GOO METEORIC IRON IN ARKANSAS. 



of the spot, lindiii^- it n sliort way out in the woods. Thej' secured lielp and dug it- 

 Ironi the ground, into which it had penetrated about 3 feet. It weighs about 110 

 pounds, is of a smoky eolor on the surface, but pieces broken off have a bright, me- 

 tallic luster. Wo have been a little surprised at seeing uo mention of the report in 

 any of the daily papers, for it startled probably lialf of the population of Yell, Logan, 

 Pope, and Johnson Counties. Tliat it was a meteor there is littlo doubt, and that a 

 fragment might have iallen somewhere is more than likely. Mr. Burkhead, whom wo" 

 know to be perfectly reliable, has no doubt whatever that the facts are just as stated, 

 though be could only vouch for it through a responsible neighbor, James Sirley, who 

 saw a man who saw the rock itself. We hope to have more positive information and 

 more definite details by next week. 



A correspoiulent siguing himsell" " Observer" writes : 



Editor Post: 



On Saturday at about 3 o'clock p. m., whilst wending along the road near Bluffton, 

 a report in the heavens louder than a hundred pieces of artillery, and much louder 

 than any thunder peal ever heard before, burst apparently not more than h.alf a milo 

 north of me. It was a sort of double explosion , and its reverberation rolled off in a 

 southwest direction clear to the horizon. It was at the time a little cloudy all over, 

 but the clouds were tbin, although the smoke everywhere caused it to be dark enough 

 to seem much more cloudy than it really was. There were scarcely any clouds wliero 

 the explosion seemed to bo. It could not have been thunder, for there was no appar- 

 ent natural cause for thunder. What was it? It passed on to Gravelly Hill, G miles 

 in the direction of where the explosion seemed to be located, but even there it seemed 

 to the i^eople of Gravelly that it was only a little north of them. The horses trem- 

 bled and even the trees dropped their loose bark in places. Some who were stand- 

 ing still on the ground at the time say that they were, violently shaken. My own 

 horse was terribly frightened, and its rider felt very solemn for many minutes. What 

 was it? What does it mean? Is it the precursor of the commencement of heavy 

 rain-falls? Or is there a "strike" in the elements as there is a strike among the 

 Knights of Labor ? Who can tell us ? 



" Lorenzo," another correspondent, says: 



SouTiiEHX llo:\iE, Anic, March 31, 1883. 

 Editor Post : 



We had quite an excitement in our neighborhood last Saturday evening over a 

 terrible noise in the elements. There arc various conjectures as to what it was. Some 

 insist that it was one thing and some another, but the Nestor of our conmmnity says 

 emphatically that it was a " comic busted." 



Acconipanying the copy of the Post was a letter from tlie editor, in 

 which he vouches for the reliability of all the witnesses of the phe- 

 nomenon, lie says : 



Referring to the Dardanelle Post of April 1, 188G, I have the pleasure to inform you 

 that Mr. R. E. Cole has been for a number of years sheriff of Yell County, is of superior 

 intelligence, and in character above reproach. It is Mr. Colo who testified to the 

 time, 3.17. 



" Lorenzo," the correspondent writing from Southern Home, is Mr. James E. Nunn, 

 a perfectly reliable witness. , 



" Observer " is Capt. II. P. Barry, of Fair Hill, Ark., perfectly reliable. Was nomi- 

 nee of the Greenback-Republican fusion ticket for State auditor in 1882. 



D. W. McGuir(>, referred to in the Post's article, is a brother to the late M. M, Mc- 

 Guire, grand master of the State for the masonic order, and is himself of a class that 

 inak*>9 his testimony unquestionable. 



G. R. Williams. 



