The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-15
STATE NEWS.
News from Different Sections Care.
 fully Collected.

Jay Gould has bought the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas rail- road.
 Van Buren was in receipt, last week, of a wagon load of castor beans, which sold at 75c per bushel.
 The sixth annual meeting of the State Bar association will be held in Little Rock, January 9th.
 William Vaughan, of Kansas City, has been appointed commissioner of deeds for the state of Arkansas.
 Authority has been received to begin work improving the Arkansas river at Fort Smith and Dardanelle.
 Messrs. Julian & McCaskill have be- gun publication of the Arkansas Sitting at Lewisyille, Lafayette county.
 Geo. W. Simms. aged 10 years, came thirty-five miles to Van Buren, one day last week to do some shopping.
 Faulkner county has made between 10, 900 and 12,000 bales this season. and and about 75 per cent of the crop has been marketed.
 The vote on the license question in Newton county has been received by the secretary of state. It was 6S4 for license and 40 against.
 Little Rock was selected as the next place of meeting of the Annual Confer ence of the NJ. E. Church (South), at the next assembly.
 A two-foot channel now extends from Batesville to Buffalo Shoals at extreme low water. The work will be carried out to deep water in the spring.
 ". J. Dean, who so mysteriously dis appeared last week, from Van Buren, returned Tuesday, having been to Oar danelle during his wanderings.
 Gov. Hughes has offered reward of who shot and killed William Hutchison in Carrol county, November ?. 5'
 Sam Baer of Fort Smith, dealer in general merchandise, made an assign ment on the 9th inst. Liabilities about Sl7 900; assets S12,00o to $l4,000. Col. J. NJ. Weaver, of Van Buren land agent for the Valley Route, sold 2S00 acres of land during the month of No- vember, and mostly to immigrants. In the damage suit of J. B. Nj Laugh lin against the proprietors o the Little
  plaintiff was awarded S25 damages
 John Williams and Walter Conway, two negroes, had quarrel in Little Rock, on the night of the llth inst. dur ing which Conway got severely cut. 1 The commissioner of state lands re- | ceived S2237 in fees during the month of November, which is double the amount received during any month this year.
 Messrs. J. M. Hewitt and B. M. | Harrington have purchased the Mari anna nee county) Index from MT. w. ] s. McClintock, and will conduct it here after.
 l The work of improving the upper ! White river has been successfully con- pleted from Buffalo Shoals to Bates ville and the outfit has gone into winter quarters.
 There are 911 notaries public in the state of Arkansas, eighty-three of which are in Pulaski county. The amount of i fees paid to the secretary of state for the commissions was S4555.
 Gov. Hughes has appointed Mrs. 1 Emma D. Mills, of New York. com- missioner for the state, it being the first woman, it is said, ever appointed to such an office.
 Wm. Cahoon, Jr., the lumber dealer, nas received an order for a carload of gum to be shipped to Detroit. It is to be substituted for walnut in the manu- facture of organs.
 A reward of S200 each is offered for the arrest of Joe Simmons and Jas. Sim mons, alias James Smith, who murdered R. s. Byrd at Gray's Station, Wood ruff county, December ?.
 A terrific explosion of dynamite oc- cured at Backbone tunnel, on the Frisco extension, on the afternoon of the 9th inst, instantly killing two men and wounding three.
 Frank P. Dunn, a Little Rock lawyer, has been licensed to preach by the M. E. Church (South). Sam Small's recent visit to Little Rock is assigned as the cause of the change.
 Two young ladies, employees of the Little Rock Telephone Exchange, were robbed on the corner of Twelfth and Louisiana, at D. m., on the evening of the 10th inst.
 Rev. W. C.. Stout, registrar of the diocese of Arkansas and one of the most prominent citizens of Conway county, died at Morrilton on the 1lth inst. His death will be greatly mourned.
 County clerks and judges are now re- quired, according to late instructions from the United States land office, to cross examine claimants and witnesses in all pre-emption and homestead cases.
 wm. Matthias was shot by Wm. Har- mon at Forrest City on the 10th inst. It is thought case of self-defense, as Har- mon had two or three knife wounds on his head. Whisky was the cause of the affray.
 A negro named Buck Lee attempted to murder John Hearn, in the latter's home near Monticello, day or two ago, but was prevented by a young man who heard the sounds of the struggle and came to MT. Hearn's assistance.
 By recent ruling of the secretary of the interior applicants for entry or purchase of United Statos lands, in eluding final homestead and pre-emp- tion proofs, must be properly indentified by the attesting officer and evidence of such identity must accompany their papers.
 The Farmers Mercantile association has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The object of the company is to carry on general merchandise business at Ozark, with