The Russellville Democrat., 1878-02-28

mineral resources Oi the county are as yet impcrfectly developed. There are very strong surface indications of Lead, Silver, and Iron. We have coal in abundance, and of good qual itv. The Ouita Coal Bank, three miles west of Russellville has been in operation three years, and the ceai has fine reputation. The Brcoks Bank, three miles east of Russeilville has also been worked.
 IT. THE SoIL.--Our soil is equal to the best to be found anywhere. It has wonderful vitality about it, as is evidenced by the fact that corn was exhibited at our late County Fair which was the 40tn crop raised by the same man from the same piece of ground, without any fertilizing. The yield was 30 bushels per acre. Wheat makes s to 20 bushels per acre, corn 16 to 50, cotton to l bale per acre. The statistics show that Arkansas makes more lint cotton per acre than any State in the Union. Is. FRUIT AND ORcHARDs.-Fruit growing and orchards are much neg lected. We had the native seeding peaches in the Russellville market this year equal to the best budded fruit we ever saw. We have seen applef here as fine as we ever saw in Washington county, the fruit grow Ing region, par excellence, of the world Those who have given fruit growing any attention have succeed ed to their entire satisfaction. Re: fer to Cyrus w. Ewing, RussellviIle, Ark.
 The tobacco grown in our county took the premium at the State Fair. 19 IMMIGRATIoN.-Weh have coun- ty Immigration Society, the officers of which will take pleasure Tn re. plying to all questions concerning our county. R. B. Wilson, Secreta- "; G. w, Harkey, President.
 There has been about GOO immi- grants to our county within the last year. The new corners are from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michigan mostly; some fiom Tennessee, Mississippi, G org a, North and South Carolina.
 20 TIE KIND OF NEW CoMERs WE WANT.-We want honest, industri ous, energetic and intelligent men and women from JUST ANYWHERE. It makes no difference to us about their nationality, religion, politics or where { hA, h atI t.Av, III q nP- dial welcome. We would prefer those who can bring along means enough to buy lands and open up farms so as to put into a productive state the thousands upon thousands of good lands now lying idle and waste-lands which will yield the in- dustrious husbandman a sure and profitable reward.
 21. TAxEs.-T axes altogether amount to about ? 1-5 per cent upon the taxable property, but scrips in which large portion of our taxes are payable are at such a discount that all our taxes can be with about $I.S7 or $1.90 in currency on the $l00.00. The taxable property of our county is about $l 100000.
 P. TEMPERATURE.--The range of the thermometer in summer is from 80 to 92deg. In winter from 40 down to 10deg., most of the time not much below freezing.
 9. HEALTH.-We claim to have ono of the healthiest sections in the South. In some low, swampy locali fies the chils and fever prevail, but with the settlement of the country and the removal of the dense bodies of timber, the health of every locality will be improved.
 24. MoDE OF LIvING.-In years past our people lived hard, from hand to mouth, because they cultivated cotton altogether, to the exclusion of mak ing their own bread and meat and other supplies. Now, however, our agriculture is becoming more di- vsrsliied. Our people are making all their own supplies and are ship ping considerable surplus of wheat and breadstutfs. Every mans smoke house and provision house is now AT HOME, and we ship nothing of that kind here. The farms and farm houses of our people, and the person. al appearance and dress of the peo- pie all indicate vast improvement in the past few years.
 OTHER PoINTs.-Our county is free from all causes of local strife or d. vision. Our people are united and harmonious. The feeling and deter mlnation of our people is ONWARD AND UPWARD. The temperance and school interests are warmly support ed here. The county has newspa- per, the Russellville DEMOCRAT, pub lished weekly at Russellville, which is better supported than almost any other county paper. There are some six or seven lodges of Masons, and several lodges of Odd Fellows in the county. The county is improving rapidly. We have twelve post offices and need and will soon get several more. The office at Russellville is money order office. We are in tele- graphic communication with the out side world, and are by no means the half uncivilized barbarians that we ! | | I.