The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-31

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 l ---I'he school district of Russell vile has voted a school tax of five mills.
 --~Still new subscribers and flat tering opinions of the DEMOCRAT continue to come in.
 Arkansas will go between B. GOO and 10000 Democratic next Monday.
 Very hot again. The ceci nights and exceedingly hot days, will, we fear, cause many cases of chiils and fever,
 We have printed 2000 tickets for next Monday. Be sure when you vote that you deposit one of the bal lots printed at this office, and vote it straight.
 MT. Kimbrough and wife, of Lincoln county, have beeu spending d few days in our city, with their relatives. Mrs. K. is we believe, a sister of Judge Frank Thach's wife.
 ALMOST A FIRE.---By the ca'ch- ing on fire of musquito bar at the White boarding house on last Sun day night, they came very near hav- ing fire. The prospect was good for few minutes, the bar and the paper on the wall being burned. Mr. White got his hands slightly burned in extinguishing the bar.
 ---HooD.---The "song of the shirt" would never have been written had Hood followed, instead of preceding, Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of tho sewing marhine. Instead of thirty stitches per minute, we now have five hundred, or two thousand by steam. Call and see the latest tri- umph of inventive genius, the Howe Sewing Machine, or send for circu- lar. See advertisement.
 To give ordinary water all the refreshing and invigorating qualities of sea water salt it till it has buoy ant feeling, which shows how easy it is to get up a buoyant feeling. Salt will do it sometimes, but the most cffectual way of producing it in the family is to plant a 'Light- Running Domestic" square in front of the hearthstone.
 A SuGGEsTIoS.-We suggest to our merchants to always give those drummers the preference who rep resent houses which advertise in this paper. Make it a point to re- serve your orders for them, for they will not only sell you goods as cheap as any others, but they show that they value your patronage by patronizing your town paper. Please remember this.
 The town is alive with drum mers, all wanting the patronage of our merchants. We wonder if our merchants ever think to drum them for few dollars patronage to the DEMOCRAT. It would be perfectly right for the drumming to be mutu- al, and then the drummers who get the patronage of our merchants would have chance to show their appreciation of the trade of our city. Try it, merchants.
 The match game of ball between the Lees, of this place and the Athletics, of Atkins, was played last Friday afternoon. It was remark ably pleasant evening for the game, a number of spectators appeared on the ground to witness the game. We are sorry that we can say noth- ing complimentary to either club. The score, which stood 5l for the Lees and 17 for the Athletics, shows that the playing was poorly done. We would advise the boys to either quit playing or try to attain some commen0able degree of excellence at the game.
 A small number of republican tickets have been sent up from Lit tie Rock for use in this county. We find on the ticket, W. W. Breashear for Representative; W. J. White for Sheriff; w. A. Strickland for Coun- ty Clerk; W. T. Brown for County and Probate Judge; Frank Burriss for Assessor; Jacob w. Harkey for Coroner; and W. G. Brown for County Treasurer.
 We are certain some of these gen. tlemen will be surprised when they learn that their names have been put on the ticket. If the good of the country did not demand the election of full democratic ticket, and we had to see any republican elected to office, we know of none whom we would rather risk than those on the ticket, for they are good citizens, and the very best ma