The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-14
STATE NEWS.

Items of Interest Carefully Cleaned From
 the Columns of Our Exchanges.
 No more cotton until next fall.
 Searcy is to have new city seal.
 Washington is building side walks.
 A wedding is on the tapis at Hazen.
 Philadelphia is improving her streets.
 Hot Springs wants more street sprinklers.
 There are eighty-four G. A. R. posts in Arkansas.
 The Pine Bluff base ball association has been organized.
 Citizens of Hot Springs are crying or police protection.
 A $30O0 school building has been completed at Rector.
 There are nine prisoners in the Washington county jail.
 Pine Bluff has fallen into line and wants . commercial club.
 Judsonia is shipping strawberries and peas by the car load.
 The game law Is now in full operation for everything.
 The Mississippi river is going down with rush at Helena.
 Light frosts fell in the northern part of the state Thursday night.
 R. D. Crenshaw, of Trippe, will build s2000 residence at Searcy.
 The Searcy college boys will soon issue the first number of their journal.
 Bunco and buncombe are twin evils, says the Hot Springs Graphic.
 Stuttgart is destined to be one of the largest shipping points in Ar kansas.
 An oil well has been discovered in the neighborhood of Magazine Moun- tain, Logan county. Q
 The cherry crop of Crawford coupty this season will be larger and finer than for years.
 Lizzie Coleman, of Mountain Val ley, and John Garrett were married at Ho: Springs Tuesday.
 The Southern Standard, of Arka- deIphia, entered upon it's twenty fourth volume on the 8th inst.
 The cold nights are bad on cotton. Planters are complaining that the growing plants are yellowing rapidly.
 The road from Rutledge to Ben- tonville is fixed fact. Work will be soon commenced and completed by January l..
 J. s. Kelly has bought out his for mer partner, G. w. Hanson, in the grocery and provision business at Judsonis.
 J. W. Baldwin, of Van Buren Legion, No. 8, 5. K., has been ap- pointed on the staff of Grand Con- mander J. s. Sterrett.
 The contract for inc building of the Methodist training school house, at Fordyce, will be let in short time and work commenced at once.
 s. Q. Brown, who was serving out in jail s200 fine for selling whiskey in Springdale, was released by Judge Wainw right this week on the pay ment of S75.
 Governor Eagle has ordered an election for judge of the Sixteenth circuit to take place on June 20. The circuit is composed of Randolph, Sharp, Fulton and Izard counties. F.. M. Mills, young man from the Cherokee Nation, was tried We'd nesday in the federal court at Fort | Smith on charge of selling liquor, and acquitted, there being no eyi- dence to convict him.
 A switchman named Collins in the | yards of the Cotton Belt Railroad, at | Jopesboro, came very nearly being | crushed between the cars while at- tempting to couple them. He es. capped, however, with slight bruises.
 Among the many orators to be present at the bridge celebration at Fort smith on the 27th inst, are l Hon. Clifton R. Brechinridge, of the Second district, Hon. W. l.. Terry, | of the Fourth, Governor James r. Esgle, J. J. Ingalls,, Of Kansas, and many others.
 Professor J. Il, Shinn, superin- tendent of public instruction, will hold normal school at Nashville, Ark, beginning June l and eontinu- fng four weeks. The tuition Is free. I