The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-21


 said to have been raised and is now from six inches to two feet above the level of the surrounding land. The change took place in single night. Farmers in the vicinity claim that they heard a strange noise as of a cyclone, but could not ac- count fer it until it was discovered that this acre of land had been rais- ed. Many believe that the peculiar phenomenon Is caused by gas, while many fear that the lifting of this acre means that an extinct volcano has broken loose and fear that other sections of land will be lifted out of place.
 W. L. Honeycutt. Bob Moss and Jim Hester, white men, living near Austin, Lonoke county, have been sentenced to 12 hours in the peniten- tiary for involuntary manslaughter. The three men are charged with kill ing a negro baby. It is alleged that son of Honevcutt became involved in an altercation with John Lewis, a negro, and that on the following night the three defendants armed themselves and going to the home of the negro, demanded admittance. Upon being refused they shot into the house, hitting the baby which was asleep on the floor by the side of its mother. The men denied any connection with the shooting.
 Sheriff E. E. Penny of Green county has been indicted on charge of non-feasance in office, and when arrested on the charge immed- lately rendered his resignation. The indictment charges that he failed to serve papers placed in his hands, and failed to keep his office open as required by law, grossly neglecting his duties and frequently remaining out of the county for days at time.
 All the mines in the Spadra dis trict, Johnson county, are still idle pending agreement between the min CTS and mine-owners under the mine run law. A committee of ten mine owners and business men went to Little Rock to lay their side of the case before the legislature, as they claim that business of every class is paralyzed on account of the suspen- sion of work at the mines.
 J. c. Witt, a member of a sur veying party near Mena, was cut across the head and shoulder with an axe by man named Calhoun. Witt, who was a bushman, says he acci- dentally struck Calhoun with his hook, and this so enraged the latter that he struck him with the axe. Calhoun made his escape and has not yet been captured.
 Henry Flowers, guard of the city chain gang at Hot Springs, was shot by his own pistol and died few hours later He had stopped down to help clear a gutter of some rocks, when his pistol fell from its scab- bard and exploded the bullet striking him in the right breast and coming out directly below the right should CT blade.
 Albert T. Ryan was arrested in Little Rock recently on information furnished by Ernest B. Tucker, re- porter on the Journal-Gazette, Mat toon, H., who charges Ryan with forging 16 cheeks signing the name of that paper to each. He will be taken back to Mattoon to answer to the charges.
 A novel contest is pendind in the Circuit Court at Mena, in which two widows are contending for the estate of R. F. Johnson, who was killed about a year ago near Big Fork. The estate is valued at about $2, 300.
 Isaac Smith, white man, was shot and instantly killed while on his way to the Sprudell mills from the town of Fulton. A negro, Cor nehus Carrigan. has been arrested, charged with the crime.
 John Springer and man by the name of Reed lost their lives in fire in Pine Bluff recently which covered an area of nine square blocks