Mountain Echo Newspaper

April 9, 1886 (Vol 1-No 6) Page 1

Abstracted / Transcribed & Copyrighted by Linda Haas Davenport

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The Pan-Electric telephone investigation still goes bravely on, but is not panning out to suit the over-righteous party.

Work has been resumed on the Iron Mountain and the Missouri Pacific railroads, but it cannot be positively stated that the strike is ended.

It is said that Mr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the House, draws more visitors to the galleries than the eloquence of the statesmen on the floor.

Ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling appeared at Albany the other day on legal business, and when he arose to speak he had an audience such as no man could draw there except himself. It was sometime after he rose before he could proceed with his speech, owing to the applause that greeted him

The Governor of Florida has refused to appoint a man to fill the place of Senator Jones. He says there is no vacancy in the constitutional sense and consequently he has no power to fill a vacancy which does not in fact exist. He seems to think he, and not the Senate, has the power to say whether a vacancy exists or not.

The Mountain Echo, published at Yellville, Ark, has reached us. It is a neat little sheet, and having known its editor, Mr. Dallam, from his boyhood, we can recommend him as being a true Kentucky gentlemen. - Randolph Herald

Thanks, Bro. Bolen. We think we recognize in the editor of the Herald our old-time friend, "Sallie Muggins." Shake!

The Gazette says that is rumored that, ex-Senator Thurman will be invite into the cabinet - probably into the State department; and that Secretary Bayard will be transferred to the Treasury, and that Joseph E McDonald will be made Attorney General in place of A H Gailand; who intends to retire from the department of Justice soon. This is only rumor.

The Bentonville papers state that Prosecuting Attorney J Frank Wilson in closing the case of the State vs Gates for murder in the second degree, made one of the greatest mistakes of his life. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, and assessed defendant's punishment at two years in the penitentiary. The defense was represented by Ex-Senator J D Walker, H A Dismore and Mr Hammonds.

The Democratic State Central Committee met at Little Rock on Wednesday, March 31st, and decided to hold the State Convention June 30th, at Hyde's opera house, Little Rock. The basis of last year's convention was agreed upon for the convention. This is based on the vote for Gov Hughes, and gives one delegate to each 400 votes or fractions of 200 and over, making something over 200 delegates. No proxies will be recognized not authorized by the county conventions.

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