The Russellville Democrat., 1882-05-18
STATE NEWS.

Morrillton is to have new brick building next to Speer's hotel.
 Argentiferous galena has been dis covered in Butler township, Lonoke county.
 Washington county is sending amount of sheep's wool into market.
 The sale of public lands at Hot Springs has been postponed until July 24, 1882.
 The courts of Pulaski county are making it warm for gamblers and Sabbath breakers.
 Mir. Caldwell Bradshaw and Miss Anne Gray, of Little Rock, were married last week.
 Col. L. L. Witch, of Ozark, has withdrawn from the canvass as a candidate for the legislature.
 The sherif's tax books of Crax- ford county show I06l delinquents for 1882 against 7S5 for 1881.
 Crawford county has produced oats five and one-half feet high with heads nineteen inches in length.
 Mir. $. Wood Tucker and Miss Jennie Hennegen, of Little Rock were married on the 10th instant.
 Tie board of school directors of Ozark have determined to build a good school house in their district.
 Ozark Democrat lord Cravens has more friends now than ever be- fore and he will be harder to defeat.
 Ten breaks last week on the Iron Mountain road between Little R oek and Texarkana, caused by high wa. ter.
 The English colony..near Lonoke is making rapid progress in the inn provement of farms and erection of buildings.
 Van Buren Argus: The stage from Fayetteville was unable to cross Frog Bayou last Sunday on account of the high water.
 Hon. c. w. Bruce has withdrawn from the race as candidate for repre- sentative in the general assembly from Faulkner county.
 Work will soon be commenced on the extension of the Arkansas Mid land railway, narrow guage, from Helena to Little Rock,
 Ozark Democrat: It is the opinion of some that the use of cotton seed oil has produced Aux in Ozark. What think the doctors?
 Lonoke Democrat: We have in our county white man who asserts that he is God, and a crazy negro who as serts that he is Jesus Christ.
 The Pars Hogan county) Ex- press complains of the irregularity of mail service between Paris and Huntsville, Madison county.
 James Irby, convicted Of murder at the spring term Of the Crawford circuit court, has been uncondition- ally pardoned by Gov. Churchill.
 Johnson county contributes 8 specimen of rye, seven feet three inches in height. to the agricultural museum of the L. k, S Ft s. K. R.
 A difficulty occurred at Oak Bow CT, Sebastian county, on the 9th, be- tween two men named Oliver and Head, in which the latter was killed Oliver was arrested.
 MT. John NJ. Carroll, of Lonoke, while out hunting, one day last week, accidentally shot himself, the charge of squlrril shot entering his left side under the ribs, inflicting serious wound.
 An Alabama "moonshiner" was arrested in Montgomery county last week, and lodged in the United States jail at Fort Smith, from whence he was taken to the scene of his illicit distiIling to be tired.
 Lonoke Democrat: MT. Dick King who lived near here before the war, but who has been living near Aus. tin Texas for the last twenty years, says that he is satisfied that this is better country than Texas to raise cattle in.
 Dr. Geo. T. Griffith, an old and worthy citizen of Fort Smith, died on the 10th, after an illness Of sever. al weeks, caused by being burned some months ago. The deceased was a brother of Col. $. L, Griffith, of Little Rock.
 Fort Smith Elevator: Dan Hogan, a machinest we'll known here, has patented q non friction steam valve, which he says saves 43,00O pounds of friction on an ordinary locomotive and which can be adjust ed to any engine of the slide valve pattern.
 Fort Smith Elevator, l2th: Capt. Randall returned this week from reconnaissance south to Red River, and will make his report at once to the COmpanV ns tn thn procticahiIity