The Russellville Democrat. [volume], December 23, 1875, Image 4

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THE DEMOCRAT.!
; The Russellville Printing 1
Association,
Publishers and Proprietors. i
All esqnnunlralkms on I»i.lnc». should bo
addressed to
B. F. JOBE,. Ik sinks* Manaokk,
Russellville. Arkansas.
R. II. WILSON,
Notary Public.
RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
k _
1 Am prepared to take Jirknowlcgrmeiifs of
1 psiMla and other written instruments; also
to take depositions.
9|^pMillPPPHMPiP
local affairs.
—Pork lias been offering at 7c.
—Business lias been lively iu town
this week.
_Subscribe for, ami read the
Democrat.
—Fancy dolls, at Wharton’s.
_The health throughout the coun
, try is now excellent.
_Oil chroinoR, at Wharton’s.
| —Goto the exhibition at the school
house Saturday night.
—Fancy candles, at Wharton’s
—Hon. C. E. Tohey has our thanks
for a copy of the new fee bill.
— Fire works at Jerrie Wooten’s.
—The services at both churches
were well attended last Sunday.
—< 'hrislmas notions, at
Wharton's.
— A merry, merry Christinas, and
a very happy new year to all our
readers.
—Silver belts for ladies, at
V* IIAKI O.N B.
_Read tlie communication of Ban
Ditti. His advice ia sound to the
i core.
—Hoyts German Cologne, at
Whakto.n’s.
—There will be preaching at the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
on Saturday next.
i —New and fancy groceries, at W.
P. Wooten's.
_We are gratified to know that
Mr. Sarn’l Brown is again a citizen
If
ot our town.
—Go to Ttios. .1. Russell to get
your deeds acknow ledged.
—Last Friday and Saturday morn
ings were the coolest of the season.
Sunday was a lovely day.
—Grand Closing Out Sale of sev
eral lines of goods at J. L. Shinn's.
—Messrs. Howell A Howell have
moved into their new building near
the depot.
—Fresh Kraut by retail, or half
barrel, at Itenfrow A Moseley's.
—Christmas gift! Send us along
fl.50and in return we w ill give you
a gift which w ill do you good until
i‘ Christmas 1870.
—Choice Potatoes, Onions and
Turnips, at Itenfrow A Moseley’s.
—A most excellent way to cele
, brute Christina* is to remember the
poor with some substantial gift.
Try it.
—Renfrew A Mosely sells fresh
tioltcd meal at 75 cents per bushel.
—Messrs. Alva Russell and M. II.
i laird were elected school directors
List Saturday. Roth of these gentle
men will make good directors.
—Renfrew A Moseley sells choice
| Hour at $3.25 per hundred.
—We had the pleasure of a ride
over a jiortion of. the Ft. Smith road
’ ist Saturday, iti company with our
brother editors Stout and Jamison.
—If you want to make a nice
''ll list mu* present, goto ltenfrow A
Moseley’s to select it.
—Three pair of boarders for the
I Hotel tie Ward.passed down the Ft.
Mnitli road Thursday.. They wore
heavy jewelry, on their wrists and
ankles.
—ltenfrow A Moseley has just re
• -ived a elioicc lot of confectioneries,
fruits, Ac.
• —We regret to learn that the wife
<if Mr. li. It. Ford mot witli a very
s. riotts accident a few weeks ago, by
•'ailing out of the door, and sustain
h:g a fracture of the leg in two
places.
—Wooten is going to sell Goods
i- d Groceries at a reduced price du
ring tin- holidays.
—A year’s subscription to the
Democrat would be a good Christ
mas gift to your poor neighbor, who
perhaps lias boys growing up with
out ever getting to look at a paper.
-Wax, China and Rubber dolls,
il! sizes anti prices, at ltenfrow A
Moseley’s.
-We learn that the railroad eat
ing house ;,t tills place t\ ill change
lands about Jan. 1st., Mrs licriiard I
vacating, and Mr. Rarrel, a new j
ltizen, taking charge.
-The largest oranges, finest ap-|
, and biggest cocoa nuts are »l j
V I*. Wooten’s.
-The crowd which assembled to j
' itness the hanging of lluek Thonip- j
*v at l.ewisburg last Friday, is es-1
ted at from 6000 to H000—all to I
see a poor deluded wretch's neck
t . ikeu.
I’lios. J. Russell, Notary Pub
lic. can always be found at the Cash
•I, -e of F, K. Harrow.
We notice frequent arrivals of
■ !s at the depot for difl’erent par-1
'ics marked from M. A I’., which I
<nds for Miller and Pcnzel, J.ittlc
it. Glad to see it, for that is a
I Imuse and desert es a big trade. |
V real nice hat i-« a handsome
tnia- gift. For one of the
t you ever satv call at J. L.'
■:uu,f5. j
—We hope onr friends who have
old their cotton In this place during
he present season, appreciate the
iberal spirit displayed by our mer
diants. We verily believe that our
Merchants have paid better prices
icre than the market quotations
n the cities justified.
—$5,000 wortli of Goods at the
owest cash price, at .1. G. Feiiou
iox’s. Call in, or you will miss a
bargain.
—We would call the attention of
jur farmers to the importance of
imtting in a portion of their farms
in wheat of spring sowing. There
has not been enough wheat sowed.
A paper on this subject from ail able
source will appear next issue.
—,1. T. Fowler & Co., have a large
stock of Christmas goods, if you
want good bargains call and see dim
and Lute.
—Postmaster Erwin authorizes us
to say that from this date all mails
will close fifteen minutes before
their departure. Onr business men
and others interested in this matter
iiad better examine the table of the
arrival and departure of mails and
govern themselves accordingly.
-—Many persons visit the Humbug
Picture Tent and go away with
happy hearts and smiling faces as
they exhibit their work to their
friends.
—lion. C. E. Tobey, our clear
headed senator, did not reach home
until last Thursday. Not until tlie
very last stitch of work was done
did he leave his post. And in this
connection we inuy say that both
our members in tlie legislature mer
it the thanks of their constituents
for their faithful services during
their term of ollice.
—Tile Humbug Gallery is crowd
ed and Makes lias concluded to stay
until V.w Vi>nr< HilV. (‘all on ll i 111
by that time as lie will procrastinate
no longer.
—Hon. John Campbell, member
of the senate, from Searcy county,
came up last Wednesday and passed
on over borne Thursday. Col. Camp
bell is one of the most indefatigable
and earnest workers in the senate,
and his voice Is always heard In sup
port of the right.
—There will be an Exhibition at
the School House on Christmas
night. The doors will lie opened at
6} p. ni. Exercises will commence
at 7. Admission' 50c. Reserved
seats 75c. Children under 12 years
old, half price. The proceeds will
lie appropriated to the purchase of
additional furniture and material for
making the school room more com
fortable.
—Thanks to the noble sons and
fair daughters, doting mothers and
frisky babes of Russellville and vi
cinity for their liberal patronage
for tiie past few tlavs.
E. MANES,
Of the Humbug Gallery.
—We heard a subscriber assert the
other day that his little three-year
old girl could hardly he induced to
look at a letter in a book, but that
she had actually learned almost the
entire alphabet from newspapers.
She nevgr gets tired making her
papa learn her the letters on his
paper, but she don’t want to learn
out of a book. A man who dont
take a newspaper don't know what
lie is losing.
—J. M. llarkcy & Bro., have just
received a choice lot of Christinas
goods, toilet and fancy articles, can
dies, fruits, nuts, etc. Call and see
us.
—Our readers need not look for
any Pkmockat next week. The
printer, as well as every body else,
likes to enjoy a short respite from
his year’s labors and make merry
upon the joyous Christmas. No
one labors more incessantly and
gets less pay or thanks than the
printer and editor, and we feel sure
our kind friends will not be angry
with us for taking a little slice of
Christmas in ours.
All \io • */• iuts.'i i i, .a «>t,i i > i hhiii.
Is now prepared to take acknowledg
ments of deeds, mortgages, and all
instruments of writing required by
law to be witnessed.
—A new time table went into
effect on the L. 11. A F. >S. Ky. last
Monday. Trainsnow leave Argenta
daily at 7.50 a. m., ai riving here at
l. 25 p. m., and give 20 minutes for
dinner. The freight and passenger
train leaves Altus daily going east
at 5.00 a. in., arrive here at 8.27 a.
m. , and allow 18 minutes for break
fast. There will be a freight train
up on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, and down on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
—In order to close out the stock
of goods now on hand before mov
ing into his new house, .1. L. Shinn
is selling at only a very slight ad
vance over lirst cost. Call and see.
—A farmer friend of ours, in a
note says : “As you take considera
ble interest in the fanning interests,
I beg to mention that Mr. it. Kuy
kendall, of tills county, lias picked
from five acres of land 9,04t> lbs. of
splendid clean cotton. Who can
beat it?—Van Buren Press.
We are satisfied that there are
scores of our farmers in the river
bottom who can beat it had. Will
some of them speak up so that we
may knock the socks off Crawford
county ?
—ltenfrow A Moseley has just re
ceievcd the biggest lot of tin, wood
and china toys that lias ever been
brought to the city, which they
are selling remarkably low. Call
and see them before purchasing else
w here.
—Memphis & Little Rock 1£y.—
I’he olllco ot the (icucral Passenger
and Ticket Agent, also that of the
Ucneral Freight Agent, having been
moved from Memphis, Teiin., to
Little kock. Aik., all eouimuuka-'
tions pertaining to the business of
those departments should be address
ed to Little Itock.
—Look out now, boys! he very
careful, and don’t get excited.
Luther Boswell says he is going to
under-sell everybody else during tlie
Christmas holidays, if It bursts <f. T.
Fowler A Co’s big store wide open;
“and that's what's tlie matter.”
FIItE AT LITTLE ItOCK.
Tlie Gazette Block and Con
tents Destroyed.
A Heavy Loss—Partially In
sured.
Tlie Gazette will not Suspend.
Little Book has again been visited
by tlie fiery fiend. This time it was
the nev and splendid Gazette block
which became fuel for the flames.
The fire occurred Monday morning,
and broke out about six o’clock a. m.,
in the liquor store of Fred Hans, who
occupied tlie Northwest corner room
of tlie building. The entire block
and most of its contents are a total
loss, amounting to about $55,000—
insurance $25,000.
Notwithstanding the fire'tho Oa
zette came to hand promptly Tues
day morning and from it we clip
the following items alv the tire:
| The Gazette lias faithfully
' chronicled the blessings and the
j disasters to our noble city. At last
i she has no imposing stone on which
j to lay her head, no chase in which
| to lock up her form. Tlie piles of
f paper, tlie cases of glistening type,
the long columns of nonpareil, the
| book forms are all gone. As tlie
: devil says, the office has been “pied.”
i The Gazette block, which was one
of tlie finest and most substantial
structures in the city is now no
more. The walls are proudly stand
ing, monuments of the people’s pa
per, which, although burned out,
will not suspend. The fire broke
out about <> o’clock yesterday morn
ing, in Fred Haas’ liquor house,
and in less than two hours the build
ing was a mass of ruins.
Tlie entire loss liy tlie fire will
reach $53,000, witli about $25,000
insurance, nearly as follows:
W. K. Woodruff, jr., on building
and Gazette material, loss, $42,(KK);
insured as follows: Sam. B. Adams,
agent, $2500, Queen’s insurance co.,
on machinery; S. N. Marshall, agt.
$25(i0, Franklin insurance company,
St. Louis, on stock; .1. T. Treasevant
jr. agent, $10,000 on building; $3000
on new press, in tlie Underwriters’
and Nor til British company. One
half of the insurance on the liuilding
was in tlie Phenix company. * *
The total insurance on tlie material
and building is $18,000, all in good
companies.
—CIIKAP! CHEAP! CHEAP!!!
Moke than < heap.—Put this in your
pipe and smoke it. JCoys, the Hard
ware man does sell the cheapest
Cook Stove ever made; and demon
strates the fact by loading it into the
wagon fully trimmed with 22 pieces
of furniture, and only takes $13 for
it. He don’t count legs and lids for
furniture, either, as falsely repre
sented by other parties.
Week of Prayer.
The different ministers of tlie gos
pel at tliis place have arranged to
carry out tlie programme laid down
in the following schedule adopted
by tlie Evangelical Alliance for the
first week in January, 1870:
Tlie Evangelical Alliance has is
sued the following schedule of top
ics suitable for exhortation and
intercession on the successive days
of tlie meetings during the first
W eek in 1870:
Sunday, Jan. 2.—Sermons: The
love of Goil perfected in him who
“keepeth liU word.” 1 John ii, 5.
Monday, Jan. 3.—Thanksgiving
and Confession: A retrospect of
the year.
Tuesday, Jan. L—Prayer for the
Church of Christ: For the members
recently added to the Church; for
thcuiiinii of true believers in frater
nal fellowship and active co-opera
tion; for the removal of error, tlie
increase of godliness, and a clear
er testimony among believers to the
doctrines and power of the gospel
of the grace of God.
Wednesday, Jan. 3.—Prayer for J
Families: For godless parents; for
prodigal sons; for children at school,
for those entering upon profession
al and commercial life; for widows
ami orphans; tor sons ami aaugniers
in foreign lands; and for all who
are mentally and otherwise alllicted.
Thuh-day, Jan. 0.—Prayer for
Killers, Magistrates and Statesmen:
For soldiers and sailors; for nation
al institutions; for philanthropic I
and charitable societies; for prison- j
ers and captives; and for the perse
cuted and oppressed,
Friday, Jan. 27.—Prayer for for-1
eign missions: Mathew xxviii, 111.
Matt it day, Jan. 8.—Prayer for all |
Nations: for tlie maintenance of j
peace; for the cessation of tumults,
war and civil strife; for tlie remov
al of intemperance, immorality, and ;
Infidelity from the land; and that
the fruits of the earth may be
broil ;bt forth plentifully in their j
season.
Sc.nday, Jan. 9.—Sermons: The
ultimate Triumph. Psalm ixxii, 17.
The services on the 2d and 9th
will be held ai 11:00 A. M. The J
services on the other days will be at 1
night.
Ex Senator Henderson, assict-'
ant counsel in the prosecution of
the whisky frauds in St. Louis, j
has been discharged from further
service, on account of some strict-1
ures on the l'rosidunt in tlie!
course ol his argument in the Av
ery case.
Marrying a lady for her beauty
is like eating a canary lor its
singing.
Hurry in your subscriptions to
the Democrat before the new
year begins.
N'OTlt'F..—Ki-'m-. OK j.ands.— |
The undersigned administrat
or of tlie estate of James II. Brooks,
deceased, wilt, on Saturday, the 8tli
of January, 1870, oiler all tlie lauds
at tiie highest bidder, belonging to
said estate at the Brooks gin. Notes
and approved security rcipiircd.
X. 1 >. Siiisn,
ls-2t Administrator.
POPE COUNTY.
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THE ATTRACTIONS SHE OFFERS TO THE
IMMIGRANT.
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A DESCRIPTION OP HER SOIL, TIMBER, STREAMS, ,
HILLS, VALLEYS, MINERAL INDICATIONS, &c. ,
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Happy Homes for Thousands.
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Some weeks ago we promised to give our readers a description, in
general, of the Soil, Timber, <5rc., of Pope County. The frequent
letters which we, and Others of our citizens, receive making inquiry i
as to these points, has induced us to compile this brief description
of one of the most attractive counties in the State, and we now tin- i
dertakc to say that the natural resources of Pope County are sufii- i
cient to make her almost a commonwealth within herself.
The information contained in the following description is obtained
principally from a report made by Messrs. J. W. Washburn and W.
P. Dencla, both gentlemen of line attainments and with a thorough ;
knowledge of the subject treated of, obtained from actual recoiinois
sancc of the territory described.
We have only abbreviated the report made by them so as to con-1
tract it to suit our limited space. |:
We may add that this report was made to, and the reeonnoissanee j
made tinder the auspices of the Little liock and Fort Smith Rail- i
road Company. The Investigation of the county by these gentlemen,
upon which the report is based, was made some years ago,—soon af
ter the surrender—and the country was in a dilapidated and distrac- i
ted condition. Since that time there lias been a vast improvement i
in the condition of our county—especially in the morals and society
of the country. Churches and School-houses dot our County in al- i
most every neighborhood. Good will and good-feeling prevail and
there is no local divisions, or causes of dissension among our people.
We have a State administration in perfect accord with the wishes and :
sentiments of the people, and our future is full of promise.
We commend all these things and the following description of our
County to those seeking new homes in a good country:
On Point Remove Hills, lead lias been found, and iron darkens the
rocks. Mr. Epraim Lemley, near Glass Village, on this stream, sec. i
34, township tt, range 18, plowed up sulphuret of lead in his wheat
field, which lies a few hundred yards from the Point Remove foot- i
hills. This lead has also been gathered by others in these hills.
From Point Remove to Illinois Bayou, Pope County, the land and
timber are superior. Large forests of red, black, white, post, over- i
cup, chineapin and other oaks, interspersed with tall pines, hickory, i
and other valuable trees, cover the tract Cypress brakes, sonic of i
which are on or near the railroad lands, also, are growing here. :
These brakes extend down the valley to and below Little Rock, j
and average from two to five miles wide. The country is broken, yet 1
large tracts of level upland intervene. The water is good, and occa- :
sional springs break out. Water is easily reached by digging from
fifteen to forty-five feet. A great part of these uplands, known thro’- ;
out the southwest as “barrens,” are rich in soil, and adapted to n
pasturing and planting use. Stock of all kinds thrive here, little ' i
food being required for them in winter, which, here be it said, is the
case throughout the entire valley. The undergrowth is almost trop
ical in their exuberance. Fine, luscious wild grapes, muscadines, |
plums, and all the berries, abound. Peaches, pears,- anil apples grow 1
as finely as in any region out of Washington county—the apple re
gion, par excellence, of this State. The native grasses are very
abundant and nutricious, whilst clover, timothy, herd and other cul
tivated grasses, thrive well.
Coal is found in many parts of this tract. Near K. Potts’, S. 20, T i
i 7, R. ID, in the vicinity of Carrion Crow Mountain, coal has been
found, and plenteous indications exist. Coal of good quality, was, ;
some years ago, dug and used from Brooks’ coal bank, three miles
northeast from Norristown. This coal is from ten to twenty-eight
inches thick. Coal crops out in a wash, three-fourths of a mile from i
i Norristown, S. 18, T. 7, R 20; the thickness of this coal is as yet i
unknown. It burns well. Coal crops out on both sides of the moun- i
tain just above Norristown, and upon its top, where epsoni salts is al
so found in quantity. Iron ore, oxyde, carbonate, and kidney,
abound in this hill, anil all along the waters of the Illinois bayou, es- i
peeially near Norristown and Old Dwight.
GOOD WORKABLE COAT.,
formerly much used, and which is probably semi-anthracite, crops
out across the Illinois Bayou, six miles from the Arkansas river. 1
This coal, such of it as has been used, has been exposed for untold
ages to water, sun and air, and is therefore, inferior to the coal which ! i
rests undisturbed for as many ages in the interior. Coal shales auil! i
coal itself manifest themselves frequently along this stream up to j
Dover, the county seat, distant from the village of Norristown four- j:
teen miles, as also in various other parts of this tract of land from i
Point Remove to Illinois bayou. '■
THE OUITA COAL MIXES, I
three miles west of Russellville, on the L. R. &. Ft. S. Ry., were
opened in the spring of 1874, ami have been in sucessful operation l
ever since, yielding a paying supply of coal, which is in great do
r.ianil in Little Rock and St. Louis. For fuel it is greatly preferred
to the Pittsburg coal,—producing, as it docs a great heat and making j
but little smoke, soot, cinder or ashes. j
The Brooks Coal Bank, two anil a half miles southeast of Russell- i
ville yields a plentiful supply of coal similar to the Ouita. This bank
has as yet been worked but little. The merchants of Russellville |'
have used it for fuel for two winters and consider it very good. The I
deposit is from 28 to 30 inches thick and is increasing as it enters i
the hill. i
A company with capital could procure a lease on this bank oil very |
fair terms auil the investmeat-would pay largely and rapidly.
THE PREVAILING ROCKS, !
are sandstones of the mill-stone grit series, with their associate 1
shales ami conglomerates. About OKI Dwight, on the bayou, six j i
miles from the Arkansas, near the Goodrich coal bank, quartz, chrys- t
tals, sulphurct of lead, and hydrated kidney iron ore are found. t
A GREAT PINERY,
runs from the mouth of this Bayou up to the hills, and, more or less, ]
intersperses the woods between this stream and Point Remove. I
There are several mills in this tract. All these mills are doing a t
fair business. | \
The lowlands of the river in this tract, with those of the intersect-, 1
ing tributaries, are very fertile, the alluvium being full of saliferous 11
deposits, and the ferruginous silts of the river for ages back. The j o
same may be said of the entire Arkansas Valley, which gives I'
a cotton producing country, 1.
on either side, for seven hundred miles from the mouth of the river.
Its capacity for produce is almost unlimited. Cotton yields from r
three-fourths to one and a half bales per acre, wheat from fifteen to
twenty-live bushels per acre, and other cereals and grasses in the > L
same ratio, with inferior cultivation. Tobacco grows better than in j a
Maryland, while hemp does as well as in Kentucky or Missouri. Bar- b
Icy and rye yield as heavy as any lands outside of California. r
The timber of these river and creek lowlands are alike throughout
the Valley. One enumeration here will answer for the valley from a
Little Rock to Fort Smith. The trees of these forests are huge, tall o
and numberless; all the oaks save live, ash, cottonwood, walnut, cher-1 1
rv, pecan, hickory, mulberry, sassafras (two feet in diameter), coffe- j r
nut (a large tree), hois d’arc, locust (three varieties), gum—-both I p
black and sweet, sycamore, maple, cypress, cedar, pine, dogwood, red n
wood, abound in a maze of magnificence, intertwined with grape— fi
some oi which are eighteen inches, in diameter—and other vines, [ a
fretted with reeds and tall grasses, and tufted with a luxuriant and j p
flowing undergrowth. • a
springs. 11
Very many liviug ami cold springs break out along the banks and , S
in the valleys of the Point Remove, Galley Creek, Whig Creek, 111! ; ft
nois Bayou, and their affluents. Some of these springs along the ! tl
banks of Illinois bayou are as cold and puro as any water in the j A
world; and the water in the wells is sweet, cold and unfailing, and j tl
anywhere obtained. A large and perpetual mineral spring wells on w
the mountain above Morristown, and has been a noted resort for in oi
valids for years. „ j ai
Where the soils of the uplands are inferior, the material needed— ai
which is lime—lies in the skirting Boston Mountain. These lands
generally rest on ferruginous clay or Shale, and arc easily improved, is
This applies to all the uplands in the upper valley, those on the ai
south side being the more remote from the limestone, but which can 11
easily receive gvpsum from the vast fields of the Canadian River, to 1 gi
say nothing of that found within its own limits.
Rain fall seasonably in this region during the spring and summer, n
uni not too much in autumn and winter, ami drouth never utl'ccts the j G
and beyond the plow. The mast is as tine as anywhere in the j Si
vorkl; walnuts, hickory nuts, three or four varieties, pecans, acorns,
mine of them very sweet nnd,large, chinquepins and hazel nuts aie
•onimon to the whole Valley.
Through this region, through these pines and other forests, soils,
tplnnds and lowlands, minerals and coal,
THE RAILROAD LANDS,
•un direct; they penetrate the heart of the valley, and of course, par
icipate in its riches. These lands are now on the market, and aie
iffered at prices varying from #2 to 17 per acre.
Cane (reeds), once entirely covered the lowlands, but it is now eat
•n or dying out. But few and very small prairies occur in this tract,
»r indeed, anywhere in the North Valley, but the lands and grasses
ire good. On the Russellville Prairie, near Russellville the grasses
ire good and the soil fair. After a rain in summer, often will he seen
n these prairies saline incrustations upon the grass and herbs, while
lie numerous “deer licks” in and about prove the existence ol saline
na ter: this is true of all those minor prairies, and even up into
Washington and Benton counties.
DOVER,
lie county seat of Pope, is built on depressed ridges of the Illinois
tange. and is within one mile of the Bayou, in !S. 27, T. 9, R. 20.
oaf exists, and is disclosed, all around Dover. Iron ore also is in
he rock ; and very beautiful, clear and perfect crystals of si lex are
bund in the neighborhood.
Four miles from Dover lives Maj. David West, one of the oldest,
nost Venerable and esteemed citizens of the county, lie lias been
i resident of Pope county near 40 years, is now 84 years old ami is
iale and hearty. The Major served his country in the Mexican war
md the incidents and accidents which his retentive memory enables
bin to relate, makes it very interesting and instructive to engage in
hi hours conversation with him.
The uplands here arc fine and fertile, and well watered; coal indi
cations disclose everywhere; ftissil plants are more than numerous.
V very fine white clay is exposed in a small rivulet near Mr. West’s,
vhich will make excellent ware—it is adhesive. At Bulry’s 2 miles
un til from West’s on the Bayou, drift quartz and drift lead are found.
)n Buck Mountuiii, Gardner’s Branch, six miles northeast from
lover, is rich iron ore, in a Bluir of highly ferruginous sandstone,
.’oal is also here found—a ten inch scam, said to be good. East from
lover, four miles, coal of excellent quality has been discovered, said
;o be on railroad land, At Edward Mobley's impressions in saud
itone arc found, and it is supposed that limestone is underneath. A
hick bed of coal shale is here exposed.
Mr. Hale, another old and esteemed citizen of the county, who for
uany years has lived oil the North Fork of the Illinois Bayou, near
ts mouth, at the loot of the Illinois Hills, apart of the Boston Moun
,ain Range, has but recently died.
The lowlands along this portion of the Bayou and its affluents arc
>f the finest, and their capacity for production of all kinds of
GRAIN, CORN, COTTON, TOBACCO, GRAVES, AC.,
s equal to any land; the timber is very fine. At Bullock’s about two
niles west from Hale’s, is a saline w, 11-spring, the brine of which is
piite ritrong, and was formerly worked by the (.'herokecs when they
vivunil tlm u/iiiiifiw m e wall n e uiiwio 1st' vvliito man_ cn!<l fit cinlil
air percentage of salt. There are saline traces elsewhere in this re
gion; good brine, in all likelihood could be obtained by boring. On
bis North Fork of the bayou, near Sam Morris’, about six miles,
ibove Hale’s, lead is said to lie plentiful.
From Hale’s the Hills begin to rear themselves aloft, and in so
nuch as a description of them will answer for nearly all the Hills of
lie Valley above Pulaski and Conway Counties, we will devote a
tmall space to them.
Mule Bute, a spur of the Boston Mountain Hange, is a dividing
■idge between the waters of Illinois Bayou and Piney. Its altitude
s 1000 feet above the level of the Bayou. The rock as usual, is of
lie mill stone grit formation, with its shales and conglomerates, the
attcr being more than commonly exposed. Evidence of iron is seen
n almost every rock, and coal frequently sends out its traces.
The soil on the slopes and height, which is table land, is for the
nost part, tillable. The range is very fine, the mast superior, and
springs break out at convenient distances—and is very fine for stock
aising—especially sheep. The timber, both pine and oak, is dense,
ind excelled by no region.
Levi Creek, a small affluent of Big Piney, is one hundred and
wenty-five feet above the level of the Arkansas river at the mouth
>f Piney. At and dround the mouth of this streamlet is “Bullfrog
own”—so named by the Chcrokees—a thriving and very populous
settlement of very fine land on Big Piney about sixteen miles north
vest from Dover.
BAIL HOAD LANDS,
■itn in this vicinity. At the point where we struck Levi Creek, K. 9,
1'. 10, K. 20, is a vast ledge of rock, between the sandstone, which
ms been pronounced granite, but which is, in fact, not granite, but a
lard, firm and compact conglomerate, the pebbles whereof were uni
brmly minute and all of quartz; the rock is almost a quartz, so full
s it of pebbles. These pebbles are all sea-worn; the rock is of a
lark bluish gray color—traces of iron adhering to the outside. It1
s doubtless
AN EXCELLENT ni'HIl STONE,
iccessiblc from Piney. Competent judges have seen and pronounc
id it an excellent rock for buhr or millstones. The ledge is exposed,
iav, one hundred and fifty feet, lies in place, and runs from northeast
o southwest; large (docks of it lay, as if inviting the millers' pick.
I’ll is ledge was planked and overlaid by beds of shale two to eight
eet thick; it is in the midst of superb pines and oaks. At the head
>f the stream is a large and overflowing spring of clear cold water.
Pliis spring and stream will supply mills.
On a depression of the ridge between the waters of Levi Creek and
dill Branch, a small tributary of Illinois Bayou, is one of the
FINEST FOBESTS OF WHITE OAK,
nterspersed with pine and other oaks, to be found in Arkansas.
Phe grass and herbage are luxuriant; hillsides steep from bench to
much. Immense quantities of whortleberries are here to be found,
ud great profusion of wild grapes; game is abundant, as it is every
where in the Hills. Our long description of this hill is, in truth,
lifture of the Hange.
On Indian Creek, which heads in the hill, and which is a consider
l.l.i u:.._ a.... .
... .n *"v "‘o - «"*vo vjwiniuu iiuiil lilt*
L'Uge mentioned ubove, is a very hard, but coarse conglomerate, and
rliich has keen used for millstones. A line grindstone grit, exposed
or half a mile, lies on the head of Sloane Creek, a small stream en
ding Indian Creek near the white oak forest.
These streams, Point Remove, Galley Creek, Whig Creek, near
Morristown, Illinois Bayou, with its three forks and tributaries, and
>otk the Pineys and their affluents, all afford mill sites, and run
hrough, or, in some neighborhoods, to, fine pineries, interspersed
lith oak and otlier woods. The best and greatest forest of pine,
orth of the Arkansas River, lies between the waters of Illinois Bayou
nd Piney, projecting, with less dense pines, down to Point Remove
u the east, and up to Spadra ou the vest. This pine forest abuts
>r miles on the Arkansas River, indeed, crosses it, and it extends
aek to the Boston Mountains.
THE RAILROAD LANDS
nn direct through it. Many mills are in the region, and all sawin<>
The land between Illinois Bayou and Piney is more than usually
rokcu, and is not as good as those above recounted. The rock
bounds in huge masses and is fine for building purposes. Springs'
rcak out all through this tract, and good, sweet, lasting water, I
mehed, in from twenty to forty feet.
RUSSELLVILLE AND ATKINS
re the principal business towns in this county. The former is an 1
Id town having been settled some forty years ago—is situated on the I!
. Ii. & F. S. R. R. about midway between Little Rock anti Van Bu
;n, or75 miles from either place. The town has made rapid un-1'
rovements since the Spring of 187:1 and is now said to be one of the i'
lost prosperous and lively villages in the state. Enjoys good school1
icilities, has two churches, sustains a Sunday school numbering 150
ttendants, and is noted for tiic temperance, good behavior and hos- '
itality of its people. The temperance feeling strongly preponder- 1
es and saloons or drinking shops are not tolerated or licensed
he societies having lodges here are the I. O. G. T., and the M-isons 1 -
ome of her merchants are as substantial and enterprisiuas can be ' t
iund in the State. Business buildings have been erected durin
ic present year wliirh would be an ornament to a much larger city 1
steam (louring mill, wool carder and two cotton gins are located in 1
ic town. The proprietors of the flouring mill and card in- factory i
ill during the coming year add spindles and looms to theii inucl.in
y. James 1. Potts at this place is agent for railroad lands and *
.y and all letters of inquiry in regard to the same will uc promptly '
is wo red. 1 1
Atkins is 14 miles cast of Russellville on the railroad. The place ■
improving rapidly. She has good merchants, doctors and lawyers -
ull w surrounded by a good country. They sustain a good school 1
“ve 1,0 church !lu‘l Su“d«y school. Have also a mill and cotton
Hover is the county seat, hut owing to its distance from the rail
al--10 miles- -it is being outstripped by the railroad towns 11'
oj^tLowu, .Norristown, HmUlo\bm«r, GurlamRvilln i* i - i, *'
ottville and Galla Rock are the other towns ol the county*' ^ ' ' 11
V lh
X KW A1) V K RTIS K M K NTS.
Commissioner’s Sale.
In pursuance <it a decree of tin*
Pope Circuit Court in chancery made
at the November term 1875 of said
court in tlie ease of Elizabeth Will
iilinson against Moses II. Caldwell, I,
as commissioner, will, on Weduca
day tlie fifth day of January, 1S7);,
in the town of Russellville, Pope
county, proceed to sell to the high
est. and best bidder at public auction
on a credit of three months the bil
lowing described property lying in
Pope county, state of Arkansas,
to-wit: Lots No. one, two and
three (1,2* 3) in block No. two (2)
fronting one hundred and twenty
(120) feet on River street mid run
ning hack west one hundred and
twenty (120) feet:—And one lot on
the north east corner of.I. K. Shinn's
block fronting thirty-four (.'(!) fen,
on Main street and running hack
south fifty (M) feet; all in the town
of Russellville in said county :—Also
one (1) house in l he town of Norris
town, in said county, known as tlm
“White Oak Exchange.” Bond and
approved security will be required
of purchasers and a lieu will he re
tained on said property for the pur
chase money, December 4, 1S7.">.
R. B. WILSON,
47-2t Commissioner.
Commissioner’s Sale.
In pursuance of a decree of the
Pope. Circuit Court in Chancery,
made at the November Term IS7.\
thereof, in the ease of James While
sides, etnl., petitioners exparte, We,
as commissioners, w ill, on Friday, j.
the 14th day of January, LS7(i, pro
ceed to sell, to the highest and best
bidder, at public auction, on tlm
premises, tlie following described
lands, to-wit:
'1 he northeast quarter of the north
east quarter of section 30, township
7, range 111 west. The northeast and
the northwest and the southeast
quarters of tlie northwest quarter of
section 31, township 7, range 18
west: eontaininir In all. 100 acres
ami lying in tlie county of Pope,
State of Arkansas.
Said land to lie sold for division
among the heirs of Titos, Whitesides,
dec'd, and will lie sold on six months
credit, in parcels of 40 or 80 acres,or
the whole tract together, to he de
termined on day of sale.
Bond with approved security " ill
be required of purchasers, and liens
retained on the lauds for the pur
chase money. December 15th, 1875.
Aktiii it 1,’kkI),
Bout. P. Baiumi u>,
IV. P. Bityant,
Commissioners.
Commissioner’s Sale.
In pursuance of a decree of tlie
Pope Circuit Court in chancery >
made at the November term 1875 of
said court in the ease of Ferguson
& Howell against Moses II. Caldwell
and Mattie C. Caldwell, I, as com
missioner, will, on Friday the
seventh day of January, 187U, upon
the premises in said county, proceed
to sell to tlie highest anil best bidder
at Public auction on a credit of three
months, the following described
lauds, lying in said county, to-wit:
All the land lying west oi the line
running north ami south near u cot
ton gin owned by William Brooks,
ami known as tlie .1 Jt t'uhiwcll farm
containing about 120 acres.
Bond and a| proved security " ill
be required of purchaser and a lieu
retained on the land for tlie pur
chase money. December 4th, 1875.
It. B. WILSON.
Commissioner.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!
'VTOTICK IS IIKKLBY OIVFN
-La that the notes given to tlie
undersigned for property bought at
the sale of 1J. I). It. Shinn, Sr., de
ceased, are now due ami must he
Jtaid at once or proceedings will be
commenced to collect the same by
law.
Russellville, Ark., Dee. 2d, 1873. *
d. K. B Yl'TFNF1F.LD.
Adm’r cst. B. D. Jt. Shinn sr.
"VrOTICK IS HKKKBY OIVFN
La that I will make application
to the County Court of Pope county
at the January term for an order for 1
a re-review of a road leading from
Russellville, Pope county, Arkan
sas, to Holly lleml, Pope countv,
A rkansas.
Russellville, Ark., Dee. 2d, 1875.
43-11 _ J). 1.0 V L.
NOTICE.
I will apply by petition at the .Jan- ^
nary lS7ti term ot' the eonnty court \V.
of Pope county, for an order to
change a part of the public road
leading from Dover to Clarksville,
said change to commence at tlm
public square in Dover, thence by
I*. It. tucker's residence, running
east side of D. P. West’s anilJ. It.
M. Scott s fields, and iufersecthig
old road cast ot Illinois liavou at tie*
south end of the lane between the
•b'hls of 11. r. Howell and Robert
twott. J so. R. IIiimek Scott.
Dover, Nov. 28, 1875.
NOTICE.
Lax ns for Rk.xt.-~Notice is herc
by given Hint 1 will, on Monday,
Ian. .til, 1870, rent at public auction, '
to the highest and best bidder, tlm
billowing lands belonging to tlm
■state ot 11. D. It. Sldnn, Sr., to-wit :
i tie old homestead place, with 50
icrt*.s ot laud in cultivation and n illi
I'enees in good repair. Also 20acres,
not e or less, lying on tile Arkansas
i\er about 2 miles above tin* mouth
>f Illinois bayou. The. renting will
akc place in front of J. I,. Shinn’s
‘tore in Russellville. Ark. Note
'itli approved security will be rc
piircd and a lien retained on crop
intil note is paid.
JAMKS 1C. UATTKXFIKI.D,
Adm’r est. of K. D. R. Sliinn.
_W^djville, Ark,, Dec, lot|, |S7,.
5. A. Durr, Plaintiff, i TT”
vs. f warning
ii". W. Austin, def’t.) order.
Uetcre \\ . 1, Pollock, Justice of
be 1 cace. l'lie dcseiidiiiit, John U .
tustiu, is war.I to appear within 1
hirty days and answer the com
laiut ot the plaintiU', K. A. Dan .
November 27th, 1875.
" . I. Poi.i.ock, J. P.
NOTICE.
If Mrs. Sarah Hedge will address
lent Russellville, Pope Co., Ark.,
he will learn something of vast im
ortunce to her.
I.ICWIS W. DAVIS.
The Missouri Weekly Republican,
Iso tile papers published at Green- *
*■!«•» Dade county, Missouri, will
lease copy four times ami send hills
i nlllcu ot Kh-m'|Iv1I|c Di:.Mot nit
if eolleclion, which will he paid ou ^ j