THE STATES
ARKANSAS: A cloudburst in the Ozarks caused a flood which swept ten feet deep through the streets of Hot Springs, causing damage estimated at $2,000,000.
FLORIDA: A bill to forbid the use of the whip on convicts was passed by the legislature after a bitter fight. In the Senate the final vote was 15 to 13.
MAINE: The legislature voted to return to the appropriate Southern States Confederate battle flags captured by the Maine troops in the Civil War.
MONTANA: Four thousand five hundred acres of land in Fergus County were thrown...