The Russellville Democrat., 1875-08-05

weighed oeer fiftcel
 pounds. and were of the suga
 variety. Who'll beat cousin
 Frank.
 | We do not hesitate in assert ing that there will be more of tli
 staff of life raised in this country
 this year, than any one season fo
 twenty years past. All that il
 now needed is for the people t,
 go to work and improve thei
 stock of hogs. Get the best breed
 and give them your especial at tentiun and care. Do this, ant
 there can be no fears of starvation
 With plenty of hogs and hominy
 all will De well.
 Pine Bluff Press. During tho storm last Monday evening tho lightning struck the cupola of tho A. NJ. E. Church in this city tearing it to peices and otherwise injuring the building-ttarnages about one hundred dollars.
 Hot Springs Telegraph: From County Assessor Glenn we get the following figures, representing the bushels of wheat made in Garland county. In Baxter town ship, 1000 bushels; Mountain township, 4OOO bushels; Lee town ship, 5000 bushels; Antioch town ship, 1900 bushels; Phillips town ship 1900 bushels; Union town ship 5000 bushsls; Marble town ship, 5000 bushels; Hot Springs township, 40O0 bushels; making the total of 23,0OO bushels. This is the largest yield by one-half that has ever been seen in the country.
 Van-Guard; We have had some fine showers this week, and everything looks lovely. John son county can't be beat in the state for fine crops. They are simply magnificent.
 Van-Guard: Maj. A. s. Cabel, sheriff of Sarber county, called at the office on Thursday last. The Major reports crops fine as a gen. eral thing, in Sarber, and every body in good spirits.
 Van Buren Press: Crops, gen orally, throughout the country are good.
 Had a good, soaking rain on Sunday-lasting about all day. Monday showery.
 Camden Beacon: If it keeps on heating, down here, they will have to apply safety-valves to the thermometers.
 Camden Beacon: Both in the and the scope of country taken in, by the recent rains the plentifulness of the present corn crop is "adumbated."
 Independent: w. c. Lamb sowed 4 bushels wheat on up land, 3 miles from Dardanelle, and harvested 73 bushels. Vari- cty, common May wheat.
 Star of Hope: The thermome- ter for the last two or three days has been as high as 100 to l06. At this rate, unless we get rain in few more days, the crops will suf- fer. In some farms where the partial rains did not reach, corn has already been materially in ured.
 Independent: J. w. Pollard brough us a fine stalk of cotton on Friday last, measuring 5 it. in night, we'll branched, having 209 bolls and squares, many of he limbs are over 3 1t in length, 1t was raised on sandy land, on he Barry farm.
 Fayetteville Democrat: Will. ]. Stout has cotton breast high -[ Lewisburg State.
 Umph! that's nothing. Our levil says there are lots of girls .round here who have had it that ligh all summer!
 White River Journal: Since ,ur last we have been blessed | with several nice rains, just the lind that was needed for the rops. The farmers had nearly | ,iven up their corn crops, but low they are all smiling. Cotton vas not suffering but the late aims will be of great benefit to it s we'll as all the other crops. We are safe now.
 Pine Bluff Press: All infor nation from the country is to the fleet that the crops are most eX- client; cotton and corn are both maturing finely. Indeed, from he soil of South East Arkansas his year will be gathered more han Californian or Australian ! rcalth. We are inclined to the selief that this is the land the er- ant knight was in quest of--of 1hom Poe says:
 "Gaily bedight, a gr.,Iant knight,
 Through sunshine and shadow,
 Had ridden long, singing . song,
 In search Gf El- Dorado"
 fayetteville Democrat: The ne r2lns this week, which have cen pretty general over the ounty, insures a very fair corn rop in old Washington. An 4 hn r,AA1 t,. T