The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-03-29


new post office has been established
| at Faith, jefferson County, with James i.
Curl, postmaster.
j. A. Gafford is wanted in this State for
murder, and any person who may arrest
him will receive reward of S400.
Frank Kline, the train robber, is still at
large, Notwithstanding the recent report
that he had been captured in Wisconsin.
George d. Gents and George Stanley
got into difficulty while attending Cir
Gus at Texarkana few nights ago. Gents
drew knife and inflicted painful
wound in the right arm of Stanley. Gents
fed, but was pursued and captured by an
officer and lodged in jail on charge Of
assault with intent to kill.
The Governor has offered a reward oi
500 for the arrest and conviction of VIM.
Fields, also the same amount for the ar
rest and conviction of Henry Johnsorts
both former residents of As hley County;
and charged with murder.
The Bureau of immigration is in com,
municatio ion with Philadelphia firm whc
has assured them that there is possi-
blity of securing 100000 migrants from
the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and Delaware.
The engineer corps of the Kansas City.
now locating line via Clinton, Conway,
Little Rock and Lonoke. A permanent
survey has been made from Beebe, ON the
Iron Noun tain railroad, to Monroe, La.
The president of the road, George NJ. Bar.
bour, says that the money necessary to
construct the road has been obtained.
During the month of February there
was made and deposited in bonded ware
houses in the district of Arkans as 5,754
gallons of whisky. The taxes were paid
upon il, and 8, 245 gallons were withdrawn,
leaving on the 1st of March q, 227 gallons
in bonded warehouses.
A three year-old son of DIR. H. r. Web
ster, of Texarkana, was fatally poisoned
with aconte, few days since, which he
found in his fathers medicine case.
The Little Rock City Council has passed
an ordinance appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of an electric-light plant for
lighting the city.
w. b. Castleberry has been appointed
treasurer of Searcy County. The appoint
ment was made by Governor Hughes to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
the former treasurer, TydiBgs Thompson
The Western District Sunday School
convention will meet at SRithville, Law
renee County, on April 10 and 20.
Mr.. L. III. Morehead, chairman of the
State executive committee OF the Union
Labor party, has called convention of
that party to meet in the hall of the House
of Representatives, Little Rock, April 80,
for the purpose of nominating full State
ticket tnd to select delegates to attend
the National convention.
Representative Breckenridge has intro
duced bin in Congress to relieve Sterl-
ing II. Rucker, VIM. II. Grace, +. Nathan,
j. Searle, Josiah II. Demby, Samuel Bard
aud VIM. &. Pennington from all liability
as sureties on the official bond of James
W. Demby, formerly pension agent
News has been received of the assass
nation near Russellsville, a few nights
ago, of farmer named Rame Barnes,
who was shot from ambush while riding
along the road 1t is supposed ne was
killed by mistake. w. }. Matthews, an
other farmer, has been arrested, charged
with the crime.
While workmen were engaged ia tear
ing away the old Jail building in Little
Rock a few days ago, a wall fel aud
caught one of the labOrers, Andrew Stat
ford. colored, beneath it. When ho was
sxtricated il was found that his LETT arm
had been broken in two places between
the wrist and the elbow, his left leS was
sprained, and he was bruised and injured
otherwise
Fine weather for farming.
Gus Thomas, colored, who xii led an
other negro at Texarkaua by breaking
his head with a beer bottle about year
ago, was convicted in tie Miller Claaty
Circuit Court of manslaughter and given
two years in the penitentiary. James
Watson, aged thirteen, was tried for kill
ing Hugh Lawrence with a tarGet-rAs
about four months ago and acquitted on
the grounds Of extreme youth.
Complaint has been filed in the Pulaski
Circuit Court by the State Of Arkansas
against the Pullman Palace Car Company
for the payment OF taxes due the State,
as per statement of tue Auditor, Januory
2 1883, amounting 10 s., b3l
Arkansas has 2.O)0.00j acres Of State
land.
Our state will have 70 do something
very soon 10 protect its timber from
thousands of tie ers who are now
overrunnng il froa ns end 10 the Other.
Arkansas Is supplying nearly every rail-
road in tue United States now with ties,
and the worst Of il Is that the moasy all
goes out Of the State TO the foreign con-
tractors.
Reports FROM the country say that
farmers are about throu "a planting corn
and are actively preparing for planting
cotton. The wheat fields ia the central
and northern part of the State never
looked more promising, and as whol
the outlook is highly auspiciouss