The Russellville Democrat., 1885-10-22
state News.

ulau DeTElSt-
The majority Of T. G. McRea over
Judge Mitchell for Congress, as
given officially, is $3.50.
Desha county has $2l 200 in out
standing warrants. Its total scrip
revenue for last year was $4,000.
Poor Desha.
DR.. 0. Beardsley, of Benton, has
received the appointment as Physi-
clan to the Grande Ronde Indian
Agency, Oregon.
Recently the land department Of
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail-
road sold $50 acres of land to Kan
sas home seekers.
Mayor Charles Taylor of Van Blu
rem, has resigned, and Col. ID. w.
Moore has been appointed by the
council his successor.
The enterprising bushes men of
Forrest City have secured for the
farmers $l1 per ton for cotton seed
taken to that place.
IE the case eff Carroll, who was
convicted Of the murder OF his wife
in White county, the Supreme court
has granted an appeal.
A phiianthropic citizen of Little
Rock, proposes to give $4,000 to,
wards new charity hospital if $685.
/ 0Q0 mora oan bo oacurr6
Congressman Breckenridge has
returned home from Washington.
Mr.. Dunn is the only Arkansas Con
gresham now at the Capital.
i The Arkansas Methodist confer
ence meets at Morrilton, November
25th, and the Little Rock conference
at Arkadelphia on December End.
i The Grand Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star of Arkansas will
meet in Searcy on Tuesday October
| 81, 1885, and will be entertained by
Searcy Chapter No. 5.
| Mr.. j. N. Walton prominent
merchant and staunch Democrat OF
Conway, Faulkner county has been
appointed special agent for the In
dians on Tongue river in Montana.
A Washington special says Attor-
ney General Garland will take up the
cases of Marshas and District At
torneys in Arkansas in a few days,
and that a general sweep will prob
/ 1 i 4
Judge j. S. Thomas haying sold
his interest IN the Des Arc Citizen
:. to Mr.. j. j. Baugh, and retired from
that journal, he will shortly begin
the publication of another paper at
Des Arc, to be called the Crescent.
Arkansas exhibited more cotton
at the st. Louis fair than all the 9th
er cotton growing states combined
68 bales. The first premium on cot.
ton from this state was carried off by
Mr.. II. Berger, Of
Malvern. II was new variety of
the staple which Mr.. Berger is en-
deavoring to introduce into the state.
p. f. Kidd and Alexander Rogers,
residing in Poteau bottom near Fort
Smith, took the first and second pre-
miums on cotton from the Indian
Territory.
Articles of association have been
sent to the Northwest Arkansas Tele-
phone Company. 1t proposes to
have an exclusive right to build and
carry on telephone business in Eu
reka Springs, and Carroll, Madison,
Newton, Boone, Marion, Searcy.
Stone, Baxter, Fulton, lizard, Sharp,
Randolph, Lawrence, Independence,
White, Cleburne, Franklin, Van Blu
rem, Conway, Perry, Yell, Pope,
E johnson, Logan, Sebastian, Craw-
ford, Washington and Benton coun-
ties. The capital stock is $4,000,
and the stockholders w. r. Conant,
L. w. Pendergrass and j. W. Pend
! ergrass.
Newport is considerably exercised
at present over the arrest of Prof.
B. p. Baker, principal of the public
schools of that place. The circum
stances which brought about his ar
D rest are about as follows: On Friday
morning the -year-old son of James
Grubbs snapped cap on toy pis-
toll in the school room, for which the
professor punished him. The boy
retaliated in some very abusive and
insulting language, for which a
D second punishment more severe than
the first was administered. At noon
I the boy reported the matter to his
father, who went before Mayor Will
= liams and swore out a warrant of ar
rest, charging the professor with
cruelty TO the child. The warrant
: was placed in the hands of Marshal
l Gulwest, who proceeded to the
: school room and, in the presence OF
E the entire school, served the writ.
! This little episode has had the effect
of practically demoralizing tue en-
tire school for the time being, and
is now the allabsorbing topic of con-
yersation. 1t Is understood that the
board OF education will take the mat
t ter in hand. Prof. Baker con
Q Quoted the schools at that place last
year to the entire satisfaction of all,
and mad rasulis were qxppctnd from