The Russellville Democrat., 1893-04-06
ARKANsAs AFFAIRS.

There are l1s lodges of colored masons in the State
 Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier-Journal. will deliver his famous lecture, Money and Morals, at Fayetteville on May l.
 The Philadelphia Cotton Mills, which cost $70,000 three years ago, has been sold to MT. L. E. Gibney, of Philadelphia, for $20,000 spot cash.
 An apple tree in Washington coun ty, planted in 1885, measures six feet and four inches around two feet above the ground and still yields abundantly.
 Donations of land are being solicit ed in Clebnrne and Faulkner coun ties for railroad to run from Mis- souri to Little Rock About 300 acres were secured.
 The displays of products collected at Pine Bluff and Fort Smith by the local agricultural bureau and cham Der of commerce, have been secured for the states exhibit at the worlds fair.
 Philadelphia has five colleges, the Ouaehita Baptist, the Philadelphia Methodist, the Practical business College, a large public school and two colored colleges, Baptist and Methodist.
 The wife of Aaron Cole of Craig head county coughed up q substance like the head of timothy grass, two inches long, from which she suffered much pain in the lower stomach for several years.
 In Madison county drunken fel- low entered church, thrust the minister out of the pulpit, took the text Walk, old fox, and shake your tail,' and preached a sermon. He was fined $50 and costs.
 Rev. Frank White, of Monticello, present chaplain of the State Senate, has been appointed chaplain of the penitentIary, Senator West, of Mis- sissipi county, has been appointed Assistant Superintendent.
 The young business men of Little Rock propose to organize Com mercial Club for the purpose of de veloping the city, locating manufac ing enterprises, etc, etc. This is q step in the right directions
 The Missouri Pacific Railway will ship this week 210 pounds of Ark ansas copper and silver ore to Newark, N. J., to be melted into the proposed Liberty Bell being cast for the Worlds Fair at Chicago
 Hon. Lee F. Sandels, brother of the late Justice M. H. Sandels, of Fort Smith, has been appointed Di-I gester of the Statutes of the State MT. Sandels was recommended by the Supreme court. No better se- lection could have been made
 Governor Fishback will leave Lit tie Rock April s, accompanied by Mr. George W. Gunder city editor of the Arkansas Gazette, whom he has appointed as his private secre tary, and Commissioner of Agricul- ture, W. G. Yinchenheller to attend the meeting of Southern Governors at Richmond, Va.
 
 Hon. Joseph w House, who was recently appointed U. $. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has received his commis- sion and was sworn in by Judge Caldwell at Little Rock last Tues day. MT. Abner Gaines, the newly appointed Marshal, is expected to take the oath of office this week.
 Senators W. $. Amis, of Cleveland county, Clay Sloan, of Lawrence and T. M. Mehaffy, of Saline, are candi- dates for president pro tenn of the Senate or Lieutenent Governor. They are able lawyers, and it is safe to say that the State will be care fully looked after during Gov. Fish backs absence at the worlds fair this summer.
 Thirteen houses burned at Wal 1 nut Ridge Friday morning; destroy | ing the property of fifteen firms, making total loss of $100,000. | There were two persons burned in Star Hotel--a man and child, one almost fatally injured, two others had their limbs broken in jumping out of the upper story. The Tele- phone office was saved
 A case involving $l2,00O,000 will | come up in the Pulaski chancery court in few days. The title of the case is w. B. Worthen ys. the Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad and the object of the suit is to get the court i to declaIe the railroad company lia- ble to the holders of the bonds issu- ed by the state in aid of building railroads, commonly known as the railroad aid bonds, repndiated by | the Fishback amendment.