The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
. NEWS OF -
 ARKANSAS ]

k CdpI' NuIIdLH U. conner, govern ment engineer in charge of the First and second districts, Mississippi river improvements, to start tenn porary dredging scheme for the Ar l kansas river, which if successful for the first few months, may be made @ permanent feature. For many years the channel between Little Rock 8 and Pine Bluff has been so narrow # and at certain seasons of the year so shallow that only boats of light & draft piled between these two N points. Below Pine Bluff heavier boats have been running regularly, x but at certain seasons of the year the channels get very shallow and d the traffic has not been what has d been desired even below Pine Bluff.
 The railroads operating in Mis- souri, most of which have lines in \ NArkansas, have announced that suit Twill be instituted in the Missouri courts to prevent the enforcement of the two-cent rate bill, which has recently passed the legislature of that state. Later arrangements will be made to fight similar bills in Ar kansas and Alabama. The railroads I base their action upon the alleged fact that the legislation is practi- Eally confscatory. It is stated that he adoption of the bills would occa- ion a diminution of revenue and therefore impair the value of prop rty. Should the Missouri courts
 ecide the bill to be unconstitution-
 the same contention will proba-
 ly be advanced in Arkansas.
 Mrs. Hugh Hamilton died at Midland from the effects of pistol |ounds and her husband is in jail Fort Smith on a charge of mur-
 er. According to the story told by
 eighbors, Hamilton came home in
 h intoxicated condition and was re-
 hsed admittance to the house by
 s wife. He then, it is claimed,
 Jew a pistol and begun firing | trough the door, one bullet striking . rs. Hamilton and resulting in her Il path two days later. Hamilton Fl aims that he had no intention of er lling his wife, but was shooting at ;r man, who, he says, was Ill the buse with his wife. He declares " at his wife would not let him ln ). cause of the presence of this man.
 An attempt was made to wreck
 Cotton Belt train about two and behalf miles south of England.
 w. Stiger, pastor of the colored s ss. ethodist church at England, was L 's liking along the right of way, mi fsi en he fond a railroad spike 1nl3 nly driven in between two rails. sid sidd made several attempts to pull 1t :" but could not. Noticing the . be Bluff passenger approaching, V Jagged the train, and 1t was ta: ught to a standstill within few .Ii5s iIliGs of the spiked rail,
 IN. L. Camp, of Paragould, has
 
 h appointed by Acting Governor
 ore as sheriff of Greene county 1I Win the vacancy caused by the VI Bgnation of E. E. Penny, who
 6gned after being suspended from M te pending his trial on an indict lt on a charge of non-feasance
 Blfice. A proclamation was issued ' #the same time calling a special . ttion in Greene county March
 at which time a sheriff will be
 eted to fill out the unexpired
 In of Sheriff Penny.
 ! small tract of land in Carroll
 nty, 2 miles below Green Forest,
 menced sinking few days ago
 has since sunk to depth of
 h fifteen to twenty feet, and is
 sinking. Water stands about ltet feet over the ground and the
 ple are alarmed for fear that a
 Ter area may be depressed. H6ny residents of the neighborhood
 elieve that the sinking land Is due
 a slight earthquake, as some say hey have heard rumbling noises.
 The 15,O0O barrels of apples Meh where placed in cold-storage Eiloam Springs last fall have " cleared out, from fifteen to