The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-12-06
Miscellaneous Items.


| Neely Of Leavenworth."
Miscellaneous Items.
| In the inter- State prize drill at Dam
| vile, Va, the Danville Blues took first
| prize, and the Reidsville IN. C.) Infantry,
| second.
A terrible explosion took place few
evenings since in the stone quarries near
Fairview, KY, where number of men
were engaged in quarrying rock at the
time. While loading with a steel rammeI
for blasting, the material used suddenly
exploded, hurting Charles Combs, white,
and Jake Brown and Bill Tandy, colored,
considerable distance against stone
wall inhicting injuries that rendered theiI
recovery doubtful.
JOSEPH Collins was shot and killed, q
few ights ago, by Jno. Bush, whose
daughter he went to see at Cumberland
Gap, Tenn. Mrs. Bush ordered Collins to
leave. Instead of doing so he drew his
pistol and snapped it twice at her, then
picked up an empty shotgun and began
beating her over the head with it. Bush
appeared on the scene at this Juncture,
and drawing his pistol shot Collins
through the head, firing five more shots
into his victim after he fell.
A fire at Durant Miss, burned out
fifteen business houses. Loss, $4,000; in.
surance unknown. Probably incendiary.
A barge belonging to G.. n. Anshutz, Of
Troy Belle, o., with 1880 barrels apples.
was sunk by the Kate Adams at Memphis,
Tenn, a few days ago. Insurance, S4,050.
The firm of T. j, Ferguson & Co, Of
Dublin, Coahoma County, Miss, has been
attached in the past few days for sums ag-
gregating about $4,000. The first attach
l., t. 10,
the firms liabilities are under $4,000.
Chattanooga, Tenn, suffered from an
other fire q few nights ago.
The killing of Jerry Smith, colored, in
jefferson County, Ga, recently, by his
employer, l.. j. Tooke, white planter,
has created big sensation among the
| negroes, who talk wildly about the mat
ter.
Governor Gordon of Georgia has par.
doned William Wingard, who was con-
victed of voluntary manslaughter at the
June term of the Superior Court of Chath-
am County, and sentenced to serve four
years in the penitentiary. He has served
about fifteen months. Wingard killed his
step-father. For long time this step
father had treated the boys mother with
great cruelty, and was often even brutal
in his conduct toward her. The boy re-
monstrated with his step-father from time
to time, but it did no good. SO one day
when his treatment Of his mother was
very brutal the son seized a pistol and
shot him dead. The boy is only fifteen
years of age.
1t is purposed to extend the ouachita
Valley railway from Monroe, La, TO Bos-
trop.
Governor Jackson of Maryland has par.
doned Hezekiah Best, Martin j. Clark and
John w. Mcmahon vSgho were serving q
term in the Baltimore Jail for fraud in the
election of 1886. The families of some OF
them have been reduced TO a suffering
condition since the imprisonment Of the
husbands and fathers.
1t is claimed that the true source of the
Mississippi river has been discovered. Ii
is in two lakes near Sauk Center, Mimi,
one of which has been named Lake
Josephine.
Government detectives have been in
Louisville lately looking up the mysterious
robbery of coin while in transit from the
New Orleans mint 10 Washington.
Track laying on the Knoxville, Cumber-
land Gap 81 Louisville railroad has began
at Knoxville, Tenn.
A. j. Swon, ex-county trustee Of Knox
County, Tenn, charged with being de-
friends coming TO his release. His alleged
shortage reached S62, 800.
Virginia gave Cleveland 151, ,977 and Har-
rison 100, ,43S votes.
Alabama has one mile Of railway to
every 22.9l square miles Of territory, Ar
kansas one to every 24.52 square miles,
Florida 20 every 30.59, Louisiana to every
35. % and Texas one mile to every 36.43
| With these figures il can not be very we'll
charged that the South has all the roads it
can support.
A man named Morrow was arrested in
Arkansas few days ago and returned to
| jefferson County, Ala, where he is wanted
| for the crime of murder. He has been
| living in Arkansas for several years under
the name Of A. J. Simons, where he mar
ried and had an interesting family. His
| arrest has caused a sensation there.
In a negro dive at Sanford, Fla, few
| days ago, Mat Waters fatally shot Wash
| ington Smith. Both are colored.
yellow fever deaths are decreasing.
/ The Richmond g. Danville Railroad
/ Company has been enjoined by Chancellor
/ Gibson, at Knoxville, Tenn, from operat-
/ ing the East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor-
| gia railroad under the lease recently
| made. The Chanoelor's decision is
.
caused a sensation in the courtroom. 1t
/ is based on the ground that the two roads
are competing lines and fall under the pro-
! visions OF proviso contained in a special
act passed by the Tennessee Legislature.
1 DR.. John S. Fenner for many years the
1 leading physician OF Jackson, Tenn, died
recently His loss is considered public
calamity.
December 5 viii be Veterans day at the
! Augusta (Ga.) Exposition.
In Wayne County, ~ c., few days ago,
Mack Talton aud Miss Keboeca Pike, two
estimable young people, were to be mar
ried. The ceremony was 10 come OFF at the
1 home OF the BRIDES brother, which waa
her home also. Mrs. Mathew Pike, thd
/ BRIDES sister-in-law, was greatly devoted
70 her lust as the bridal couple stood
up and approached the minister Mrs. Piki
/ fell forward and was caught by some oI
the party. Il was found that she wa
4 dead,
or. Il p Schmidt tie path0logist
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