The Russellville Democrat., 1882-05-11
STATE NEWS.

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 Mr. G. B. Rose and Miss Marion
 Kimball, of Little Rock, were mar
 ried fast week.
 New potatoes are in the Hot Springs market and quoted at four dollars per bushel.
 MT. c. F. Bocqnin and Miss Alta Johnson, of Fort Smith, were mar ried on the 2nd instant.
 The machine shops of the St. Louis and Texas narrow-guage railway are to be located at Pine Bluff.
 Conway county has produced strawberries measuring four and half inches in circumference.
 Newport Spectator: The caterpil- lars have about destroyed all the corn and early garden vegetables in this county.
 Hon. John A. Logan, United States senator from Illinois, left Hot Springs last Tuesday, greatly i'm proved in health.
 Eureka Springs Echo, 3d. There were 729 pupils, teachers and officers in attendance at the ten Sabbath schools in this city Sunday.
 Eureka Springs Echo: The rail- road company have granted until the tenth of this month for the citizens of Eureka Springs to get up the full sun of $50,000.
 Morrillton Headlight: The post office at Lewisburg has been discon- tinued and its effects turned over to the post office at this place. Nor rilton will now be distributing of flee.
 The Van Buren Argus says: The jury in the Irby murder case brought in verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and assessed the punishment at five years in the peni- tentiary.
 Little Rock Gazette, 9th: A young man named Roscnbaum, step son of John Spear, the fruit mer- chant vas drowned last night while lhe moonlight excursion up the river.
 Mr. Edward Bland of the Newport Spectator office, had his right hand fearfully crushed, on the 1st inst, by being caught between the platen and bed of a job press, which he was running at a high rate of speed.
 Judge Wm. Walker. of Ft. Smith, has been appointed by Gov. Church ill to fill the vacancy Tn the twelfth judiclal circuit caused by the resig- nation of Judge Rogers. Judge Vii Hams is candidate for the position for the next term.
 A Hackett City correspondent of the Fort Smith New Era writes that Capt. Williams has just returned from trip to the Territory and re- ports crops in flourishing condit- ion, and the non citizens paying their permits readily.
 Morrilton Headlight: An orphan asylum has been established by Rev erend Father Zielenback at St. Mary's Monastery, three miles north | of here. There are already several orphans there, and room is being made to accommodate more.
 Van Buren Argus: We have been informed that the wheat has not been at all damaged by rust. The dry weather 2 few weeks ago l caused some of it to "fire"' little. | which was mistaken by some for rust. The crop is now in splendid | and large yield is prom ised.
 The Gazette's Hot Springs cores pondent writes; An order for 3500 | pounds of whetstone from the quar- rles at this place has been received from Marsielles, France, through | Mir. Emile Karst, the resident French | consul at St. Louis. The stone is designed to be used in grinding fine surgical and other instruments.
 Fort Smith New Era: Col. E. J. l Brooks. for pany years a prominent citizen of this place, but now of Den yer, Colorado, celebrated his silver wedding at Denver on the 22nd ult., having been married on April 22nd, 1857, at Fayetteville, Ark, to Belle Dean, daughter of Mir. Dean, of that city, who is still living in good ripe old age.
 Newport Spectator, 5th.: Marshal Faulkinbury arrested and took to Little Rock this week for selling beer without U. S. license, Peter Mor- jensen of this place, who waived an examination and was admitted to in the sum of $500 to answor at the fall term of the U. s. district court. Mortensen sells only as the ageut of a St. Lous firm, who will defend the suit.
 Charles Roberts, charged with the embezzlement of $500 in currency, collected on notes and five sewing machines belonging to the Singer