The Russellville Democrat., 1893-08-10
ALL HE NEWS.
Happenings of Interest Occurring h the
 State of Arkansas.
Items Cleaned From the Columns ef stats
 Newspapers.

Ozark wants flour mill
 The cotton worm is on hand.
 There Is large melon crop this year.
 Governor Fishback continuss to i'm prove.
 Miller county has 1915 poll tax deiin- quents.
 The Hot Spring county court house at Malvern will be improved
 Heavy rains fell in Craighead and neigh boring counties this weak.
 Ponder's store at Walnat RidgS was burgIarizsd Thursday night.
 Three thousand chickens were shipped by one Batesville firm recently.
 The Arkadelphia Lumber Company g blaming mill shut down Monday
 George Jennings, aged l3, was drowned near Monticello few days ago.
 The machinery for large and complete fouring mill has arrived at Qairman.
 The Rabbit Foot mining property in Sa line county has been leased to Missouri capitalists
 Jerry Watts, eolored, was seriously in- jured by tree falling on him near Arka- delphia few days ago.
 The prospect for Texas cotton crop is not as good now as two weeks ago, while the prospect in Arkaneas is much better
 A foreman in the Fort Smith Canning Factory, by the name of Noland, had his leg broken by an eight hundred pound sliding door yesterday moraing.
 The Democrats of the Tenth judicial dis. trict will meet in convention August 10 to nominate candidate for circuit judge to fll tue vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge c. D. Wood.
 The hand of retrenchment has been felt in nearly every station of the Iron Noun tain road and it's branches. Heretofore the operating expenees of the road is said to have eaten up 80 per cent. of the gross earnings. The new management has started in to reduce that to 40 per cent.
 A few days ago three of w. A. Horne s little roys were out driving near nes Arc. When they stopped for some purpose the shepherd dog that was with them, thinking it time the boys were going, began biting the mare's heels, from which che became excited and ran away, throwing the boys cut and completely demolshing the cart.
 Last Saturday, during the absence of George Welder (colored) and his wife from their home at Searcy, a I4-yeai old mulatto boy named Walter James, entered the house and stole about S45 in silver from bureau drawer, and at once ab- seconded. He took the railroad north, and was apprehended at Poplar Bluff, Mo.
 Two legal luminariea of the Searcy bar indulged in scrapping match in the White county court house last Saturday after noon. Although it required the combined efforts of the sheriff, his deputy and the township constable, assisted by the by islanders, to separate the belligefents, no gore was wasted, and peace soon spread its white wings over the temple of justice.
 Tody Jamison, negro boy, struck Emmet Witt over the head with an um- brelia at Conway, and was tried and fined $25. It seems that they had had a diff culty before and the negro wanted revenge. He struck Emmett a stunning blow with out warning. The Jamison negro is con sidered dangerous, he having cut another negro boy once quite seriously with n knife.
 A lady travelling from San Antonio, Tex, to East Tennessee last Sunday on train No. 6, gave birth to a fine boy just this side of Texarkana, says The Arkadelp phia Siftings Conductor Al Ross was in charge of the train and, of course, being an accommodat- ing man under all circumstances, he did all he could for mother and babe. Dr. Ross said the mother wanted the child named after the handsomest agent on the line, so when the train reached here and she saw Agent Young she said his name should be for our agent.
 On Saturday last footman took chair at w. J. Carpenters tonsorial palace, giv- ing his name as H. A. Grob, says The Fordyce Enterprise. He said that he started on the Saturday before from point forty mine miles below Texarkana to walk to Chicago by the lst day of Septem- Der for purse of $500. His route was along the Cotton Belt road to Cairo, and from there along the Illinois Central to Chicago. He is to register at every sta ton. He started with only five cents in his pocket, and is to make his own way by selling pictures. This is Grob's report of the case.
 The East Texas Lumber Mills fbetter known as the Gate City Mills) one of the largest lumber properties in this section, will close down to-day for period of sixty days, says The Texarkana Democrat. While the unparalleled depression in finsn- cial and business circles ali over the coun- try may and doubtless did have some in- fiuence in determing this course of action on the part of the company, yet, we are creditably informed that the management have contemplated this step for months past, in order that an opportunity might be had for overhauling and repairing the mill property. The mill furnishes employment for large number of operatives and gen. eral workmen who will doubtless await, with some anxiety, the sound of the sum mons to resume work
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