Drew County, Arkansas Newsbriefs - 1882
Contributed by Jann Woodard.
Hamburg Times
Feb. 5, 1882 page 4 col 4: 28th - Mrs. Gardiner, proprietress of
the Gardiner house, died of small-pox on Wednesday last. Walter Moore
died at his father's residence, of the same disease. Since our last report one
or two more cases of samllpox have made their appearance. The people of Ashley,
and indeed all of south Arkansas, are in a fearfully distressing condition. The
crops a total failure, the mast did not hit, the hogs died, and our people have
neither money, bread or meat. As little as may be thought of it, there are
hundreds of people in this county and south Arkansas, who do not know where next
week's provisions are to come from. Their stock is on starvation, and the
merchants are little able to help them. Upon the top of all this distress comes
the time to pay taxes.
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