The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-21
STATE NEWS.

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 Malvern has purchased Pine Bluffs hand fire engine.
 A stone jail is to be constructed at Greenwood, Sebastian county.
 The building for the training school at Fordyce will be a frame structure.
 MT. Clayton Byers and Miss Emma Stinson were married at Batesville last Monday.
 A shoemaker named Hitz was drowned in White river yesterday, at Augusta, while fishing. He is said to have been intoxicated.
 Two young men, brothers, by the name of Dunn, were arrested at Hell ena yesterday, charged with swind- ling the negroes in that town and vicinity.
 o. P. Taylor, a prominent real estate dealer of Texarkana, Tex, charged with embezzlement, was sentenced to three years in the pen itentiary yesterday.
 The closing exercises of the Emmett high school will be held Friday. The leading address will be delivered by President J. w. Conger, of the Ouachita College.
 A negro girl named Phyllis Cald. well, aged 9 years, was instantly killed by lightning while sitting near window of cabin on the Taylor place, near Pine Bluff, a few days ego.
 A 0isaatrous freight wreck oc- cured yesterday morning ct the crossing of the Missouri Pacific and Frisco tracks near Fort Smith. A Missouri Pacific coal train ran into 8 Frisco freight, demolishing several cars.
 Messrs. F. M. Gillett, of New York city, and T. H. Leslie, of Stuttgart, have bought the Pine Bluff, Swan Lake and New Orleans railroad. The guage will be wid- ened and the road extended to Stuttgart.
 Mir. Joe Gray was in Fordyce Sat urday, and gave the particulars of the drowning of a man named Fin ley, of Rison. A man named Beasly swam across the lake and Finley at tempted to follow him, but, finding that he could not get across, turned to swim back, but sank within a short distance of the shore before help could reach him.
 There was shooting south of the Methodist Church in Lonoke Thurs day night. Young Ike Clark says a negro attempted to break in the house of his mother, who was ab- sent, and he shot at him. He talked to the negro, but was unable to identify him by his voice. He says the negro begged him to let him de. part, which was done.
 A young man named Tom Page attacked small boy, son of w. o Byrd, in strawberry patch at Benton the other day, and when the mother of the boy interfered Tom was unmanly enough to strike her on the head, rendering her insensible. This fellow seems to have a pen chant for scrapping, and the strong arm of the law should take hold of him if his parents can not control him.
 A new evidence of the existence of the "mound builders" was brought to light few days ago by Mir. J. M. Allinder, of this city. says The Con- way Wheel. While levelling mound on his premises, at a dis tance of some two feet beneath the surface, a stone mortar was un. earthed, as also some fragments of flint or granite rock that were no doubt used by some of the aboriginal tribes for pointing their implements of war. The mortar is dug in a rock something near foot square, and is highly polished, showing conclusively that il has been used for some pur- pose.
 Argument has commenced says The Camden Beacon in the Mckee murder case. For the state, Lawyers Har- dison and Estes made eloquent ad- dresses to the jury. Colonel Bum presenting the defendants side, of the case. After dinner, T. W. Hardy for Mckee made a most earnest appeal for his client. Colonel k. M. Wallace closed for the state. The jury is out as we go to press. This case has attracted wide atten- ton from the fact of the de- fendant's youthfulness and the tragic scenes surrounding the death of his victim, Columbus Taylor. Both were citizens of Jet- tersou township, farmer boys, and bore good characters. They fell out over 8 girl and, on returning from church one night, they had fight, in which Taylor was killed. Mo. Kee stabbing him 10 death with pocket knife. Mckee attempted to escape into Texas, but was captured and brought here and lodged in jail. He was soon afterwards released, leading citizens of this city going on his bond The iury's verdict Is awaited with great deal of interest.
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