The Russellville Democrat., 1876-09-21

appfoachtng long evenings.
 We regret to announce the de- mise of the father of Col. J. N. Smithee, state land commissioner, information to that effect having been received Monday. Gazette.
 We offer our profound contlolence to Col. Smithee in this, his great bereavement.
 -Dr. Lawrence, our Centennial Commissioner, is convalescent and will soon return to his duties.--L, R. Herald.
 We had seen it stated that Dr. l.. was hopelessly insane, and we are glad to know that such is not the case.
 Not one-fifth of the county pa pers published in this State give the name of the county in which they are published much to the disgust and annoyance of the immigrant who is not familiar with the loca- tion of all the lively little towns that dot the territory of the state.-Ga- zette.
 Taken in the light of suggestion the above is good, and to mend the defect ill our paper, we shall here after give the name of our county Good Old Pope-always true and ready to do her duty in every emer- gency.
 W. F. WooTEN & Co., Like men who mean business, this firm this week present their advertisement to the reading public. With the rcv,v- al of the fall trade Messrs. Wooten X Co.,, have prepared to display q stock of groceries and provisions which will far surpass anything heretofore offered. Their new stock will be coming in now in a few days, and they will be glad to wait on any of their friends who have wheat, hides, pcltries, cotton or even greenbacks to exchange for grocer ies.
 An ab1ent-minded Ohio woman got the coffee-pot ready for boiling and then carefully placed it on a chair and sat herself on the stove. Although the occasion was dread fully suggestive of some of the early martyrs she managed to derive some consolation out of it from the well improved opportunity it afforded her of obliging her husband to buy her new dress, whica, as soon as she was we'll enough, she made up herself with the assistance of the Domestic" Fashions and q new Domestic" sewing machine.
 Cotton will soon begin to come into market, and we urge our ship pers to remember the following houses to whom we hope our mer- chants will make their consign- ments: Bussey & Co.,, St. Louis and New Orleans; Brooks, Nicely X Co.,, Memphis, Tenn. J. II. Dowell X Co.,. St. Louis, Mo-; McGehee, Snowden & Fiolett, New Orleans; Moses NJ. Greenwood & Co.,, New | Orleans; Fisher Bros. & Co.,, St. | Louis; Kirtland, Humphrey X Co.,, St. Louis. These firms all patron ize your town paper and we contend that you are under obligations to give them your business, ESPECIALLY as these are THE VERY BEST HOUSES ill their respective cities.
 See what disinterested persons say of the Howe Sewing Machine:
 Tuscumbia, Ala, Feb. 6, 1869.
 Messrs. Cochrane & Brown, St. Louis. Mo. Yours of the 20th ult., covering bill for macllire, etc., came duly to hand. We are more than pleased with the machine, and have been operating it constantly for two weeks with scarcely any trouble in fact, so little thas we can say none at all. We wanted machine l for family use, and this meets all l the requirements We will l write you again if anything gets wrong, and anyhow ere long, to re- assure you what blessing the "Iowe" is to people who use the needle.
 Yours, truly,
 (SigneO R. s. MCREYNoLDs.
 -AFFRAY AT ATKINS.-On last Fri day morning word came to our town that there had been n big shooting scrape at Atkins, and for awhile we expected to hear a fearful tale of blood. Further disclosures, howev- CT, proved that Madame Rumor had ill this case, as in most others, eXag- erated the thing to considerable extent. The affair, however, was bad enough, and has learned the l turbulent parties a lesson, which, it is to be hoped, will prove beneficial. It appears that James Holland and his brother Doc, came over from Yell county and after taking on a little more bad liquor than is healthy concluded to have little fun at one Phillip Carroll's expense. They had their fun bp beating Carroll over the head and otherwise abusing him. Our newly elected Sheriff, Reese Hogin happening to be in the vicinity and learning of the affair, that he. too, would have a little fun, and so he "scooped' the aforesaid Hollands, and arraign- nl LLnna Lnfarn I,.1.lIi,.a Dnl.,al.l. 1