The Russellville Democrat., 1878-07-18
FINE CUTS.

the indispensables this hot weather.
 --The first watermelons of the sea- son were brought to town last Saturday.
 See the dates at which the candi- dates address the dear people i'll the various townships.
 .--oh, arn't we glad we're not can didate with q long siege of speech-mak- ing on hand this hot weather.
 -WANTEp.--A good, steady girl or woman to cook and do general house. work. Apply at this office.
 Plant tiIrnips-they are excellent food for cattle,-besides some varieties are very good for human food also.
 Miss Jessie Howell is home again after an extended visit to friends in I Van Buren.
 If you don't believe our town is alive just look at the work that is being done on the streets and pavcments.
 The prospect now seems good for q turnpike road from here to Dartlanellc or at least to the ferry landing.
 The Board of Directors of the Pope County Fair Association held q meeting at Ifarkey & Bro.'s new brick store last Saturday.
 The serenading party which was out Monday night will accept many thanks for the sweet music dispensed at our house.
 We understand Mr. E. H. Shinn has purchased the interest of A. Nj. Wilson in the Arkansas Chair and Fur niture Company.
 --The Select Primary School of Miss Hattie Cromwell closed on last Friday. Miss Cromwell, will reopen her school the first Monday in September.
 The ordinance of Baptism was ad- ministered last Sunday afternoon by Rev. G. W. Reeves, to Il couple of sub- iects-Mrs. Boswell and Miss Hooks.
 We see Messrs. Shinn & Go. are dispoSing of good many fruit dryers. They are q good thing and every or chard owner should have one or more.
 We firmly intended to keep it a secret but now that it has got out and is in every body's mouth wedon't mind saying that it's awful hot.
 Bring along your job-work of all klnus--letlcE iicduS, bIii Ittus, NiSiet'i [, cards, business cards. labels, legal blanks, bills of lading, posters or. any thing else. We will duplicate Little Rock prices.
 -Wiien you want fine wines or liq- OTIS for medicinal purposes, pure, fresh drugs, cigars, tobacco, paints, oils, etc., go to Wilson's drug store. He keeps the best.
 -Messrs. Jas. II. and Geo. W. Shinn, sons of our fellow-townsman, MT. J. l.. Shinn, after six years siege at college are home again. They come this time to stay. having graduated with high honors.
 We call attention to the advertise mcnt, in another column, of the Valley Springs Classical Academy. We have met Prof. Coltrane, and find him q pleasant, cultured gentleman. We be-
 While blowing in his. field, the other day, our friend, Mr. J. II. Poe, came very near meeting with sudden death. An old dead limb dropped some forty feet from cottonwood tree and struck his mule behind the ears break ing his neck and killing him instantly. It was q narrow escape for MT. Poe.
 Let every one of our farmers make it a point to have something of merit to exhibit at the County Fair this fall. Also let our mechanics have specimens oi their handiwork on hand. The ladies, too, can add to the display by contributing specimens of needlcwork, laccs, &e., &c.
 "A lady-Miss Jennie Bliss-has been appointed Post Mistress at Arka- delpha. We see no reason why all such positions should not be filled by women, and let the stronger sex seek livelihood at occupations which females cannot fill.
 -PRRMIuMs FOR ARKANSAS CoTToN.- The following premiums are offered for Arkansas cotton exhibited at the St. Louis Fair in October: Best bale $200 second best $l00; third best $50. Can't some of our Pope county farmers take in some of these premiums? We should be proud to have some of them try anyhow.
 The new advertisement Of the Ar kansas Industrial University will be found in to-day's paper. This instltu- tion has justly become the pride of the State in management, in discipline, in it's literary and musical departments it has been greatly improved and will now compare favorably with any simi- lar institution elsewhere.
 We were pleased to receive call fast Friday from Mir. $. II. Brooks, one of the members of the firm of Brooks, Necly X Co.,, of Memphis, and Mir. C. T. Hanks, the well-known Arkansas , representative of the firm. The house does very extensive business in Ar kansas, not only in the way of hand ling tOtton hut also in supplying the trade with groceries and plantation supplies. It is one of the best firms in ; the Bluff City and we commend 1t to all our Arkansas people.
 - We are aga1n placed under obiiga' cations to Mrs. $. l.. Leatherwood and Miss Matte Cromwell, managers ol the ice cream festival last Friday eve ming, for cake and ice cream. We arc glad to learn that the efforts of tht ladies to secure money enough to iinisl the Baptist church, are duly appreciate cd by our people, and that they have already made about fifty dollars whicl will be applied for that purpose. Every Friday afternoon and evening they will sell ice cream, in the hall in tho Tucker building on Jefferson street.
 Ut was with real pleasure that w' mol in our town last Friday, that cleV