The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-19
STATE NEWS.

| A White county farmer picked 475 pounds of cotton, the other day.
 The mail between Clarendon and Brinkley is now carried by rail.
 A good horse ferry IS in operation at Patterson's Bluff over the Arkan- sas river.
 Lonoke Home: Eld. M. D. Early was elected for third year as pas tor of the Lonoke Baptist church.
 The Memphis and Little Rock railway company has built hand some depot at Carlisle, one of the principal stations on the road.
 A new military company, the Bonneville Rifles, has been organiz- ed in Fort Smith, with z. c. Ross as captain.
 Mountain View, Franklin county, has citizen, Joe Conatser, only nineteen years of age, who IS feet inches in height.
 Batesville Pilot A dwelling and barn at Corners K Road in Barren township belonging to Rafe Conner was destroyed by fire.
 l A petition will be presented to the next general assembly to create a new county, Cleburne, from portions of Desha and Arkansas. Work is actively progressing on the leyees on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi river between Ark ansas City and the Louisiana line. Searcy Reccord: We have learned that Rev. J. s. Thomas has accept ed call from the Baptist church at Batesville and contemplates moving to that city at an early day. Newport Spectator: We under stand that $l2,0OO has been sub scribed by the good people of Jack sonport to continue the line of the M. x w. V. K. R. from Newport to that town.
 Clarendon Sun, 18th: The first span of the White rlver bridge at this place was completed last We'd nesday morning. The other one and the draw will be pushed through rapidly.
 Van Buren Press, 14th: A young man by the name of Cravens had his arm torn off at Miller's cotton gin, in the bottom, last Saturday. Dr. Hammock attended him and am. putated the arm near the shoulder. Dewitt Cleaner: A negro by the name of Jerry Springer stabbed and killed white man by the name of Oscar Mclean, who lived in Spell mans Point, Tuesday night, Sd inst. The negro made his escape.
 Chismvillc Hogan Co.) Star: From the large amount of cotton that has passed through town the past few days from "south of the noun tain" it seems the crop is opening more rapidly in that section than this.
 The Fayetteville Sentinel gives the following recent arrivals at the State University: Among the arri vals the past week were w. W. Cook, Fulton county; T. B. Gordon, Pope county; P. H. Wilkerson and W. M. Barnett, Sharp county.
 The new hotel to be built at noun tain Valley Springs Ark, will be three stories in height, contain one hundred and two sleeping apart ments, exclusive of those occupied by the help, and be supplied with all modern appliances. The build ing will cost 100000.
 Little Rock Democrat: Mir. Dun- bar H. Pope, for the past five years chief clerk Tn the office of superin- tendent of public instruction, has been commissioned by Gov. Church ill to the office of superintendent for the unexplred term, ending Novem- Der lst.
 Ft. Smith Independents: Gen. G. Adolphus Meyer, well known in Ft. Smith, has made "ten- strike" in his contracts with the state of Louis jana to clear out the bayous around New Orleans for navigation. He is meeting with the greatest success. Fort Smith Elevator: Mir. James Reese left with us quite variety of specimens of Arkansas minerals, many of which it will take good geologist to name. Among them are specimens of plumbago, fine quality, and perhaps corundum, lead, zinc, silver, copper, etc.
 Little Rock Democrat, 12th: John ny Arbuckle, of Sebastian county, took the Fishback premium at the Fort Smith fair on Wednesday. It was five silver dollars to the boy un- der fifteen who could recite from memory the constitution of the Unit ed States.
 Ozark Democrat, 12th: There were 45 of ex-She.iff Shores bonds men in Ozark last week to settle up his delinquencies, which amounted to $710,70. That big interest on the amount which each bondsman had to pay is what some of them did | not like. and esnecially were they