Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-02
AROUND THE STATE, INTERESTING eLEANINGs FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR
 STATE EXCHANGES. TRAGEDY AND COMEDY. The x Ray Turned Upon the Deings and Sayings Of the
 People Of a Great
 State.
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY
1Arkansas Democrat

James R. Gotham has leased the Monticellonian to c. T. Gotham.
 A prospecting company struck oil near Prairie Grove last week at a depth of 800 feet.
 The teachers of Conway county are arranging for q public school ex- hibit at their county fair. Capt. Woodbury's new boat for the White River trade will have d capacity of 450 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. s @--ss
 There is considerable talk in the west end of Benton county about having the county divided and hold court on each side.
 The merchants of Helena have entered into a two years contract with Capt. Ed. Postal to run the steamer Ralph in the Helena and Henricho trade.
 Messrs. Crownover and Hayden, of Dardanelle, propose to extend their telephone system to Ola, in tho near future. John Cain will be in charge of the construction.
 Rufie Lee, a young man who severely cut Harye Ally at Morrillton in 1891, was caught at Lonoke last week, and taken to Morrillton for trial. He was released on a $l .000 bond.
 Cards are out announcing the mar riage of Mir. c. H. Crockett. of Fort Smith, to Miss Willie P, daughter of Col. and Mrs. A. $. Yandeyentor, 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 gnlleless farmers usually go straightway and SOW the seed in- stead.
 Capt. Evins, of the Dar1anelle and Nebo Waterworks Company. says they give water pressure at the street plugs of from 130 to l40pounds and that they could double the pres sure. if necessary, and then have plenty to spare.
 l.. 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 l6th day of March 1895. He will hang. He says the quicker it can be done, the better it will suit him. The Democrats of North Arkansas and South Missouri will hold an interstate 16 to l camp meeting fif- teen miles south of West Plains, Mo, from September 3 to ,. inclusive The committee are fixing the ground, and it will be arranged to en certain , 1000 people.
 Burke Eldridge, a l3.year-old son of Mir John Eldridge. of Helena, has built 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 d 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 1 train will be run as mixed train. 1 It is understood that this is only a | temporary 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 ineon- venience people living along the line.
 Little Walter Smith, of Walnut Ridge, who is years old. is quite mathematical prodigity. He can add mentally number of figures, such as 337, 42, 19 and 9, and give the result very quickly. Upon being asked the half of 90, he said it was ..4h-no. 45. How he reached the result is q mystery, as he knows nothing of multiplication ordivision. and cannot use the slate at all.