The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Read the notice given by the administrator of the estate of B. D. R. Shinn, ST.
 MT. Collins is the new telegraph operator who takes Reynolds place during the temporary absence of the latter.
 FILLING UP.---IIowell < Howell are receiving new goods daily, and they will be sold out Ut the lowest prices.
 Win. J. Reynolds, the polite telegraph operator at this place has taken a three weeks leave of ab- sence, and gone of on little tour to rccupcrate and rest up little.
 MT. Ben. Allen informs us that he thinks some of the corn and cot ton on river farms was damaged one third or one fourth by the storm of Saturday week ago.
 -FoUND.-Dr. E. E. Harrcll in- forms us that he found ''bran" new baby the other night close to Norristown. It was all extra fine specimen and Doe left it with Mrs. Elijah Evins to keep until it shall be sixteen or seventeen years old.
 --R. c. Bonds is offering special bargains in saddle, harness, and all leather goods. He has good work man employed and makes fashiona- ble and we'll fitting boots and shoes, on short notice and at reasonable rates.
 The various aspirrnts for coun- ty offices closed the canvass by speaking here last Saturday. There was very fair turnout of the vot- CTS of this township. As this con test will be settled by the action of the primaries before this issue of our paper will reach it's readers, we will not attempt to give any report of the speeches.
 MONEY ORDER OFFIcE.-The post office at this place is one of the newly designated money order off ces, at which the issuance and pay ment of orders was to have com menced on the first of July. The Department, however, found it i'm practicable to commence at that date and it may be several weeks yet be. fore the newly designated order offices are put in operation. It will he quite convenience here, and ", trust the delay will ". tic Iong.
 -EscAp4u CoNyIcrs.--Mr. Joe toward, from Big Piney, was in town last Saturday. He informs Us that he met three of the escaped conyicts-two whites and one black. He met them on Big PIney Creek about ten miles from Dover. One of them had revolver and another carried pick. They had on the convict uniform. They inquired how far it was to White River, and passed on without molesting Mir. Howard.
 Here now is an illustration of the present ineiliciency of our state prison management. These crimi- nais tried
 by q jury of their peers were found guilty and sentenced 10 imprison- ment in the state prison. It cost the taxpayers hundreds of dollars to convict them and send them to pris- on for the protection of the people from their further tglonious depre- dations. Now they are again at large, armed and roaming about the country again a terror to women and children and ready for fresh crimes. If they are re-capturcd il will cost the taxpayers hundreds of dollars more; and thus il goes.
 When the next legislature meets let the demand go up from the pco- ple that there be a reform in this matter.
 Further reports from the coun- ny make the damage from the late e'orm much more serious than we had supposed. Mir. Pleasant Love, ,' ho lives miles west of here in forms Us that in his ncighborhood the storm was terrific and the loss ilumenSe. He will sustain a loss of Ilunl GOO to 500 bushels of corn. .-e;eral of his neighbors--Juo. J. hte, A. Robinson, Robt. May, ami ofbcrs-will lose in this neighbor- Houd thousands of h. hels of corn, and perhaps one lrird of the cotton. The timber vs swept at fearful rate. Mir. love says he can pick out one acre