The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07

the whole county. Oats look well, but need rain. Corn and cotton, although late, has grown finely since the warm weather began. In some sections of the county rain IS now needed, principally in the Southern and South eastern part of the county, while in the Northern part of the county rain has been amply abun- dant.
 MT. A. M. Bradley has present. ed us with a specimen of wheat from his fathers farm which IS certainly very excellent. The straw is full six feet tall and the heads are long, full and heavy. Mir. B. has ten acres like it which he thinks will make at least two hundred bushels. MT. B's. farm is in the upland hills, and this shows what can be done at farming in Pope.
 Capt. w. M. Peeler, another of our upland farmers has also sent us 8 specimen of his wheat in the heads. It is the best we have seen, having heavy full heads of plump sound wheat. The heads average seventy grains. This wheat will make twenty bushels per acre. Thank you, gentlemen, for the spec linens.
 TIE EXCURSION FROM CONWAY Our town was visited on last sun day by an excursion train from Con way, bearing some 150 or l75 excur- sionists from Conway, Lewisburg, Morrillton and Atkins. They arriv- ed here about 1O:50 and remained until 400 o'clock. We regret very much to learn that the excursionists were sadly disappointed that they metw ith no formal reception and were joined by none of the Russell williams here. What they could have expected of our citizens, or why they should have expected any thing, is more than we can compre- bend, for they sent no formal notice of their intention to visit our town, nor did they invite our citizens to join them so far as we can learn. Our citizens looked upon 1t as a select affair gotten up, as they un- stood it by the Conway people for their own pleasure and recreation, and did not think it proper to in trude themselves upon the party.
 We say this much only because we have heard that tEe excursion- 1sts seemed disposed to censure our townspeople for their want of hospi- tality.
 A SINGULAR PHENOMENON 
 Some of the gentlemen who were at the new Methodist Church last Thursday night assisting to arrange things for the festival report a singular astronomical phenomenon which was visible in the eastern or south eastern part of the sky about 10 o'clock. Shooting stars which dart swiftly across the sky in a straight line, or sometimes in a curved line, are not of unirequent occurrence, but it is not often-and we do not remember to have ever heard any one say that he had seen the like at all that a phenomenon like the one now spoken of occurs Our informant says he noticed the star-if star it was-in motion, and descending from near the zenith toward the south eastern horizon when he first looked in that direc tion. It shot adown the sky some distance swiftly and in direct line then apparently checked up and moved about in zig-zag motion fol some time. Starting off again at an angle from the line of it's first de scent it shot off some distance and again gradually slacked up until il stood still. This motion of the stal consumed some ten or fifteen min utes, and our informant says he watched the star about half an houl and left it standing still in the south eastern part of the sky. Have any of our readers any explanation of this phenomenon?
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