The Russellville Democrat., 1876-09-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


 down the road last Thursday and up again Friday.
 Win. Reynolds, Esq, of Atkins, was in town last Tuesday and made us very agreeable call.
 When you read our editorial and local pages, turn on the inside pages and see who the live business men arc who advertise in the DEMOCRAT.
 W. P. WOOTEN & CO.,, have the only exclusive Grocery store in town therefore you can get better bar gains at thei- house in their line than you can elsewhere.
 CASTOR BEANs.-We have su- pcrb sample of castor beans left with us by Mir. J. w. Petray. It is more than two feet long and must contain more than five hundred pods of beans. It is q variety that we have not seen before, but is certainly of extra quality so far as yield is con- cerned.
 We see from the Little Rock Gazette that Mrs. B. Cans (see her advertisement in our paper) has just returned from the North with q new and choice lot of goods. She has the new and artistic patterns of Madame Demorest on hand, and our lady friends can get "What to-wear and How to Make. by sending Mrs. Gaps'fifteen cents.
 @We were pleased to greet again this week the familiar face of our quandam fellow-ciriZen Capt. Sam Churchill. The Capt. is now trav- cling for the staunch house of Miller & Penzei, Little Rock. We bespeak for Capt. Churchill your orders for any thing ill the grocery line, for he is travelling for a No. house.
 -HuGE PoTAToEs.-We make our most profound acknowledgements to Judge Andrew J. Bayliss, for basket of the very finest sweet pota- toes that we have seen, or expect to see, this year. We have heard of the Judges five and six pound pota- toes before but did not believe it un- til now. Now we doubt no longer. Many thanks, Judge.
 We have been shown sample of sorghum made by our good friend Mir. R. II. Dickey, which we must say is superior to any we have ever before seen. It is rich golden color, as clear as amber, and as sw get as need be, and withal is mueh better than most of the syrups inn ported from St. Louis and other markets.
 Last Wednesday we were favor GU WltIl d CuIi llohi NlCssie e' by lC5 ~ Williams, late of Dardanelle, who were enroute to Clarksville to issue from that point new paper to be called the Clarksville Clipper. In advance we wish the gentlemen ana the Clipper all the success their most sanguine expections have de- vised.
 MT. w. c. Lyles, of the Yell County News, passed up the road last Friday with his printing press and entire printing outfit enroute for Clarksville, where he expects to publish his paper in the future. He had not then determined upon a name for his paper, but expects to get out his first issue Saturday. We wish him abundant success.
 Prof. D. S. Patrick left us this week intending to make Russellville his future residence. We are sorry to lose the valuable services of this gentleman from the school rooms of our county. As an educator he has few superiors in the State. We hope that in his new field of operation his merit may be fully appreciated and his labors justly rewarded.
 The above is clipped from the Boone County Record and will serve to show the high estimation in which Prof. Patrick is held where he has lived and been known.
 -IMMIGRANTs.-W are highly gratified to announce the arrival at our town on last Friday of some twenty-five families of Germans, aggregating about seventy souls. They are an intelligent, robust, healthy looking lot of people, and we welcome them to our county. The company is composed of me- chanics, artizans and farmers-just the kind of people we need to devel- op and build up our county. We trust these good people may all real ize, in our county their fullest hopes -and expectations of finding desira- ble homes and profitable employ ment. We have not the slightest doubt that they will do well and set our people here an example of in- dustry, thrift and good behavior. We ask of our people here that they extend hearty welcome and show all courtesies and kindness to the ] newcomers. We would be glad to