The Russellville Democrat., 1890-03-27
ARKANsAs AEFAIRs.

Recently au ufder Tor 4UU car lOadh of Little Rock granite was recieved from Dallas. Texas.
 The Fayetteville bar recommended and endorsed Judge l.. Gregg for the vacant eastern district judgeship. Increase in the business of the Little Rock postoffice necessitates the appointment of an addiSienal clerk.
 Rev. W. Nj. Robinson has been made permanent pastor of the Cum berland Presbyterian church at Little Rock and duly installed.
 Ths building os short line of railroad to connect Paris with the Ft. Smith road at Altus IS being agitat- ed in Logan county.
 Judge H. B. Stewart, one of Clark county's honored citizens has gone 10 his reward. He died suddenly on the 2Oth of apoplexy.
 The publishers of the new city directory of Little Rock say the population of that city will be shown to be not less than 50,000.
 The proceedings of tue last gen eral- assembly are just out. The house journal contains l.17l pages and the senate journal SIP.
 May 3d Is the date fixed for the primary elections in Crawford coun 1 ty to nominate county officers and instruct for judicial, state and con gressional candidates.
 The eighth annual c. A. R. en- campment will convene in Little Rock today. Commander in chief R. A. Alger and other prominent speakers will address the meeting.
 Judge Parker of Ft. Smith declin- ed the judgeship of the eastern dis trict with thanks. It is said tha, Mayor w. G. Whipple of Little Rock has been rendered the place.
 Rev. Andrew J. Townsend, a local Free Will Baptist minister, living near Nashville, Howard county committed suicide by poison on the 20th because he was "tlred of liv- ing"
 A petition signed by oyer one hundred citizens of Desha county has been presented to Gov. Eagle asking relief for families rendered destitute by the overflow. The gov ernor is investigating the matter. The Fort Smith Times favors the meeting of the Arkansas press as sociation in the Border City in June 1891. The enterprise and advance ment up there would doubtless serve as az "eye opener" for the boys. Col. Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier Journal, and one of the ablest and most brilliant southern orators, is billed to deliver lecture at Pine Bluff, Little Rock and Hot Springs about the middle of next month. The subject of the lecture will be: "Money and Morals"
 It has been discovered that cotton seed meal when run through bolt ing cloth makes flour which when combined with wheat flour or corn meal makes an article of food that is palatable and higly appetizing. The Pine Bluff oil mills made the dis. covery according to the Commercial of that city.
 Little Rock will hereafter be the headquarters of the eighth judicial circuit composed of the states oi Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. These states contain population larger by 3,000,000 than that of any other ju- dicial circuit in the United States. To correct false impression Prof. J. H. Shinn, secretary of the Arkan sas Normal school has issued pub- lie card in which he states that Prof. Jerome Allen of the University of the city of New York has entered into contract whereby the normal school of Mt. Nebo retains his serv- ices for six weeks dating from July 8. Other educators have been re- tained and the program, soon to be issued, is promised to be replete with interest to educators.
 Detective associations are flooding this State with circulars intended to induce young men to join the assocl- ation and share all it's privileges. A fee of $500 to $500 is charged and a star and certificate of membership are sent in return. Thus equipped the member dons pistol and forth with is pulled for carryinga concealed weapon in violation of law. The as- sociation whose advantages had been painted in all the brilliant hues of the rainbow is powerless to save him. Beware of the "detective" business.
 Peyton James, deputy sheriff of Conway county. was foully murder ed one night last week, by two un- known parties. James supposipg them to be professional safe. blowers, went to where they were sitting oE the railroad track to arrest them, armed with shot gun and one at tendant unarmed. A scuffie ensued in which James was shot in the head and instantly killed, after which the rufiians escaped carrying James gun with them. The mur derers were overtaken at Conway several hours after crime was com mitted, and were fired upon by the officers of Faulknerscounty, but sue ceeded in making their escape in the darkness and have not been heard from since. The governor has offered $l50 for their apprehension.