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Xliat Arkadelphia Kee-Siiit.— 



In reference to the aguinent of Ju'lge 

 Williams before the Circuit Court, relalive 

 to the rights of beekeepers to pursue tlieir 

 usual vocation (tliat o£ honey production, 

 by Ijeeping bees), Mr. A. K. Nisbet, of 

 Dobyvilie, Ark., writes as follows : 



I wish all the members of the National 

 BeeKeei)er3' Union, and in fact all ihe bee- 

 keepers of America, could have been with 

 us during the tinht at Arkadelphia on the 

 4th iiist. It would li»ve made then) all feel 

 good to have heard Judye S. W. Williams 

 read sectiim after section of law, in Mr. 

 Clark's I'avnr, shnwiiig that a man's riyht 

 t to liold property is paramount to all legisla- 

 tive powfr ; and any attempt to talce away 

 such riuht isuiiconstitutinnal. He certainly 

 uiadf an aide defense, proving to all pres- 

 ent that he was equal to the task before 

 him. The trial was well attended by citi- 

 zens of this county, a great many of whom 

 were in sympathy with Mr. Clark. After 

 the debate was over, the court adjn iriied 

 until Monday, Aua. 6, when Judg^Hearn, 

 who occupied the bench, declared tliat the 

 ordinance was uncoistitutional and void. 

 The ordinance forbade any person or per- 

 sons t'l keep, rear, or own hees ill the city 

 of Arkadelphia, alter thirty days from the 

 date of that ordinance. 1 understand that 

 the city has taken an appeal to the Supreme 

 Court. 



We fully believe that bee-keepers have 

 constitutional rights which they should 

 defend— which they are in duty bound to 

 defend— and cannot be just to themselves 

 and their successors in the business if they 

 do nnt defend them ! For that reason a test 

 case was made in .\rkadelphia, and the 

 mi)st popular and influential lights in the 

 legal profession were engaged to defend the 

 case. These were Judge S. W. Williams, 

 andMaj. Witherspoon, assisted by attorneys 

 Murray and McMillan. 



The case now goes to the Supreme Court 

 of the State, on an appeal made by the city 

 of Arkadelphia. The Supreme Court meets 

 in Little Kock next October, and it will 

 there be defended by Judge Williams. 



Froiu Across the Border.— Our 

 Canadian friends often send us words of 

 congratulation, but none have been more 

 welcome than the following dated Aug. 10, 

 1888, from our friend Mr. S. T. Pettit, of 

 Belmont, Ont., the ex-President of the 

 Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association : 



EdITOU op the AJtERICAN BeE JOUR- 

 NAL :— I cannot let another mad pass with- 

 out writing to say that your many tliousan(fe 

 of friends over here are very thanklul to 

 you for Ihe plucky manner in wliieh you so 

 effectually brought down Prof. Wiley from 

 his exalted position, in the top of that 

 official aiiple tree. 



The missiles you so persistently hurled at 

 him were ugly, sharp and heavy ; but thev 

 had the desired etffct, and the Professor 

 had to come down, though he lingered long. 



How any sane mind could charge the 

 America.v Bee Journal with taking 

 sides with adulietators is a puzzle— hut then 

 it often does turn out that those who work 

 the hardest for the general good, gft 

 blamed and falsely accused, even by those 

 whose good they seek; but we have faith 

 in fiod and thf future, that truth, righteous 

 truth, will come to the front, and that jus- 

 tice will be done. We must not forijet that 

 Oleanings also did valiantly for the truth. 



Hon. Jonathan W. Cattell. 



From the Iowa State Begister we copy 

 the following biography of this dis 

 tinguished ci tizen and life-long apiarist: 



Jonathan Wright Cattell was born in 

 the county of Fayette, Pennsylvania. 

 June 25, IS20. He was consequently 67 

 years and 3 months old at the time of 

 his death. He remained in Fenn.iylva- 

 nia until he became of age, when he 

 moved to Columbiana Co., Ohio. Here, 

 in the year IS42, he was united in mar- 

 riage with Miss Deborah Edyson, who, 

 now, after 45 >ears of a very happy 

 wedded life, is left to grieve over his 

 departure. In 1816, he and Mrs. Cattell 

 removed to the then territory of Iowa, 

 settling in Springdale township, Cedar 

 county. Six years later the people 

 called upon him to take the clerkship 

 of the District Court, a position- he 

 occupied for four years. In this office 

 Mr. C. showed the mettle of which he 

 was made, by the manner in which he 

 protected the interests of the county. 



Upon retiring from the clerk's office, 

 Mr. Cattell was elected to the State 

 Senate from the county of Cedar, just 

 then made a Senatorial district by it- 

 self. Almost from the Brst Mr. C. was 

 influential. Here, as everywhere, he 

 was a worker. Both in commiltee and 

 in the Senate, this trait was conspicu- 

 ous ; so that when he spoke, which was 

 not often, his associates listened, for 

 they soon found out that he had some- 

 thing to say worth listening to. Such 

 characteristics readily suggested him 

 as a proper person to place at the head 

 of the Department of Finance. Ac 

 cordingly he was elected Auditor of 

 the State in 1858. The same painstak- 

 ing tidelity to duty marked his dis- 

 tinguished career in this responsible 

 office. He introduced improvements 

 into the manner of conducting mone- 

 tary transactions of the State, as well 

 as in the system of book-keeping. So 

 well was this done that there has been 

 no substantial change in these particu- 

 lars since. 



During Mr. Cattell's incumbency, 

 which covered nearly the entire period 

 of the war, when the expenditures were 

 very heavy, the work was greater than 

 it had ever been before ; and it was well 

 done, honestly, systematically, cau- 

 tiously done. He was three times 

 elected, as no one had been before him, 

 and was very strongly supported for a 

 fourth term. Now, after a lapse of 

 twenty years, no higher praise can be 

 bestowed on a public officer than to say 

 he does as well as did Auditor Cattell. 



After his retirement from the audi- 

 torship, he remained a resident of Des 

 Moines. The following fall (1865), to 

 his great surprise, he was called from 

 his retirement by the Republicans of 

 Polk County, to go back to the Senate. 

 Again jn that body, he was a member 

 of almost the ablest Senate in the 

 State's history. In this body, and the 

 one which followed, which comprised 

 in its membership our present Gover- 



nor and many other strong men, Mr. 

 Cattell was a leader, not because he 

 sought leadershii), but because it gravi- 

 tated to him. His long experience in 

 public affairs, the accuracy aiid full- 

 ness of his information, and his candor 

 and conscientiousness caused his judg- 

 ment on any question to be looked upon 

 with especial favor. While in the Sen- 

 ate, or shortly after, he became Presi- 

 dent of the Stale Insurance Company, 

 which position he retained for some 

 years, establishing firmly the company's 

 business, and its reputation for fair 

 dealing. 



About five or six years ago, Mr. 

 Cattell removed to a farm he owned in 

 DeUware township, which has been his 

 home since. 



■In ISSo. he was again placed in charge 

 of the office of Auditor of State. The 

 ability with which he conducted its 

 affairs under the very trying circum- 

 stances which surrounded his incum- 

 bency, his ready knowledge of the 

 duties of the position after an absence 

 of twenty years fiom public life, were 

 a surprise to those not intimate with 

 him. His rulings upon doubtful points 

 in law were never influenced by those 

 circumstances, or affected by any ex- 

 traneous consideration. This office he 

 left in January, 1886, since which time 

 he has lived qiiietly upon his farm. 



Being childless, Mr. and Mrs. Cattell 

 adopted and reaied two children ; one, 

 Mr. Wm. H. II. Cunningham, now a 

 resident of the territory of New Mexico; 

 the other, Mrs. Edward Grimes, who, 

 with her husband and children, lived 

 with her adopted parents. 



To the afflicted wife and children will 

 be given the heartfelt sympathy and 

 kindred grief of the entire State. 



When he last visited Chicago, as his 

 custom was, he spent an hour at the 

 Bee Journal office, for he was an en- 

 thusiastic lover of bees and their man- 

 agement. We little thought then that 

 it would be our last meeting in this 

 life. 



Mr. Cattell, by accident, fell from a 

 wagon on Sept. 23, 1887, and the hind 

 wheel ran over him, producing internal 

 injuries, which proved fatal on the 

 Sunday following at 7:30 a.m. 



This was a serious accident, but no 

 one thought that it would prove a fatal 

 one until just before he died. Even the 

 words from his beside were of a cheer- 

 ing nature, for the hope was generally 

 entertained that he would survive and 

 live many years, for he had a strong 

 constitution. 



In personal appearance, character 

 and disposition he much resembled the 

 late President Lincoln— plain, modest, 

 unassuming, but of sterling worth and 

 noble mind. 



We M'ill Present a Pocket Dintionary 



for two subsrribers vvith $2.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to dfcide 

 as to the spelling of words, and to determine 

 their meaning. 



