The Russellville Democrat., 1878-08-22

District of Geosgia-
 The editorial Department of the Hot Springs Telegraph will hereafter be presided ovet by Col. c. Thrower.
 A Crittenton county man drew the capital prize $3O,OO0 in the TO- cent drawing of the Louislana State Lottery.
 Little Rock received her first bale of Dew cotton last Friday. It was raised in Pulaski County, and sold at auction for POI cents.
 Little Rock established a quar- sntine against all railroad and steamboat lines converging into that place, except those leading to Fort Smith.
 -Trot ont your Independent La boring Mans Ticket and see how easy the Democratic laborfng men of Pope County will beat it with the regular party ticket.
 Sunday night week ago there was jail delivery at tho Danville, Yell county, jail Four prisoners were released by help from the out- side. Sheriff Cole says the jail is worthless.
 The Boonville Enterprise has been removed from Boonville to Paris the County Seat of Logan county. The paper will hereafter float under the title of the. Logan County Enter prise- Bro. Moore still "holds the fort on the mail keg."
 The Fort Smith Herald has en- tered upon it's 33d year. The Her ald is orc of the best papers in the State, and next to the oldest. May it grow in prosperity, Tn power and in usefulness.
 -Dr. w. H. Barry, of Hot Springs is a candidate to represent Garland county in the next legislature. We hope he will be elected, for he Is a gentleman of true worth and ability snd has as big soul as any living man.
 The question or point which the vote on the removal ..of the County Seat will settle, is this: If majority goes against change, 1t means a court house tax to be paid next Jan uary to rebuild the old house at Do- yer; if majority goes For Change it means NO TAX.
 Everywhere the Democracy is more harmonious and more closely united than eyer before. In Ohio it is said the party is better organiz- ed and equipped than it has ever been- Eighteen hundred aud eigh- ty will witness the grandest demo- cratic victory on record.
 W. A. Webber has sold his ln- terest in the Spirit of Arkansas to Maj. s. H. Nowlin. Maj. Nowlin, who owned an interest in the Saline Go. Digest has disposed of his lnterestia that paper to Mir. Webber, who hav- ing associated his son A. A. Webber with him, will devote his whole time to the Digest. We bespeak success to all parties.
 So far as we can now remember uhs following are the only papers in the State favoring the election of Col. Bob Johnson to.the U. s. Sen ate: The Gazette, The Western lnA dependent, The Hope City Times, The Harrisburg Tribune and The Searcy Record. Only five papers cut of Seventy two now published Tn the Stater
 Let it be distinctly understood by all that it will take clear majori, ty of all the voters in the county to defeat the Court House Tax, not on ly n majority of tire votes csst, but a majority of alb ia the county. So ev. cry man who stays away from the polls will count one with those who oppose the change and favor the tax. Let everybody go to the polls, and vote For Change and Foi Russellville md thus defeat the tax.
 -The Primary Election is over and our regular party nominees be fore the people. We, like most oth- CT voters, lost some of our favorites, but we are satisfied with the choice of the majority. We feel the proud satisfaction of knowing that we treat ed all the aspirsnts fairly and i'm partially, and never for moment al lowed 0nr own individual choice te