The Russellville Democrat., 1882-06-22
NO. 22.
STATE NEWS.

Mir. F. B. Hassett is the new post master at Alma.
 The Eureka Springers are enjoy ing ripe tomatoes. Cotton crop reports from all parts of the State are more encouraging.
 Pine Bluff Commercial: There are 4,652 delinquent polls in the county.
 Faulkner county comes to the front with oats seven feet two inches in height
 The Prescott people have been en- toying the luxury of Texas water melons.
 Van Buren is to have grand ccle bration and tournament on the 4th .proximo.
 Turnips eight inches in diameter are the latest vegetable wonders in Crawford county.
 Ozark Democrat: Only one whls- key shop in Franklin county and that only sells by the quart.
 Judge Parker, of the United. States district court at Fort Smith has gone North to rest during vacation.
 Of the eight nominees on the Faulkner county democratic ticket, seven live in the town of Conway.
 The citlzens oi Harrison have taken the lnitiatory for grand jol- lifcation on the "ge lorious" Fourth of July.
 Conway has been selected as the place for the next annual meeting of the Arkansas Eclectic Medical As sociaton.
 Little Rock Democrat Master Mechanic E. l, Newell, of the Hot Springs railroad, has mysteriously disappeared.
 Little Rock Democrat Charley Shourds, baggage master for the Iron Mountain company, at the Union de pot, has resigned.
 Pine Bluff Commercial: The Tex as and St. Louis railway is reported to present an unbroken line of busy workmen from this place to Texar kama.
 Fort smith New Era, 10th: The house on Gen. Gatlin's farm east of town burned down Monday night and Mrs. Burdyne, who occupied it just escaped with her life,
 Hon. Frank T. Vaughn, of Little Rock. and Hon. T. c. Trimble, of Lonoke, have been nominated for circuit judge and prosecuting attor- ney, respectively, of the sixth judic ial district.
 Work will soon be commenced at the Van Buren end of the St. Joseph, Kansas City and Arkansas narrow guage railroad, the contractor with a force of hands and teams being al ready on the ground.
 Fort Smith Independent: Fife Bird IS Jersey heifer belonging to W. J. Brown. She was just IG months and five days old when she had fine calf This seems rather previous but is solid fact.
 Ozark Democrat: The report that Mir. Elison's two boys were drowned, proved not to be so. They were found next day by MT. Wigley on an island on Big Mulberry. They had made preparations for the night.
 The Hackctt City correspondent of the Fort Smith New Era is re sponsible for the following: Rev. J. c. Harrell, an elder of the Christian Church, living on Riddle Prairie, is seventy six years of age, and is cut. ting full set of front teeth.
 Van Buren Graphic, 10th: Mir. Compton, who resides midway be tween Van Buron and Alma, was un- fortunate in having his dwelling house blown down by the cyclone on night. Mrs. C. was slightly injured by the falling timbers.
 Van Buren Argus: Alma is mak. ing arrangements for grand Fourth of July celebration to be had at Lit tlc Frog Bridge. Basket dinner, speaking, music, dancing, etc. will be the order of the day. Extensive preparations are being made for grand time.
 Van Buren Graphic: Eureka Springs will have q railroad at an early day connecting that city with the Frisco railroad at Rogers or some other point along it's line. Work to begin immediately and pushed rapidly to completion. Eure- la Springs is to be congratulated on it's suspicious future.
 Eureka Springs Echo, l4th: Mess. Lewis Gunter and r. Cromwell met with painful accident Sunday even ing last by the railing of the Basin bath house cellar stairs giving away, throwing them precipltiously down the stairway, seriously sprainrng the former back and cutting an ugly gash on the top of the latter's head. Mir. Gunter has been confined tO his