The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
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 Editor Battentield left yesterday for Little Rock and Memphis.
 The Pope County Fair will be success.
 The Directors of the Fair will have meeting tomorrow night.
 -Rovs the Hardware man is boadouarters for nails. :. Two bushels of good wheat will he taken for one years subscription to the DEMOCRAT.
 -Rovs will take wheat from soc. to zoe. per bushel for cook stoves.
 Wheat is now selling here at 6s to 70 for No. 4, 75 to so for No. 5, and S2 to 92 for No. ,.
 Go direct to Roys' Hardware Store for all your nails and hard ware of every description. [ One of our good subscribers Mir. Robt. A. Reddell places on our desk very fine sweet potato weigh ing 4 pounds.
 Go to Howell, White x O., for your School books, blank books, ,mem- orandums, and paper.
 MT. Anderson Wick has on his farm 2I miles from town, quite a curiosity: perfectly white SOW with seven perfectly black boar pigs. So says Mir. Wick. N Sure sign, no failure, the man that sells nails and hardware cheaper than Roys, will "bust'' in twelve months.
 -Chas. H. McGuire, assistant local of our neighbor, the lndepend' ent Arkansian, visited our sanctum Saturday last.
 The first new cotton came into town last Friday and the market opened at 1Ol. Mir. West Wick was in with the first bale. On the fol Slowing day there were several bales in, and the price ranged from 94 to 104.
 Rows the Hardware man has the largest, neatest, and best arranged stock of cook stoves, tinware, and shelf hardware, there is to be found West of the Mississippi.
 Rev. Mir. Britton, an Indiana gentleman who is here looking. at our vicinity with view of picking .out location, occupied the pulpit for the Christian denomination last Sunday.
 If you wish stylish hat go to Howell, White x Co.,, where you can find large assortment, at prices to suit the times.
 MT. Jesse R. Duke, of Norris town has sent us a stalk of his Gen. tral American Prolific Cotton which is really superb. It is only small stalk, perhaps as small as there IS Tn his field but it has 57 large bolls on it and is decidedly heavy cotton.
 Gentlemen can find nice selec- tion of fall and winter clothing di- rect from the ma ,facturers in New York, at Howell, White X Co.
 We run out of papers last week and were unable to supply the de mand. This week we get out an extra edition. All parties wishing this weeks paper containing our tables on the finance problem can be supplied at DC. per copy.
 Howell, White & Co.,, wish the Ladies to know that they have re- ceived a nice assortment of the la test styles of Ladies fall and winter hats, which are very cheap.
 Young men, when your girl leaves on trip, and you wish to ' open a correspondence with her, write thusly: ''I am almost glad you are gone, so that l can write to you. am green in the business, but will do the best l can." At least this is the way one Of our young bloods opened his cores pondence.
 To THE PUBLIc.-Mr. Chas. Ash ford, practical watchmaker of Oar danelle, has opened branch shop at this place, and any work in his line left at the postoflice will receive prompt and personal attention. Mr. Ashford will be in attendance at his office in Russellyille every other week.