Article: NEWS AND NOTES

Our neighbor to the west, Pastor James E. Caldwell of New Prospect Methodist Church near the Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield in Hot Spring County, reports that his building is now being used to house wounded Confederate soldiers.
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New Prospect Lodge #20 of the Independent Order of Good Templars May meeting is cancelled due to conditions resulting from the recent battle.
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The Masonci Lodge at Belfast will not meet as scheduled due to interruptions brought about by the passage of the VII Corps in this vicinty. Regular meeting Saturday on or before the full moon in each month at 5 p.m.
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Barbeques will be held at Elza Taylor's home in Madison Township, Jefferson County, and at Dr. R. C. Rhodes' plantation, Calvert Township, in this county for purposes of the Southern cause.
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Federal soldiers of Steele's column took a milk cow belonging to Susan Hannah Fentress Lindsey of Cross Roads, Hot Spring County, and were obligated to return it when ordered by their officer.
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Social gatherings in this neighborhood have slowed somewhat due to the war.
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I desire to return thanks to the people of this township for the liberal patronage given me during the year just passed. And I pledge myself to solicit a portion of your trade this year. Respectfully, Your servant, Samuel Henslee, Cherry Grove
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NOTICE: On consigment at Elza Taylor's Store: 50 bushels sale, 2 barrels whiskey, 10 beef hides. We also off the following merchandise at all times: (posted in two columns under this notice)

plug tobacco, leather shoes, nails, bottle snuff, axe handles, wool socks, balsams and bitters, bearskin gloves, ink, blue muslins, flannels, trace chains, thread, bridle bits, calico, buttons, lye, bacon, oysters, garden seeds, candles, bed ticking, bed cords, pitches, lumber hinges, eggs, pants, laces, candy, teas, pepper, pins and needles, indigo, potter's ware, matches.
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Squire Nathan Pumphrey was a pleasant caller here Monday.
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Died that we have been made aware in this cicinity since the war began in 1861 include: Sarah Elizabeth Fowler, Louisa C. Poe, Abner Garner, Henry C. Moren, Addie Higdon, John J. Bishop, Catherine Gill, Sammie Roberts, Thomas Ward, Ade Wright, M.Z.S. Benning, Nancy R. Wilson, John Henry Wilson, and Francis Reese.
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The tannery at Allee's in Calvert Township is in operation and ready for business despite interference from Federal patrols in the area.
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Dr. R. C. Rhodes of Calvert Township reports that Federal soldiers stole chickens from his yard on the 30th. He also reports that he and his family have traveled to Tulip and returned over territory now controlled by Confederate patrols.
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Article: POSTAL NEWS

The post office at Hungary, Calver Township has received notice that a decision may be forthcoming that the service there may be discontinued.
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Isaac Shephers, postmaster at Merry Green Post Office, reports that mail service from Benton has been disrupted and is expected to resume shortly. He also reports that a few letters in his office are unclaimed.
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A citizen of Turin has informed us that he personally collected a number of letters from the battleground near the Saline River after visitng there before the overflow. Addressed to Northern destinations, most were found in a two-wheel cart abandoned at the junction of the Camden and Pine Bluff Road and were placed in the Turin Post Office.
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The postmaster at Henslee's Springs Post Office north of this place reports that a Federal patrol passed on the night of the 29th. They were believed to be scouts for General Carr's cavalry.
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Darysaw Post Office on the Jenkins' Ferry to Pine Bluff Road reports to us that a large number of Federal ambulances and wagons of camp followers have passed that way since the 30th.
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OPINION We in this state are concerned that so many Southern troops have been pulled out of Arkansas to provide reinforcements for Eastern fronts. The recent invasion of this territory by the VII Corps is what we must expect unless the Confederate Government in Washington sees fit to put this to a stop.
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PRICES Prices of goods in our Southern markets reflect the current shortages we are experiencing. Coffee is $18 a pound; tobacco, $6 a plug; butter, $5 a pound; a good saddle, when found will bring $2,000. The currency issued by the Confederate Government at the beginning of the war and so eagerly accepted by the local population at first is rapidly becoming unacceptable. In Little Rock, Benton, and Pine Bluff markets it is worthless due to the Federal occupation.
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PERSONAL Lost on Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield, on April 30th, one white gold Lepine pocket watch made in France. Intricate engraving on outside with two sets of initials, T.D. and J.T. Reward if found and returned to this office.
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I need help rounding up my stock lost during the battle on the 30th in the vicinity of Cox Creek. Your obedient servant, Jessie Tucker, Hot Spring County.
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Notice...Mules, horses and other livestock bearing U.S. Army brands, being presently recovered by the local population should be returned in hast to Chief Quartermaster Captian Charles A. Henry, Fort Steele, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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ATTENTION SHOPKEEPERS: For Immediate Sale....Damaged tents, mess chests, cooking utensils, harnesses, corn mils, blankets, abandoned by the Federal Army at Camden, Inquiries welcomed. Major R. C. Wood, Camden, Arkansas

Grant County Museum in Sheridan, Arkansas printed in observance of the 125th Anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Jenkins' Ferry that was fought April 29-30th, 1864 in what was then Hot Springs and Saline County Territory...later incorporated into Grant County in 1869.

The above information may be used for non-commercial historical and genealogical purposes only and with the consent of the page owner may be copied for the same purposes so long as this notice remains a part of the copied material. EDWARD G. GERDES