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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
ARKANSAS MATTERS AT
 WARRINGTON,

The Congressional committee has as yet made no report on the Brooks -Baxtar case. There is much difference of opinion as to the legality ofthc ncwconstitution. It is now understood that Mir. Pc. land will sustain the Garland gov crnment. There is but one mem Dor of the committc-Mr. Ward antagonistic to the present state government
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
A GOOD LAW.

The act making stealing to the amount of $2.O0 a penetcntiary offence has passed both houses of the legislature and been signed by the governor. letty thieves had better abandon their evil practices and go 70 honest labor. We hope the passage of this act will either he the cause of the reform of some of this class who have been plying their ncfarious occupation about Russellyille, or land them in the state penetentiarY.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
PAY FOR JUDGES OF
 ELECTION.

Senate bill to fix the sala. ries of the members ofthe County Boards of Election supervisors, Judges of Election, Clerks, &c., of the election held October 18th, 1874, to pay them two dollars each, per day. passed in the House on the 22d inst. by q vote of 46 against 3l.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
LOUISIANA.
The Boss Committee at Work -Ex-0OvernOr Wells
 NlOnl~ l. i0A>-

The Boss Committee at Work -Ex-GOvernor Wells
 Tells his Story.
 NEw ORLEANS, January 36-Ex- Governor wells appeared before the congressional committee to-day, and submitted the returning boards re- port to the legislature of about sev- enty pages of foolscap. Tho reason why he did not appear before the subcommittee was that he had not been subpGned, and that he had no notice of their being here except through the newspapers; did not think they would leave 70 soon; in- tended to go to Washington and tes-. tify but heard that another commit- tee was coming; all the polls in Rapids were thrown out; we had no other; made my affidavit on Deccm- Der I4th; filed these statements and mentioned those facts to the board.
 MT. Hoar asked if the council had access to that affidavit before filing their briefsr
 Gov. Wells said he thought they did.
 MT. IIoar-was It nled before go- ing into session?
 Gov. wclls--Just before. The council would have had time to ex. anime that affidavit If he had re- mained long enough to have reached that Parish, ap-; ae could have had .,me if he had wished 1t. That there was no protest by the election ofll- cers in Rapids, because 1t was worth man's life to do SO. Judge Man. ming, one of the worst lesguers in in the country made up the supervi- sors statement. The sheriff of the parish Is white leaguer, and held on until the 20th of December. ! They put in the regular sheriff af- tcrwards. The recorder is . McEn- cry man.
 Mir. Marshall asked if Gov. Wells had been assaulted in Rapids parish
 Gov. wells-I was not assaulted, but my life was threatened. I re- reived letter from my son-in-law. The letter was read, and 1t advised he governor to beware, that he would bc killed by stealth, while he was in the discharge ofhis duty, his friends would die with him In protecting him. He said assassins an intiinitlate, hut my enemies dare ,ct face me; l am not afraid. Il 5, 'ould not speak in the parish, and I { would have been killed. The color d people were my only friends du- ing the war, when was driven out or my opinions, they watched over nc and cared for nc. I heard no 'sn threaten m, liM.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
sALUTATORY.

SALUTATORY.
 With our most graceful bow we present to the reading public, this, the first number oe the Rus srLLvrLLE DEMOCRAT. The want of . county newspaper that would be both reliable and responsible, and at the same time thoroughly identified with, and devoted to the interests of our own county, has long been felt. The newspa- per business here has been abus- cd. The attempt to conduct an enterprise of this kind has been made under several different man. agcmcnts, and we regret to say, has from various causes, oftener been . failure than otherwise. The principal cause we think has been want of means to conduct the business, on the part of the managers. Another cause why such m enterprise has failed has been | lack of identified interests between the press and the people. The press in many instances du- ring the'last few years, has been fed by public printing, bestowed by the state, and has, so long as the public printing was given to 1t, been independent ofthc people, dead or indifferent to their in. terests, and pledged rather to serve the wishes and purposes of the party by which it was fed, than to advocate the cause of the people. To supply this want for . good home paper and to guard against any more hum-bugging of the people, by further starts and failures of irresponsible parties who might be tempted to engage in the newspaper business here. it affords ns pleasure to announce to our friends and to the public, that m arrangement has been ef- fectcd by which we are enabled to offer them the DEMOCRAT with the full assurance that it is placed on . firm basis and will he pcrma- nent thing. And we congratu- late the people of our county and town upon the successful forma. tion of the Russellville Printing and Publishing Association, to whom the DEMOCRAT office be- longs and to whose energy and enterprise is due the cred:. of es. tablisalng this paper on . sure foundation.
 The association is composed of some of tho most responsible and respectable and public spirited men in our county, and will prove to be of great benefit to the coun- ty.
 The President of the Associa- tion is J. B. Erwin, the Vice Pres, R. J. Wilson, the Scctetary, George E. Howell, the Treasurer, J. c. Ferguson, the Executive Committee, J. L. Shinn, James W. Russell, and Dr. J. w. Fruit. The Stockholders are men of res possibility and responsibility. We trust their enterprise and | public spirit will be appreciated, and the paper launched forth un- der their auspices es---thc DEMOCRAT received favorahly and patron. ized literally. The DEMOCRAT will be peoples papcrl 1t will
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28

he thoroughly identified with, and devoted to the interests of the peo- pie of Pope county, and their couse will be its cause. The voice of the DknocRAr will al- ways be heard contending for the RIGHT, and opposing the WRONG. It will be reasonable and conservative in all things, and
 Here shah the press the psopies right maintain,
 Unawsd by influence and uabribed by gain"
 We shall endeavcr to give our readers the latest and most relia- blc news, correct information on current events at home and else | where, correct Market reports, &c. We shall give such reading matter as will be suitable and ac- ceptable for the 6reside and household circle. The Agricul- tural interests of the country shall have part of our space each week We solicit the support and pat ronage of our friends throughout the county and promise them just as good . paper as our humble abilities can furnish.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
IRE DEMOCRAT

nas tAe largest circulation of any paper in the State, outside of Little Rock, and is not surpassed by any other paper In the South west being circulated in nearly every town and city in the south and west. and read by sn intelligent, cuterprising people.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28

Cu1rent Events! s.sA In .sd oss os ssr sss.sy a.d ssass,
 And devoted c LOCAL
 POLITICAL,
 COMMERCIAL,
 AGRICULTURAL, AND LITERARY INTELLI-
 GEHCE.
 THE
 "P roPLEs PAPER"
 I'm DxxocsAr is thoroughly in- dependent in its course, under no pledge or covenant to support the schemes or fortunes of any man or ct of men, always having at heart first, the good of the people of Pops county, and Of the state of Arkan sas. It claims no right to lead or direct in politics, or any other sphere; but 1t docs claim the right, and will fearleesly and at all times assert 1t, to speak its own opinions, on all matters coming within the scope ofpts duty a an independent journal. Whatever prominence 1t maintains In the affairs of this county or State, will be voluntarily accorded by the people who support 1t. In short the DEMOCRAT wishes to be Judged solely upon its own merits a local and state newspa- DOT, having for its chief object the dissemination of the news of the day with such comments Upon current topics as seem appropriate and are conscientiously entertained by its management. It will heartily sup port all movements, political or otherwise, which promise to fur- thur, and anhesitatingly oppose those which would jeopardise, the Interests of the people. In every department 1t will be as enterpris- Ing as its patronage will justify. Sensible men will approve the busi- ness management that limits expen- 'iturc to the bounds of income; on- y Tools or enemies expect . degree 'f excellence in all points that can lone be attained by the possession # resources and income.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-01-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

John LEROY. n yNfi>g man - ves.-S nf = -
resideace OF Mrs. Baur, No. Is5 Bergen sire :.
At an early hour YESTERDAY mnrntH- To-.
deceased was employed until within the past
three weeks I'm uIe restaurant of NJ Dieter
en- Washington S:rcet- near Johnson. BROOK
lNn, IN The capacity OF steward H. seems
that while m the service Of NJ. Dieter he foil
IN hove with sister OF that gentleInaa
lady OF about l. years. and report has "a tina.
the affection OF the young an was NOT unre-
Quilted. The brother of the lady however
set his face against such an alliance and dis
charged Leroy. Since that time John has
been very much depressed In spirits and has
frequently told his friends that he woall
commit suicide. but they laughed at the
ihTeat az absurd. On Thursday night. about
hait-past eleven. he was last seen alive At
uial hour ne parted company with an as-
asslhtance har tender, near the city hall
utllhe aim that that was the last time
he would see HIM alive His friend Smll.Sl ~
The assertion. when he Offered 10 bpf him IS
that he would be dead before the next dav.
They parted then. and the deceased rpnaiT,si
Co No. rs Bergen street wh,,re no ha,l !, a.,
nished room engaged. He let hin,sel. an with
his latch KEY. The family who resld la the
house were out at the time attending a sact.l
entertainment About 4 O'Clock the ,,snn1e
who live next door. and who occupy the MN,
on the floor adjoining the sleeping at,ari unapf
of Leroy WeIr startled by the report o. pis-
toi, followed hv "a noise such as might 81
caused nv the iail OF a heavy substance Tn
zoe morning. when the family returned. the
incident was rc"ountel % them. and on rs-
ming to TIE room 81 LspDy they were hOr-
rined upon fuding him living cold Ia death
IN The center of the floor. with a chastity bll-
,,st role IN his right temple aud the revolver
hN hl> side He Was dressed N hal his over
SHOES on though the bed had the appearance
VI haNl.s peel occupied IL was : O'Clock
when the body was diScsover.l Cnro,,cT
Simms viewed the body aud held an inoueSt
MT LEROY, Who ~ rather fine looking. and il
N'tld 10 nave studied for n physician. was a
native Of Canada West where he il rerN, ~.
specially connected. He was not in ,leSfftnte
circumstances. about 50 being found I'm lis
pos SESSION. \. Hcrulf t-h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

THE AMERICAN RIFLEMEN, who are To go
TO Dublin To shoot in am International rifle
match next June, will be chosen by four COM
petitiVe trials. The team will consist OF a
captain and nine men. Each trial will be of
four consecutive scores of forty-five shots
each, each score TO be made in single day
witSOut sighting shots, aud 10 consist of
fifteen shots at 800. 9O0 and 1900 yards. Nine
hundred yards is a little more than half "A
mile. In shooting at such long ranges there
are many circumstances outside of the rifle
mans nerve and good vision which deter
mine the character of the shooting. 4 mirage
may give false impression of the position OF
the target a puff of wind may carry the bull
let out Of the line i'm which IL is fired. The
variation OF a grain OF powder in the charge,
or OF a grain or two of weight in the bullet, on
the raj idity or slOwness OF the combustion OF
the powder all affect the velocity OF the tail
and the line OF its trajectory. or the curve de-
Scrlbed by ~ i'm its passage from the gun 10
the target. In addition TO all the qualities
which a good shot al short ranges must pos
seSs, the rifeman at lOe0-yard ranges must
have intelligence OF the highest kind-tnat
which enables him TO observe closely and
think logically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

THE BEACH BANDITTI OF CAPE CODA
dispatch from Highland Light, Cape Cod
says, the debris of the huh and cargo of the
wrecked vessel Giovanni have been sold for
500. Inc valuable part of the cargo. wine,
etc, was appropriated by the banditti on
the beach. where at one time the life OF no
one was safe. Men held their drunken orgies
without limit, and either killed themselves
or were murdered by their frenzied COM
panions. On Saturday the body of an Irish
man was found on the beach. surrounded by
empty bottles, and with most of the clothing
Torn on 1t. Two others are reported to be
dead on the beach, and a fourth reached Pro-
vincetown, but will die from the effects of
his debauch "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

COMPULSORY EDCCATIoN-The New York
Times, judging from the first report rendered
10 the board OF education of that stale. and
from what IL hears of the action of Officials
comes 10 the conclusion that there would NOT
appear 10 be any very earnest measures
taken under JhlS law, either 10 break nj, va
gTancy or enforce education i'm New YORK.
cry. Al says: The way i'm which the board of
educatlon could confer a lasting benefit on
This city, i by compelling this class of chill
dren to attend half-time school . . What
a. most needed II a moral influence on this
whole body OF children. IL word were scat
Tered through the city that after a certain
date every boOtblack or newSboy fonnd ON
The street without a school certificate would
DE arrested. Immediately a little multifude
OF these children would throng the afternoon
anu I'D ght schools. comparatively few would
heed 20 5e arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

THE S6.0OG.G10 SUIT AGAINST TWEED
The appeal of VIM. NJ. Tweed from the order
granting change of title in the suit against
him to recover SG,000,O00 claimed to have
been frauduiently appropriated by him from
funds belonging to the county, has been set
down for argument in the General Term OF
the supreme Court DeXt Tuesday. The suit
was first brought by the corporation counsel
in the name of the board of supervisors at
the same time that Mr.. O'Conor brought a
suit for the same object in the name of the
people of the state. The last-named suit
having been nullified by the decision of the
Court OF Appeals, the former. which mean
time had been neglected, was revived, and
after The consolidation Of the city and county
the title was changed. making the mayor.
&c, plaintifiS.-N J.. World. 6h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

NEARLY all OF the Richmond artists have
received orders from Philadelphia 10 paint
portraits Of one or more of the Virginia
sig1iers of the declaration &c ;.,.,,11pen,iIilea
and are now engaged in searching old
libraries and ancient homesteads throughout
the commonwealth for authentic portraits Of
their subjects 1t is intended 10 have the
portraits of all the signers at the centennial.
The artists are cautioned not only 10 have
faithful likenesses, but to have their subjects
in which they liVed.-RichIROaf Who.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

MURDER OF BRoTHER-IN-LAw.-W
learn from the Union, =. c., Times that q
shocking murder was committed in that
county on Thursday night. The victim was
John Wicks, and the perpetrator of the
deed, IL is believed, is William Griffin. They
were brothers in-law, having married sisters
The dead body of Wicks was found the next
morning lying in the road with his throat cut
from ear 10 ear and the skull fractured from
a blow on the right side OF the head either of
Inc wounds was SUFFICIENT TO cause death. No
witness has been found TO testify to having
seen the deed committed, but the two were
seen together on the road not long before it
occurred, and many heard the blows and
in iaiI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

Il q H. Il
boys UCTk.-The clearing of the central Shaf
was brought 10 n successful issue on TueSdav
night. The work has been under the charge
Of Mr.. Bond. bright young fellow OF saw ,,
years, son of Austin Bond of North Adams.
The shaft, il Will be remembered. is .0SO feet
deep. and. in eNcavating 10. floors were par
IN once i'm - feet; and these floors. with their
heavy supporting timbers. have now bee
taken out, one by one from the bottom up.
To enable the miners To cut away these
tmbeTs movable platform was con
structed 10 I'LL the shaft, being SuSpande 4
from the top by a wire rope cable aud secure 1
by several independent fastenings. each
capable OF supporting the platform. In place
OF the cage was introduced one Of the old
buckets used in digging the shaft To bring IN
the stone, TO remove the debris aud diSlolsei
rock. And so, carefully, step Of Is feet az a
time, nave the slippery treacherOus timber>
been lifted out: together with II2 yards OF
loose stone near the top OF the shaft. some of
these last hanging pieces weighing five or 81
tons, and all without any blasting Brick
work was put i'm 10 secure a soft vein OF rock
near the top, the platform was Intel out
Tuesday morning, and yesterday the shaft
was one clear. deep hole. without timber or
rock that can ever fali into the tunnel. Ger
talnly the successful conduct Of - delicate
an undertaking by am almost boy is worthy
OF colnmendatioB.-SrTI ,QJicld ReJi,,Jlic4a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

SHARP NGAGEMENrs IN CURAA te,e-
cram from the commanding general at santa
Clara, Cuba, says Brigadier Vergaras coll
umn on Saturday attacked a large body of
an engagement dispersed them. Thirty
seven insurgents, mostly negroes were
killed. The loss of the Spaniards was seven
killed-Major Vargas, of the Camajuani
volunteers and six soldiers-and seventeen
wounded. There has also been another en-
gagement on the Mara river, near Guanta-
Spanish uniform, attacked the troons in the
rQa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

POLITICAL NOTEs.-A general convention
OF those favOring the recognition of q III in
The constitution will be held during the
coming week at Columbus, Ohio. Isaac
MarstOn, of Bay City, Mich, has been nom
mated by the republicans to succeed ex-
Judge and Standardized Christiancy on the
supreme bench OF that state. 49, The state
republican convention of Pennsylvania has
been called 10 meet in Lancaster on May %.
while the democratic convention will he held
at Ellie on September s. lone of the dem
Ocratic campaign speakers in New Hamp-
Shire admits that the democrats damaged
themselves by their course in the last legis-
lature, and says that If the election hal Oc-
CURED within week of the adjournment of
that body they would have been oeate by
5000 majority. ''''Fernando Wood. :. :.
Cox and the rest of the New York Congress
siOnal delegation. are back home again. The
latter says New York must at once put on it's
harness for the next Presidential campaign,
and the first Indispensable step must be the
stopping of the little unpleasantness at pres
ent existing between Tammany hall and the
country democracy. TO that end ways and
means must be found to bring Gov Tilden
and Mayor Wickham in accord. the
breach is a dangerous one" Mr.. Cox says.
land il cannot be closed upa moment TOO
SOOD.r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

EUROPEANS STEAMSHIP PASSAGE RATES.
Uniform passage rates for steerage paSsen-
gers To and from Liverpool and Queenstown
and other European ports have been fixed al
conference of the proprietOrs and agents Of
the Inman, CIrard. White Star, Guion,
National, Anchor and State lines. The out
ward and prepaid tickets are the same price
Local agents are favored by this arrange
ment, as IL removes doubts entertained by
purchasers of tickets. The local agent is
bOund TO sustain the established rates-diS-
missal being the penalty for infringement
ON a Yrrla
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08
THE ICE GORGES Nv THE
SCH(ILhILL.
IN SiomS Of a Rraalx LIN

PHILADELPHIA, March SIT was be-
lieved that the heavy storm Of yesterday,
followed by the mild temperature of to-day
would have tendency TO cause move of
the gOrges in the Schuylkill river, but thus
far the mass of snow and ice has not been
disturbed, and il presents the same ASPECT as
II has presented for weeks past. A PROPOSE
ton To dissolve the gorges by setting fire to
naptha or coal oil on ice is receiving atten-
tiOn here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08
s1General Ord is to keep people out of the

1General Ord is TO keep people out of the
Black Hills.
HDoes any one detect the DIOR Of violets
upon the balmly air?
0Mrs Margaret Clark, OF saith street, n.
". who was visiting her daughter at Eliza
belh N. J.. dropped dead from heart disease
i'm the railroad depot there Saturday.
nzOne Of the girls at Vassar keeps up her
studies, keeps track of eight love stories i'm
weekly papers, writes twice per week 10 hye
young men, sews for a charitable society, and
finds time to ride and skate and practice for
a concert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08
Wreck of n Fishing Schoouer

BOSTON, March S.-The storm on SUNDAY
night was quite severe, the wind being north
east, and blowing gale. a fishing schooner,
name unknown, is sunk near Chelsea beach
An unknown schooner is sunk in about five
fathoms of water. three miles northwest of
Sandy Neck light, Cape Cod. When last
seen the cr9Sv were trying to reach shore with
a boat on ice. They have not been heard
from since. There were three or four other
vessels in the ice previous to the storm, but
they could not be seen this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

JOSIE MANsFIELD's LITTLE FORTUNE.
Miss Josie Mansfield a few weeks ago OBJ
tanned judgment in the supreme court for
s2j,IO0 against Mrs. Lucy II. Fisk apOn two
promissory notes made by James Fisk. A
motion was recently made on behalf of Mrs.
+ lsk for a new trial on the ground OF newly
discovered evidence. Upon that application
Judge Donohue yesterday granted an order of
reference to take the testimony Of Mr.. Thomas
q. Sherman, who was Mr.. Fisk's legal adj
NiSpr-N v S,f,l tyL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

ANTI-CIVIL RIG HTs.-A ban has been IN
troduced i'm the Virginia legislature imposing
penalties upon parties causing disturbances
at places of public amusement; also provd-
ing that persons who create disturbances at
hotels after the proprietor has declined to
entertain them for want of room or other
reasonable causes. shall be punished by fine
and Imprisonment Similar prOvisiO are
also made in the bill i'm regard to public con-
ypVaUcpS.