The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-30
STATE NEWS


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facilities
Hot Springs Is 70 have more electric
street railway.
A large amount Of cotton Is being
brought Into Morrillton.
Several large sales Of timber land are re.
ported in Southwest Arkansas.
Three zen were convicted Of counter
feiting at Fort Smith last week.
Ducks are reported abundant in the
streames aud bayous throughout the state.
The potato crop Of Washington and BEN
ton counties is unusually large this sea
son.
Arkansas made the best showing at the
Columbian Exposition Of any Of the cotton
states.
Dave Young, charged with numbering
Thomas Broughton, was acquitted in Hot
Springs last Friday.
The members Of the city council Of
houses Of prostitution.
The Pacific and Great Eastern Railroad
/ Is advertised to be sold at public sale at
Fayetteville on January q.
Reports from Southeastern Arkansas say
that there is marked improvement in bust
ness in the past two months.
The Springdale Reporter, under the
management of James X Phillips, will
make its appearance to morrow.
Dave Young, charged with being impli-
Gated ID the murder Of one Broughton at
Hot Springs, has been acquitted
The Calf route put fifty additional
hands to work laying track between
Sulphur and Sloan Springs last week.
Nearly every Masonic lodge in the state
was represented at the 6fty-fourth annual
meeting of the grand lodge Of Arkansas
in this city last week.
Wcrk will be commenced on an onyx
| quarry in Marion county this week. There
is an inexhaustable supply of onyx, marble
and zinc in that county.
The attendance at the state university at
| Fayetteville has been large the past session,
and still larger attendance II expected
during the ensuing term.
The Hot Springs Bulletin has been con
solidated with The Chat, Messrs. Lee
Giles and Kirk Watkins and Mrs Sue l..
James comprising the editorial staff.
Property owners who hold tracts Of tim
Der lands in. Cross and adjacent COUNTIES
are protesting against the valuation Of So
per acre which is put on tho land for the
purpose Of taxation.
The zinc interests in Marion county are
announced as beginning to brighten up.
Sales OF zinc lands are reported, and the
demands for that class of investment
seems to be growing.
The Baxter County Citizen says: Lots
of farmers in this county raised plenty of
everything this year to do them two years
Hundreds of acres of up lands made from
forty to fifty bushels of corn to the acre.
There are 100 more inmates in the state
| insane asylum now than the same time
last year. Scores Of other unfortunates
cannot be admitted because their respec-
tive counties have already their quota in
the asylum.
Two months ago THE DEMOCRAT pub
lish an account of the finding of the body
| of an unknown man hanging to tree near
Redheld. Our contemporaries in this city
appear to have made the discovery Of the
find last Thursday.
Arkansas has 100, 900 farms. which
produce Coo, 600 bales Of cotton, 900, 900
| bushels of sweet potatoes, / 200, 900 pounds
of tobacco, AZ, 000 600 bushels of corn and
| ., 000,00 bushels of wheat. From the
Arkansas forests are cut $40, coo Of
lumber every year.
The case of j. w. Robinson against the
! st. Louis and Southwestern Railway Com
pany, which has been pending in the Jeffer
son county circuit court, has been com
promised. Robinson was paid 5000. He
brought suit to recover $4,000 for the
death Of one Of his boys, who was killed on
the railroad.
On Saturday, November 25, at Pine
Bluff, the building, corner Main street and
| Second avenue, and which has been
occupied for some years by the Board of
! Trade saloon, was sold for the benefit of
mortgages, by Commissioner NJ. L. Alt
heimer. The property was purchased by
J G. Taylor for &. G. Brockway, the CON
sideration being $500.
We understand that one Riley Bullock,
who lived on Judge Dents place, went to
Riverside on Monday, where he took on too
| much liquor and started on blind horse.
Ii is supposed that he was riding fast, and
in going under leaning tree struck his
head against it, hurting himself so severe
! ~ that he died from the effects of his in
| jury .-Vidette.
At Greenbrier on the 25th Ambrose Ben
| ton killed Professor w. M. Smith. The
parties had had trouble over settlement
Benton went to the store of Moore & Sons,
in which Smith is employed as book
keeper A quarrel ensued. Smith knocked
Benton down and started 10 strike him
again upon his rising, when Benton drew
4 his knife and cut Smiths throat. the latter
dying in short time. John Harrington is
implicated in the difficulty, and has es-
capped Benton is under arrest. Smith was
a Royal Arch Mason and good citizen
A suit involving $40, 600 was decided at
4 Newport by Judge J. w. Butler
last Saturday. 1t was the case
of the Adler tioldmvn Commission Com
pauy VS. NJ. l.. Coin & Co Some years
ago the defendants sold out to the Bank of
| Newport 70 whom they were indebted in a
large amount. The validity of the sale was
contested and several attachments fol-
| lowed aud the legal battle was on, with the
/ Bank Of Newport as interpleading defend
ants. NJ. L. Coin, cf the deiunet firm,
| appeared in court ard testified that the sale
was fraudulent The bank won. The
case has been appealed TO the supreme
court.
/ LIE t1ptluSuNic NEWS says. ~ NpIlhu
known as Allie Davis, who was travelling
on horse back, accompanied by man Civ.
ing his nslne as Wilkinson, stopped to
camp over night AZ Martins school house,
three miles north of Cove, last Saturday.
About 9 o. clock those in the neighborhood
were aroused by screams Of distress com
ing from the camp. The woman cloth
ing had caught FIRE and the flames com
pletely enveloped her body. Before assist
anee arrived every particle Of clothing was
burned off and the body denuded Of skin
She wss taken to Mr Martins house and
DR.. Switzerland was sent for. She died
Monday morning. HA,r companion was
also badly burned an. 'aie hands.
Speaking Of the receipts Of cotton at
Helena The Daily World says AS will be
noticed by reference TO another column the
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