same day, can shoot for beef with the ungodly and sing pious songs over the mooners at a camp meeting." Col. Yell was elected, and re-elected in 1837, serving till the 4th of March, 1839. In 1840 he was elected Gov. of the State for four years. In 1845 he was again returned to Congress, but resigned in 1846 to serve in the Mexican war. He was mustered into the service as Colonel of the First Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, and was killed on a gallant charge upon the enemy at the Battle of Buena Vista, February 23, 1847. LOCAL ECHOINGS The Echo would be obliged if its friends, in town and out in the country, would report all items of news that may come under their observation. We learn from Col. Wilson that the canvass for prosecuting attorney will open at Eureka Springs on the 28th of the present month. The candidates will be here July 5th. The following persons have been granted licenses to wed since our last issue: J. E. Cruse to Miss Avarilla Cain; S. D Seawel to Miss Annie Hurst; George Young to Miss Mary K. Taff. Some time ago we made mention of an 80-pound cat-fish which was killed in Buffalo river. We stated that K. F. Cantrell killed the fish, but we have learned since that Rev. Henry Sasser and his son Andrew are entitled to a fair share of the honor of landing the Buffalo Whale. The mail service between this place and Kirbyville, Mo., has been increased from three to six mails a week. This gives us a daily mail (Sunday excepted) to Lead Hill, and makes this the shortest and quickest mail route from here to Springfield, Mo. Thanks to Uncle Sam. Hon. R. E. Weaver, of Boone county, will address the people on the political issues of the day at the court house tomorrow. We supposed the speaking will take place in the forenoon, and that the county convention will be held in the afternoon. Let all who can turn out and hear Mr. Weaver. Mr. Samuel D. Seawel and Miss Annie Hurst were united in marriage on Sunday night the 13th inst. at the residence of the brides father, Mr. R. J. Hurst, three miles east of Yellville. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Alex. Mathes. The Echo wishes them a long and prosperous life of unalloyed happiness, and so forth. The Democrats of Baxter county held a mass meeting on last Saturday and instructed their delegates to vote for the following for State offices: For Governor, S. P. Hughes; Secretary of State, E. B. Moore; Auditor, M. M. McGuire first choice, Wm. R. Miller second; Treasurer, W. E. Woodruff, Superintendent Public Instruction, T. L. Cox first choice, I. A. Clarke second, Associate Justice, B. B. Battle. C. T. Hull, and A. G. Byler were selected delegates to the State convention. It is reported here that Mr. Oaf, the young man who was jilted by Miss Hatchett, of Wiley's Cove, Searcy county, about three weeks ago, committed suicide the other day by taking chloroform. It will be remembered by our readers that Miss Hatchett and J. M. Boyd were married at this place on the 26th of last month. The editor of this noble sheet would not now be here to chronicle this sad fact if he had adopted such a plan of getting even with girls whenever they chose to "kick" him. Col. Frank Wilson arrived in town Tuesday from Marshall, and remained until Wednesday afternoon. Col. Wilson stands flat- footed on the record he has made during the short period he has held the office of prosecuting attorney, and now asks an endorse -ment. He is a terror to violators of the law, and law-abiding citizens all over the circuit should, and will, give him a rousing big vote, thereby showing their appreciation of law and order and efficient officials. That Marion will give him a large majority goes without saying. The concert to be given by Mrs. Tucker's music class on next Thursday night, June 24th, will be, judging from the programme, a most interesting and pleasing entertainment and those who fail to attend will certainly deprive themselves of a rare musical treat. The entertainment will consist of vocal and instrumental music, tableaux, a pantomime, and a cantata, and we feel safe in saying that the entire programme will be well rendered. The price of admission, for adults, is only 25 cents, and for children 15 cents. The proceeds of the concert will be appro- priated to a most worthy cause -- that of purchasing an organ for the Sunday school at this place. The concert will be given at the public school house. The young ladies should be greeted by a full house. [Page 2, column 2, a political announcement of Hon. S. W. Peel for re-election to Congress from this (the fifth) district.] Mtn. Echo, June 25, 1886 Hon. Luke E. Barber, for over forty years clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died at Little Rock on Sunday morning, June 13th. He was appointed clerk of the Supreme Court during Gov. Archibald Yell's administration; and held the office continuously, except, during the war, to the time of his death. He was a distinguished Mason. He was in his 80th year at the time of his death. The Democratic County Central Committee, at its meeting April 24, appointed the following committees in the several townships to hold the primary election August 7th, to wit: White River - J. A. Flippin, W. H. Barnett and T. H. Poynter. James' Creek - Robert King, Wm. Parker and J. H. Pangle. North Fork - J. N. Girffin, J. C. Rea and E. T. Record. Franklin - James Jones, Austin Brown and J. M. Ball. Blythe - J. P. Brady, W. L. Pierce and Jonathan Dobbs. Hampton - Wm. McEntire, John Angel and J. Q. Adams. Prairie - James Rose, P. R. Davis and James Pigg. Buffalo - G. W. Cox, C. W. Blythe and Foster Hand. Tomahawk - R. P. Wilson, John A. Harris and Harvey Oner. Bearden - Calvin Summers, T. M. Rea and N. J. Bearden. Water Creek - Wm. Thompson, R. R. Carson and Wm. Dosher. Union - De Roos Bailey, Alex. Hurst and A. S. Layton. Sugar Loaf - Isaac Kesee(sic), Wm. Thornton and Frank Campbell. ODDS AND ENDS Senator Jones, of Florada(sic), is still in Detroit, and, according to the Detroit Times, when not promenading on the leading avenues, can be seen sitting at the window of his parlor, just over the Russell House cigar stand, in his shirt sleeves, gazing contentedly at the multitude as they pass beneath his window. [On page 1, col. 6, there is "THE COUNTY CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION OF MARION COUNTY, HELD JUNE 19, 1886."] LOCAL ECHOINGS A. H. Cowan reports the crops in Cowan barrens as flourishing. Mrs. E. T. Record, of Oakland, is visiting relatives in town this week. James A. Young's school will close today. He will probably teach another session. The Banner says a daily hack will soon be running between Harrison and Yellville. We hope so. K. J. Hudson, George Lawson, Abe McVey and Albert Cravens went to Harrison yesterday. We return thanks to Alberta Smith, daughter of Mr. John W. Smith, for a lot of nice plums sent us last week. Luke Matlock has just received a new lot of cigars. When you want a sweet puff give him a call at the barber shop. It was worth more than the price of admission just to see the music class at the concert last night. It was an array of beauty. Layton & Cowdrey are agents for the celebrated Springfield Wagon, and will sell them, delivered in Yellville, at factory price. Capt. B. H. Trimble, the Boone county tobacco man, was in town a few days this week. He is as gay as a lark and as frisky as a spring lamb. E. T. Record came over from Oakland on Wednesday and went to Harrison yesterday to attend to some business before the Register and Receiver of the land office. The organ for the Methodist Sunday school arrived yesterday and was given a trial last night at the concert. We are no judge of such things, but suppose it is a good instrument. Jasper Wickersham on Wednesday brought in a fine sample of oats raised on his place, three miles east of town. The stalks measured four feet and the heads were well filled with grain. It is of the Rusian(sic) variety. The sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Dinsmore, wife of Hon. Hugh A. Dinsmore, of Fayetteville, reached here yesterday. Mr. Dinsmore's friends, all over the state, will learn of his sad bereavement with deep regret. Luke Matlock, our clever barber, says he will not shave any more on Sunday, and his customers are requested to bear this in mind. Have your shaving done on Saturday, or your upper lip will have to be "creamed at the cattery". On Wednesday David Bawcom, who lives two miles west of town, sent us in the first cotton bloom of the season. It was first seen on the 21st. Bailey P. Campbell, of Blythe township, also plucked a bloom from his patch on the 21st. The directors of School District No. 1 have employed Mr. J. I. Thompson to teach a three months school, commencing Monday, July 5th, at the Huddleston schoolhouse, White River township. Mr. Thompson is a clever young man and will no doubt give entire satisfaction. Miss Flora Montgomery, who has been attending Mrs. Tucker's music school for the past two months, left for her home at Huntsville, in company with her father, on last Monday. Miss Montgomery made many friends during her short stay here, and her departure before the closing exercises of the music class is much regretted by all. As Hon. R. B. Weaver failed to put in his appearance last Saturday, to fill his appointment to speak, the candidates for county offices were called on to make speeches. Several responded by making short announcements of their candidacy, and all declared themselves subject to the Democratic primary election to be held August 7th. "Dutch" Covington, Jim Wickersham and Cam Berry are candidates for J. P. of Union township. Jim is running on the straight Republican ticket, but will not object to a few mugwump votes. He favors woman suffrage, and no doubt would be elected if the ladies could vote. The other two candidates are Democrats, but would accept a Wheel nomination if given an opportunity, or anything else. The trio will make a thorough canvass of the township and make spread-eagle speeches. Cam is favoring a project to make Crooked creek a navigable stream and building a custom house at Yellville, while Mr. Covington is in favor of a law promoting the rank of a justice of the peace to Judge, and if elected will insist on being addressed as Judge Covington. A FOUL MURDER Notwithstanding the fact that we are constantly on the alert for news, we only learned on Wednesday of a foul murder committed about three weeks ago in Franklin township, in the northwestern portion of the county, near the Missouri line. About three weeks ago, as near the time as we can get at it, an old man by the name of Hawkins, who lived in Franklin township, was shot and killed in his own yard by a youth by the name of Henderson. It is supposed that one Wheeler, a blacksmith, who once worked at this place, and who is well known by some of the citizens here, hired the boy to commit the crime. This suspicion is based on the fact that Wheeler was charged by Hawkins with being to intimate with one of his (Hawkins') daughters and had sworn out a warrant for the arrest of Wheeler. Both Wheeler and the young murderer have left the neighborhood, or are hiding out. As far as we can learn, old man Hawkins was a quiet, inoffensive man. The guilty parties should be hunted down and made to pay the full penalty of their crime. Since the above was put in type, we learn from Sheriff Keeter that the murder was committed in Taney County, Mo. Mr. Keeter got his information Sugar Loaf township. We are glad to be able to make this correction.