The Russellville Democrat., 1876-03-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Lent commenced yesterday.
 Warm and windy--real March weather-last Sunday.
 Capt. Barrow has the agency for fire insurance company.
 The young folks had pleas ant evening at Dr. Wyatt's last Friday.
 Forging school warrants, is the latest manner of rascality go- ing on III Benton county.
 Look out for W. P. Wooten & Co.'S immense stock of family and fancy groceries.
 The Hot Springs narrow guage railroad is at last complet ed and the first train pulled out for Malvern last Sunday.
 MT. S. R. Parker has placed on our table hen egg of extraor dinary size. Itmeasnres 8 inches around length hways and 6a around the small way.
 W. P. Wooten & Co. buy their goods at a discount conse- quently they can sell cheaper than ever.
 Several of our townsmen went down to Mardi -Gras Monday among the number Capt. Churchill and Ebb Howell.
 W. F. Wooten & Co. keep every thing pertaining to first cla grocery store, and they will not be undersold.
 -Dr. A. H. Scott, after spend ing & few days with his friends ard relatives in Dover returned to the State Capital last Thursday. Capt. Jeff Baldwin of the Nellie Peck, was in town Satur- day. His boat having got caught at Dardanellc, Jeff run out here to see old friends.
 -Dr. T. Dick Whitesi,ies, one of the front men in his profession in our county, gave us a call last week and put his name down for 1876. Call again, Dr. See here young men! You who behaved in such shameful manner q. church last sunday--if you cannot do any better than that, we advise you to stay away. Marriage licenses issued last week: Joseph w. Young to Dimny Critics. Major c. Oates to Henrietta Embry. P. A. Buck to NJ. J. Williamson.
 The fire in the woods west of town came very near destroying the fencing around Mir. Vim. Me Ever's farm. By the hard efforts of about p men the damage was mostly warded of.
 The firm, heretofore w. r. Wooten, is now stronger, and bet ter prepared to supply the coun- try and town with groceries and provisions than ever, having taken | in Mir. R. M. Scott as a member of the new firm of w. r. Wooten x Co.
 We sec from an announce
 mcnt in the Western Baptist, that the agent of the Centennial Insti
 tute, Rev. J. c. Shipp, and Dr. B. Thomas, President of the Judso-
 mia University, have an appoint ment to address the citizens of our town this evening at ' o'clock 5 Go and hear them.
 We respectfully call the at.
 tention of the council to the broken down condition of the bridge over the town branch near the crossing of Oak and Jefferson streets. It would be doing injus l tice to the tax payers of the east end to allow this crossing to gC until it became so bad that they will have to repair it themselves
 Fix it up Messrs. Aldermen. e -PATRoNIzE HOME INDUSTRY k See here young men, and old one' q too! if you want a pair of goo, e boots you can get them at hom'
 without sending your money of c to Louisville or St. Louis, wher' c you'll never see it again. We hav' ,- an excellent boot maker here is we have just taken pair of boot = from his shop winch are as goo, as any you can get from abroad l. and we want to hear of no nor d measures being sent abroad q Just go around to Bonds an, . have Charlie take your measur
 and you will get good and u nice pair of boots, and at tn lr same time do your country goo d service in aiding to build Il d home industry.