The Russellville Democrat., 1877-12-20
Ghe 9emotrat,
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
December is as pleasant as May.

hepins tomorrow.
 Cotton still higher in Russellville .than anywhere else.
 Mir. John Evants and family, of nover moved to Russellville Monday. Mir. G. A. Parsons, of Dover, was in town Tuesday. Sorry to hear of his bad health.
 W P. wooten & Co. continue to c,ose out their boots and shoes at low 6qure. Don't forget this.
 The small boys of our town will now reyel in the delights of the fire cracker season for few days.
 J. Green Wallace, one of Dover's most promising attorneys, was in town Tuesday, and honored us with call.
 We are pleased to see our young friend. Mir. Eddie Ferguson out again after his long confinement .o the sick room.
 The Globe Dramatic Co. gave a benefit at College Hall last Saturday evening for the Methodist and Baptist churches of this place.
 ". P. Wooten & Go. have come down to a fine point in the way of nrofts. You will save money by ex- amining their choice stock of family groceries.
 The Globe Dramatic Troupe is certainly composed of as clever and genteel company of people as we have ever met on the road, and we wish them much success wherever they may go.
 Prof Charles Hill, who had an ap- pointment out to lecture in Russellville Nov. 25th, on the subject of Spiritual ism. committed suicide by taking poi son, at his home near Bolesville, few days since.
 Don't forget to call at W. F. Woot- en & Co.'S and see the best and most complete stock of family groceries that ever was in Russellyille.
 -ScHooL DIRECTORS. The election last Saturday for two new School Di- rectors passed off very smoothly, and resulted in the election of $. A. Brad Bradley and R. c. Bonds-both good men.
 It has been time honored custom for ye editor and printers to take a weeks vacation during the holidays, !. consequently there will be no paper next Thursday. Our next paper will bear date of January 3, 1878.
 --The streets of our town are in very bad condition-mud every wqere. A town the size of ours and doing the amount of business that we do here, ought to have better streets, and would if we had town council who dared do their duty.
 The Dover correspondence in to- days paper was intended for last issue, but came in just as the press had com menced. It is good enough however to > be readable anyhow. We trust our correspondent will favor us regularly with the Dover news.
 Prof. DeVerdie, who will be re- membered as the man who walked the rope some months ago at this place, recently stabbed his wife at Fort Worth, Texas, and then left. The cit izens followed him, and after five days search he was captured and lynched on the spot.
 The town has been unusually ac- tive the past week, the streets and }. wagon-yards being crowded all the time with wagons from near and far. Newton, Searcy, Boone, and Van Buren counties have commenced to pour their cotton into onr market and it keeps our merchants busy to han dle 1t.
 70, YE OF LITTLE FAITH !-The fol- lowing document was handed us by one of our county officials who having oc- casion to move large flat stone near Russellville found the queer document carefully folded and deposited under the stone. If there is any merit in faith, we suppose "Edia Jane" has no longer cause to weep with the tooth- ache:
 ''Now as Edia Jane sat on a marble stone weeping Gesus past by. Gesus saves Edia Jane why weepest thou here. Lord my tooth aches. Arise Edia Jane for my sake and be cured of the tooth ache"
 -BURGLARIzED.- VI Saloon of MT. E. V. Trammell, q Dchanan street was entered and burt llfized last Satur- e day night. Tobacco, pickles, cigars, [ bottled whisky, and in fact anything that could be picked up fell prey to the burglars. Sunday morning the pro- prietor had two railroad hands, Scott and Dillon, arrested on suspicion, and believing that the stolen goods had been hidden out he instituted search which resulted in the discovery of a quantity of the missing goods which had been hidden in brush-heap near the railroad depot.' Believing that an open confession is good for the soul Scott and Dillon then made a 1ull confession of their guilt and were locked up to wait the sentence of the