The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-28
NO.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

gcd. ,.
 Wood sells at Pine Buff at $L50 per cord.
 Lawrence county ships ,attle to St. Louis.
 Surrounded Hill complains of her mail facilities.
 Searcy is receiving liberal share of summer travellers.
 Our Helena exchanges come ill patches of dozen or more.
 It is rumored ahpther paper will soon be started ip Lincoln county.
 Miss Jamie Hicks, an estimablc young lady died at Camden, on the 7th inst.
 The murderer of Wm. Brown, of Phillips county, has been captured at Indian Bay.
 1 Mir. Matlock, prominent citizen of Ashley county shielded last week. Cause unknown.
 l. Charles Thompson, colored, Clark County cattle-thief, has been arrested and released on bail.
 The residence of Mir. Lcngel, in Fort Smith, came near being destroy ed by fire one day last week.
 ]. II. Hawkins and Geo. T. Mad dox are to run q foot race of sixty yards at Van Buren, on the 23d inst, for $50.
 Ned Collins, a Dardanelle negro was saved from watcry grave last week by fifteen yearold boy nam ed Tucker.
 Charles Courtney, part owner of the Brantley silver mines, ill Mont gomery county died recently at Charleston, Mo. The citizens of Union county have formed flaw and order sd ciety, and are determined to rid that section of desperadoes.
 The 'Byers' Mil" property, near Batesville, has been sold by Mir. James Rutherford to MT. Oliver Cason. Consideration, $l2.o0U.
 Arkansas has an epidemic" of bone fclons. Two doctors and ''tohnny" Sanders, of the Arkadel phia Standard, are among the sui | ferers.
 A valuable horse owned by R, k. Sharman, of Magnolia, was badly injured by stray bullet last week. The boys were 'on 2 high" it would seem, and the banner protests.
 The Fayetteville Democrat says: "There is widespread dissatislac- tion in the minds of the people of this (Washington) county, with the condition of our county affairs Money spent and nothing to show for it.
 A colored boy, Willie Carter, was killed in the railroad yard at Fort Smith, last week. He was playing under freight car, when switch engine ran up and moved it. A cor oners jury relieved the company from blame. i..t ast
 Elias Montgomery, aged fourteen years, charged With killing a school mate, and Thos. Thrcadgill, for q minor crime, both colorcd, escaped from the Columbia county jail at Magnolia few days since. They sawed through seven iron bars with . case-knite.
 A man named Rhodes was severe l ly injured at Aurora, Madison coun- tv, last week. He was m the bot, tom of q we'll blasting rock, set fire to fuse and attempted to get out before the blast went oil When near the top the explosion took place, huiling him some distance.
 Mr. F. Is. Stewart, citizen of Nevada county, while going to Pres colt recently, found dead man lying near the railroad track, about three rourths of a mlle from that place The jury found his name to be Christian Thielcbold, and that "becoming sick, he laid down and died"
 Robert Lancaster who is to be cx ecuted at Batcsyl.Ilc, the .l2th proN., killed a man named Johnson, on tue night of December 2I, 1877. The atlray occurred dance at Svlamorc, ill Stone county. The men had been quarrehng during the evening, and finally Johnson said he was running the dapcc,' whoreupou Lancaster cut the violin strings and claimed he was running it. Iohn. son drew q knife and Lancaster shot him dead.
 The citizens of Cross county arc altogether too handy with their guns. Recently two brothers named Ham nett killed q man named Ncsbitt, who was engaged to be married to their mother, and to whom they objected, TEo "old lady" turned loose both barrels of q shot gun at one cf the "boys," but missed him. One of the sons, Dock, was arrested by the sherit, attempted escape, and was shot and killed by the officers son, Willie Lcyesque.