The Russellville Democrat., 1877-12-13
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Subscribe for the DEMOCRAT. Pork is offering freely at cents. wbeatis now selling at 90c to $1.10.
 A daily paper is talked of at Dar- sdanelle'
 R. J. Wilson after severe illness is again at his post.
 Mayor Erwin returned from St. ' Louis last Saturday. The Globe Dramatic Co. at College Hall tonight in Lucretia Borgia.
 There will be an adjourned meeting of the town council next Tuesday night. WASrED.-Sevcral cords of four and five foot wood. Apply at this office.
 Mir A. B. Williamson went on 1,ty as salesman for K. J. Wilson yes terday morning.
 Fresh arrival of goods at R. J. Will sons.
 Those late style dress goods reeeiv- ed Tuesday at Shinn's store go and see them-20 yards for S1.oo. Ir We trust our farmers have taken advantage of the past few days of pretty weather to finish sowing wheat.
 The DEMOCRAT office was the recip- jent of pleasant call from Capt. Joe \ Howard, of Big Piney last Monday.
 For the most superb ladies cloak call at Wilson's.
 -rhe Russcllville String Band fur nished the orchestra music for the Globe Dramatic Co, while it was here.
 The town has been all life and ac- riyitv this week. The cotton shipments have been from 80 to 100 bales per day.
 You ought to examine those shawls at Bob Wilson's.
 MT. Ben Jones, an old citizen Of onr county died last Wednesday and was buried Friday by the Masonic < Lodge of this place.
 Cotton has ruled higher this week than at any time since the season open ed. the price paid by our merchants being from 934 to 102s.
 What means this increase of clerks at Wilson's.
 -LosT.-At the College, last Satur- day night, one light kid glove. The finder will be literally rewarded by leaving the same at this office.
 What causes such rush at Bob Wilson's.
 FOR RESr.--A store house on Buch- anau street to rent after the lst Jan. 1878. Apply to G. ". HARktY.
 --Rey. Mir. Mcintosh, Lecturer for the United Friends of Temperance, gave an interesting lecture here last Tuesday evening.
 The weather since Sunday has been clear, bright and delightful frosty in the mornings, but warm and pleasant during tue day.
 Hon. T. NJ. Gunter places us under renewed obligations for speeches by several members of Congress upon sub sA jects of absorbing interest.
 --D. F. Faulds, Music Dealer aad Publisher, 165 Fourth Avenue, Louis yille, Ky, has oor thanks for an ex- cellent piece of new music entitled, 'sShe Died for the Want of Friend'- words and music by Jno. T. Rutledge.
 --Only one more issue of the DEMO- GRAF before Christmas. If you have holiday goods or anything you want to advertise during the holidays, you had better bring it in early. We will give you easy terms. : We acknowledge receipt of a com plimentary invitation from Manager NJ. N. Dauphin 10 attend the Grand Semi-Annual Distribution of the Louis jana State Lottery at New Orleans on Dec. l1th.
 The old reliable grocery house of w. F. Wooten & Co.,, is still in full blast, with larger and better selected stock of groceries than ever at their old stand on Buchanan street.
 Prof. w. s. Spear who has been over in Kansas conducting Teachers Institutes, is back again. We see from resolutions published in the Kansas papers that the Professors services were highly eulogized there.
 From Sundays Gazette we learn that the Benedictine Fathers, German Catholic order, have purchased l5,00O acres of land from the Fort Smith Rail- way Company, in Logan County, for colonization purposes.
 W. P. Wooten & Go. are still in the ring with complete assortment of - staple and fancy groceries, which they are selling at rock bottom prices for the cash, Don't forget thisl
 Maj. Hartman and Col. Slack of the Fort Smith Road, accompanied by some of the Boston stockholders were in town Wednesday. Surely no road has such genial, clever officials as this road, and we would be pleased to see more of their pres snce in our town. Come oftener gentlemen.
 W. F. Wooten X Co. are closing mt nf ,.e