The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-16
Hon. Sam c. Sevier. sheriff of

| oNA'o lO tie dlHOuII Ol Q4,UUU. The deficit has been made up by hs bondsmen, which amount has been paid into the treasury, and he was given his quietus. He has turned over his property to indem- nify his bondsmen, and they are satisfied. MT. Sevier was a can- didate for the Democratic guber- material nomination, running on strictly nnti-saloon platform. He IS president of the Arkansas Sun day-School Association, and has been an active worker for good roads, having been at one time pres ident of the Arkansas Good Roads Association. He says he does not know how this deficit came about, but says the books will be gone over, when it is hoped to discover the cause of the shortage. Edward Smetz committed suicide at Fine Springs, Crawford county, by hanging himself to beam in his barn. He was a highly educated man, and had been heard to say that he feared the time would come when he would be impelled to take his own life, as he felt that every day he spent on earth was that much lost of the joys of heaven.
 Washington county has one of the largest apple trees in Northwest Arkansas. It is on the farm of "Uncle" Billy Crawford, is Mann moth Black Twig, measures nine feet in circumference near the base, and has been bearing fruit for sev- enty years.
 The United States weather bu- reau reports the mean temperature of the past week as two or three degrees below normal, with dry weather, which has been beneficial to growing vegetation all over the state.
 Lightning struck the cable box of the Sheridan telephone ex- change, shocking several people. The manager there says it is the first time he ever knew a bolt of lightning to burn cable in two, as was done in this instance.
 Mrs. Burfeld, of Benton county, looking over the private papers of Mrs. Huston, who died recently, found a twenty-shilling piece of Continental money, printed and issued in 1776. It Is in good state of preservation.
 Severest test was recently given to the floors of the new state cap itol. The demonstration given convinced all of the superior car rying capacity of the floors, the test exceeding that required by the specifications.
 A pet dog in Greene county un- dertook to commit suicide by mak- ing a dash to get under the wheels of a moving train. He was res cued, and it is hoped will hence forth be a wiser and better canine.
 Arkansas will have the honor of entertaining at Siloam Springs from August 10 to 20, one of the great missionary conferences of the United States-that for the South west.
 A Lonoke county farmer killed chicken snake whose girth seemed abnormal and performing an au- topsy, found the reptile had swal- with a cork, of the size which drug gists sell for ten cents.
 The new town of Flippin IS showing more progress in building and business than any other point in Marion county, on the new White river line.
 Superintendent Hinemon is still touring the state in the interest of the school tax amendment. He has strong hopes of its carrying at the September election.
 The roller skating craze is in- creasing in Little Rock. New rinks are being built, and one hardware store there has just received a car load of skates.