The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-05
The last issue of the Atkins t5ews was all printed at home.

ies of the South.
 Clint Anderson, negro convic- 'ed of the crime of rape, was hung at Little Rock last Friday.
 We are glad to sec that Sebas- t1on county has elected Col. Fish Lack as one of her representatives.
 Last Saturday was the last day for debtors to take the advantage of their creditors under the Bankrupt law and the number of applications were very large in Chicago, New fork, Cleveland and other cities.
 Artificial ice is now manufactur- ed in St. Louis at a cost of only about a dollar per ton. The machinery for manufacturing it involves large in- vestment of capital, each machine costing from $25,000 to 30,000.
 There will be now no more shlrking of honest debts by taking the benefit of the bankrupt law, as the act of last Congress repeating that iniquitous law went into effect on the 3Ist ult.
 Major c. c. Newman, of the Pine Bluff Press, has just returned home with new outfit for hls Daily, and will soon have the Daily Press before the public. We wish it sue cess.
 -Major Geo. A. Gallagher, a prominent member of the Little Rock bar, and highly respected cit Izen of that place, attempted self destruction last Friday by shooting himself behind the right ear with a pistol.
 p. Donan, of the Arkansas press gang, has very witty and interest ing letter Tn a late number of the St. Louis Globe-Dem., written from the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs, where he has been spending several weeks.
 The subject of the passage of a game law by the next legislature, prohibiting the destruction of winged and forrest game during incubation and breeding season is being agitat- ct. By all means there should be such law, for there is vast differ cnce between permitting proper lib erty to gunncrs and sportsinen, and the wanton and ruthless extinction of our wild game.
 The Mexican Dollar is worth but ninety cents. The American Trade Dollar about the same. The American standard Silver Dollar, which is a legal tender contains 4l24 grains. The Mexican Dollar con tains the same amount of pure silver that our standard dollar does, but not being legal tender, is worth ten per cent. under par. The Trade Dollar contains APO grains of silver, but it also is depreciated ten per cent. by not being legal tender.
 -NEEpLEssLY ALARMED.-The Board of health of Dardaneile have lost sight of the difference between proper caution and needless alarm and have ordered 8 quarantine at that place which went into effect last Tuesday. We do not see the pro- priety of the move. So long as Lit tie Rock keeps up her quarantine and continues free from infection we cannot see any danger to towns up this way, or any need for quarantin- ing against non-infected districts and subjccting people to the annoy anccs and inconvenienees which the Dardanells quarantine will impose upon visitors to that town.
 The Russellville DEMOCRAT pre- sumes every man innocent until proven by due course of law guilty. Qnite safe legal proposition, very true, but when connected, as the DEMOCRAT connects it, with the can didacy of the party nominee for cir cult judge, it amounts simply to say ing that no matter what charges may rest against mans character, nor how deeply involved he may be, or overwhelmed by we'll grounded sus- picion as to lis honesty and integ- rity, yet, until he has been indicted, tried, found guilty, and sentenced by the court, he IS still acceptable as q candidate for the highest honors in the gift of the people. Rather thin moral logic, we think.-Westcrn I'm migrant
 You altogether ms state our posi- tion, Bro. Davis. We should not, by any means, be in favor of continuing