The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-13
Miscellaneous Items.

AnotorlouS Tennessee deSperado named Dixon, alias Teyzle, who killed a preacher named Tipton in Memphis in November, 1887, and fled, was arrested. few days ago, on a farm about fifteen miles from Little Rock. fp
 A patent has been granted bio Lewis, of Prescott, for a fabric turing instru- mont. ~"tf
 Little Rock is threatened with a coal famine; not only Little Rock but the railroads centering there, for the supp ly for all comes from the same place, Coal Hill, Johnson County. The miners at Stiewel's mines there have been on strike for several days, and those employed in the Ouita Coal Company's shafts have gone out The cause of their strike is 6 demand for an increase from eighty cents to one dollar per ton for mining. fa
 Texarkana has suburb called Child hood, for fifty lots in which an offer of 5000 in cash was refused recently.
 Tho plans and specifications are being prepared for the erection of tho South west Arkansas college at Texarkana.
 Lewis Murray, living near Hope, was ar rested recently for severely beating his wife. The poor woman escaped to the woods and was found in pitable condi- ton.
 The blaming mill of the Hope Lumber Company, recently burned, will be TO- built with increased facilities and entire- y new machinery. The material has been contracted for and the machinery ordered.
 One of the Texarkana mills recently fll- sd an order for California for lumber, and shipped one carload of oak, one of ash, mother of walnut, one of cottonwood and still another of gum, besides several carloads of pine.
 S. P. Lieb was placed in jail at Little Rock, a few days ago, charged with lending obscene literature through the nails. 9es y tnl
 Frank Kline, the Arkansas Valley train .obber, who escaped from this State lbout three years since, is the same Kline mentioned by the Chicago papers as he murderer of Detective Van Antwerp, n that city recently. Sheriff Worthen located him in Missouri a few weeks ago, put he fled to Monticello, H., where, ifter shooting at the detective, he agaln escaped to Chicago. Sheriff Worthen vent to Chicago, where it was reported hat Kline had been caged, to secure his nan.
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 Reports have been received of fright ,ul cloud burst at Palarm, on the Little Rock & Ft. Smith railway few days ago, winch did vast amount of damage o farmers and property in general. The ;iyer at that point is lined with vast fields If growing cotton almost head high and he floods are reported to have swept through these fields, doing great damage. No lives are reported lost.
 Y Ginnochio, bar tender at the Deming House, Little Rock, while attempting to board the ears on the dummy line. few lays since. was run over both legs being crushed. His injuries are believed to be atal.
 Tho State docketis cleared; now comes he National.
 Intelligence has been received os the lilling in Indian Territory of a noted lcsperado named Tige Yates, who form- srly lived in this State, where he has a number of relatives. He shot two men some ears ago, and for long time gave he officials of Logan County considera- ole trouble. His death was fitting SC. Iuel to his life.
 4 large roller mill, and the only four ng mill in all that part of thS State, has lust been completed at Pocadontas.
 The four year -old child of Mrs. Agnes daney, of Yell County. died. recently, rom dose of morphine given it by mis. ake for quinine.