The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-23

There will be an eclipse of the moon this evening.
 Sheriff Hogins, Deputy Clerk Bayliss and Mr. J. B. Evaats, of Do yer, were in town this week.
 If any of our subscribers fail to get their papers, let them make complaint at this office, and the mat ter will be attended to.
 MT. J. A. Bost, proprietor of the Atkins Flouring Mills, was in town for few days this week, and paid our sanctum friendly visit,
 Quite revival has been carried on at the church of the Cumberland Presbytcrians, at this place, for the past week.
 --Col. T. Hartman, Supt. of the l.. R. & Ft. s. Ky, is now at Saratoga, attending a Convention of Railroad Superintendents.
 Cad Hanks, the agreeable and popular representative of Brooks, Medley < O., Wholesale Grocers. Memphis. was in town soliciting or ders for his house, last Saturday.
 MT. J. F. Eads has sent us, through J. T. Fowler & O., an open boil of cotton, gathered last week. MT. E. has 46 acres in cotton, and the yield promises to be very good.
 CLEAN CHURcHEs.-It strikes us that if there is any house which should always be kept clean and pure and spotless, it is the church house whither people repair to wor- ship the Immaculate himself. The idea of gong to house of worship where the skirts cannot touch any thing without becoming soiled as though they had been worn week at house cleaning is not very pre- possessing one to say the least These thoughts were suggested by noticing the dirty, dusty condition of tho benches at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church last Sunday, and the soiled condition in which skirts appeared after service. If that church has a sexton they should give him raking for neglecting hls duty in regard to keeping the bench es clean and free from dust.
 --PopE COUNTY FRUIT--The more we see of the products of Pope coun- ty the more firmly the conviction is riveted in our mind that this section of the State has grand future in store; for country with such pro- ductive soil and salubrious climate is bound to attract a dense popula tion. Why if some of the nursery men who are here every year Tn swarms selling thelr fine hudded and grafted fruit trees could have seen some of the fine peaches--NA- TIVE ARKANSAS sEEDLINGs--which are brought to town every day, they would almost blush. We noticed Mir. Lafayette Brashears in town last Friday with some of these peaches which we simply say can not be excclled anywhere. They were the native seedlings, and al though a Kentucky gentleman who happened to be present and who saw and tasted the fruit could hard ly be made to believe that they were seedlings, it was so, and our Kentucky friend frankly acknowl- edged that their brag budded fruit scarcely equalied these native Ar kansas seedlings. In size, flavor and beauty of appearance they equal any peach in the world.
 Pope county soil produces them without any trouble In the world. Who wants a home and farm in such a country? Whosoever does, let him come, for we have thousands upon thousands of acres which we want settled.
 Frank Leslie's Sunday Maga- zlne for September is already to be had, and 1t comes fresh and lively as bright Spring morning. It con- tains large variety of choice read ing matter, instructive, cheering, encouraging and amusing. Of the many titles of interesting articles, etc, we will quote--"The New York Aquarium and its Contemporaries" "The Tower of London" "Stories from the Talmud," "The Christians in Turkey" The last story from