The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-24

these gentlemen are at home Tn the business and they will, no doubt, make good paper.
 --Messrs. NJ. F. Venable and O. l.. Miles intend to commence the publication of a monthly journal, to be known as the Boonyille Record, on or about tho lst of November. It will be devoted to Education, Litera- ture, Temperance, Home and Family Circle. Subscription price for one year thine months) fifty cents.
 Governor Miller has appointed Hon. A. H. Garland, Hon. w. F. Slemons and Hon. T. NJ. Gunter, commissioners on the part of this State, to act with Board of Con- missioners of the Lee Monumental Association, of the State of Virginia, in selecting the artist to execute the work upon the equestrian statue of Gen. Robt. k. Lee.
 The Jacksonport Herald gets off this squib--those who read the Gazette RIGHT CLOSELY will see the point:
 The Little Rock Gazette IS in fav- or of Bob Johnson for U. $. Senator, leastwlse if we understand its posi- tion upon that position. It is also opposed to Baxter, Bell and Walker, indeed everybody else but Johnson that Is to say if we understand the position of that eminent journal
 Little Rock is going to wait un- til the Arkansas river freezes over before the quarantine is raised.-- Hot Springs Sentinel.
 Wsll, we are quite wiling to risk the good sense and sound judge ment of the Little Rock Board of Health. Their wise action has no doubt saved our State from the rava- ges of the fever. We presume the Board will not raise the quarantine until it is safe to dc so, the growing of the Sentinel to the contrary not withstanding.
 -CoTToN PREMIUMs.-From the St. Louis Commercial Gazette we see
 
 that the following award of Prelni- ums was made to Arkansas Cotton :
 Best bale, $200 premium-J. H. Dowell & Co.,, exhibitors; w.. B. Brooks, Vineyard, producer.
 Second best bale, $l00 dollars pre- mium---D. F, Rowland & O., exhib- itors; s. Taylor, Barton, producer.
 Third best bale, $50 premium-J. H. Dowel & Go, exhibitors; H. c. Meador, Mariana, producer.
 There is an. epidemic of crime in the land, which is as fatal to tue true welfare of our country as the great plague now devastating our southern cities. The cause oi It is the failure to execute the laws L. R. Democrat,
 There is no sort of doubt but that the slack administration of our laws accounts for the reckless and auda- cious disregard of many of our stat utes, Our courts are crowded at ev cry term with criminal cases of all kinds, and one of the heaviest bur- dens we now have is looking after violators of the laws of the land. Let every offender once know that when the law has been violated, punish ment is SURE to follow, and that too, with speed and power, and we will have fewer infraetions of the law.
 TIE CERTIoRARI.-Last Friday the case of certain complainants in the matter of the county seat remov- al was heard by Judge Pounds in Chambers at Gainesville. The com | plainants were represented by Mess. w. w. Mansfield and J. G. Wallace the petitioners for the change were represented by Judge U. NJ. Rose, of | Little Rock. The writ of Certiorari was granted and an order made re straining the County Court from tax ing further action until the cause could be heard at next term time oi Pope Circuit Court. The decision ol the Court was excepted to by Judge Rose and the case taken to the Su preme Court to have the action Of Judge Pounds reversed. As the Su preme Court is now in session we presume the case will be got before that tribunal at the earliest possible date.
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