The log cabin Democrat., 1907-06-27

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 cahontas. The trouble grew out of a misunderstanding between the two men, and it seems that after they had met and agreed on a settlement of the trouble, Baker turned and started back to his work, and when he had proceeded a few steps was attacked by Blanks with stones. Bak- CT picked up a stone to defend him. self and was shot in the side by Blanks with 32-caliber pistol.
 In the sale of lands in Jefferson county recently, for which the taxes were delinquent, the bidding was so spirited that in a number of cases the buyers paid the taxes for one- fourth of the lot The number of tracts or lots advertised for sale was about 215. but before the date of sale the taxes had been paid on all but SS. However, not a single lot or tract went back to the state, every thing being sold for back taxes.
 An effort is being made to pur- chase between 2.400 and 5000 acres of land near Pine Bluff on which to settle a Hungarian colony. The price offered for the land is $4.50 and $500 per acre. The land in question lies several miles north of the city and is said to be a very de- sirable place for such colony.
 w. F. Moore, who lives upon his farm near Magnet Cove in Garland county, recently found stone upon his property which is believed to be an emerald. MT. Moore believes that he not only has fortune in the prop ertv where the stone was found, but in the one stone itself, which is ot huge proportions.
 The Fort Smith-Gurdon branch of the Iron Mountain, has been com pleted 40 miles out of Antoine to a station in Montgomery county, called Womble. No materials are on the scene to continue the line further, but the railroad states that wor. on the next stretch will soon begin.
 The little child of Henry Snead. living near Cabot, was drowned re- gently in ten-gallon lard can which contained five gallons of molasses. The baby crawled across the floor, pulled itself up by placing its hands on the edge of the can, and then top pied over into the molassee.
 At a recent meeting of the Fay etteville School Board a resolution was adopted authorizing the board to negotiate for loan of $45,OO0 for the purpose of building a high school building not exceeding in cost $30, ,000, and the repairing of the school building now in use.
 H. P. Keith, father of Big" Keith, pitcher in the Little Rock baseball team, and the young man who won the Cecil Rhodes scholar ship in Oxford College, fell from a wagon near Amity and was seriously injured.
 There are 10000 acres planted in Alberta peaches in Arkansas. mak- ing the largest crop ever grown ln the state. It is estimated that there will be 2,0OO,0OO bushels at an aver age price of $1.50 per bushel. Andrew Stewart shot and killed Gene Nelson, his brotherin-law, at keo recently. Notwithstanding that load of small shot tore open Nel- sons skull, knocking out part of the brain, he lived several hours.
 Ilpp Balrd, a merchant hVlhg near Texarkana, shot and killed Manson Marion, a negro farmer, recently. The trouble grew out of an account which the negro owed the merchant.
 Rev. William F. Raasch, a Bap- list minister, residing on his farm near Center Point, accidentally shot himself with a target rifle, inflictlng a wound from which he died few hours later.
 Tom Pugh, a well-known charac- ter about Argenta, was shot and killed in a saloon in that city by the barkeeper, Fred Donnell. Self