The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-27
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

fund to $500, which was sent to the stiiek- en districts. y
 Mir. Snort Martin, father of ". W. and Hon. J. E. Martin, of Conway, died at his home fifteen miles north of that city re- gently. Mir. Martin was among the old est citizens of the State. he being more than ninety years of age. The reward of S200 offered by Governor Hughes for the arrest and conviction of each person who participated in the re- cent election returns theft at Little Rock, it is said, will be supplemented from private sources.
 Doc. Allen, one of the men who escaped from the Harrison jail recently, has been recaptured and placed behind the bars.
 Father McGowan has purchased prop erty in Hot Springs and presented 1t to the Sisters of Mercy, upon which they will erect charity hospital.
 NJ. M. Spears, chairman of the Demo- cratic County central committee of Me- vada County, offers & reward of SlOO for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who stole the Leake township ballot box on the night of the Sd inst
 The following is & list of the prosecut- ing attorneys elected for the several dis tricts in the State. They are all Demo- cras but Johnson, of Washington County. who is 0 Republican,: First district. S. Brundridge; Second, J. D. Black; Third, J. B. Abernethy; Fourth, Sam NJ. John- son; Fifth, H. s. Carter; Sixth, R. J. Lea; Seventh, W. NJ. Martin; Eighth, Wm. Green; Ninth, T. E. Weber; Tenth, R. c. Fuller; Eleventh John M Elliott; Twelfth, J. B. McDonough; Thirteenth, H. P. Smead; Four teenth, D. Ross Bailey.
 WilliamLegg,a prominent planter of Pulaski County, was killed, a few days ago, by being drawn into his cotton gin. A new stave factory has begun opera tions at Clarendon.
 A movement is on foot to construct Q telephone line from Richmond to Tex arkana
 The Arkansas oil Mills and compress at Texarkana are reported as being in ex- celent condition for this seasons run. Charles Peters, @ white man, was sen- fenced at the recent term of the Columbia County Circuit Courtto a five years term in the penitentiary for horse- stealing.
 The examining trial of Ed Truittn for the shooting of I. J. Brown, held at Dover resulted in the holding of Truitt in bond of $3,000 to await the action of the grand jury.
 Sheriff E. D. Pillow of Phillips County has offered an additional reward of $e50 for the arrest and delivery to him of the | negro John Griffin, who murdered Ara A. Groves recently.
 c. H. Latty, 0 machine tinker, skipped out from Sprlngdale recently, leaving several debts behind him. He was over- hauled, however, just before reaching the Indian Territory. and gave up all his belongings to partially remunerate his creditors.
 The following new cotton rates from Arkansas are announced: From Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Camden to New York, 75c; river. points to Boston, S0c, and to Philadelphia, 7Sc; Fort Smith and | Van Buren to New York, S5c; Boston, soc; | Philadelphia. S3c. vssa ~ The news that yellow fever had reached Decatur and Memphis created . big sen- sation in Little Rock, and the municipal authorities have been urged to order the city cleaned at once. As Little Rock is the distributing point in the State every necessary precaution is being taken to l prevent the entrance of the epidemic. ! The city is a presnt in healthy condi- | tion.
 Rumors are rife in railroad circles to 1 the effect that there is a movement on 1 foot for the construction of another rail- road from Springfield, Mo, via Little Rock, to Memphis, Tenn. It is said that the enterprise is backed by John J. Blair, of New Jersey, wealthy capitalist of that State. who is already ,intereste d in 1 line between Kansas City and Spring 6eld.t A party of engineers are said to be already in the field, going over the pro- l posed route.
 The case of c. Kahn, of Texarkana, ! pany of St Louis, Mo. came up for trial 1 in the Circuit Court at TexaEkana, re- | gently, Kahn's cause of action being a breach of contract, whereby he was dam- aged and sustained loss of the sum of | S27,000. The case was argued by the | counsel on both sides and was submitted | to jury, who returned a verdict of $l3,- | 800 The case will be appealed to the l Supreme Court by the brewery company. l This is the largest suit that has been tried at this term.
 | The following is the official vote of | this State cast on the 3d inst, compiled 1 by the Secretary of State: The avearage 1 Democratic majority, excluding from the calculation the majority for the State | Treasurer. who was virtually without op- | position, is 19, S75. Governor-J. f. Eagle 100, 220; c. Nj. Norwood, 8i, 223; majority, ! l5, 997. Secretary of State--B. B. Chism, | 100, s63; George W. Terry, s2, 256; major 1 ity, IS, 667. Treasurer-W. E. Woodruff, l 106, ,946; A. F. Rice, II, 130; majority, 05,- | sl6. Auditor-W. $. Dunlap, 100s25; A. W. Bird, s2, e50; majority, 1S,575. Attor- ney- -General-W. E. Atkinson, iO0,954; W. J. Duval, s2,111; majority, 1SS43. Land Commissioner-Paul Nj. Cobbs, | l00,91s; B. H. Morehead, 7s, 953; majority, 2l, 9e5. Superintendent Public Instrue- tion--W. E. Thompson, 100, ,s71; B. P. Baker, "A, ,605; majority, 26,266. A company of Northern capitalists has l been organized to develop the Kellogg m ines, sixteen miles north of Little | Rock. The mine is rich in silver and l lead and was worked as early as 1si6, when Kellogg leased the land to com l pany that did some work and shipped a
 considerable quantity of the ore to
 Swansea, Wales. Then the California gold excitement broke out and swamped every thing. Where, week before, 300 men were at work not human being was
 to be seen. Then came the war, with it's disastrous effects, putting a stop to all enterprise and industry. The new com pany has plenty of money and will pro- vide the best machinery to be had for operating the mine.
 The school year has just begun.
 T. H. Jones, late Republican candidate for county treasurer of Pulaski County, has instituted contest proceedings against Mir. fl. E. Glidwell, the Democratic can- didate, to whom the office was awarded on the count of the vote. with nine town ships missing. Other contests will fol- | low
 The Pulaski County Court house is near Ing completion. The building is built of Arkansas granite, and is the finest in the State, also an ornament to the city.
 Twenty-four new houses have been erected in Stuttgart since January and additions have been made to almost as many more.
 The Little Rock authorities are looking