The Russellville Democrat., 1883-09-13

fright ieg. while showing pistol in l his fathers store.
 R. J. Welch, of Faulkner county, had his left arm broken and shsiaitl- ed other injuries by the turning over of his wagon.
 The Pine Bluff Commercial is au- thority for the statement that Mr. Quattlebaunl killed genuine white deer Tn Grant county.
 Advices from the southern portion oi the state indicate material dam-l age to the cotton crop by the hot, dry weather of August. Two school boys got into duff culty at Eagles schoolhouse. Lonoke county, one day last week, and one was severely cut,
 Articles of association of the Fort Smith and Hot Springs railway com pany, capital Sl,U00, ,000, have been filed in the secretary of states office. The lumber drying kilns of W T. Beauciiamp, at Malvern, were burned one day last week and $500 worth of lumber destroyed.
 A severe haiIstorm occurred in the vicinity of Bonneville, Logan county, one day last week, doing con siderable damage to the cotton crop.
 The farmers of Sebastian county had a reunion and barbecue on the 5th lnst., near Fort smith, which was largely attended and complete succe
 A young man named Gus Mckee has been missing from Pine Bluff since the Sd day of April last, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mckee, is anxious to learn his whereabouts.
 The Tooth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, the great reform CT, will be celebrated by the Lu theran colony at Cabin Creek on the 10th day of November next.
 The ladies of Pine Bluff are mak- ing vigorous efforts to have the sale of liquors prohibited within three miles of the Methodist church in that city.
 A branch railroad is being bnilt from Warner on the Arkansas Valley road to Cnmmins on the river, and will be completed in time to bring out the present crop.
 Pine Bluff Commercial. The new town to be built in the extreme east ern suburbs of Pine BIutf. near the machine. shops, is to be called Me. chanicsville.
 Waldron Reporter: Key. E. l.. Compere, of Salem City, has been appointed general missionary of the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist convention. for Western Arkansas.
 Greenwood Times: T. o. Gann presented us with llmb containing B aeorns, gathered one-half mile east of this place. The limb upon which these acorns grew, is not ex- ceeding l s inches in length.
 Three negros, Wm. Johnson, Ca- sar Pitts and Matilda Williams, have been tried and convicted for the murder of Calvin Williams, husband of Matilda, in Drew county in 1880, and sentenced to be hanged on the 10th prox.
 Morrillton Headlight, 7th: Last Friday morning the residence of J. H. Smith, Lewisbnrg, was burned. The fire originated from defective aue in the kitchen and the entire house was consumed. Mr. Smith succeeded in saving nearly all his household goods. Loss about Sl00.
 Distractions had been placed on the Little Rock and Fort Smith road near Greenbrier church, Johnson county, for several consecutive days. Parties were put on the watch day and night, and last Tuesday evening James Park and young man named Ball were seen to place tie on the track within fifteen feet of the watch. They are under arrest.
 Waldron Reporter, 3Ist ut: Two boys at Boles, one son of Rev. Win. Mankins and the other son of Mir. Gates, were playing with pls- tol on Tuesday last, when it was ac- cidentally discharged, shooting MT. Gates boy in the breast. We hear from Dr. Leming, ST., who attended him, that he was not seriously hurt, and will soon recover.
 Alma Leader: The Clear Creek Baptist association has just closed it's tenth annual session with Be thesda church. This association is composed of twenty eight churches, five of which united with the asso citation at the present session. Its aggregate membership is 936. The churches of which it is composed arc ,ncated in CraW ford Franklin