The Russellville Democrat., 1876-03-09
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
weather.

The fragrant Hyacinths are blooming.
 Porter West, of Dover was in the city Tuesday.
 Who ever saw darker day than last Monday was?
 We return thanks to Capt. Churchill for favors.
 ---The streets were quite inundat- ed Monday by the heavy rain. / Our esteemed friend R. R. Poe, ( of Clinton, has spent several days in. our town this week.
 Prof. Spear has 100 square feet of blackboard in his schoolroom at Gum Log Camp Ground.
 --Dr. J. K. Perriman, who has been attending medical lectures in St. Louis, returned home Saturday. A crowded house turned out to the rhetorical exercises at Prof. Haddock's school last Friday even- ing.
 Miss Houston, of Clarksville, has been visiting this week, her friends Misses Mollie and Jessie Howell.
 Mrs. W. J. Patton and family, who have been visiting among us for some time, returned to Little Rock on Monday last.
 Mir David Gilmore got a fall from a scaffold last week which gave him a broken collar bone and other painful injuries.
 The sum of seventy dollars was subscribed at Sabbath school last Sunday for the purpose ofpurchas- ing an organ.
 Miss Lewis, daughter of Gen. s Lewis, Pres't of the Arkansas Fe- male Institute, returned home last < Saturday after spending couple of weeks with her kinsman Capt. Bar TOW and family.
 BASE BALL.---Notice is hereby given that meeting will be held at J. B. Erwin's store, Tuesday 14th day of March, 1876, to. re-organize the Base Ball Club. All interested are invited to attend A. GREAT. The adjourned session of pro- bate court which met at Dover last Monday was again adjourned to Saturday March 18th, on account of the inclemency of the weather pre- venting the turn out of the paupers. \ See advertisement.
 --Col. Allen, to whom was award ed the contract for building a county jail at Dover, entered into contract with the commissioner this week and work will immediately be commenced and pushed to compile tion.
 The select school of Miss Tennie Williamson re-opened on Monday last, with full attendance. Miss Williamson is an excellent instruct or for the young and we are pleased to learn that her valuable services have again been engaged "mong us We are indebted to Mir Henry Erwin for new sign. MT. Erwin Is making considerable reputation as a painter, and we are glad to not' that his work merits praise. To al who are inneed of work in his lint we commend Mir. Erwin.
 The Pine Bluff cotton seed oi mill employs 22 hands and turn out 30 barrels oil per week. Since put in operation, two months ago 17O0 sacks of oil cake, $50 barrel of oil and l2 bales of cotton hav been the production of the mill.
 --rHE JAIL CONTRACT. .---The fol lowing are the bids for building tn jail: w. II. Poynter, $l ,S9S; Levi Allen. sl 1925; J. C. Rye, Sl,3i9.75 Shinn & Smith, Sl eos, A. N. Zach ary, $3,50O. The bid of Col. Levi Allen being the lowest, the eontra' was awarded to him.
 We were honored with ca from Messrs. J. Moore and E. ( Pearce, of Indiana, and Mir. k. 4 Phelps, of Virginia, who, in comps ny with Mir. James Shrader, of Litt Rock and connected with the Ian department fthe l.. R. X r. $. Ky visited our section last week for u purpose of taking a look at the coul try, with the view to becoming cit zens. We are glad to know tn they seemed favorably impresse and we will guarantee them ho pitable reception, if they desire cast their lots with us. #M Any of our young men wlshlI to attend d good commercial e lege can be supplied with Ii scholarship in this home mstit tuition on very fayorabie terms
 uulyinD nt this office.