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NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE TIDBITS
Arkansas Genealogy Trails Grand Jury Indictment, Dec 8, 1824 Treaty with Quapaw Indians and Road from Memphis to Little Rock, Dec. 24, 1824 Indian Treaty, March 2, 1825 1851 North Carolina Marriage News Tidbits, Sept. 2, 1873 National Conference Charities and Correction, June 4-10, 1896 Arkansas Leads Most States in Many Respects, Dec 21, 1911 GRAND JURY INDICTMENT The trial of Mad Buffalo, who committed the murder, excited unusual interest, and the court room was constantly thronged with spectators. About 50 persons were rejected for cause, but none we believe peremptorily before a jury was empanelled. After a patient examination of a great number of witnesses, the pleadings of counsel for the prisoner and of the U. States Attorney, the jury retired and in ten minutes brought in a verdict of Guilty. – Washington, Dec. 24 (1824)
A letter yesterday received from the Territory of Arkansas,
announces the fact, of vast importance to that territory, and even to the
government, that the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, (Mr. Crittenden,)
has succeeded in making a Treaty with the Quapaw Indians, by which they relinquish to the United
States all their lands in that territory.
We learn further from Arkansas, that a good route had been
found for a road from Memphis
to Little Rock,
making the distance of 140 miles between the two points, forty of which are
through a prairie. The cutting of this road will save 300 miles of the route
heretofore travelled between the seat of the general government and the capital
of Arkansas. It is supposed that there will not be more than ten bridges on the
road, and that from the nature of the ground the road will be such that it may
be travelled at all seasons of the year.
The construction of this road, in connection with the
Quapaw Treaty, it is supposed, will greatly increase the value of the public
lands, and contribute revenue to the Treasury from the sale of them in that
quarter. – Nat. Intel. --Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
January 5 1825; transcribed by Nancy Piper.
INDIAN TREATY By a Treaty conclueded at Washington on the 20th January, 1825, between the United States and the Choctaw nation of Indians, and ratified on the 19th February, the Choctaws have agreed to cede to the United States all that portion of the land ceded to them by the second article of the treaty of Doak Stand, lying east of a line beginning on the Arkansas, one hundred paces east of Fort Smith and running thence, due south, to Red River; it being understood that this line shall constitute and remain the permanent boundary between the United States and said nation; and the United States agreeing to remove such citizens as may be settled on the west side to the east side of said line, and prevent future settlements from being made on the west thereof. The United States, in consideration of such cession, and on certain conditions, agree to pay them 6,000 dollars annually, forever. – National Journal in the Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) March 2, 1825; contributed by Nancy Piper. 1851 NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE
KINGSBURY,
Thos. D. of Arkansas to Mary Ann Bryant, August 17, Oxford, Raleigh
Register Aug 23, 1851. (Source: Marriages and Death Notices
in Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1846-1855;
contributed by Linda Rodriguez.
LITTLE ROCK DAILY REPUBLICAN, SEPT. 2, 1873 Contributed by Frances Cooley --General Dockery has
effected a consolidation of his road with the road from the Louisiana
line to the Sabine Pass. This is a very advantageous
arrangement and will hasten the completion of the Arkansas portion of
the road.
--Fishing in the Saline is reported good. --Cotton picking will commence about the 10th of this month. --The caterpillar and boll-worm have made their appearance in various sections of the state, and are doing considerable damage. TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL SESSION HELD IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. JUNE 4-10, 1896 BY GEORGE THORNBURGH, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Contributed by Candi Horton The State conducts a school for the blind and deaf-mutes, an asylum
for the insane, a home for ex-Confederate soldiers, and a penitentiary, ARKANSAS LEADS MOST STATES IN MANY RESPECTS Jonesboro Evening Sun, Dec 21, 1911 Arkansas is seventh in the production of yellow pine.Arkansas has the largest saw mill in the world at Stamps. Arkansas has the largest fruit distillery in the world at Bentonville. Arkansas raises one million bales of cotton worth seventy-five million dollars. Arkansas in 1910 raised agricultural products worth $185,000,000. Arkansas has more mineral springs than any state in the union. Arkansas produces the smokeless coal used by the United States navy. Arkansas has the longest Pontoon bridge in the world at Dardanells. Arkansas this year sold lumber, shingles, etc., to the value of $195,000,000. Arkansas has the hottest springs in the world, Hot Springs sixty in number. Arkansas has more miles of navigable rivers than any other state in the union. Arkansas has the only diamond mine in the world, outside of Africa--Pike County. Arkansas produces coal, silver, (illegible), marble, slate, oil, stones, and clay of every description. Arkansas has the largest spring in the world, Mammoth Spring, a full size river at its source, Spring river. Arkansas is one of the same parallel or latitude as the Garden of Eden and the climate is the same as that of Los Angeles. Largest bauxite mine in the world, furnishing ninety percent of all aluminum in the world. Finest asphalt and cement beds in the world. The summers are long but the heat never becomes in the least oppressive. The winters are short and mild. The average rainfall in northwest Arkansas is 45 inches, in south Arkansas it varies from 42 to 52 inches. The temperature, rainfall and general climatic condition make Arkansas almost ideal for health. Three years ago when asking for the State Normal, the people of Conway used as an argument the fact that it has the lowest rate of any. |