The Russellville Democrat., 1893-07-20
STATE NEWS.


 ~------------ Fresh Items From Exchanges and Other Ayaslable sources. 1 Mir. Zach. Hyatt, who had his hand cut 1 ia saw mill at Arkansas City last summer, has had two Of his fingers amputated in or der to get the use of the others. A horse struck Judge Mardis, of Poinsett county, on the shoulder with his foot the other day, knocking him down. His shoul- der is very sore, but Is improving. The Jonesboro Sun is informed that Mir, ]. c. Anderson, living in Big Greek town ship near Bono, has several acres in wheat l that will yield twenty bushels to the acre.
 The store of Jack Mcguire, at Harris, was destroyed by fire Saturday night. Loss. $l500 insurance, s750. It is sup posed to have been the work of an incendi- ary.
 A hungry tramp entered the home of Mir. l.. D. Perry, at Cabot, last week while the family were absent. He got hs "a, tions and left, but was followed by Con stable Jones and brought back.
 The work of replacing the roof on Gallo way Coli .ge building which was blown of by the late storm, has been in progress du ring the past week and will soon be com pleted. This item of rspairs alone will cost about 5000.
 convict named Shepherd who has county escaped Tuesday afternoon. Shep- herd was sent to the penitentiary for one year from Benton county and hsd served about four months.
 Eureka Springs was visited Thursday night by disastrous conhagration that de. stroyed the Cottage Hotel and the Magno. lia House. There were no lives lost. The 1 origin of the fire CT the amount of the loss could not be learned
 The Saline Courier has been informed that the convicts at the gravel pit near Benton. are frequently whipped. A gen tleman informed us that three were whipped l at one time recently. It occurs to us that some other mode of punishment should be adopted.
 Lige Horton, the negro who made mur- derous assault upon officer Sowell, of Scar cy, last Saturday night, had an examina tion before Mayor Isbell, Wednesday morning, and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury. His bail was fixed at $500.
 Joe Bleir, Jr, died from the effects of over heat Sunday at Paragould. He went in bathing and exposed himself to the sun. He was found Saturday in an unconscious condition and was carried to the residence I of his father, where the best medical atten- tion was given him.
 Officer Duggan, of Fayetteville, slipped up on a delegation of colored crap shooters in the vicinity of Buttermilk Alley last Sunday afternoon and caught them in the game. A plea of guilty for each of them and 8 fine h the mayor court wound up the littie ball of yarn.
 A negro named Taylor Johnson, whose home is at Harrisburg, lay down on the ties of the railroad track of the K. c. road, on last Monday and went to sleep. The west bound passenger train came along and knocked him of, breaking his thigh and cutting him about the face.
 W. Fl. Spen.e, who kept saloon ir Ssdgwick, has absconded says The Law renee County Telephone, and left his credi tors mourning. The saloon has been closed and the stock on hand attached. Amor z the heaviest creditors are his wife, Mrs Spence and Felix Williams.
 Dr. J C. Herrod, father of Dr. w. L. Herrod, of Cabot, was seriously injured last Sunday by being thrown from his horse. During heavy thunder storm his horse became frightened at a heavy report, throwing him to the ground and trampled on his body, breaking two ribs and his col. lar bone.
 Deputy Sheriff Will Pickens, of Tillar, brought in and lodged in jail, at Monti- cello, last Friday negro by the name of Aaron Mitchell for seriously knifng another negro by the name of J. c. Mackey, neal Tillar, one day last week. It is believed that Mackey will die. He was cut through the lungs.
 Work is progressing rapidly on the ex. tension eff the railroad from Sulphur Springs. The force is constantly increas ing, and the hands on the psrt north of Joplin will soon be transferred to this work. They are now throwing dirt within three or four miles of Siloam Springs and it is expected that it will be completed to that point by the time the big cut near Nebo is finished.
 At the school board meeting of Searcy district, on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Fras Barrett, of Bald Knob, was elected princi- pal of the public school for the ensuing school year. A proposition for the sale, to the district, of the northwest quarter of the public school block, at the rice of $200 was accepted The old female acad emy was rented to district 10, for three months school, and proposition made to sell the property to the district.
 An electric bell has been put in at the court house corridor connecting with each of the banks of Fayetteville to be used as signal of alarm in case an attempt to rob any of these institutions. In the floor of each bank there are three electric buttons in different places. By simply pressing one of these buttons the alarm will be given in the court house and also in the two other bauks, and before the bandits could get well at their work the citizens would know