The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-03-18
ARKANSAS AFFAIRS

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Austin, Prairie county, offers $40,
600 to have the Babsist State college
located there.
Ward Bros, druggists, of Searcy,
and Witt Bros, groceries, of Conway,
failed last week.
A German paper, called the Ar
kansas Valksblatt, is to be establish
ed at TT. Smith.
Col Sol. F. Clark of Little Rock is
accused Of having state senatorial
bee in his bonnet.
Searcy college has an enrolment
of near two hundred pupils and is
giving great satisfaction.
The corner stone of an Odd Eel
lows hall was laid last Saturday IN
Little Rock, with imposing ceremo-
nles.
About 1000 men are employed on
the Bald Knob extension, and hun
dreds of laborers are turned away
every day.
II is generally agreed that state
treasurer Woodruff will have no op
position for re election on the dem
ocratic side.
| r. Bonner, of White county, was
robbed, murdered and cremated in
his own house by unknown parties
one night last week.
The assistant post. at Nash
vile, Ark, has been arrested and
placed in the penitentiary, charged
with embezzlemsnt.
The members Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church at Harrison,
Boone county, will erect $4,000
church this summer.
The city council of Arkadelphia
has passed an ordinance making 1T a
misdemeanor for boys underl5 years
of age to enter saloon.
A child was born in Howard coun-
ty recently with hands shaped like
1 an opossum's foot and tue nails are
on the under side of the fingers.
Mr.. Witt, of Conway, the victim
OF Drummer Williams shooting ex
plot, is not fatally wounded as at
first reported, but is getting we'll.
The new addition to the Deaf
Mute Institute at Little Rock has
been completed, and the building is
now one of the hardsomest and best
arranged in the State.
Hon. w. w. Mansfield has been APP
pointed one of the special supreme
judges to preside in the forth com
| ing trial Of the state VS.. I. Church
| i'll.
A large and commodions Hotel
and Union Depot will be built at the
junction of the Frisco and Valley
Railway, near where the trains cross
the bridge, at Van Buren,.
The managers of the White Coun
ty Fair Association are making ar
rangements for the fourth annua!
exhibit under very encouraging cir
cumstances.
All the escaped prisoners from the
Morrilton Jail have been returned to
prison by p. Ii. Speers the deposed
sheriff who followed and captured
them in Logan county.
Editor George who has been con
Quoting the Agricultural News at
Ozark, a paper devoted to the inter
ests of the Wheel, has skipped and
gone to parts unknown.
Fire at Hot Springs 10Th INST,
destroyed an entire block OF business
houses on Central avenue, together
with the costly residence OF DIR. 5. ).
Buchanan. Loss, 100000, insur-
ancc, $4,000
A man IN Gardens bottom, Yell
county, writes the Dardanelle Post
that he has at last perfected the per
petual motion and wants partner
who has money to take an interest
il the thing.
Rube Carl Lee, editor Of the White
River Journal, and a staunch wheel
err, says the GAINESVILLE Economist
by reason OF its disreputable bargain
ing with candidate MeKeunon has
forfeited all claims TO Wheel support.
Col. /. M. Moore Of Searcy has
been nominated hy White county
Wheel for the state senate. Wat
Wells the retiring senator for the
district will contest that nomination
TO the bitter end.