The Russellville Democrat., 1876-05-04
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Primary for Illinois township on the 18th.
 Ut never rains but it pours'- we are experiencing this just now.
 Attend the township conven- ton for Illinois township on the 18th inst.
 -Remember the Primary conven- ton for this township Saturday . week.
 The Sunday-school May-day eel ebration at this place is to come off next Saturday.
 On April 26th Mckee was sen- tenced to two years Imprisonment and a fine of sl0.000.
 If you are candidate let the voters know it by putting their an- nouncment in the DEMOCRAT.
 -Galla Rock township holds her Primary on the 18th inst, just a week from next Saturday.
 The Little Daily Herald is in error in giving us credit for an ar ticle headed "No Dissensions.
 IVY WANTED.---500 lbs. wool for which will pay the highest cash price. BARROW.
 ---t,OOO bushels. of corn for sale, ten miles south of Russellville by E. G.. MORTON.
 Prairie Grove Sunday School will be organized next Sunday. It is only pleasant walk from town.
 Some complaint is made of the cut-worm, which is said to be work ing rather lively on the growing corn.
 We had a fine shower on last Thursday night which was just in time to be worth thousands to Pope county.
 The Jacksonport Herald says it will publish no delinquent tax list for 25c. per tract, that is, and take the pay in depreciated scrip.
 The thanks of the Editor and Business Manager are due Mir. Jno. J. Rye for an invitation to attend the May-day celebration ut Dover.
 MT. Jno. Penny came up from the City of Roses last Saturday to spend the Sabbath among his friends in our quiet little city.
 --Roys the hardware man has for sale two of the best combined reap ing and moving machines ever brought to Arkansas. Will run them in the streets next Saturday.
 Hon. c. E. Tobey came up home last Saturday. The Grange under his editorial management has high place as an agricultural paper in the estimation of our good farmers.
 Uncle Jno. Morphus formerly an old and esteemed citizen of Pope county was in town last Saturday. Mr. NJ. is now n citizen of Conway county, if we mistake not.
 The weather for the past week has been most delightful and vege- tation has shot forth with great rapidity. The farmers have made good use of the fine weather.
 Our paper was behind time last week on account of getting out the delinquent land lists. The copy from the clerks office was not fur nished us until Thursday and Fri day.
 ---Mr. Williams, an old and eXpe- ricnced coal mine operator from Illi- nois is putting down a hole through the slate on the prairie east of town to see if he eau find coal here suffi- oicnt to pay for mining.
 The wheat crop throughout our county looks very fine indeed, and if no mishap befalls it there will be q larger amount of wheat made than any previous year in the history of Pope cnunty. It will be ready for harvesting the last of this mouth.
 There was another shower last Sunday night, accompanied by con siderable wind, which we fear may have blown down the wheat some as it is very heavy in the top just now.
 Let every farmer read the ad- vcrtisement in this paper of "Chufas and Japan Peas" IT one-half that is claimed for these crops by the pest authorities be true they are in- Iced. Il godsend to the south.
 EVERY BODY CoME.--Next Sat urday the 9th, l will operate in the streets of RussellVille, the Celcbrat- ell Wheeler Self-Rakc Harvesting haohine, showing and explaining all or It's working parts SO plain that
 boy ten years old can rvn it..
 NJ. B. RoYs.
 ---Who are candidates for our county offices; We hear many names mentioned, but WIG don't know what dependence is to be placed in these rumors- Ifyou want an office, gentlemen, send in your announce-