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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
MORE COAL,

Mir. A. J. Hartsell informs us that he has found an out-cropping of good article of stone coal on his land q short distance above here. From the location of the land we have no doubt whatever but what there is Q good bed of coal underlying it. The coal dis- covered. crops out at the base of a bluff and the vein is about eight inches thick, but grows thicker as it enters the hill. Mir. II. has eighty acres in this tract, and If he had the capital to go to work with, he no doubt would have q good thing of it. The land lies adjoining the tract on winch the Ouita Coal Mines are located, and is split into about equal pieces by the l.. R. x F. s. R. k. A shaft could be sunk right along side of the track and coal could be dumpted immediately into the cars. MT. Hartsell expresses a willingness to give q lease on the land or to make any other fail arrangement with any party "he
 will take hold of it and take ou, the coal; or, he will sell the land
 for fair consideration. Any
 party wishing to correspond witl
 Mir. Hartsell can address him al
 this place. Parties having capi
 tai to invest would no doubt tno
 this a good investment
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
CHAPTER VI.

Be 1t ordained by the town council
 of the town of Dover, in council
 assembled:
 SEC. l. That there shall be no horse racing within the limits of said in corporation of the town of Dover.
 SEcTIoN2. That no person shall be permitted to run q horse, mule or any other saddle animal within the limits of said town.
 SECTION 3. That any person who shall violate any part of the first or second sections of this ordinance shall be deemed q misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the Mayors court, shall be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than ten dollars, and cost of suit, and shall be compelled to work upon the streets at one dollar per day, until such fine and costs are veil and truly paid.
 CHAPTER VII.
 Be # csdained by the town council
 of the incorporated town of Dover, in council assembled:
 SECTION 1. That it shall be the duty of the Marshal to arrest any person who shall be found drunken, lying on the streets, or sidewalks or said town and confine him or them in the calaboose until such person shall become sober.
 SECTION ?. That any person who shall violate any part of the forcgo- ing section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdcmeanor, and on conviction thereof before the Mayors court, shall be fined in any sum not less than one, nor more than five dollars and cost of suit, and shall be com pclled to work on the streets at one dollar per day until such fine and cost shall be well and truly paid. This ordinance is passed by threc- fourth vote of said council and shall take effect from and after it's passage.
 CHAPTER VIII.
 Be it ordained by the town council of the incorporated town of Dover, Arkansas, in council assembled: SECTION |. That no money be paid out by the Treasurer of the town of Dover, unless the amount be first approved by the council of said town and upon an order drawn by the Recorder on the Treasurer, connter- signed by the Mayor.
 CHAPTER TX.
 Be it ordained by the town council of the incorporated town of Dover, Pope county, state of Arkansas: SECTION I. That no person shall be allowed to disturb, or in any way molest any assembly met for wor- ship. Sabbath school, or any other pcaceable purpose, private or pub | lie, religious or secular, within the corporation, either by use of words or actions in such assembly, or around or about the house or place where such assembly shall have met.
 SECTION ,. Any person violating any part of the foregoing section shall be deemed guilty of q misde- meanor and on conviction thereof before the Mayors court, shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and shall be compelled tt work on the streets at one dollar pei day until such fine and costs art well and truly paid.
 SECTION ,. The town Marshal is charged with prompt and rigid en forcemcnt of this ordinance.
 SECTION This ordinance shal take effect from and after its passage w. B. YOUNG, Mayor. WILL RoLLA, Recorder.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
RusseIIviIle Ordinances.
ordinance---No. |.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and board of Aldermen of the town of Russellvtlle
 SECTION Any person or persons keeping hotel or house of public entertainment within the corporate limits of the town of Russellville shall procure a license therefor from the Recorder of said town, the amount of said license shall be twcn- ty-five dollars per year to be paid scmi-annually ill advance.
 Sec. II. Any person or persons violating Sec. 1 of. this ordinance shall on conviction be fine. in any sum from five to twenty-five dollars for each and every offense.
 See. III. Any person or persons who may keep and run livery or feed sta lie within the corporate lim- it's of tie town of Russellville shall first procure a license from the Re- cordcr of said town the amount of said license shall be thirty dollars per year to be paid semi-annually in advance.
 Sec. W. Any person or persons who feed stock for the public for pay, or who keeps any horse. mule, buggy, hack or carriage for hire to the pnblic shall be deemed livery or feed stable keeper.
 Sec. V. Any persou or persons violating Sec. " of this ordinance shall on conviction be subject to a fine of from five to twenty-five dol lars for each and every offense. See. VT. Any person or persons running wagons or drays within the corporate limits of the town of Rus sellvillc for the purpose of hauling freight of any kind, (excepting wood for fuel or rails for fencing) shall first procure a license from the Recorder of said town the amount of said license shall be twen- ty dollars per year for each and every wagon or dray thus run, to be paid scmi-adnually in advance.
 Sec. VII. Any person or persons violating Sec. VI of this ordinanc, shall on conviction be subject to |, fine of not less than two nor nor, than twenty dollars for each ant every offense.
 Sec. VIII. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keel and sell any fresh beef, pork or nut ton in less quantities than by thu quarter until he or they have frs procured license from the Record CT of said town the amount of sai, license shall be twenty dollars pc year to be paid semi-annually in ad vance And it shall be the duty O the Marshal to inspect the butche shop and see that 1t Is kept clean an, that no unwholsome meat be sold.
 Sec TX. Any person or person violating Sec. VIII of this ordinanc shall on conviction be subject to fine of from one to ten dollars fo each and every offcnse.
 J. B. ERWIN, | ATTEST: Mayor
 II, F. White, Recorder.
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mule or any other animal to any shade or ornomental tree or fencing along the side walks of the street, or upon the side walks shall be lned any sum from one to ten dollars TOT each and every offense.
 Sec. III. Any person or persons who may leave any team i'll the streets gcared and hitched to any wagon or other vehicle shall be z deemed guilty of q misdcmeanor and on conviction shall be subject to q fine of from one to twelve dollars for each and every offense. And i'll ad- dition will also be held responsible for all damages that the team so left may cause. |,
 See. ". These ordinances shall be in fall force and effect from and after their publication.
 I J. E. ERWIN, ATTEST: Mayor. H. F. White, Recorder.
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$500 REWARD, pRiicl AVIATION BY THE GOVERNOR

WHEREAS, TT HAS COME TO w the knowledge of the evecu- five. that Evans Moore, murdered q. w. Preston in Pope county, Ar kansat, on the 3d day of February, 1872, and that said Evans Moore be- ing still at large.
 Now, therefore, I, A. II. Garland, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by virtue of the authority as vested in me by the constitution and laws of said State, do hereby offer re- ward of THREE IUEDRED DOL LARS, for the arrest of the said Evans Moore, and his delivery to the sheriff of Pope county.
 In testimony whereof, l have here-
 unto set my hand and caused
 the seal of the State to be IL. s. affixed at Littse Rock on
 this 9th day of July, "A. D.
 1875.
 A. II. GARLAND. By the Governor:
 B. E. BEAVERS, Sec'y of State.
 By Geo. w. St. Clair, Dep'ty.
 DESCRIPTION.
 Said Evans Moore is about 24 or p years old, about , feet inches high, and weighs l35 or no pounds, dark complexion, black hair and eyes.
 25-3t.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
OUR OFFICIALS AND THE
 DRAM SHOPS.
A Small slice of Law for their
 Consideration.
Is Any Body Guilty of NOn-
 feasance in Office?

The question is often asked why it is that liquor dealers have more priviledes here in Russellville than any other place-and why it is that they can carry on their sa- looms in open violation of law and how the will of the people, as expressed at the ballot box against the sale of ardent spirits, can be enforced? For the infor- nation of all who feel interested, we give the following section of law, as found in Gantt's Digest:
 "SEc. 5227. It shall be the duty of the collector to cali upon any person he may know, or have req son to believe, is selling vinous or ardent spirits within the county without having license therefor, and if such person fail or refuse to produce to such collector such li- cense, then it shall be the duty of said collector to immediately give information against such person to some justice of the peace of said county; but if the Circuit Court be in session then it shall be the duty of said collector to give such information to the grand jury of said county. And it shall be the duty of each con stable to make return, under oath, of all retailers of spurious liquors in his township who shall sell in less quantity than one quart, to each term of the circuit court of his county; and if any constable shall fail to make any such re- turn he shall forfeit any sum not less than five dollars for the use of the school fund.-"
 This is the law TOW in force; it never having been repealed. The dram shops now selling ardent spirits in Russellville arc doing so without any such license as this jaw requires. The penalty for so doing, which the justices would be in duty bound to impose, is a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and thirty days imprisonment for each offense. This is notorious, and of course our officers know it. The voters of this township voted li- cense to saloons down and the county court refused to grant the same: still, the business is car ried on, and the will of the peo- pie and the requirements of the | law are alike disl'egarded.
 l How do our officers get around this?
 So far as we are concerned we care nothing further about it only to know whether the officers arc to be the judge of what laws they will enforce. If they are, things are in miserable plight; and if this precedent is made, then any officer can enforce just such laws as he may see proper, and allow any to be violated which he does net feel disposed to enforce.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
Ordinance---No.2 2,
0gonces agaiast the Public Peace.

SECTION I. Any person or persons who shall ride any horse, mule or any other animal, or shall drive any ve- hiclc through the streets of Russell ville immoderately fast shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall be subject to fine of from one to ten dollars for each and every otiensc.
 Sec. II. Any person or persons who shall hitch any team or horse or
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
LARGE CROPS.

We learn of some fine yields of wheat and oats in different parts of the county. Mir. T. $. Fossett secured 35 bushels of good wheat from one acre. Dr. Warren's crop yielded 32 bushels. On Mir. Ben Wilson's farm MT. c. l.. Me Reynolds raised oats that turned out 60 bushels to the acre. These farms lie some 12 or l6 miles be low here on the Arkansas river. What better country would any body want.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
Elsewhere will be found a com

Elsewhere will be found q com munication from "Phocnix," sug gesting that it would add to the in terest of the DEMOCRAT as local newspaper if we would devote a space each week to short contribu- tions from the various points in our county. Such an idea as this suggested itself to us when we first inaugurated this paper, and in addition to inviting through our paper, correspondence from the various townships in our county, we addressed letters to old, and intelligent residents in most of the townships, and solicited them to take enough interest n their home journal to contribute short items occasionally, which we would give under the head of Do yer Items," "Norristown Notes" "Gcorgetown Doings," "Atkins Happenings" "Scottvillc Brevi- ties" &c., &c., but we are sorry to say that few ofthose whom we ad- dressed, seem to be public spirit ed enough to take any interest in their home paper.
 Notwithstanding this, however, we are doing our best to make our paper acceptable and beneficial, and we are succeeding in securing circulation which is indeed very encouraging. Our subscription books have new names added to them daily and we trust those who are taking our paper will exert themselves to secure additional subscribers, for we know that the general tone and intelligence of q people are improved by the iaflu- ence of the press. And the home paper of course, is the best paper for them to read.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

Mrs. J. NJ. Moose has sent us a basket of apples and peaches, so beautiful, that we neither know what to do with them nor how to thank the fair giver. They are the first we have received, and the finest we have seen.-State.
 Just send them up to us Bro. Stout, we know how to dispose of them in the most approved style.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

In Q recent issue the Gazette an nounced that it bad a head of oats fifteen and one-half inches long. This, we admit, is very good; but we have just received sample head of oats twenty inches long, grown by Maj. Sam McGehee, in what are called the "Hills," in Jefferson county. Judging from the sample, the yield must have been immense. We become more and more con vinced, daily, that Arkansas is as well adapted to grain as to cot ton.-L. k. Grange.
 We have samples hanging in our office 214 inches long-pro- duced in two miles of Russellville on our average upland ground.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

To relieve the monotony of the times and drive dull care away, q couple of our fightists in dulged in a slight knock down last Monday. SIS and costs was the damage.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
THE DEM MOCR A T.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

games during the week.
 Eggs go begging at 10c. per dozen.
 The first .roasting-ears in our market were speedily gobbled up last Friday.
 The telegraph office at this station is proving to be q good thing fe the company.
 The peach crop in our county will be the best that we have had ill many years.
 The two brick yards lost about 5000 brick by the sudden shower last Saturday.
 Ice water first and a good palm leaf fan next, such weather as this. Them's onr sentiments. MT. James Norris presents us with specimen of early rose po- tatoes grown in his garden which are just fine enough.
 Several new town ordinances will be found in to-day's paper; also, the town ordinances of the town of Dover.
 Another gentle shower Sun day. If we can have occasional showers for a few weeks longer, fine corn crops will be made.
 Ninety three attendants at Sabbath school last Sunt.ay--a falling off of twenty-two since Sunday before.
 County court adjourned on last Friday to meet again Monday week. There was very little bus mess came up for transaction.
 Communications from Atkins and Clark township will be found in to-day's paper We are always glad to hear from our friends in all parts.
 Mir. G. E. Burney, one of the justices of the peace for this township, reported $l03 fines as sessed and collected from January -1st to July lst 1875.
 -The Tucker hotel has changed proprietors. Mr. E. V. Trammcl now graces the position of land lord and will no doubt keep up the reputation of the house.
 MT. s. H. Stratton, one ot our fellow-townsmeu who has been absent for some months, ar rived home last Sunday, and looks as natural as ever. Glad to sec you back, Sam.
 An extra train with telegraph poles passed up Sunday evening They had some work to do on tho line below here, the wire having been burnt in two and severa posts shattered by lightning.
 A game of chess has beer played by telegraph between par ties in Pine Bluff and Jackson Miss. Pine Bluff got faxed Little Rock claims chess-player who can beat both places.
 Miss Bettie Shores and Mis Ann Quescnbery from Ozark have been spending Q few day on q visit to their relatives--th Williamsons-in our county They left for home last Saturda.
 Post Master Kirchof of Dove made us q pleasant. call last Tues day. He reports everything q right at Dover, with eXceller prospects for q fine crop ill ths township.
 Clarke Grange 232 will con mcncc their new hall about fiy mlles northwest of this place ne1 week. Their building will be frame 24X36 two stories big We are heartily pleased to het of the prosperity of this lodge, we have many good friends in The grange numbers GO odd mel bcrs.
 The patent farm harrow which Capt. P. W. Parker ow the county right for this and O
 or two adjoining counties, is
 great improvement over anytLii
 we have yet seen. Every farm
 should have one of these exc
 lent harrows.
 We are glad to know tha
 want long felt in our vicinity
 about to be filled by the locati
 at our town of Mcssrs. Wint
 and Whalcu, practical machinis
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

We acknowledge receipt of the following specimens of veg etables, which for quality and size are hard to beat; from Capt. B. w. Cleaver, an extra fine tomato 12J inches in circumference, 12I oz. weigh, raised in his garden here in town. From Mir. James NJ. Shinn pair of Irish potatoes weighing l pound and 3 ounces each; and a white silver skin onion measuring 12s inches in circumference--was over l3 inches when first pulled.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

Arkansas is now all right and it is q good time to make invest ments in real estate. We take pleasure in referring all parties who may desire to purchase, do- nate or secure any information in regard to state or U. 5. lands to w. D. Blochcr, Little Rock, whom we can cordially recommend as a responsible Real Estate Agent.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

Was there a fresh importa- tlon of crooked whiskey ill town Monday, or what was the mattcry
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
DESCRIPTION OF nookorr.

Said Ben BOOkout is about 5 feet liR inches, or feet high, weighs about lS0 or 1s5 pounds, square built, light complexion, about twen- ty-two years old, quick spoken, has a scar on the right side of his face that extends to near the corner of his mouth; has no beard.
 DESCRIPTION or OSBORNE.
 Said Sam Osborne is about 5 feet o inches nigh, weighs about l30 or I35 pounds, light complexion, has red or sandy hair, long nose, has but little to say, was shot througb the back of the neck in the alI'rav is rather stoop-shouldered. 23-St "
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$500 REWARD.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR NHEREAS, TT HAS COME TO w the knowledge of the execu- tive, that Ben Bookout and sam Os- borne, murdered William McAllis- ter, on the night of the 26th of Jan uary, 1874, near Dover, in Pope county, Arkansas, and at the same time and place badly wounded Mrs. McAllister, and the said Ben Book out and Sam Osborne, being still at large,
 Now, therefore, I, A. H. Garland, governor of the state of Arkansas, by virtue of the authority as vested in me by the constitution and laws of the state, do hereby offer re- ward of
 THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS each for the said Ben Bookout and Sam Osborne, upon their arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Pope county.
 In testimony whereof have here
 -> unto set my hand and caused JJ 6 the great seal of the state to
 be affixed, at Little Rock.
 - this nineteenth day of June. A. D. 1875.
 A. II. GARLAND, Governor. By the Governor:
 B. B. BEAVERS, Secretary of State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

-NEw YORK, July 13.--Gold 1154.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
CHAPTER ".
Be it ordained by the town council of the town of Dover, in council Assembled:

Be it ordained by the town council
 of the town of Dover, in council Assembled:
 SECTION 1. That any person who shall be found guilty before the may or's court of an assault, or all as sault and battery within the corpo- rate limits Of the town of Dover, shall be deemed guilty of misde- | meanor and for every such offense shall be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than twenty-five dollars, and cost ofsuit, and shall be l compelled to work on the streets at one dollar per day until such fine and costs are well and truly paid.
 SEC. ?. That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its pas | sage.
 CHAPTER V.
 Be it ordained by the town council
 of the incorporated town of Dover,
 in the state of Arkansas, and coun-
 ty of Pope, in council assembled: l SEC. l. That from and after the - -, no person shall wear or carry any sort of pistol or any other unlawful weapon within the limits of said town.
 SEC. ?. That any person who shall violate any part of the foregoing sec ton of this ordinance shall be gull | ty ofa misdemeanor, and on convict ion thereof before the mayors court shall be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than ten dollars and cost of suit, and shall be com pelled to work on the streets at one dollar per day until such fine and costs are well and truly paid. SEC. q. That this ordinance shal take effect from and after its pas sage.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15

 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15
CHAPTER II.

Be it ordained by the Town Council
 of the town of Dover Assembled:
 SEC l. That the town council of the town of Dover in the State of Ark, shall have the authority to elect a Marshal and Treasurer, and that they give bond in the sum of one hundred dollars each to the town of Dover for the faithful discharge of their respective duties.
 SECTION ?. That this ordinance go into effect from and after it's passage.
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