The Russellville Democrat., 1882-11-16

cents per bushel in Bentonville, Ben ton county.
 The first construction train on the Frisco road arrived at Van Buren at 6 p. m., last Friday.
 Master Charlie McAndrews died from lockjaw at his home in Little Rock last Friday eve.
 A rich vein of coal has been dis covered on the farm of Mir. McAnal- | ly, four miles from Fort Smith.
 Mir. Isaac Bott. of Little Rock, was shot Thursday night last by his step son, Julius Levy, and died the next night.
 A colored employe on freight train on the Arkansas Valley route fell between the cars, last Friday, and was killed.
 The Morrillton Headlight men tions the death of an old colored woman, one hundred and four years old, in Conway county last week.
 The roosts in the Nation close to the Arkansas line are fairly alive with wild pigeons. and the Fayette vile market is liberally supplied with the birds.
 l A quantity of bricks fell from the upper story of the new Bonneville building in Fort Smith, the other day, one striking a laborer on the head, indicting severe cut.
 The Fayetteville Sentinel of the Sth says that one St. Louis firm "had, up to date, shipped from Washington and Benton counties twelve thousand bushels of apples and that they will more than double that amount before the season closes"
 1 Fort Smith New Era: There will be larger acreage of wheat sown this fall Tn Northwestern Arkansas than ever was known before. Every farmer should put Tn a few acres of wheat, sufficient at least for his own wants, and the country will be the richer for it.
 Springdale Enterprise: The fol- lowing assay of the ore taken from the mines at Cherokee City was re- gently made by the assayists of the Mineralogical School of Rolla, Mo-. Silver, 45,S5 ounces per ton; gold, 2,S4 1 3. The silver is worth $1.25 per OF; gold, $14.00 per ton of ore. Fort Smith Herald, 11th: The di- rectors of the Fort Smith Musical | Association met ia Col. Clenden- ning's office yesterday evening for the purpose of seeing about raising funds for finishing the Music Hall They concluded to issue one hundred dollar bonds to the amount of $S, ,00O. We may expect to see the building up shortly,
 Regarding the Frisco road, the Fort Smith Elevator says: The road will he at Van Buren by the 20th, and until they get their transfer boat, passengers and freight will have to be brought by wagon from there. The contract for building the bridge will probably be let about the first of December. The company will inn mediately extend their telegraph line to this city.
 Morrillton Headlight, 10th: A fearful accident occurred at the Ward farm three miles from here, Tues day. A three year old child of a Mir. Wilhite, guard, was sitting in front of the gate when hog attack ed 1t and ran off with it, breaking one leg in two places and otherwise bruising and mangling the child. Dr. George was called in and dress. ed the wounds. He has hopes of the chlld's recovery.
 Little Rock Democrat: A new rail. road, to be known as the Meadow Valley railroad is now being survey ed from Hagen, in Prairie county, south through Grand Prairie to Ar kansas Post. This railroad compa- ny has been organized with capital stock of $750,000. The road will be seventy-five miles long when com pleted, and that It is being built es- pecially for the transportation of hay from Grand Prairie. The com pany calculate that at least 3S4,000 tons of hay will be shipped over their line annually.
 Van Buren Press: The l.. R. x F. $. Railway have purchased the steamer Oasis, and will have her en. tirely remodeled and put in safe and suitable condition as transfer boat for the cars of this road. c. W. Hunter, master-bullder, of Memphis, with a full complement of workmen, has the work in charge, and the boat is to be ready for operation in the course of the next thirty days. The Oasis, after it's completion. will take the place of the transfer Munson, un- til she can be enlarged and thorough. ly repaired and capable of making additional transfers of cars ut a trip. It is understood that amicable ar engagements have been made to trans. fer the passengers and the freight of the Frisco road.