The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-28
THURSDA Y,PUYE as. 1s7z
Moore, editor of the


 The execution of the Mollie Mcguire murderers at Pottsville Pa, took place on the 2Ist inst and passed off without disturbance.
 -AntiStates Rights readers oi the DEMOCRAT will find some interes- ting, and withal, some pretty stun ming, reading matter in our Dover communication this week.
 TIE ART PREsERyATIvE.--The 400th anniversary of the introduc- tion into England of the "art pre- servative" will be commemorated at the Caxton Celebration on June 30th.
 -ARKANsAs LIME.-The Saline County Digest says Messrs. Frazer & Oleson shipped the first car load of Arkansas lime from their kiln in the north part of Saline county last week.
 The Ozark Banner says the damage done to crops in Franklin county by the overflow has been quite serious, but is unable to give any estimate of the extent of the loss from this source.
 The suspension of the National Bank of the State of Missouri on the 18th inst caused a tremendous sensation in financial circles. Its deposits at the time of suspension exceeded $2,000,000.
 -RlCH PREAcHERs.-The preach CTS of New York City have nearly all gone to Europe to spend the Summer, and their pulpits will be filled by strangers who are too poor to take a Summer tour.
 -THE BIG GUN.-The Russian Government has purchased the mon ster Krupp gun made for exhibition at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. It will be used against the Turkish iron clads on the Black Sea.
 HE GOLD AT SEARCY.-Ihe Record of last Saturday says there has been no new developments yet. The shafts are not yet down to the gold strata, and it is yet impossible to tell what the final result of the search will reveal.
 ST. JOHNS IN AsHEs.-A most disastrous fire occurred in St. Johns, New Brunswick, on the 21st. Few business houses were left, and half of all the residences were destroyed. The fire turns 15,000 people out into the streets without food or homes. The loss is between ten and fifteen million dollars.
 -TnE NEW LITTLE ROCK PosT OFFIcE.-Wa ashington telegrams of last Thursday say that the amount appropriated for the new post office building at Little Rock, appears to have been omitted from the bill in enrolling the law. There will con sequently be nothing available for expenditure on the building until next Congress rectifies the omission.
 THE AMERICAN GIANTEss.-Fan- nie Wallace, whose real name was Mrs. Ruth Benton, the American giantess who has travelled with many shows, died at her home in Vernon county, Minnesota, on Friday the 10th. She was 54 years old, feet 4 inches high, and weighed 5S5 pounds. Her coffin was feet s | inches long, 3 feet inches deep and feet wide at the middle.
 A Frenchman invented little 1 machine which, being wound up once a month and attached to the | tail feathers of hen, records the number of eggs she lays. There must be some chick-anery about it. Il. R. Star.
 No chick -anery about it. It is eggs-a -actly so, sir. We knew the fellow we'll His name is Hen-ery Pulletzer. Set 'em up again, Dan.
 MT. II. c. Warner, of the Arkan- saw Traveller, gave sketch of the personnel of the Arkansas Press As 1 sociation, but omitted any mention of himself Newman, of tue Pine Bluff Press, supplies this gap in the sketch; and what he says of Warner is true every word of it. He says:
 II, c. Warner is a young gentle man of about 24 summers, handsome, modest, genial, cultured, printer by trade, clear, concise writer and calculated to make friends. We predict for him a brilliant editorial future.
 SALE or GOVERNMENT LANDS AT HARRISON, ARK-The President has issued his proclamation declaring public sale of a large quantity of government lands, to be held at the land office in Harrison, on October 1st, 1877. The sale will be made under the act of ConOrpss of Ju1,y f |