The Russellville Democrat., 1878-06-06


 looks like solid, candid, intelligent gentleman.
 The Bentonville Advance of June lst publishes a call signed by goodly number of the citizens of Atkins, (this county asking Jno. R. Homer Scott, of Dover, to become candidate for Congress from the 4th District.
 = The Deputy Sheriff of Scott county passed through town Friday with prisoner named Hill who. is wanted there for participating in some murder. He was ssscoopcd in' at Walnut Grove, Texas.
 --The Floral Concert given by the Presbyterian ladies last Friday evening was well patronized. The house was very uncomfortable, there being no ventilation at all and the evening being excessively hot. Let more comforta-l ble house be procured for the next one.
 We desire to acknowledge our spec ial indebtedness to Dr. A. H. Scott, of Little Rock. for courtesies extended to us during our stay in that city last week. We are proud to know that the Doctor is prospecting in the beautiful City of Roses, and we trust his shadow may never grow less.
 FAIR ASSOCIATION MEETING. 1.-The stockholders of the Pope County Fair Association will meet Saturday at l o'clock p. m., at Russellville. The farmers and people of the county gen. erally are invited to attend. The stock books will be open and it is earnestly desired that subscriptions will be liber- al and numerous enough to enable the Directors to go right ahead with fenc- ing, building, &c., &c.
 While in Little Rock last week we had the pleasure of meeting and be- coming acquainted with MT. c. w. Hinkle, editor of the Homeward Star, of Atlanta, Georgia. Col. Hinkle has been travelling extensively in Texas writing up that State in his paper, and he is now in Arkansas for the purpose of. doing this State. He informed us he would be up this road the present week. We trust he will be well enough pleased with our valley to give us handsome send of in his reports to the Star.
 It was our privilege to travel from Russellville to the Capital last week with Brother Hite of the Clarksville Herald. We are pleased to have met him and formed his acquaintance.
 -We.are pleased to know that Pope county has acquired another solid, good, whole-souled citizen. We refer to Dr. Jno. Hill, brother of our townsman Dr. W. II. Hill. The Doctor has moved up to Atkins and is, we are glad to know, very much pleased with the place. We had the pleasure of travelling part of day in the Doctors company last week and found him one of those companionable gentlemen, with whom it is q pleasure to meet.
 --The Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad has just laid off new town about halfway between Atkins and Plummerville to be called Blackville. The site of the town is in Conway county, about one mile east of the Pope county line. The location is very pretty for town and we hope ere many years shall sweep by that a flourishihg village with it's stores and shops and dwellings and school-houses and churches may grow up and be as a mark of the prosperity which is destin- ed to mark the course of events in this part of Arkansas. "
 MT. I'd. Russell and David Young blood got back home againl last Thurs day after a four-weeks tramp after the thief who stole Russells horse. They tracked him to Marshall, in the Creek Nation, and ascertained that the fellow is notorious thief and murderer who goes there by tine name of Johnnie Wood. His real name is Preston. He lis the same fellow who was in the cala- boose here five weeks ago giving his lname as Kelley. MT. Russell found that he belonged to regularly organ ized band of horse-thieves who lived in the bottom near Marshall, numbering 100 or 150. He employed Deputy Marshal to make the arrest, if possible. The Deputy, assisted by his brothcr-in- law and one light horseman, undertook tie job, and the result was ono of them was killed and the others driven back to Marshall. Mir. Russell had to give up the chase, and while we are sorry he did not get the thief and horse, we are truly glad to see him and Young blood back again alive. Fes-
 Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine for July comes to us more richly freighted ever than usual It contains some forty separate articles and more than seventy illustrations. The open ing paper is upon s'The Homes of St. John," by Rev. John F. HUfst, D.D., President of Drew Theological Semina- ry, Illustrated with views showing the present appearance of all the places,