The Russellville Democrat., 1882-11-09
STATE NEWS.

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 | Stone county yielded 2l 500 bush els of wheat, crop of.18S2.
 The track of the Batesville branch railroad is laid to Black river.
 Col. M. L. Bell has taken charge O the gas works interest of Pine Bluff
 Substantial brick stores are beins built on the burned district of Con way.
 Log Cabin: It is rumored that the Pinnacle Ledger will move to Conway soon.
 The Eureka Springs papers are an nouncing new and wonderful cures at that place.
 The publication of the paper in Dardanelle by the Farmers Unlon has been indefinitely deferred.
 The oil mill and cotton compress at Fort Smith is to be lighted with electric lights.
 On the 1st inst, the track of the Frisco road was laid to point with in six miles of Van Buren.
 MT. J. B.ssMoore, of Fayetteville, and Mrs. Mary White, of Washing ton county, were married on the 30th ut.
 A stage coach upset north of Van Buren, several days ago, injuring two or three passengers, one man having his nose broken.
 Monticellonian: Pres. Shelton gathered and measured up 2l0 bush els ot sweet potatoes from measur- ed half acre of ground.
 Mir. Woollum one of the engineers on the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway, was recently married to Mss Ella Vaughan, of Ozark. An agent for an oil company in St. Louis is at Van Buren buying cotton seed, for which he is paying $l0 per ton delivered at the cars.
 Dr. c. c. Forbes, of the Kentucky insane asylum, has been elected su- perintendcnt of the Arkansas asy- lum for the insane. He comes high ly recommended.
 Fort Smith Herald: The Arkan- sas river is low and about on stand still, but there is plenty of water for the Fort Smith to ply between Fort Gibson and this port.
 Van Buren Press, 4th: Mir. Mat thew Horn an old citizen of Van Bu- ren, who has been an invalid sufferer, for many years, died at his home in Logtown, on Monday night last.
 A prisoner in the United States jail at Fort Smith attempted to es- cape by climbing through the chim- ney, the other day, but was induced to come down by the use of smoke.
 The Iron Mountain and Helena railroad, with all it's privileges, rights, franchises, real estate and other property, has been sold to the Kan sas City and Southern railway com pany.
 Searcy Beacon, 4th: Last Monday night Mir. Wm. Jones, near Mt. Pis- gah, gave his two children morphine by mistake for quinine, causing the death of one, and the other escaped by throwing uP the morphine.
 Sam D. Apperson, recently con victed of manslaughter by the St. Francis circuit court, was released from the jail at Forrest City by a mob of masked men, one day last week. Apperson was under sentence for four years.
 Ozark Democrat, 2nd: Ava Greer got his right hand and arm badly hurt in the gin last Tuesday. Half of his hand was cut off and the flesh torn of his arm to the elbow. It is feared that it will be necessary to amputate it.
 Pine Bluff Commercial: The gov ernment has resumed work on the river again. Brush is being cut and rafted down to re-carpet the bank near the Bell place, the work that was done there year ago having nearly all washed away,
 Morrillton Headlight: Jake Par. ker charged with grand larceny, who made his escape from the officers of this county, some time ago was cap tured in Little Rock this week by detective Sid Basey, and brought here Tuesday by deputy sheriff Geo. E. Bentley.
 Dardanelle Arkansian: Uncle James Haney, died at his home Tn Spring Creek township, on Saturday night last, Oct 2Sth. He was born in Union district, South Carolina, and came to Yell county in 1887. and has ever lived an honorable and use ful life. esteemed by all his neigh bors.
 Dardanelle Arkansian, Sd: A man named Wm. Bitters, working at Cox's blaming mill as fireman, fell through the blanks over the we'll in the engine room, on Monday eve ming, and went down to the bottom. a depth of l6 feet, hurting himself quite badly and sprained one of his