The Russellville Democrat., 1882-07-27
STATE NEWS.

NouAt1 SCl IF dU tlIC iaSG GCih'
 A new Episcopal house of worship is to be built in Van Buren.
 The greenbackers of Clark county have nominated full county ticket.
 The Quapaw Guards, of Little Rock, are organizing Q cornet band.
 Smallpox of a malignant type is reported to be raging ten miles east of Newport.
 Searcy Beacon: Judsonia has re ceived this season about or nearly $l5,000 for fruits and vegetables.
 Little Rock Gazette: There is no state scrip on the market. This speaks well for Arkansas. Gazette Cars are now running thirty eight miles west of Pine Bluff on the Paramore road.
 c. C. Fielder, Esq, attorney at law, formerly of Ozark, has located at Eu- reka Springs.
 Prof J. P. Leakc intends resusci- tating the newspaper at Greenwood, Sebastian county,
 A new postollice, Excelsior, has been established Tn Sebastian county, W.J. W. Cheser as postmaster.
 The United States court for the western district of Arkansas is now in session at Fort Smith.
 Lonoke Democrat: Geo, J.Kirk in- forms us that there is some blight In cotton planted on old land.
 J. II. Lowery, of Hope, has re- ceived the democratic nomination for state senator in his district.
 M. F. King, of Logan county, who went to Florida in search of health, died recently,
 Russian White Oats with heads twenty-six inches in length have been produced in Crawford county.
 H. A. Davis, q farmer in Washing. ton county, realized 1614 bushels of wheat from one hundred acres of land,
 The Eureka Springs Republican says Newton county will raise more corn and wheat this year than for thirty years past.
 Van Buren Argus Wesley Hin son, of Vine Prairie township has struck fine vein oi superior coal on hls farm.
 Charlie Wells, q railroad man, dled at Argenta last Thursday under cir. cumstances that led to the beliefthat he committed suicide.
 Fort Smith Independent: By let. ters from an authentic source we learn that work on the Frisco bridge will commence in September
 A number of convicts from the penitentiary arc at work on the "fll' in Cache river bottom on the Mem phis and Little Rock railway.
 The grading of the Knobel branch of the Iron Mountain road has been completed to Forrest City, and the track will soon be laid.
 The depot of the Frisco road m Van Buren is to be on the hill op. posite the head of Main Street ad. joining and due south of D. c. Will liams.
 A little son of Mr. Amos, living in the north part of town, was poisoned almost to death by eating a large quantity of wild cherries. Harrison Times.
 Johnnie Buell., little son of R. r. Buell., of Van Burcu, fell into new cistern about twenty feet deep, one day last week, receiving serious in ternal injuries.
 Prescott Picayune Prescott may congratulate herself A circus will pass up the road sometime this month and will miss our town nearly fifty miles,
 Forrest City Times: Mr. John Cole has sold the blg bed of marl on Crow Creek to Memphis firm. The bed is almost incXhaustiblo and is of the best quality.
 Little Rock Democrat Governor Churchill has offered reward of S2O0 for the arrest of James Orman, who, on the 12th inst, assassinatcd Ab' LIttleiield, of Phillips county.