The Russellville Democrat., 1878-07-25
FINE CUTS.

The County candidates took the stump yesterday in Clark Township.
 Muster Frank Roys has our sincere thanks for lot of extra fine tomatoes.
 There is not a better location for a lanyard in the South, than this point.
 Get one of Shinn & Co. B celebrated portable fruit dryers and save your fruit.
 -Russellville now has the best streets to be found in any town of its size in the State.
 Our town ought to have good brass band. Can't cur boys get up one which will be a credit to the town?
 -Messrs. Senter X Co.,, of St. Louis, have our thanks for catalogue of the approaching fair at that city.
 The want of banking house at Russellvile begins to be felt very sen sibly. Capitalists make note of this.
 A cooperage establishment here would pay. We have fine timber and a good field for the sale of this class of goods,
 We understand the temperance people of our town had nice little supper at their hall last Wednesday night.
 | -Russellville now has one of the best high schools In the entire State. Send to Prof. Doggett, Principal, for 1 circular.
 What has become of our sprightly Dover correspondent? His jottings are sadly missed from the DEMOCRAT columns.
 We are glad to know that the hot weather has benefited somebody. Our farmers say it has brought their cotton out of the kinks nicely.
 -Messrs. J. NJ. Harkey & Bro. will have the handsomest and best paved sidewalk in town about their new brick drug store.
 MT. J. l.. Shinn left for Little Rock Tuesday to sec the new steam ferry boat built by himself and Capt. Joe Evins for Dardanelle, tested.
 Boswell x Erwin have just received a fresh lot of candies, nuts, lemons, &c., which they will sell cheaper than ever. Be sure to call on them when you want good fresh confectioneries.
 --Rev. J. b. Boone will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church next Sunday, and will discourse upon the subject of Prayer. All are cordially invited to attend this service.
 Bring along your job-work of all kinds-letter heads, bill heads, visiting cards, business cards, labels, legal blanks, bills of lading, posters or any thing else. We will duplicate Little Rock prices.
 If some man of enterprise will build d commodious hall here suitable for concerts, readings, balls, &c., &c., we think he will find it profitable investment. It is badly needed at any rate.
 We trust the backbone of the heat ed term is broken. The mornings for the past few days, say since Tuesday, have been much cooler. Tuesday morning the mercury marked only 74 deg.
 -Messrs. Shinn & Evins' new steam ferry boat for the Dardanelle ferry was completed at Little Rock last Wednes- day, and will soon be plying between Norristown and Dardanelle. It is one of the finest ferry boats in the Arkan- sas River.
 -Messrs. Higginbotham, Martin, Crosby and Ball, representing the Rosebank Nurseries, of Nashville, Tenn, arrived in town last Monday, and are soliciting orders. Parties in- terested will govern themselves ac- cOrdingly.
 We had the pleasure of meeting Mir. Soss, of St. Louis, a member of the firm of Gilkeson & SlOss, in our town Tuesday. His house has large busi- ness up this rlver with our cotton ship pers and merchants. Mir. Sloss has :he address and appearance of a thorough going business man and an affable gen. tleman.
 Professor W. P. Mason, who has been sojourning in our town for some weeks past, the guest of MT. J. l., Shinn, whose sons were old school chums of the Professor, bade adieu tC our town and circle of warm friend; whom he made here, and left for the West last Tuesday. We wish the Pro, lessor the very best of luck and success and good time wherever he may go. | The Sunday schools of Shiloh and Bethany churches will give a joint bas' ket picnic at Bethany church on Friday August 2d, 1878. We understand OuI talented young townsman, MT. Law renee Russell, will be one of the orators of the occasion. We tender thanks tt MT. Calvin Bell for a special invitation to attend, and if not prevented by busi ness engagements will take much pleas ure in attending.
 We think from the maneuvers oI some of our County candidates that they expect to get the vote of the northern townships in the County by slyly work Q ing against the removal of the County Seat. Count the cost of such course gentlemen, and remember that the southern townships which contain { large majority of the voters and pay ! large majority of the taxes have som, rights as well as the small minority who wish to keep the County Seat al its present inconvenient location. | |, candidates propose to discommode tho . majority for the sake of the minority r they should not be surprised at the ma jority ignoring their claims. Th' . southern part of the county claims
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