The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-22


 bridge in trying to get out of the wal of the train and was dangerously if no fatally hurt.
 Fort Smith has already received somewhere in the neighborhood of 30, 900 bales of cotton and the number nt doubt will be increased to 50,000 bale before the close of the season. Tn, banks of the Arkansas as far up as For Gibson, are lined with cotton waiting transportation to this market.
 The state land commissioner sold las week the following tracts: Forty acre in St. Francis county to George Nc Crary $2l; forty acres in White county to Aaron c. Wing for $2I.45; thirty seven acres in Polk county to A. l. Lowthers for $l9.6S, and forty acres il Ashley county to Helen k. Guise fol $21.
 It is rumored that the Baltimore ant Ohio railroad will build a road iron Bristol to Memphis as soon as possible that it is on friendly terms with Mir Dow of the Memphis and Little Rock road, and is backing in legitimate way the efforts of the parties interested in the proposed Little Rock and Hot Springs railroad.
 The various plantations tracts ol land. stock and farming implements or the plantations of E. M. Apperson X Co. of Memphis, Tenn, are to be sold at trustee's sale on December 21. The lands and plantations, amounting to perhaps over 10000 acres, are situated in the counties of Phillips, Lee, Mon- roe, Arkansas and Lincoln, in this state, and in Bolivar and Panola, in Mississippi.
 Bill Perry, who about four years ago murdered w. D. Patton, city marshal of Fayetteville, Ark, and Deputy Sheriff M. j.. Mounts of Washington county, was captured on the 16th inst. in Franklin county and was taken to Fayetteville. He shot the two officers at late hour in the night on the streets of Fayetteville, slipping up be- hind them in the darkness, and then made his escape.
 Last week man named John Gold stein was captured at Anthony City by ex-Sheriff Welter and Sheriff Conner, of Hamilton county, Tennessee. About eight years ago Goldstein, in company with two other men, wayiaid and killed a man near Chattanooga, Tenn, and disappeared. He has been living in Seyier and Polk counties for the last six years, and his whereabouts was only discovered few weeks ago.
 Baird McLain and Joe 1,ickenson, Jr., of Okolona, became involved in an alter cation on the 18th which resulted in the use of shot guns. Dickenson had his clothes considerably cut and received one or two flesh wounds, while McLain | received an ugly wound through the 1 leg below the knee. Both surrendered to the authorities and were placed under i bonds. McIain is th9 father-in-law of i Dickenson and the affair is much regret ! ted in the community in which they | live.
 ] About $500, ,000 of the half million dollars capital stock of the Arkansas Fire Insurance company has been sub | scribed all of which has been taken by the citizens of Little Rock. There are several persons in Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, Philadelphia and other places who have expressed desire to take stock, and as the company is an Arkansas institution, full opportunity will be af- forded the business men and investors in all the principal towns throughout the state an opportunity to subscribe, although all the stock could be easily taken in Little Rock.
 The engineer from New York, who has been making soundings for the last two weeks for the purpose of securing proper foundation for the erection of the Kansas City railroad and Memphis bridge across the river at Memphis, reports that at depth of 125 feet a quality of clay was found which is equal to the hardest rock, and will so report to the company who have the enter prise on hand. Surveys for the bridge and its approaches have been made, and as soon as congress passes the bill authorizing it's construction (which will be pressed for action), work will be commenced without delay.
 Judge Charles P. Redmond has noti- fled Judge Caldwell, of the United States court that it will require about a weeks time to enable him to file his re- port of the sale of the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas road. All of the first mortgage bonds and their unpaid coupons will have to be deliv- cred to him before he can make his re- port, which he will then file with the OHitcu DtdLCo COutt- WnV may desire to file protests against the sale, if there be any such, will be given thirty days time for that purpose, in which case the court will probably not pass upon the confirmation of the sale until some time in the early part of February.
 Last Saturday Hezekiah Amos and Ben Dame were arrested by city mar shal Lucas at Pocahontas, for abusing colored man named Tucker Palmer. The two white men engaged in game of cards with the negro. The darkey won their money, and with view to make him refund his winning they raised row. It was proven that one of the party struck the negro with his fist, then armed himself with a billiard cue, the other white man selected as his weapon pair of iron tongs, and had it not been for the timely interference of city marshal Lucas, no doubt the darkey would have received fearful beating. Dame and Amos were taken before Judge Werkins, who fined these young bloods for their bad behavior. But as the darkey was leaving the court room some cowardly rufflan threw a rock, striking the negro on his head just above the right ear, cutting an ugly wound from which the blood ran in an alarming stream.
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