The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1893-06-08
ALL The NEWS.
Items Of interest Cleaned From the COL
umns Of Our Exchanges.



Dardanelle last Monday that measured six
and half feet in length and eight inches
in diameter
Last Friday night row took place be-
tween Lide Collins and William Howell, at
Rocky Ridge, during which Howell stabbed
Collins in the hip with knife, inflicting a
severe wound. Howell was arrested.
Spencer J. Morris, OF Green Forest, is
collecting menagerie and Gays he will
visit the World Fair this summer. He
has white squirrel, two young foxes, an
educated lamb, several varieties OF birds
and boot owl.
The Hartlein iriplets at Mountain Home
ara walking and look very pretty, says The
GAINESVILLE Herald. Journal Within the
rast few years and ia small area of terri
tory here there have been two sets of
triplets and four pairs of twins born. That
beats Clarksville and is worthy the Column
bian Exposition.
Harris, the man who was shot in Pope
county last Sunday by gang CT supposed
moonshiners, cannot live. The posse who
left for the scene Of attempted assassina-
ton arrested Will Grimmett, Bill Allen,
Tom johnson and 7. j. Ledford and lodged
them in Jail at Russellvilie. Governor
Fishback has offered $3.50 reward for the
capture of the as assins.
Owing to the heavy rains Of the past
week every branch and creek in Conway
county has been over it's banks, the river
has risen to the danger line again and every
kind of farm work suspended. The rains
also brought very cool weather, so that
crops are suffering both from csld and too
much water. The present outlook for
crops in that county are very gloomy in
deed.
Quite sensation was created in the
lower part of Dardanelle last Sunday even
ing by Mr.. j. A. Blankenship. He and his
wife had misunderstanding some time
ago and separated. She was In possession
of their little two year old girl baby. He
slipped up last Sunday evening to Mr..
Hastings yard and stole the child and
skipped out down the river in a skiff. The
mother, when she was informed of it, was
almost frantic with grief.
Last Friday night some scoundrel,
whose name is unknown TO any save HIM
self, attempted to assassinate Mr.. Michael
Greb, who lives nine miles east of Fort
Smith. Mr.. Greb was awakened about 3
o'clock in the morning by the loud barking
of his dogs, and went out to see what had
disturbed them. Seeing nothing, he re-
turned to his house, and as he entered the
door shot was fired at him from the rear,
which entered the feshy part of one of his
thighs.
Several days since, on the farm of w. j.
Harris, south of Hazen, his 12-year-old
daughter, Obey, was bitten by one of
those venomous little reptiles known as a
ground rattlesnake. Mr.. Harris is de-
voted and lovine-father, and as soon as
appraised of his little daughters misfor-
tune did not wait, but acted at once. He
applied his mouth to the wound and ex-
tracted the poison, thereby saving the life
of little Obey, who at last reports was out
of all danger.
A difficulty occurred near Thornton last
Saturday between Jim Maxey and Henry
Basket, which resulted in Maxey striking
Basket on the head with the butt of of an
OK whip stock and featuring the skull.
Physicians found that the fracture was
about an inch and quarter in size, and
that the pressure en- the brain made it
necessary to elevate the bone by trepan-
ming. This was done and at last accounts
the patient was doing well. Maxey was
arrested, tried and bound over to await the
action of the grand jury of Calhoun
county.
J d. Woodburn narrowly missed very
serious accident at Fordyce. He had been
riding his mule and stopped before his gate
and dismounted. His left foot hung in
the stirrup and he made kicking move
ment to dislpdge it. This scared the mule
which jumped sidewise, throwing Wood
burn to the ground. The mule ran up the
road some distance dragging Woodburn by
the foot. The animal then began kicking,
and finally the foot became loosened from
the stirrup. No other injury was sus-
tanned by WOODBURY. except painful wound
in the foot.
A brutal attack was made upon Andrews,
q saw-fler Of the mill at Harlow, last Mon
day, by negro by the name of Milton
JACKIE. 1t ssems that the negro had been
in the employ of Mr.. Andrews and was dis
charged. On Monday he came back and
wanted work but was refused. Andrews
passed by the negro and Jacko picked up
can't hook and struck Andrews on the head
with it, knocking him senseless. The
wounded man was in an unconscious state
several hours, but rallied and is doing WELL
not to be seriously hurt. The ne
gro escaped.
On last Friday man by the name Of
Biggs was arrested near Marked Tree and
lodged in jeil at Harrisburg, charged with
perjury. On Saturday evening Bud Tins
ley was in town on his regular periodical
hunk, and finally rounded up at an inner
sell, with the same old charges of drunk
and disorderly written opposite his name.
They remained in Jail until Sunday night,
when they effected their escape by crawling
through the fiue entrance in the ceiling and
out hole in the roof. They
double blanket at the hole in the
roof and came down as nice as they could
nave wished.
John Nelson, of Jenny Lind, who has
been confined in the county Jail at Green.
wood for about two weeks, charged with
assault, committed suicide in his cell
Wednesday evening in horrible manner.
BY some means unknown to the taller,
Nelson secured possession Of a razor, and
while the guards and the other prisoners
Attention was engaged elsewhere he
,pened the razor and with one strong and |
lnerring slash, buried the sharp weapon in |
his throat and forced the murderous |
blade through the flesh with |
. ferocity that clearly demonstrated !
lis desperate determination to
md his life. He left no chance for failure,
but made the job one that could not but |
prove fatal. The razor, first entering the |
throat on the left side, was pulled clear
around the neck, severing the jugular vein,
md was only stopped by the vertebrae at |
he back, and had it not been for this OBJ, !
'traction the head would certainly have
been severed from the body. Nelson was
- years of age, and so far as can be learned, !
vas unmarried. His body, if not claimed !
~ his friends, will be buried at the |
'ounty's expense.