The Russellville Democrat., 1878-08-29

Whltn was to nave bappeu lhc rolb smith Road at Alma has collapsed on account of the failure of Benton county toput up$G,oo0. &
 We have no munition to waste upon dead game, or we might notice the raying and reckless com munlcation which appeared in last weeks Atkins News, over the sigma turc of one Vim. Reynolds.
 Go to the polls next Monday and vote the straight democratic ticket including every nominee of the party. Also see that yonr bal lot has on It the words "For Change" For Russcllyillc.
 Taxpayers should remember that they can escape paying court house tax next January in only one way, and that is for q majority of them to go to the polls next Mon day and vote ''For Change" and "For Russcllville."
 If there is not q majority of the votes of the County boiled nexS Monday "For Change" and 'For Russclville," the people are just as sure to have to pay a courthouse tax next year as that time is to come.
 -The Lonoke Democrat has just entered upon it's seventh volume. It is a good paper sound to the eorer and we hope to sec it survive the wear and tear of time for many years yet, to go onward and forward Tn it's career of usefulness.
 After casting IA ballots the Brinkley Convention nominated Hon. Poindexter Dunn, of St. Francis Go, for Congress from the 1st District. Col Dunn yves a Democratic Presi- dential Elector for his district in 1S- 72, and again in 1876. He is true man and will reflect credit upon our State.
 It will take about 1150 votes to remove the County Seat from Dover and defeat the Court house tax which will be put on the people If 1t is kept there. Let every man oppo- scd to that tax go to the polls and see that his ticket contains the words "For Change" "For Russell ville."
 Our citizens have promised the voters in and around Dover that they will vote against the removal of the county seat, and they can be re- lied upon, regardless of what the Russellville DEMOCRAT may say to the contrary notwithstanding.--At- kins News.
 Well now Brother Bell, since you are so good as to tell us you have been barter,ng off your votes, be clever enough to tell us what the consideration is? In other words what did the voters in Dover and Liberty townships agree to do if the citizens of Wilson township would vote against the removal of the courthouse and for k. l.. McCracken for representative?
 The only way the taxpayers oi Pope county will get clear of paying a perpetual tax to keep the old wreck of a court house at Dover ill repair is to vote the County seat away from there. Any one who will go and look at that house car sec that the only way to make il safe and serviceable IS to take down the warped and leaning walls and build them up plumb and straight from the very foundation. This will involve Q greater amount of Ia Dor and greater expense than to take clean, new material and build | new house outright There should never be another dollar spent on that old house.
 Too TuIN.-A correspondent of the Atkins News, writing from Liberty Township, says the pc. tition upon which the election was ordered submitting the question of removal of the County Seat IS fraud. The writer, thereby shows himself to be perfectly wild and reck' less. The petition was gotten IT strictly according to the letter of the law and after all names of doubtful legality were stricken of, there were still more than the number required hy law, If q few more hot headed young bloods will send the Atkins News communications like Voters '' every sensible man in the county