The Russellville Democrat., 1875-06-17

CuulCH bO-HOllOW HiSh1. AhC friends and patrons of the school are invited to attend.
 We regret to learn that . lit tie daughter of Mir. Andrew Rob- inson had her arm broken on Monday by falling from a horse. Dr. Hill is attending her and she seems to be doing well under his skillful management.
 After we had gone to press last week we received a bunch of wheat heads sent in by Mir. Geo. W. Reed, who lives g few miles from town. There were six heads averaging 1o4 grains to the head. The six heads measured 29a in ches in length. Mir. Reed has ten acres of that kind.
 Capt. Durrum has put up a new sign, and thrown open the Russellville Hotel for the enter tainment of the travelling public. This house has been recently re- painted, refurnished and other wise improved, and is first class in every respect. We recommend this house to all. See advertise ment elsewhere.
 --"we may live without poetry, music
 and art;
 We may live without conscience, and live
 without heart;
 without books;
 But civilized man cannot live without cooks. He may live without books-what is knowl-
 edge but grievings
 but deceivingr
 He may live without love-what is love but
 piningP
 But where is the man that can live without
 diningf'
 Johnson county is to have an Immigration Society. They have. already held a meeting at Clarksville and taken steps to ef- feet county organization. That is right; let every county in the state do likewise.
 Brother Jamison answers our question promptly, courteously and entirely to our satisfaction. Pity but what all the fraternity would exhibit the same courteous obliging disposition, and not fly into a passion as some of them sometimes do.
 From the vanGuard we learn that two desperate criminals made their escape from the jail at Clarksville last week. McFadden was in for the murder of one Blackard, and Doc Williams, the other, was in for forgery. Care lessness of the guards is the cause of the escape.
 We are indebted to Capt. Pat Morrison, of Denver, Col, for late Colorado papers. Capt. Morrison was one of the popular steamboatmen of the Arkansas river in 1S6S-69, and a more affa- ble gentleman never handled the cash for a steamboat.
 As though a merciful Provi- dence was watching over us and taking kindly cognizance of our wants, we were blesssed with a delightful shower on last Sabbath evening. We had had no rain for eight days and the shower was refreshing and beneficial.
 An hour spent each day in cleaning up your premises, de- stroying the weeds about your house, making walks, cultivating shrubery, &c., would greatly beautify your homes and add much to the general appearance of the town. Most men waste this much time every day.
 Most of the state papers which have noticed the killing of Capt. Wishard at Dardanelle, seem to think "from what they can learn," that Cloyd, his mur- derer, was justifiable. Mayor Howell, before whom the case was examined, seems to think from "the law and the evidence" that Cloyd is guilty of murder in the second degree.
 An instance of the effect of competition is afforded in the fact that for some time past, freights from St. Louis to Pine Bluff have been taken by the Iron Mountain road at l5c. per 100 pounds and 35c. ner harreI for four. We nav.