The Russellville Democrat., 1882-05-04
STATE NEWS.

phur spring at Searcy has been i'm proved.
 The Pacific Express Company has established free delivery In Arka- delphia.
 Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia, is soiourning at the famous Eureka Springs.
 I24T head of sheep were recently shipped from Pine Bluff to northern markets.
 Sixty car loads of rails for the Paramore read arrived at Pine Bluff last week.
 The marble quarries at Eureka Springs are attracting considerable attention.
 The Howard, Ark, postoffice rob- bery, which occurred last December, is being investigated.
 MT. Thomas Wooten, of Beebe, died at Pinnacle Springs on the 1 II i5 ho Oi IiiC -Aiiu uiOiiuos
 Eight car loads of stock were re- gently shipped from Morriton to Kansas. via Van Buren.
 Mr. John Fink, jeweler, of Van Buren, was accidentally shot last Thursday. Wound not serious.
 Elixir Spring, eighteen miles northeast of Harrson, is attracting considerable attention as a health resort.
 The Philadelphia Standard says that wheat harvest will commence this week in some portions of Clark county.
 A negro named Ali Berry has been lodged in Jail at Fayetteville charged with murderlng a fellow. laborer on Fthe Frisco road.
 The Little Rock city council re- gently tabled a petition from the best colored people of that city, pray ing for rigid enforcement of the Sunday law.
 Washington county contributes three guests to the "Hotel de Ward" at Little Rock, they having been convicted at the recent term of the circuit court.
 High wind prevailed at Van Buren on the 29th ultimo, and several trees blown down, one falling on the Whitfield dwelling, completely de- molishing the dining room.
 The SearcY and West Point rail road company have reduced their passenger tariff to twenty five cents from Kensett to Searcy. No reduc- tion for round trip tickets.
 Fayetteville Blade, April 27 Last Tuesday morning James Johnson, the father of Jake Johnson, living a few miles north of Fayetteville, fell down stairs, he received such in jurles that he died on Wednesday morning.
 Two boys, Monroe and Lafayette Wish, living near Pleasant Plains, White county, recently engaged in scuflle and in their sport fell, an open knife in the hand ot Monroe cutting his brother and severing the femoral artery.
 A magnificent specimen of the present wheat crop, grown in Con- way county, has been forwarded by Col. w. D. Slack to Boston for ex- hibition as sample of the product iveness of Arkansas.
 A negro horse thief named Ander- son while attempting to elude arrest one night last week, in Clark county, was fired at by the pursuing officer and so badly peppered with turkey shot that he will have to stand while eating his meals.
 A destructive fire occurred at Searcy on the 26th ult!mo. The flames destroyed the row of houses from an old shed adjoining w. A. YarnelPs to the postofiiec corner. Loss between $25,000 and $30,000, partially covered by insurance.
 Searcy Record: We are informed that Mir. G. c. Caruthers, ST., who re- sides about two miles north of Pleas ant Plains. discovered two pots of gold coin, which aggregated about 5000. Our informant could not give any further particulars.
 Springdale Enterprise, April 29: Mir. Johnson, aged S4 years, residing near Johnson's Mills, fell down a stairway fifteen feet, last Monday morning at three o'clock, fracturing his skull.and bruising his body 90 that he died the following morning.
 Alma Independent: Wheat is not half so badly damaged in our county as some would make it appear. Some people are chronic grumblers, and report the crops ruined every year. If not damaged between now and harvest we shall have very good yield.
 The Eureka Springs Republican of April 27 says: Yesterday morning as two of the men who are blasting out rock on Spring were tamping a charge of powder, it prematurely ex.