The Russellville Democrat., 1893-08-17
STATE NEWS.


 A number of citizens of Hope have gone to the Cherokee Strip.
 Minks are destroying 6 great many chickens around Gurdon.
 A new Baptist church is being built at Bethel, near Bentonville.
 It is expectad that S5 per cent. of the lumber mills west of the Mississippi river will close down.
 Mrs. Annie Haight, charged with burn ing house at Pine Bluff, has been re- leased on 5000 bail.
 Will Grant was accidentally shot in the leg while handling a pistol at Hot Springs few days ago.
 D. NJ Robinson, of Mount Ida, who re- gently became mentally deranged during q religious revival, has been placed in the state insane asylum.
 The Democratic press of Arkansas is all mos. unit ir favor of the free coinage of silver, either on the old basis of sixteen to one or some other basis.
 Sheriff Lovelace, of Perry county, had his foot cut few days ago with knife. a COW, when the knife missed the rope and the point stuck him in the top of his right foot.
 In an altercation last Saturday evening at Parageuld, Jog. Swain was seriously cut on the lower part of the face by 8 man named Morgan, the knife narrowly missing the jugular vein. Morgan has disap- peared.
 The negro lsboIers in the employ of the Fulton Lake levee contractors at Arkansas City struck for a change of pay day from a monthly to weekly settlement last Tuesday. The number of strikers will reach about fifty.
 Miss Leda Bridges, residing short dis tance west of Helepa, fell from a wagon from which she was attempting to alight last Sunday, striking on her head and re- ceiving severe if not fatal injuries. The accident was caused by her dress catching on something as she leaped from the wagon.
 W. s. and s. J. Stone had fight with A. " and Frank Eddings at Mountain Home last week, and Y. H. Barton and James Dickenson had little scrap, in which deadly weapons were drawn, but not effectually used. County Attorney J. T.. Jones has caused the several parties to be arrested, except Dickenson, who has run away
 The northbouud passenger train on Cotton Belt Wednesday morning was 8 long one, having some twelve coaches, says The Greene County Events. Three of them contained Texas excursionists to the Worlds Fair. Each coach had canvas signs on the sides bragging oa the re- sources of Texas. The average Texan likes to let you knowi"where he is at"
 Two prisoners confined in jail at Para gould Geo. Jones, colored, who broke into Spain's store some time ago, and Dan Cantrell, from Poinsett county, for assault with intent to kill, made daring attempt to escape, but were thwarted by the vigi- lant jailor, G. w. Cox. Mir. Cox allows the ptisoners in the corridor during the day for exercise, and at noon Friday, when he opened the door to feed the prisoners, the two mentioned made a rush at him 10 overpower him But, George was too quick for them and at the sight of his "persuaders" the prisoners concluded to retire from office.
 A destructive hail storm visited Perry county last Thursday. It was not more than quarter of mile wide, but passed over considerable territory. ruining the growing crops in its path. Messrs. Cowen Oliver, who have charge of the Cadron farm on the Arkansas river, lost 100 acres of cotton in one block. This was entirely ruined, and acres more were badly dam aged. Other farmers in that section were also badly damaged but their names were not reported. This is the second hail storm which has passed through that scope of country since the cotton was up. It had outgrown the first storm, but Thursdays hail stripped the stalks of leaves, squares, boles and limbs and some of the stalks are broken. It all looks as though it had been through thrashing machine