The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-10
LOCAL NEWS.

been perfectiy dengntfuf.
 Miss Blackburn, of Ozark, is visit ing relatives in our town this week.
 MT. James Fowler places us under obligations for some nice October peaches.
 We acknowledge a call from Mir. D. Williamson, who was en route to Alma to go to school.
 --Rev. J. W. Reagan, of Dardanelle, paid cur office a pleasant visit last Monday.
 The health of our town is excellent. We venture the prediction that there is not healthier town in the State.
 If you want good square meal go the Railroad Eating House. Messrs. Davis S Yerzley keep good table and charge moderate prices.
 Several of the boys took 1t straight last Saturday evening and 1t came very near straightening several of them out about sun down.
 We hope our farmers will not neg lecu to put in plenty of wheat. It pays fully as we'll as cotton and does not involve half SO much labor.
 MT. J. P. Macarthur is adding a bowling alley to his establishment and the boys can soon exercise their muscle to their hearts content.
 A petition has been numerously signed by our citizens to have Prof. Rowland Doggett appointed County Examiner of Public Schools.
 The College building at Benton- vile was burned Monday night week ago. The fire is supposed to have been the deed of an incendiary.
 Among those from whom we ac- knowledge pleasant calls the past week are Messrs. Geo. E. Dodge and J. H. Haney, of Little Rock.
 The squad of U. s. soldiers who have been at Dardanelle Springs for the past month recuperating, came over and took the train for Little Rock last Monday.
 The employees of the Ft. Smith road have presented Superintendent Hartman with a fine gold watch as Q testimonial of the high esteem in which they hold him.
 The Fort Smith Railway Co. have purchased new steam transfer boat to put in at Van Buren, and as soon as the arrangement can be made the iron horse will go snorting into Ft. Smith.
 -Messrs. Allen & Blackburn have built an extension to their store house on Jefferson Street. We are pleased to note this evidence of business pros perity with Messrs A. & B.
 We have to acknowledge the re- ceipt of specimen sweet potato from MT. A. F. Luker's crOp-a very fine specimen too, for which we are duly thankful.
 The temperance people of our town will, we presume, make an effort to get the local option liquor law put in force here at the Congressional election on the 9th of next month.
 We beg leave to call the attention of our Street Commissioner and town council to the condition of the street just west of the new residence of Mir. James T. Fowler. It needs some fixing up very badly and should be attended to at once.
 There was lively popping of shot guns last Friday evening-the boys trying their skill at shooting bull-bats on the wing. Out of something less than thousand shots there were bout half dozen bats killed. Rev. J. W. ITeagan, of Davdanelle, occupied the pulpit at the Methodist church last Sunday, and delivered 8 beautiful sermon from the last clause of the 9th verse of the 2nd chap. of Ephesians.
 This is list of those of the Little Rock nurses who fell victims to the fever at Memphis: Dr. K. T. Easlcy, E. T. Taylor, F. Bunguer, A. l.. White, J. w. Dickinson, T. J. Carr, s. B. Going, E. E. Forbish, F. Saloy.
 MT. R. J. Wilson-Honest Bob has mechanics at work adding twen- ty-foot addition to the rear end of his store house on River Street. Although his house is already large and cOmmo- dious, increasing trade demanded more room and hence the enlargement of his house.
 A slight excitement was caused Monday by span of horses attached to a hack running away and passing down Jefferson Street at a break-neck speed They brought up in front of the Red Store by colliding with another team and wagon. No serious damage was done.
 We stated in local in last weeks paper that Rev. G. W. Reeves would deliver sermon here on the 3d Sab bath in this month from the text "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will build my Church." We were mistak en in the date; the sermon will bt