The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-03-06
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS

ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
| Circuit court is in session at Nor
rilton.
Dudes are reported plentiful at
Magnolia. 'es
DR.. II. R. Withers is at Hot Springs
recuperating.
A recent grand jury in Scott coun-
ty returned % indictments.
A hog weighing 1856 pounds was
sold few days ago in Fayetteville
for $3.50.
The city fathers of Judsonia are
trying by ordinance to abate the
tramp nuisance.
Albert d. Deshon, proprietor Of
the Capital Hotel, Little Rock, died
last week Of tumor on the brain.
Benton county is fast filing up
withtenterprising, well-to-do people,
and her future was never brighter.
The Van Buren, Press wants the
Press Association banquetted while
in that city next May. Barkis is
willln'.
Saturday night at Little Rock,
Nose Harris and R. j. Brown of the
Gazette had fight in which Harris
was whipped.
Work is to begin at once on the
Valley Route railroad bridge at Lit
1 tie Rock. The piers are to be com
/ pleted by Sept. lst.
/ ANOTHER failure in Little Rock is
reported, that Of Davis & Ketcher
hardware merchants. They fail for
$4,000, with $4,000 assets.
| j. d. Rushing, young man suf-
i fering from unrequltted love, took
the Morphine route to the Great Be
You'd, at Ft. Smith, last Wednesday.
/ John Mason, son of Rev. d. G.
Mason, Of Washington county, re-
Gently eloped with his brothers vile
and fed to parts unknown. John
left wife behind him.
| DR.. Sam Tarver, of White county,
who accidentally killed his daughter
while carelessly handling pistol,
overcome with remorse, committed
suicide few days since.
i Receiver Kelsey. of the United
States land office at Little Rock will
recommend for cancellation 5000
acres of public land on account OF
failure to make final proof.
The second section of freight
train ran into the first section near
Oliphant, on the Iron Mountain
, road last week, and engineers Jen
, nings and Vance, and brakcsmau.
were killed.
The newly elected directors of the
Little Rock & Choctaw railroad are
as follows: w. u. Slack, j. G. Gil
breath, S. II. Nowlin, j. N. Smithee,
w. B. Turman, Thos. w. Newton
and A. H. Ryan.
County Judge Patton Of Pulaski
county has created stir among
scrip.dealers by calling In all out
standing warrants against Pulaski
county to ascertain their legality.
1t is believed that 100000 are out.
The Van Buren, Press says from
this time on and forevermore it will
not publish anything bordering on
or in the most remote degree tend
ing to, religious discussion. We
fear Bro. Durham is becoming sadly
demoralized.
i Two citizens of Jackson county
named Walter Campbell and James
Boatman, attempted to settle dis
| pute Wednesday, by a resort to shot
gun logic. Boatman was killed and
Campbell arrested.
! Gen. d. II. Hill says he would
like for his resignation to take effect
at once, but If the board desired it
he would remain at the head of the
University until afte. the commence
ment exercises in June.
The stock of Quinn Bros. who
failed recently in Little Rock, was
sold at auction on Tusday, the Goth
ult. 1t was bought by Mr.. j. r.
! Quinn, a brother of the Quinn Bros,
Ifor $20.025. The firm will be Quinn
a. Gray.
At Pine Bluff during the late food
tile river front caved in many feet,
endangering the court house and
public square. The river now threat
ems TO make a cutoff and leave the
city ona lake. $1,000 is desired
from congress to be used to avert
these calamities.
One day last week fioater was
found on Pennington's bar, four
miles below Little Rock. From a
watch charm found on the body it is
thought to be that of Hon. NJ. w.
Davidson who was drowned at Little
Rock during the sitting Of the last
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