The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
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lhh IlouSton leAdSJ EOsI reports the H. legged discovery of petroleum in the north west corner of Stephens county, Texas.
 THE New Orleans Custom-house and the Board of Health are together looking Gulf. ward to detect the approach of the first yell low fever germ.
 THE trotting stallion Contractor, owned by Col. R. West, of Georgetown, Ky, has been sold to a MT. Miller, of Melbourne, Australia, for 5000.
 A CONTRACT was let by the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway company to Messrs Keegan X Scully, to bore the tunnel on the Fort Smith extension of the line, through the Boston mountains.
 THE Mississippi River Commission is atloat on the great river, slowly proceeding to New Orleans, examining the places where work is to be done this summer. The appropriation for improving the river is S1 ,000,0 900.
 DALLAS, Tex, special says it is learned from trustworthy source that the Gulf, Colorado < Santa Fe and the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central railroads have perfected arrangemegts for joint connection with the St. Louis X San Francisco road at Dallas and Paris.
 A WINoEA, Miss, special says While some school children were playing under a small tree in the yard of w. F. Hamer a highly respected citizen, eight miles east of Winona lightning struck the tree and inn mediately killed Mamie and Willie Hamer, aged 9 and years, and Mary Hightower, aged 6.
 NEW ORLEANS Picayune: While party of men were clearing ground in De Soto parish for the Pacific railroad, they un- earthed five muskets which had lain there since the battle of Mansfield in 1864. One off ha a Eada tyh hn aA fought in that battle, and he recognized, by a mark upon it, one of the muskets as hay l ing been used by him in that action. THE managers of the East Florida, Savan- nah, Florida and Western, and Charleston and Savannah railroads have issued invita-. l tious to a large number of Floridians to ride on their road These invitations are good for round trip from Jacksonville to Savannah and Charleston for thirty days. 1 This plan has been adopted in order to give 1 those who are fortunate enough to receive | invitations an opportunity of visiting these cities at their leisure, and thereby prevent the jam incident upon general opening 1 excursion.
 l Ar the annual session of the Tennessee | Historical Society Tuesday at Nashville, | the Americans report says quite an interest | ing conversation took place in relation to | the life and public services of Willie Blount the War Governor of Tennessee in 1Sl2-15 and ex. Gov. Porter was requested to pre- pare sketch of that vigorous and intelli- | gent gentleman whose services prepared | and insured the victory of Gen. Jackson at the battle af New Orleans on the Sth of January, 1915 The sketch is to be filed in the archives of the society for preservation l Any information pertaining to ex-Gov Willie Blount will be thankfully received l by ex-Gov. Porter.
 NEWS of terrible explosion which took place on the lands of s. T. Zelleria, about ten miles west of Palmetto, Georgia has been received. The engine, thirty-h horsepower, was used In saving lumber The sawdust carrier was instantly killed and the fireman seriously hurt. Alleck Dor sey, a negro standing near, had his hand mashed nearly off, and "0ld Uncle Mark ham" an old negro, who was seated on a wheelbarrow a few paces distant, was blown to pieces. A dozen hands who were hand. ling lumber forty paces away were knocked unconscious, but no one was injured. Frag- ments were thrown miles. and trees were torn in every direction.
 JUDGE A s. MERRIMoN, having been in. vited 10 address the prohibition convention at Raleigh, N. O., responded in an able, lucid and fervent speech in the course of which he said All legislation is bundle of com promises. This bill was not what many
 people wanted, but seldom are statues jus
 what we wish. Whatever else it may be prohibition is in it. This question must b,
 discussed in the light of reason, and it mus
 be plainly discussed. But remember this
 The act prohibiting the sale of liquor is a
 much a law as any on the statue book
 The Legislature does not ask the people [,
 adopt or reject this act, but only it's pene : provision. It goes into full force and eff