The log cabin Democrat., 1907-06-06

numOer or apprOpFldtlohe lol 'ie penitentiary. Nut all the money ap- propriated must come out of the pen;tentlary fund which is separate from all other funds and must be earned by the institution. rms fund is derived from the lessees ot convicts and from the sales ot pro- ducts of the State convict farm III Lincoln county. The appropriation for the maintenance of the State penitentiary for the next two years, which includes all the expenses ot the State farm, is $277,90O. This includes $4j.000, that is authorized to be paid for the farm, being the balance due of the purchase price. Of this ameunt $15,000 has already been paid. A special act approprl- ating $6O,O00 for the completion of the new penitentiary, and which also comes out of the penitentlary fund, has not yet been approved by the governor. Within the next two years there will be paid on account of the penitentiary $377,900, and the penitentiary will have to earn this amount of money before 1t can be paid. Not a single cent of this amount comes out of the pockets of the tax payers.
 The agricultural commissioner at Little Rock recently received two onions from Hermitage, Bradley county, said to be the largest ever grown in Arkansas. One of the onions measures 20 1-2 inches in cir conference, the other 19 inches. They were grown by N. A. Pollard, farmer '2 years of age, and on land that had been in cultivation 65 years. The two onions are fair samples of the crop raised on an eighth of an acre in Mr. Pollard's garden.
 The new Eudora-Calvert branch of the MemphisHelena and Ioulsl- ana branch of the Iron Mountain, has been completed and turned over by the contractor who had charge of its construction. It will be put into operation Saturday, June l. One or two trains a day will be op. erated in each direction at first. More trains will be operated later. The new branch is 40 miles long.
 Rapid progress is being made in the work of building the new Dar- danelle, Ola and Southern Railroad in this State. The line is being built into Dardanelle. A large force of men is at work. As fast as the track is laid an engine operating on the completed track hauls more ties and rails to the scene, so that no time is lost in transportation of building material.
 A fatal disease from which a num- Der of milch COWS have died, has de-. veloped among the cattle in the yl- cinity of Midland. It has not yet been established just what the na- ture of the disease is. Some think it is murrain, but others hold to the opinion that the COWS died with hy- drophobia, as a supposed rabid dog was killed near there several days ago.
 A roadside duel occurred at Oliver Springs. four miles north of Van Buren recently, in which Joe Presley was mortally wounded, his wife's left arm was broken and Joe Huff was slightly wounded. The men, who were neighbors, had been at outs for sometime and the duel was the result of former misunderstood ings.
 Nandals entered the First Baptist church at TeXarkana, one of the largest and finest in the city, and badly cut and disfgured the pews, tore up the hymn books and testa- ments that were in the building, and committed other acts of vandalism. Entrance was made by raising a win dow
 A travelling umbrella repairer by the rame of William Strang, was killed at Danville recently by pass