The Russellville Democrat., 1878-05-09
The Prescott Dispatch warml,

The Prescott Dispatch warmly favors Tyra Hill for governor.
 Tho Sunday Journal is the Ia. test Hot Springs journalistic ven ture.
 John Morrissey, ex-Congress- man and State Senator of the city of New York, died on the 1st inst.
 The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Geo. l.. Smith for col lector of customs at New Orleans.
 The President has approved the act of Congress prohibiting the fur ther coining of twenty cent pelces.
 Trouble is brewing in Mexico. There is q feeling of great discon- tent, and revolution is said to be rife.
 At Jacksonport the triangular spat between gubernatorlal contest ants, was sharp and hot, bordering narrowly upon the personal.
 W. S. O'Brien, a California mil lionaire died on May 2d, leaving an estate worth from 15,0O0000 to $20,- OOO,OO0.
 The eighth General Conference of the NJ. k. Church South. met at Atlanta, on the 1st inst. Bishop Pierce presiding.
 -Balding, of the Lawrence Co. Journal, says he IS going to discard the patent inside, and print his pa per all at home. Good.
 The Sunny South has some il- lustrations, which for rudeness of execution would disgrace an ordina- " blacksmith shop poster-bill.
 -Wm. H. Gilmore, well-known New Hampshire editor, and inventor of the first folding machine, died at Horkinton, on the 3d inst, at the age of ty-four.
 The Little Rock Democrat says there is no doubt about Hon. Thos. Fletcher being the first choice of Pu- laski county for gubernatorial hon ors.
 The news is now very fattering for Fayetteville to get railroad, The work ..on the line from Pierce City to that place is to commence on the 18th inst.
 The citizens of Mariana have notified one W. B. Worsham to stake up his bed and travel from there and never put his foot inside the corpor- at,on again. He seems from all this to be bad citizen.
 The Paris Exhibition opened with great eclat on the 1st inst. The American section compares very favorably with others. Our Art display is the finest ever made abroad.
 Through the exertiens- of Repre- sentatives Slemmens and Cravens, arrangements have been made with the Fish Commissioner to stock the Ouachita, Saline and Red rivers in this State, with shad.
 The Gazette commends our re- marks last week in regard to pre- serving an impartial attitude toward all candidates until after the nomi- hating convention of the party shall have spoken.
 The Metropolitan Hotel, at Lit tie Rock was closed on the 2d inst. Gleason takes charge of the Capital Hotel dining hall. His friends, who number more than any other hotel or restaurant mans in Arkansas, will follow him up.
 Tho Medical Society which held its annual session at Fort Smith on the lst and 2d, elected the following officers: President, Dr. A. II. Harn- CT; Vice Presidents, Drs. T. w. Hur- ley,, w. II. Hankins, J. 4. Shibbly, Isaac Folsom; Secretaries, Drs. N. c. Jennings and L. P. Gibson; Treasurer, pr. A. L. Breysacher; Librarian, Dr. J. H. Lenow.
 Monroe County held her Con- ventien On the 2d and instructed as follows: for governor, Hughes; SUI preme judge, Eakin; attorney gener- al, Moore; congress, House; chan cellor, Carol; clerk, Galloway; treasurer, Churchill; secretary of state, Beavers; land commissioner, Baxter; supt. of public instruction, Hin.
 --Mitchel, of the Gazette, and