The Russellville Democrat., 1882-06-08

as early as possible.
 Pine Bluff Commercials: The iron is laid on the Paramore railroad about twenty miles from the city anc is being put down at the rate of one half mile per day.
 Fort Smith New Era, 1st.: Rev. J l.. Yantis, Presbyterian minister al Sweet Springs, and father of Jas. A. Yantis, Esq, member of the bar al this place, died Monday.
 Little Rock Democrat The blind men of the Arkansas school are now turning off twenty dozen brooms pel week, besides making mattresses and cane seating chairs to order,
 Ozark Democrat: The Ozark school district voted mill tax fol building purposes. There were five votes for mills for school purposes and 40votes for building purposes.
 The Little Rock Democrat of May 31 says: Pat Daily, for several years q policeman in this city, dled yester- day of consumption. He leaves Q family in very destitute circumstan- ces.
 Beebe Times, 3d.; Over one thous- and bushels of peaches left our depot this week for St. Louis, Chicago, and Denver. Our shippers will receive about S2,500 for their weeks ship ment.
 Little Rock Democrat: Tom Bow ems silver mine has been levied on to satisfy the claim of the United States on the bond of Newt. Sarber, who defaulted while,marshal at Fort Smith.
 Eureka Springs Republican: 1t is rumored that our chief has created quite an excitement in Boone and Newton counties by exhibiting the petrifactions lately discovered near Magnetic Springs.
 Fort Smith Independent: MT. Campbell, U. s. Signal officer at this place, has his office and fixtures in successful operation, at the old sut- Ter building on the reservation, near ly opposite B. Baer < Go.
 Ft. Smith Elevator; The next ses, sion of the Arkansas Annual Confer ence of the M. F. Church, South, will be held at Bentonyille begin ming Nov. 18th. Bishop Cranberry, of Virginia, will preside.
 Morrlllton Messenger, 1st: Mr, F. J. Wills, our county clerk, sent us this week an Irish potato vine with potatoes growing on the vine above the ground. Several potatoes as large as partridge eggs were seen.
 Ft. Smith Elevator: We are pleas ed to state that the little son of MT John Wren, who was kicked by q horse few days ago, is not so badly injured as was at first supposed, and has by this time entirely recovered.
 Clarksville Herald: The dwelling house on the Evans Harms farm was destroyed by fire last week Loss claimed, I,500; insurance, Sl,000. There were four families occupying the house, who were turned out at one o'clock q. m. by the fire.
 Pine Bluff Commercial Col Mack H. Williams exhibited to us sam pie of wool from one of 200 sheep which he has on his plantation at Bank head, which for length and fine ness surpasses anything we have ever seen in the state.
 Geo. Howard, colored, was mur- dered in his house, at Warner on the night of the 29th ult., by one of a mob of negroes who forced m en- trance to the building. An old feud was the cause of the murder. The murderer has been arrested.
 Newport Spectator: The bridge to be constructed across White river at Clarendon is to 610 feet long, spanning the river and extending some feet on either bank, having q draw of 255 feet, allowing boats a passage way of l50 feet, width of bridge inside, l4 feet, sidings 20 feet high and built entirely of iron, There will be three pillars construct ed, one on each end and one for the draw.
 Charleston Vindicator, May 27: Mr. w. II. Sherman, who lives about three miles north of town, and over whose head has passed the sun of eighty summers, was bitten by q mad dog on the 18th inst, He at once went in search of a mad. stone. found It, applying it five times, 1t adhering each time, and now, we are glad to learn, is out and at work, ap- pretending no further trouble from the bite.
 Conway Democrat: Dr. c, c. Brown, of Enola, told us that during the recent rains an entire human skeleton was washed up out of the ground on the farm belonging to George Brown, three miles north of Enola on the Cadron. The farm has been in cultivation not less than thirty years. The doctor showed us several teeth he had taken from the head of the skeleton, The affair may be the result of some foul mur- der in years gone by.
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