The Russellville Democrat., 1878-05-23
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v~--Be sure to ge--te the Concert to morrow (Friday) night.
 -To-night the ladies of the Presbyte- rian Church give Supper for the bene- fit oftheir Church. Everybody should attend.
 The Marshall seemed to be pretty busy last Tuesday with "plain drunks' among railroad laborcrs.
 --The work on Hurlbut's new Photo Gallery has been delayed but he hopes soon to be able to announce that he i. ready for business.
 MT. J. W. Tucker is grading ur the sidewalk on the Main street iron, of his hotel property. A wider grade would have made it much better.
 -FouND.--By the undersigned, a roll of money, which the owner can have by describing amount and bills, and paying for this notice. B. F. LOBE. Mrs. Mason, of Texas, sister ol our fellow -townsman, Capt. R. J. Will. son. is here on visit. She will spend some time with her relatives here and at Dardanelle.
 Buy the genuine Singer Sewing Machine-the best in the World. Ey. cry Machine warranted. Also needles oil and extras for sale.
 W. c. RESrRow. Agent. -The ladies of the Cumberland Pres. byterian church will give supper to- night at the building near the depot As it is their first, we bespeak for them a good attendance. Admission 50 cts.
 We are pleased to be able to state that little Della, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. M. II. Baird, who has been very low with stubborn and protracted illness, is now much better. We trus the roses will soon be us bright as eve: again on her checks
 --Dr. A. H. Scott, of Little Rock, has been up to visit his old friends and heme at Dover. We had the pleasure of a shake with him Tuesday. Come and see us Doctor, whenever you are up this road; you. will find the latch. string on the outside.
 A TREAr.--We are more than pleas. ed to know that our young gentlemen and ladies are going to furnish trea' in the shape of Concert for which they have been preparing so long Our people.can enjoy 1t at the College building next Friday night, the 24tf inst. We understand it is given for the mutual benefit of the Russellville String Band and the Methodist Church. Wt anticipate the occasion with a great deal of pleasure, and bespeak the boys and girls big house and full meas. ure of success. Let everybody go.
 "A good countryman few days age said to us that If we could only get ou through the country and see the i'm. mense crop of fine, large, likely babies we would think Pope was destined tt be a little empire within herself, wheth. CT she got outside immigration or not 'Rah for Pope.
 The following notice is taken from the Saline County Digest, and Is SC nearly our sentiments, that we repro duce 1t with our full endorsement:
 The Hon. Thos. Essex is fovorably spoken of for State Senator from Pulas- Xii county. His large experience, iron having served seven winters in th( Missouri legislature, together with his ability and the excellence of the gentle man, would make him most valuable acquisition to that body. Or, to put i, Dluntly, Tom Essex Is one of God': ..-THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PIcNIc.-We are very sorry that the Sunday schoo picnic last Saturday was total failure on account of the unfitness of the day about twelve o'clock It. commenced raining and from that time until almosl dark it continued to come down st steadily that all attempt to have any outdoor pleasure was abandoned There were large number of excur sionists from Conway, Hummer, ant Lewisburg, and we regret, more espe cially on their account, that the day was 50 rainy and wholly unpropitious and that the truth of tho old saying "there's many a slip 'twixt the cup ant the lip" was so fully exemplifed. W. trust for better luck next time.
 --Messrs Luker & Bro. are, we art proud to see, doing just what ought te have been done here long ago,-prepar, ing to manufacture wagons in sufficient quantities to supply the demand with out shipping wagons here. These en ergctic men have now lot of twenty wagons nearly ready to turn out of tn, shop--and we assert without qualitica tion that they are equal, if not superior to any wagon ever shipped here. W, trust no merchant of our town vii ship any wagons here from now on unless it is seen that Messrs. Luker X Bro. cannot turn them out rapidly enough to supply the demand.
 The town was literally crowded with commercial travellers, or drum mers, as they are more commonly call cd, last Saturday. They said they dit