The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-04
STATE NEWS.
Items Cleaned Fresh and Bright From the
 Columns of Our Exchanges. Crop prospects are tood.

Items Cleaned Fresh and Fright From the
 Columns of Our Exchanges.
 Crop prospects are tood.
 Ozark is enjoying base ball.
 Dewberry parties are all the go in Benton.
 Prescott still has a few cases of measles.
 The Hazen creamery is running steadily.
 The Arkansas editors are looking at the sights in Washington this week.
 Jim Scott, notorious thief, was cap- tured at Helena last Tuesday night.
 John Galloway, bricklayer, died in q hospital at Hot Springs Wednesday.
 Two residences in Fort Smith were entered by burglars Wednesday night.
 Drew county has about the shortest delinquent tax list of any county in the state.
 The Pope county teachers institute will hold meeting at Russellville, June 16.
 It is reported that work on the rail- road from Little Rock to Hot Springs VIII DtSiH dpOutJ Juiy l.
 Rains have fallen throughout the state during the week just closed, and farm CTS are happy once more.
 The Dumas court house has been completed and received. and circuit court meets there June P.
 Philadelphia is at work putting in waterworks and electric light plants. Monticello will soon beoin
 The Colored Teachers State Associa- tion will meet at Philadelphia on Thurs day and Friday. June 25-26
 The farmers of Drew county are a happy set of men. Their crops are looking we'll and prospects are bright for bountiful har test.
 On Wednesday evening Robert l.. Sneed fired load of shot into his foot while amusing himself with loaded gun at Clarksville. The wound is painful but not serious.
 Professor E. T. Afford, who for the past two years has been president of the Philadelphia public school, left last Saturday for Duluth, Minn., where he will engage in the practice of law.
 Sheriff Huggins and Clay McElroy, O William Hill, to ,he insane as, lum few who at once gave S1U00 bond for his ap- pearance at next term of circuit court.
 tramp was sent up from Toltec last week for yagrancy. He is foreigner and had been loafing around that neigh borhood for days, causing considerable disturbance among the negroes, who were afraid he would hoodoo them in some way.
 The Prescott creamery began opera ton Monday morning, in charge of Ali. Aburrow as manager. II. c. Clayton, of Beebe, has been employed to run 1t. For the present they will only make cheese. We urge that it be encouraged by the assistance of all who care for the advancement of our town and country. Nevada County Picayune.
 Secretary of the Interior Gen. Noble was inc specting the bath houses on the reservation yesterday. He is the first head of the department who ever per sonally visited and inspected the springs ard the methods of distributing the wa ter. This augurs better administration here of governmental affairs, and more attention to the public interests. Hot Springs Graphic.
 A probably fatal accident happened to Ike Culp, an electric light lineman, at Hot Springs Wednesday morning. Pursuing his duty Culp was on top of pole when the pole broke near the ground and fell. Culp descended to the earth violently and was terribly in- jured by the fall, his face and head be- ing badly bruised. Culp is still alive but not expe cted to live
 Mir. NJ. II. Partin, of Blue Ball, who was in town the first of the week, paid his usual welcome call to this office. In the course of his conversation he told us of very interesting freak of nature which, up to cate, has puzzled the scientific mil ds of that part of the coun- try It seems that about a year ago something similar to an earthquake was felt one night by some of the citizens who happened to be keeping late hours. A few days later some one looking for cattle on the range, discov- cred in the foot hills of the mountains a small plat of ground, perhaps two or three acres in extent, where the surface of the earth had sunk about four feet below It's former level. Some people aver that since that time the ground has been gradually sinking, and that the cavity is foot or two deeper now than when at first discovered. MT. Partin, however, doubts this assertion. The general theory as to the cause of this remarkable phenomenon is, that large cavity or pocket existed at some dis tance below the surface, and that the heavy rsdns of few days previous had so softened the ground that it gave way under the increased weight.---Dar- danelle Post.