The Russellville Democrat., 1878-05-30

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 The Ltstls Il5ck s3ld d5 z smith Railroad offers one block Of ground in the town of Atkins as tionation fore site for the eeslrt house provided tha county seas sllodld be removed to that place.
 We acknowledge calls from the fol lowingfoxcursionists from the.tbfixing go-ahcad town Of ozxrk last Monday MT. c. c. Colburn, editor of the Dem ocrat; 1fssarS. Bo1rISad, Rh1 kr Ind Glenn; alsc our 0ld friend Horace Bradley, of Alma.
 -IcE CREAM !-- The ladies oi' tho Bap- tist church will sell leo cfeap, for tho benefit of the Baptist church Of this place, every Friday evening, commenc- ing on the evsningof 7th June, in the Hall over Erwin's old store, In the Tucker block. Everybody is invited.
 We deslre to return the most pro found thanks Of the attaches of the DEMOCRAT ofIlcc for . most excellent luncheon served them at the hands Of our good-looking aud generous young friend MT. Luther Boswell, on last Fri day evening. Wt nre yours truly, Lute.
 The citizens who reside on Oak Street are evincing the right spirit of enterprise in having that street graded aud drained. When tho work which has been commenced Is completed Oak will be the pretticst street in town. The job was let to Capt. ,. Fl: Perry, whose experience in railroad building makes him just tie man to do 2 good job of this kind.
 The Ozark Cornet Band honored us with . serenade last Msnday, for which we tender our profound thanks From the manner in which they discoursed several pieces we would have supposed the Band had been in training for years, but we were informed that the boys had only bean practicing about six weeks. g'he progress they have made certainly bespeaks fine musical talent.
 --Still new dwelling houses spring up all over town. MT. will Renfrow Is now building on Main Street one block east of Mr. yorkss new house. MT. Geo. Burdeil is to commence new residence right away In east Russell vile. Also Mir s. N. Evins is putting material on the ground to build q dwell- ing on Oak Street.
 We regretted very much that we were unable to attend the supper given by the Presbyterian ladies last Thurs day evening. We have heard the very excellent table which was spread high ly complimented by all who have spoken of 1t in cur presence. both for the abundance of the supply and the dainty quality thereof
 -The Concert last Monday night was really quite . triumph for the young folks who participated in it.. The attendance was very fair, and the evening being very pleasant, everybody enjoyed 1t spiendidly. The, whole pro gramme was we'll acted, and where all did 90 crsditably we think 1t would be invidious to say more tbaii that all did we'll.
 MT. c. H. Gregory was in town Thursday last. He showed ps small twig from one of his peach trees with three peaches on 1t almost ripe. They were what he ca1ls tlae Amazoil -a seed ling from the Halss Early. Bro. Greg ory informs us that he will soon com mence the publication of his weekly paper at Altus. We wish him ample snccess.N p -Loox oUr. FOR rhxh. We learn that MT. Chas. Lee, living at Neosho, Mo-, had pair Of mules stolen 2 couple of weeks ago and that the thieves are making their way to the Arkansas River. The mules were an iron-gray, about l5 hands high, and . dark brown about same size, both mare mules. The thieves were young men. aged respect lively about 2l and a5, the elder one with light beard. They passed within 3 miles of Fayetteville on Wednesday the 22d inst, headed this way. There is reward Of t15 fnr the mules, or $50 for the mules and thieves. We have our information nom MT, Glenn, of Missouri. 1%3
 We were very much pleased to re- ceiye 1 call from Judge ". ". Floyd, of Clarksville, last Monday. The Judge Is one of the old and highly respectable citisens of Clarksville, and it is certainly very instructive AS well as pleasant to hear him talk. And, by-thc-way, we believe the talk in Johnson county is that Judge Floyd must represent Johnson and Pope coun- ties in the State Senate. He would cer- tainly be an cxcelIcntman for tile place, for he is a sound reasoner, good fluent talker and true Democrat. And then on the question of our State debt he is as sound as . dollar--a matter of im- portance. Judge Floyd is not stran-