lease.u\saCleveland Russ, whose trial at Whiteville began on Thursday ofweek before last, was acquitted n Tuesday of the murder of Jerry !f Bigford, the young farmer and I * storekeeper who was found dead in his home in Columbus county on the morning of March 24. Jealousy was assigned as the motive for the crime. Bigford was engaged to marry a Miss Squires, of Bladen county, and f the prisoner was a rival suitor. .Sati