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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-05-20
MUNICIPAL,

The council met at the usual hour on Tuesday night, May 11th. Present, Mayor Erwin, Recorder White, and Aldermen Tucker, Allen, Howell, Bonds and Cleaver.
 Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Reports of officers being called, the Marshal report ed $2.50 collected since last report, and S9.50 paid into the treasury.
 The petition of Rushing and McCarthur was laid over until next meeting. Aid. Cleaver pre- sented an ordinance to repeal an ordinance passed March 9th, in regard to saloons. The ordinance was passed by a vote of 3 to ?. An account of the DEMOCRAT for Sl5.55 was presented and allowed. Also an account of $30 for Mar shars salary.
 The Mayor appointed standing committees as follows:
 On finance, Allen, Howell and Tucker.
 On ordinances, Howell, Cleaver and Bonds.
 On streets and pavements, Cleaver, Tucker and Bonds.
 On fire, Allen, Howell and Tucker.
 Street Commissioner, c. c. Lu- kcr
 On motion council adjourned.
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THE RIssELLVIILE DEMOCRAT, THU RsDAY, MAY 20 1875
front of which for the installation

front of which for the installation, stood the great chair of M. w. c. NJ. The ceiling of the entire room is of glass, arched in the form of a dome. The seating ca pacity is just seven thousand but had the hall been ten times greater it. would have been crowd ed. The committee, however, limited the tickets of admission to the exact namber of seats; and confined their invitations to off cers of the various grand lodges, to a few reporters, and to eminent members of the craft from abroad. So great was the general anxiety of the craft to be present on this suspicious occasion, that from ten to twenty pounds was offered for the priviledge of acting as substi- tutes for delegates, but each tick ct was filled with the recipients name, and the holder was made to understand that the card was not transferable.--N. Y. Sun.
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I. 0. c. T.
Organization of Grand Lodge.

Organization of Grand Lodge.
 On Saturday, May Sth, the or ganization of the Grand Lodge of I. 0. c. T., for the State of Ark ansas, was effected at the Odd Fellows Hall, in Dsraanelle, un- der the auspices of Col. J. J. Hick- man, R. w. c. IT., of Kentucky.
 The Hall was beautifully and tastefully decorated and festooned and the whole affair was a grand success. A large number of dele gates from the different Lodges were present.
 The following officers were elect ed and duly installed:
 w. D. Jacoway, of Davdanelle, Ark, G. w. c. T. l J. w. Russell, Russellville, Ark, G. w. c. @ s M
 Miss Ora F.. Johnson, Atkins, Ark, CIV. VT. w
 T. M. Gibson, Dardanelle, Ark, G. w. s. | P. J. Rollow, Dover, Ark, G. W. T.
 o. P. Thomas, Dardanelle, Ark, G. W. Chap. | K. F. Naylor, Dardanelle, Ark, c. w. A. s.
 D. l.. Bourland, Ozark, Ark, G. w. Mess.
 l.. c. Lincoln, Conway, Ark, G. W. NJ.
 Emma Groom, Dardanelle, Ark, G. ". D. M. I Bettie Bernard, Russellville, Ark, c. W. I. G. I A. L. Malone, Forrest City, Ark. G. W. 8. l Thomas Boles, Dardanelle, Ark, lP. G. w. c. T. l w. D. Jacoway, representative te the R. W. Grand Lodge; Thomas M Gibson, alternate.
 Resolutions of thanks to the citizens of Dardanelle for kind and courteous treatment; to the Odd Fellows for the use of theil hall, and to the Baptist church fol the use of their building, were adopted. The time for the next meeting of the Grand Lodge was fixed on Wednesday, Sept. 18th 1875, and the place at Dardanelle. I We endeavored to procure full proceedings of the Lodge, but failing, can for the present only give the above meager report. Wt are indebted to Mir. J. F. Munday for the list of officers elected.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-05-20

The Waxahachie (Texas) Her aid of the 18th gives a highly fla vorable report of the crops in that section. The wheat is looking beautiful, and old farmers predict a larger yield than in any year since since the war. Corn is also looking fine. Cotton is all plant ed, though the cold weather has not been favorable for it.
 Ike editor has the temerity to make the following suggestions which wise farmers will put down as the opinion of one of class whom they suppose to have no right to an opinion on the subject: The farmers of this section, to a grea. extent, have come to the conclusion, that the feecy staple, at the present low price, cannot be relied on as a standard crop. This is evidence of true prosper ity, and we hope that the area of our rich, productive soil devoted to the culture of cotton, may grad ually diminish all over the State, as it is now being done in north western Texas. When a farmer plants sufficient grain, vegetables, etc., to supply his demands at home, he is enabled to pocket the receipts of the overplus of cotton, and then becomes independent, and when the farmer becomes in dependent, the country must sure ly prosper and grow wealthy
 Shreveport Times.
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H. R. H. as a FreemasOn.

LONDON, April 29.-Yesterday H. k. H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, next King of the United Kingdom, was installed as M. w. Master of England, in the pres ence of the largest Masonic body ever convened since the building of King Solomon's Temple. Sev- en thousand of the most advanced intelligent and eminent Masons of England assembled. in Albert Hall, and participated in the cere- monies. The Hall is situated on the Kensington Road, opposite the south side of Hyde Park. It was built by stock company. and named after the late Prince Albert. It has large magnifi- cent organ in the south end, in
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-05-20
AND TO MEMPHIS 20 HoTTR ~

Connection made at Argenta with the Memphis x Little Rock Railway, and close connection at the crossing of the Cairo < Fulton railroad with trains north and south. Through Bills of Lading given from Fit. Smith Van Buren, Ozark, Clarksville, and all points on the road to New York, Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, &c. Rates low, and transportation rapid. TiIEO. HARTMAN,
 Superintendent.
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A Splendid Offer.

We will send to any one forwarding us S 30, the DEMOCRAT and drthUr'S Iltastrd- ted Hone -Nagasiae for twelve months, and will give free te every subscriber for the two, splendid premium engraving. 2 50 q year is the price of ArtbHr's Na9osine--so thatyour own county paper will only cost you sl year, and you will get the engra- l., fra
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Attention Changers!

We are now prepared to furnish both the pEMocR AT and the St. Louis .bidIdnd Fdr- .rr twelve months for the small sum of one dollar and seventy five cents. The Mdtnid F,ymet' is a handsome eight page Agricul- tural journal issued monthly, and is replete with well-writtcn agricultural essays, sta- tistcs, market reports, etc. Specimen cop ics may be seen at this office.
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 To every person getting up either of the following clubs for 1875 will be sent gratis, copy of our new and splendid mezzotint for framing, size 2lx26 inches, "Washington's $ First Interview With His Wife. " This is five dollar engraving, and the most desireable premium ever offered. For large clubs, as will be seen below, an extra copy of the Magazine will be sent in addition. Terms (always in advance) $2 a year postage prepaid by the publisher.
 ? copies for $3.6O, 3 copies for $4.s0 Postage prepaid on the club, with a copy of the superb mezzotint, to the person getting up the club.
 copies for $10, 9 copies for $l4, l2 copies for SIS. Postage prepaid on the club, with both an extra copy of the Magazine and the superb meg zotint, to the person getting up the club. Address, postpaid,
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 Peterson's Magazine and the DEM oCRAT will be sent to one address, for one year, for $3.
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Agents for the Democrat.

|. E, ERWIN. E. B. FARRELL, J. NJ. HAREEY 4. W. RUssELI., J. l.. SnINS, C. E. HOWELL, J. C. FERGUSON, k. J. WILSON, NJ. E. RoyS, JAMES l. POTTS. s, A. BUCK, J. w. PRUITT, J. A. IIEARNE, E. IT, PoE, AYES FOWLER, .. F. MuNDAY, c. W. HARKEY, JNo. QUINN, o. F.. brRNEY, Fl. HARKEY, II. C. HOWELL. Nj II. BAIRp and ELD. J. E. DALTON.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.
 Fruit of all kinds will be abundant in our county.
 -Mulberries are getting ripe and the trees are very full.
 MT. J. H. Robinson of St. Louis, was in town this week.
 We were favored with a gen tie shower again last Saturday. -Russellville was well repre- sented at Prairie Grove Sunday school last Sunday evening. One dollar and seventy five cents ONLY, for the DEMOCRAT and Midland Farmer.
 The l.. R. & F. $. R. R. Go. have one year more in which to complete the road to Van Buren. We give our readers this week the speech of Vice President Will son delivered in Little Rock last week.
 Judge w. W. Mansfield and Col. Cravens came down the Ft. Smith road Monday to attend court at Dover.
 Several transfers of town property have taken place this week. We think it a good in vestment to secure town lots now. We learn that the cut worm is working on the young cotton and corn plants, and doing consid- erable damage.
 The nights and mornings are still cool and although the wealth CT is very pleasant, we fear it is not favorable for cotton and corn. The corner of Main and Riv- CT streets presents quite differ ent appearance since the changes Mr. J. L. Shinn has made in his buildings.
 The noise of the workman will soon be heard upon the new store house of MT. Shinn, corner of Main and River streets.
 Those of our townsmen who have the leisure, amusc themselves with the angling-rod. They are not troubled a great deal with the fish they catch.
 The quietude and stiffness of the nights are relieved of their monotonous silence by the sharp ringing notes of the whip-poor- will.
 Col. Sol. Clark, one of the members of the Little Rock bar, well known to many of our citi- zens, came up Monday to attend Pope county circuit court, now in session at Dover,
 The law prohibiting the car rylng of deadly weapons went into effect last Monday. Those who persist in this disgraceful practice may find it dear luxury. Col. Granger has removed his office to one of the front rooms upstairs in tEe Perry building. Dr. Hill occupies the office vaca- ted by the Colonel.
 Strawberry season is at hand and we are now ready and wait ing with q plentiful supply of thanks, to acknowledge receipt of as many dishes of the delicious fruit as you wish us to sample.
 The fourth of July is not a great ways of. We think the day should be celebrated in proper manner, and we caution our pa triot citize ms not to delay making preparations too long,
 MT. J. B. Erwin is fitting up the second floor of the building oc- cupied by him for offices, We understand Col. Ford has secured the front room for law office.
 Main street should now be graded and pavements laid from the western boundary of J. L. Shinn's addition to the Presby tclian church.
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An extra train bearing the l Commissioners to view the twenty miles of the Ft. Smith railroad which has just been finished, pass ed up Friday and returned Satur- day evening.
 Capt. T. l.. Durrum is giving the hotel thorough renovation and will be prepared to open his house to the public about the lst of June. Look out for his card.
 How widely different the con dition of Arkansas now from what it was the first of this month one year ago. Then all was gloom and dread for the morrow-no one knew what day would bring forth, now all is bright and new hope and life inspires us to activ- ity and industry.
 A good drug store, where fresh and pure drugs can be pro cured by those who are so unfor- tunate as to need them, is an es- tablishment which could not well be dispensed with. Such an es tablishment is the house of J. M. Harkey & Bro, and the polite and attentive Baird and Lyon can always be found at their posts.
 Manuscripts which are found upon the copy hook are not always necessarily in the handwriting Of the author. There is such thing as having copyist to re-write contributions to a paper. Remem-
 Der this gentlemen, and you may
 avoid some blunders which you
 are likely to be led into by your
 prying curiosity, which by the
 way, hardly justifies the practice
 of fumbling over our copy-hooks. -FoUND.-MoNEY.-Found on
 Saturday, May lst, 1875, at the
 picnic grounds in Russellville, a 1, roll of U. s. Currency. The own CT can recovor the same by call
 ing on the undersigned and de : scribing the amount and the de- nomination of bills, and paying
 charges.
 JAMES M. LUKER.
 Pope county has always en- joyed the reputation of having 9
 population, noted for their indus try and good-living, and we ven . ture to assert that any person who 1 will travel a few miles in any di-
 rection in our county and see the new fields, new fences, new barns 5 and other Improvements, will not be disposed to doubt our unques- :. tionable title to this reputation. T MT. Ransom Boswell who was ] at work at the capstan during the : moving of Mir. Shinn's store house,
 received an ugly and painful 3 cut across the right cheek, by the : capstan flying out of gear. We 5 hope Mir. Boswell may have a {. speedy recovery from the effects of the blow.
 IMPORTANT TO ADMINIsTRA- 5 ToRs.-The list of administrators, executors and guardians who have
 filed their accounts current for settlement at the July term 1875 7 of the Probate court of Pope coun- r ty has been handed in for publica-
 tion, but as there was no fees ac- , companying the same we must c decline to make room for the , same. It costs us something to ? run the paper and we cannot ad-
 vertise for nothing. We tried i, this on a list last term and for '. fifteen dollars worth of advertising , we received one dollar and eighty
 cents. Those administrators will
 do well to send in the printers
 fee as required by law and have
 the proper notification to all per sons interested. in the estates legal ly given.
 l
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Again, under date of March 15, Mir. McReynolds writes: "We have been operating the Howe constantly; have had no trouble, doing all kinds of work with ease. We have just finished an elabo- rate piece of braiding, the admira- tion of all who have seen it."
 This machine was ordered to be shipped by express, and the only instructions they had were from the instruction book which accom- panics each machine, and is so plain that a child can understand it.
 Spend your money. You can't spend your money to a bet ter advantage than to purchase a Parlor Organ. See advertisement of Daniel F. Beatty of Washing ton, Warren county, N. J., in an other column.
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WARMING ORDER.

Justices Court of Illinois Township, in Pope county.
 J. II. Perry, plaintiff, vs. John Law less ,defendent.
 THE defendant, John Lawless, is \ hereby warned to appear in this
 court within thirty days to answer
 the complaint of the plaintiff, J. Il.
 Perry. Given under my hand this the 17th
 day of April, 1875. G. E. BURNEY, J. F. 13-4t.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-05-20

In pursuance of the above order 1 will proceed to sell the above men toned stock at public sale to the highest bidder at the furnaces of the above company at the county of New ton, state of Arkansas, on the 29th day of May, A. D. 1875, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and three O clock in the afternoon of said day.
 GEO. $. NEWMAN,
 Gcn'l Sup't E, NJ. M. S 5. Co.
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PERSONAL.
ATTENTION LADIES!

Two young gentlemen desire Cor respondence with the young ladies of the United States and Europe. OBJECT MATRiMoNy.
 VIVIAN SYLVESTER,
 EDMUND JUSTUS. n,,..aalI,rtl.a ,E
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Ths Best Machine ia ths Wss!dI
NOTICE OF SALE.

Whereas, the directors of the Bos- ton Mountain Mining and Smelling, Company at special meeting held at the office of Chase, Hanford & Co. Chicago, Ills., January 9th 1875, made an assessment of eight hum dred dollars on each one tenth inter- est of the capital stock of said com- pany of which five hundred dollars was to be paid in cash and the bal ance in monthly installments of twenty-five dollars per month until paid, and,
 Whereas, J. ". Davidson, c. K. Lewis, A. w. Hammer, owning each one tenth interest of the stock in said company have failed to pay their said assessments of $500 after having due notice thereof according to the charter and bylaws of said company, and sixty Gays having elapsed after the notice of said assessment, the time allowed for the payment of the same by the law of Arkansas govern ing corporations. It is therefore ordered by the di- rectors of the said company, at a special meeting held at Chicago, Ills., at the office of Chase, Hanford x Co.,, April 18th, 1875, that Geo. ;. Newman, General Superintendent, proceed to sell each one tenth inter est above mentioned at public sale at the furnaces of the company in the county of Newton, and state of Ark ansas, to the highest bidder after ad- vertising the notice of sale according to law, and apply the proceeds to the payment of said assessments and if the said proceeds exceed the as- sesments and costs, to pay the excess to each of the above named parties respectively.
 By order of the Directors:
 A. D. STURGES VICE PREs'T., l.. +. FISHER, Secretary.
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ts-svsry isdv should take E-A PE1ERS0N'S MAGAZINE. POSTAGE PREPAID ON ALL SUBsCRIP-
 TIONS.

This popular Monthly Magazine gives For 1875 it will be greatly improved. twill contain one thousand pages, fourteen splen- did Steel Plates, Twelve colored Berlin Patterns, Twelve Mammoth COlored Fash pages of Music. All this will be given for TWO DOLLARS 8 year, postage prepaid by the publisher, or dollar less than Mag aZines of the class Cf "Peterson." It's
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-05-20
LITTLE ROCK { !s SMITH RAILWAY,
Time Changed!

On and after Sunday, May 9, 1875, trains on this road will leave Argen- ta daily, except Sundays, ut s :0O a. m., Memphis time, and
 ARRIVE AT ALTUs .. .... 4:10p. n LEAVE ALTUs .. 6 80 a. m ARRIVE AT ARGENTA M 2:30 p. m Close connections made at RUSSELL VILE with daily line of stages for Da-danelle and Danville, and at ALTus with stages for Ft. Smith and Van Buren. And Fayetteville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Time from Clarksville to St. Louis
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-25
Express Line Extension.

Mr.. CHAs. III. WELLS, son of Mr..
WELLS of WELLS FARGO & Co., passed
through this city some ten weeks ago
on his way to Arizona and New Mex
leo, whittier he went for the purpose
of establishing an express line extend
ing from San Diego to the interior.
He returned to this city last Friday
and left on the Orizaba for San Fran
cisco on Saturday. He has opened
two lines of express, one going by way
of Y una through the Penal noun
tains by way of Tucson to Silver City.
The Northern route is by way of Pres
colt, Hardyville and Phoenix. The
new line is in fact branch of WELLS
FARGO & Co.'S express though it will
be known as the California, Arizona
and New Mexico Express Company.
1t is the purpose of the company to
run weekly, tri-weekly or daily rs
the business will warrant. The wag-
ons for stocking the route are now on
their way out from the East and Mr..
WELLS has gone to San Francisco for
the purpose of employing agents and
messengers. The inaugerator of this
Express Company-Mr. WELLs-has
been connected with the old and pop
ular company at the head of which
stands his father, from his boyhoOd
days, and he is familiar with every
branch and department of the busi-
ness. He is confident that the new
enterprise in which he has just en-
gagged will prove financial success
and materially aid in the settlement
and development if the rich and ex-
tensive country over which his routes
extend.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-25

THE Ventura Signal is not much
enamored of Mr.. HoUGHToN. His
speech at Ventura disappointed his
friends and lost him many votes. He
stood on the defensive from the first
to the last word of his address and Ia
bored to apologize for his many short
comings while in Congress. The Sig
nal says:
.'His defense OF the salary act did not strike
us very ingenious; but il is due to Mr.. Hough-
ton to say that he received but q trifie more
under the new act than he would under the
old. He said he was elected with an implied
promise that he would stand by the admin
istration; that his constituents had the right
TO demand tnat he should stand by his pledge
We understood he made this statement In
the nature of an apology for his vote on the
Force bill and other party measures. We
are sorry that Mr.. III. Is not made OF sterner
stuff, and that he feels that he must be con-
frolled by party rather than his own sense
OF duty. Perhaps with a more Independent
constituency behind him, he will have more
back ckbone-be more OF a man and less a par
isan.,'
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-25
Questions for Houghton.

Mr.. HoUGHToN or any of his friends
will please answer these questions:
Did you vote for and pocket the sal
ary grab and pay-back steal?
Did you vote for that infamous meas
ure, the Civil Rights Bill?
Did you vote for the cession of Goat
Island to the Railway Company?
Oh second thought, however, we re-
member that Mr.. HoUGHToN has an
swered all these questions in the affir-
native and reluctantly admitted that
he is guilty of every charge therein
contained. More than this he voted
to increase the tax on grape brandy,
an act which takes thousands of dol
lors annually from the pockets of the
vineyardists of Southern California.
He introduced and sought to secure the
passage of bill which would have de-
layed, for several years, railroad COM
munication between this city and San
Francisco and changed the route of
the Southern Pacific road so that it
would run many miles East of this
city. He is political fraud and the
tool of corporations. He is the crea-
ture of STANFORD & Co., an d is try
ing to delude the followers of Tom
SCoTr into the belief that he is their
friend. He has proved himself a trail
tor to his constituents and is no longer
entitled to the confidence of the peo.
pie.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-25

In our columns this morning will
be found something of interest from
Judge LINDLEY on the subject ofsquir-
rels. How to get rid of the rodent
pest is matter to which the Repre-
sentatives of Los Angeles as well as a
number of other counties must SOON
er or later give their attention aIi
the Judge believes the time has ar
rived when that attention is required.
We are not prepared nor is the
Judge to advocate any special plan or
system for killing off the squirrels.
The subject should be discussed
by individuals and journals and from
the ideas and suggestions of the many
we may hit upon something practical
and efficient.