The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-08-13
NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
From SURROUNDING Country.
ATKINS NEWS.

pay a Ia 6tCH AAittts -AASbaF fSS'~'c
has been elected deacon of the G. L.
church Mrs. Johnnie Groom,
after long illness died on the lst.
YELL COUNTY.
Big barbecue at Geigersville Aug.
18th Miss Carrie Hayden is
visiting in Logan county Editor
w. S. Eakin and family of Perryville
are doing Mt. Nebo. Sheriff Davis
has returned from Texas MISS
MoIlic Lemoyne has been suggested
as deputy post master at Dardanelle.
$. Twenty years ago there were
bat 26 houses for 26 miles out of
Dardanelle on the Boonville road,
now there are 322 Bellville Acad
envy is now the property of Darda-
nellie Dist. Con. NJ. +. G. $. Price
paid $4,000 Trustees--W. l.. Heck,
J. w. Pound, w. A. Clement, j.
Evins and III. B. Havner. The
school is located at Ferguson's Mill,
and will open the 1st Monday in
Sept, with Prof. J. G. Smytb, of
Calhoun county, in charge -. Stepn-
en- H. Butler, at one time proprietor
of the eating house at Russellville,
died at his home at Dardanele Aug.
Sd, of congestion. He was 81 years
of age.
JOHNSON COUNTY.
Revival meetings have been going
on at Cabin Creek for some time and
many have professed religion. !. The
Ewing Presbytery will meet at Har-
mony Church, on Thursday night
before the fourth Sabbath in August.
-. District Normal Institute will
be held at Clarksville Aug. H..
P. G. VIM of Ft. Douglass and Miss
Carleton of Newton county fed to
the Indian territory and were mar
ried on the 9th inst. Some would
be office holder is trying to supercede
A. j. Boyd as postmaster at Knox
vile. Mr.. Boyd is editor of the
Knoxville Democrat is this is thought
to be quite honor and profit enough
for him "A building committee
has been appointed by the Baptist
Church at Knoxville who will imme.
diately commence the work of re-
building. The names of the COM
mittee are d. w. Wolf, Rev. G. w.
Burns. J. NJ. Kirkpatricks, j. D.
Mahon and Henry Cook Allan
Reed, an old highly respected citizen
of Plney tad quite an accident to be-
fall him while working at Miller &
Jones saw mill, two miles below
Piney, making laths. He caught his
left hand in the saws and complete
ly tore 1T to pieces. DIR. Stephenson
performed the balance of the ampu-
tation by taking off all his fingers,
leaving the palm Of his hand and
thumb.
CONWAY COUNTY.
Everett Aycock of Morrilton will
engage in the mercantile business at
Plummerville Sept. 1st. "A. II.
Burns and wife have returned from
trip to Pope county. When near
Appleton, the mule attached TO their
buggy became frightened and ran off,
throwing both from the buggy, seri-
ously brusing both. AS VIM. Sell
lers and family were going to Nor
riiton on the 18th, the horses attached
to their wagon became frightened
and ran off. The wagon was turned
over and Mr.. Sellers, wife and son
were badly bruised, but not seriously
hurt. When assistance reached
them, they were lying on the ground
with the wagon bed turned bottom
upwards over them. They had a
narrow escape. =. The citizens of
Springfield have bought the old
courthouse for school building
and the Springfield Collegiate Insti
tute has been organized and char
tered with the following Board of
Trustees: j. H. Westerfield, d. w.
Harrison, N. E. Hawkins, Geo. Har-
din. j. w. Bolton, w. f. Burns, A.
G. Gipson, w. w. Martin and M. w.
Steele. They intend to open the
first session, October LIST and are
ready to receive applications for
teachers :. On the 9Th in blasting
well at w. ID. Allnutt's, Morrilton,
forty pound rock was blown up
out of sight and came down on Robt.
w. Leigh's residence, some seventy
five or hundred yards away, knock
ing a hole in the roof that man
could get through and broke in the
ceiling. Splinters and shingles were
scattered promiscuously. Fortunate
ly no one was near enough to get
hurt j. b. Nichols and family, of
Pope county, are visiting. the family
OF G. II. Taylor at Cleveland.
Around Cleveland the dry weather is
making many long faces. They
have had a splendid prospect for a
crop until recently. The third day
of July was the last rain and from
general prospects will get no more
soon. Corn is almost burned up.
Early corn will make about one
third of a crop and late corn will
make nothing comparatively speak
ing. Cotton still stands chance to
make little something if it rains
any ways shortly, if not it is gone
too. -. In some localities slight
rains have fallen which makes
more hopeful prospect.
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