The Russellville Democrat., 1878-05-02

are about completed,
 The County Court of White County has made considerable re- duction in the rates for ferriage Jer streams in that county.
 E. A. Warren is now sole owner and proprietor of the Prescott Dis patch, his brother, J. W. Warren, having withdrawn from the concern.
 The Van Buren Press says that ayoung man by the name of A. J. Whitaker, from Eureka, Ohio, com. mitted suicide at that place recently.
 MT. F. R. Mckennon, through the columns of the Clarksville Her aid, rcpcls in a very spirited manner the attack made upon him by a cor respondent from Dover.
 Tom Allen, the Irish American pugllist, of St. Louis, has whipped Micheal Davis, of London, for 200 pounds sterling, and the champion ship of the World.
 Sheriff R. F.. Cole, of Yell coun- ty has only 1S3 tracts of delinquent land for non payment of taxes of 1877. The delinquent personal list is the smallest since 1871. This shows that Cole is the right kind of Collector, and as he is candidate for reelection, we presume Yell county will hold on to him.
 The Western Immigrant puts the name of W. w. Mansfield in nomination as q successor to Dorsey in the U. S. Senate. Judge M. would grace any position the people could confer upon him, and it is real ly pity for the State to be deprived of his valuable and eminent services in some official capacity or other.
 The Ozark Democrat says it is going to keep Judge Mansfield s name at it's masthead for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court until the State Convention shall have put out regular nominee. We should be happy to see the nomination giv' en to Judge M., and although he has withdrawn his name as a CANDIDATE we doubt not he would eheerfully serve the State if the people through their State Convention call for his services.
 Elsewhere in to-day's paper will be found communlcatien from Judge Wilson ill relation to the suit now pending Tn the U. s. Circuit Court against Pope County as a stockholder in the L. R. & F. s. Ry., which will be of considerable inter. est to our readers. A considerable sum is involved and we are glad to see that Judge Wilson is thoroughly awake to the importance of fully protecting the county by thorough defense.
 The editorial pages of the Little Rock papers have ceased to contain anything of either interest or impor- tance to the people. The whole space is devoted to vituperation and abuse of each other. If one of the papers was of deepest radical dle, and,the others of the most altra democratic persuasion, they could scarcely be more abusive to each other. Out upon all such conduct among democratic brother journal ists. There is room enough in Lit tie Rock for more than one demo cratic paper--and for them to dwell together in peace and unity, too.
 In the County campaign this paper cannot be expected to express any pref erence between candidates until after the nominating convention, or primary election. As a Democratic paper w, are expected to support the regular nominees and this we shall do lJnti then, however, we shall treat all jus alike. Of course, if we should see ; nan whom we knew to be positivel, corrupt or incompetent insinuatins himself into the good graces of tn party, we should deem it our duty t. raise a warning voice, but where al aspirants are honorable men of averag competency we sball not espouse tn cause of any one in preference to other until the party shall have decided upo' its regular nominees. We say thi because we have been asked why we di, not come out in favor of certain men.
 This is what the Western Immi grant { Yell county) has to say o the move we have inaugurated l. form permanent Fair Association
 "In the Russellville DEMOCRAT o