The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-03
ARKAN5As.
Measles prevail ut Bsebe.

Measles prevail Ut Bse0e.
Baxter county is enjoying fine rsirs,
+, o. Pledger, highly respected citizen
aPrescott, died from paralysis, July 26.
The Van Buren, Press il becoming one Of
The best papers in the state.
The Post wants some enterprislg men 10
Tome 10 Arkansas City and build houses
for rent.
The narrow-gsuge railroad down the line
trough Benton, Washington and Crawford
Suntles to the Arkansas river is booming,
he building of this road may now be ac-
ru1ted almost Certainty. Live men have
lin hand, and something will DO done at all
Wy day. The people along the line should
NO THIS matter prompt attention and en-
courage and assist the enterprise.
The Alma Independent says: Notwiih-
sanding the extremely warm weather, pros
peCtOn are arriving every day to look at our
Town and country. All of them express
@elAselveS highly plessed with our county.
Inc prospects are that we shall have an
immense immigration this fall The rail-
Nad now being built south of Fayetteville
n,lmu,, ,u,r ., .."' the Little Rock &
ron Smith railroad at Alma-then won't
We bonn!
a letter from JeH4Iscn county states thst
cotton crops are very good where they have
Vteh worked. Corn crop ia cut short over
.ue,hAlt' Farmers are about through har'
festng their oats aud milet crops. We
90 needing rain on cotton, il being about
iOar weeks since we had rain.
Inc Fayetteville Democrat says: Farmers
are uusy lhreshjng wheat at this time. The
lev wheatis coming in rapidly for shipment
ano Que wheat dealers say il 70 the finest
qullly No county in the world Can heat
Ola Washington for wheat. la the tali she
VIII slartle the wolli with her unexcelled
fruit,
The Arkansas C,unty Democrat says !:
SrOps are suffering very much for rain
lhe showers last week were very partial
covering only about one-twentieth Of the
farms. The early planted corn ia pretty
we'll dred; almost beyond redemption. Cots
Dn IS looking fine, and late corn promises
Well, provided we have rains in Time.
From the Camden (Ouschits county,
bacon We clip the following item: The
corn crop in this immediate section will fall
Snort Of halt crop many think. But the
fa'ns that have fallen ut all points of. the
compass, and within few miles of Camden.
curing the past two weeks, leads us to be-.
neve that the neighboriDg townships
Will make more corn than our own, Cotton
syet unhurt.
Says the Morrilton CONWAY count,
Messenger: II the crops in every portion oi
me country are ss good and 10 as good con-
clllon No the crops between Morrilton and
Hill creek, then we may be assured Of bread
Tor the coming year. Or, ps that have been
worked we pronounced 10 fac condition and
Promising. At this date July 15) they are
no. suffering for rain, though rain is re-
CURED TO make q full harvest. The corn
Was good, and cotton as tne as any we evsr
law at this season of the year.
MEXICAN NEWS.
From the Two Rpubl cs the following
Nms OF interest are culledi
10 an encounter at q fandspgo, batween ar
American named Riseley, of the Santa Eu
Isis mine, and Mexican named Theodvr,
F"z, the latter was killed.
Dr.. Ornelss, Mexican consul at San An.
ionic, Texas, has concluded contract viii
@e federal government OF Mexico, by which
n ~ permitted TO colonize certain lands II
iamaulipas and Coshui'a, with 7 900 Next
Vah residents of Texas and elsewhere,
Its stated that MIR. Matias Romero, OK
pO''mSst' r-gen,ral and mini ter to W. hing
Wn' now representing the Mexican Suuther
railroad company, In this city (Nexic J, Va
Ml.ken with cerebral attack u fow day
'go, but Is now much better.