Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-09-05
AROUND TIE STATE, INTERESTING GLEANINGs FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR
 STATE EXCHANGES. TRAGEDY AND COMEDY. The x Ray Turned Upon the Doings and Sayings of the
 People of Great
 State.
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.
Arkansas Demoerat.l !


 A new Methodist church is being built in Paragould.
 Fulton county scrip sells at only 40 cents on the dollar.
 James k. Gotham has leased thu Monticellonian to c. T. Gotham.
 A prospecting company struck oi near Prairie Grove last week at [ depth of 800 feet.
 The teachers of Conway county art arranging fer a public school ex hibit at their county fair.
 Capt. Woodbury's new boat fol the White River trade will have | capacity of 45O bales of cotton.
 The Dardanelle Post will wager a coop full of Democratic roosters that Bryan will carry Ohio.
 There is old corn enough in Stone county to run the people another year, if only fourth of crop is made.
 There is considerable talk in the west end of Benton county about having the county divided and hold a court on each side.
 The merchants of Helena have entered into two years contract with Capt. Ed. Postal to run the steamer Ralph in the Helena and Henricho trade.
 Messrs. Crownoyer and Hayden, oi Dardanelle, propose to extend their telephone system to Ola, in the near future. John Cain will be in charge of the construction.
 Rufle Lee. @ young man who severely cut Harve Ally at Morrillton in 1891, was caught at Lonoke last week, and taken to Morrillton for trial. He was released on a $1, 1000 bond.
 Cards are out announcing the mar riage of Mr. c. II. Crockett. of Fort smith,, to Miss Willie P, daughter of Col and Mrs. A. s. Vandeyentor. of Fayetteville.
 This about the season of the year when the average country editor rises majestically from his tripod to to tell the farmers to ''sow turnips, !" and the guileless farmers usually go straightway and SOW the seed in- stead.
 Capt. Eyins, of the Dar1anelle and Nebo Waterworks Company, says they give a water pressure at the street plugs of from 130 to 14Opounds and that they could double the pres sure, if necessary, and then have plenty to spare.
 E. W. Wilson, colored preacher, who has been living at Dewitt, or near there, for about two years, was arrested last week upon the charge of murder, said to have been committed in Louisiana six years ago. He was taken back to that State for trial
 In the Piggott court Jack Johnson was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Frank and Ellen Gargus in Craighead county on the 18th day of March 1895. He will hang. He says the quicker it can be done, the better 1t will suit him.
 The Democrats of North Arkansas and South Missouri will hold an l6 to camp meeting fif- teen miles south of West Plains, Mo, from September 3 to 5. inclusive. The committee are fixing the ground, and it will be arranged to en certain 5 1000 people.
 Burke Eldridge, 13-year-old son of Mir. John Eldridge, of Helena, has built a steam engine about one and one-half feet in length. He did the work himself, and it works just like a sure-enough engine. For boy of his age it shows high degree of na- tive mechanical genius.
 The local freight train has been pulled off the Batesville branch rail road, and hereafter the passenger train will be run as mixed train. 1t is understood that this is only arrangement, and that the freight train will be put back on the road as soon as business opens up, but it is going to greatly incon- yenience people living along the line.
 Little Walter Smith, of Walnut Ridge, who is years old. is quite a mathematical prodigity. He can add mentally number of figures, such as 37, 42, 19 and g, and give the result very quickly. Upon being asked the half of 90, he said it was .4k-no, 45." How he reached the result is a mystery, as he knows nothing of multiplication ordiyision, and cannot use the slate at all.