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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

The following abstract of one of our Supreme Court decisions will be of interest to many ofo readers, as well as to all Justices of the Peace:
 MAY TERM, ,l87S-No. 14. JAMES BRADLEY vs. THE STATE. ER-
 RoR TO BENTON COUNTY.
 Plaintiffin error was indicted for assault and battery upon w. A. Polt- her. He pleaded pendeney of a pros ecution for the same ofense, before Justice of the Peace, and also con viction before a justice of the peace for the offence. Demurrer to the plea sustained. The cause was then sub mitted to the Court. Defendant found guilty and fined. Motions for new trial, and in arrest oyerruled. Opinion by English, c. J.
 ABSTRACT.
 The transcript from the Justice's $ Court, made part of the plea con cerning the pending prosecution, shows that the warrant was not served.
 Although the Justice had concur rent jurisdiction of the oh'ense, with the Circuit Court, yet the jurisdic- tion did not attach until service of the warrant. The warrant had been returned not found, and the prosecu- tion. doubtless, abandoned. The Court did not err in sustaining the demurrer to this plea.
 The second plea alleges that de fendanJ voluntarily appeared .',orr6s,., another JusIlc,Ss-ple ,s, pleaded guilty tC el.sso5-onense, and was fined $5. mi, plea does not verify the conviction by any record; and yGs bad. Jus tices docket entries are for this pur pose quasi records.
 A plea, moreover, of former con viction, to be availing must be regu lar. A conviction befoEe q Justice .on the confession or Information O the defendant hlmselb is no bar t another prosecution.
 If there had been ahy error in sus taining the demurrer, it was no proper to make it ground for mo tion for a new trialL It was matte of record preceding the trial. Al flrIned.
 It has been Q Custom extensivel. practiced in justf.ce's courts for par ties who have co8mmitted misdemean ors to appear afad put in Q plea c guilty upon inls ormation furnished b the offender Il .mself, thus thinking t save costs an escape indictment b the grand iury. It will be seen fror the above q scision that this dodge no bar to + ldictment by the gran jury, or to another prosecution regr larly con iucted.
 We th' ink it a good thing that thi declsiol has been made, for we hay no dou .bt many parties guilty of az graya oed offences, have taken advar tage ot this dodge, and escaped thi ade flnate punishment for their mi de neanors which would have bee Vi sited upon them had there been eenlar investigation with the fu evidence against the accused befoi Ithe court.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17
NO UNITED STATES TROOPS
 FOk WHEELER.

From the following dispatch from Washington It will be seen that no U. $. Troops will be sent in compli- ance with Collector Wheeler's ap- plication for them to aid in enforc- ing the Revenue Laws against "moonshiners."
 WASHINGTON, October l1.-After a conference between the President, Secretary of the treasury and the Attorney General, it has been de- cided that troops cannot now be used to aid the internal revenue officials in Arkahsas in breaking up illicit distilleries, as requested by Collect l. or Wheeler, at Little Rock, and the following telegram has been sent that officer:
 Ut is decided not to invoke mill tary aid to enforce the laws until you have exhausted all other means. You are authorized to employ as large force as you think necessary to enable you to seize the stills and secure the arrest of the offenders re- ferred to in your letter of the 3d inst. Ifyou cannot arm the force, inform me what you need, and arms will be ordered from here. Call on the Mar shall to assist you with all the means at his command, to organize a force strong euough to overcome the re- sistance without bloodshed if possi' ble. Act promptly and vigorously, and enforce the law at all hazards Inform this office by, telegraph, ol your action.
 H. c. ROGERS, Act Com l.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17
A STATE HISTORICAL SOCl'
 ETY,

We print to-day the hrsC ol se- ries of articles on the early eXplora- tions of Arkansas, written by the Rev. Mir. Stout, who has studied and taken great interest in the subject, which will be read with keen interest by those who are anxious to learn something of our early history.
 The publication of these articles will, no doubt, suggest to many the very great necessity of collecting and preserving all attalnable materi- als necessary to complete history or the discovery, exploration and early settlement of Arkansas; and in con nection with this, the formation oi an Historical Association.
 We know of no other means or method by which this valuable inior- nation can be collected and presery- ed; and inasmuch as most of our old settlers who carry alone in their memories the unwritten history ot the times in which they hyed are rapidly passing away, the necessity for the immediate organization ot such a society is urgent and pres sing. Who will take the lead i'll this matter and become the founder of an association that will forever link his name with the history of Arkansas What a glorious opportunity is pre- sented for some man to make his name as immortal as time? Had we the leisure and means we kuow ol nothing that would so excite oul highest ambition as to be the found CT of such an association.
 The above suggestion made by the Gazett is . good idea and wC
 hope to see those who are capable take the matter in hand and carry out the suggestion made.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

providing for a good common school system is just what 9e have legisla- lures for, and not to wait until some one solves tue problem for them and forces them to enact the measure.
 So let our members elect be study ing this question, so that when the general assembly convenss they will be prepared to act intelligently, without depending upon some news paper, or some one else, to study it up and point out the changes that are needed in our present school law.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

the candidates announced will be successful, as safe proposition, than to shoulder your assertion. We do not care to have it thta way, however, for we don't want our man left. Wen wait and Morrilton State.
 Come, now, Eddl You don't stand a ghost of chance for your man, and you had just as well drop him and fasten your towlne on to Little Dave" and help him pull through. If he or Bell is not elected, Johnson will be. What do you think of this prediction?
 Ut has been suggested by some paper that au expression as to the choice of the people for U. s. Senator be taken at the polls at the approaching Congress sional election. The Gazette is the on- ly paper which is opposed to such an expression. II Russellyille DEMOCRAT.
 The Gazette is not the only paper that opposed the proposition to take a popular vote on the senatorial question at the Congressional elec tion. But if it was that would make no difference in it's course. We are oppsed to the proposition because it is wrong in PRINCIPAL, and because it is suggested by selfish and un- worthy motives, and would doubtless be made an occasion for much wrong and iniustice, It is schem and as such we oppose and denounce it. Gazette.
 When we penned the above para graph we had noticed none other of our State exchanges which opposed the proposition. Since then, how ever, there are other papers-the Ft Smith Herald, and perhaps one or two more, which have expressed themselves as opposed to the plopo- sition. In noting the proposition and the Gazette's attitude in the premises we expressed no condemna- tion of that paper for opposing the proposition, and it was far from our intention to convey the idea that our worthy contemporary opposed it from any other than the purest mo- tives; therefore we think that paper displays a little unnecessary sensi- tivenes. We think that the Gazette is too nasty and by far too severe when she says, as she has said in the above paragraph, that the propo- siton twas suggested by selfish and unworthy motives," and that it is a 'scheme" That is saying Q good deal, and we don't see why the Ga zette should be so ready to impugn the motives of other Democratic papers of the State. We are not in favor of the proposition ourself, at thls time, because the members of the Legislature are already chosen, and it is reasonable to suppose that they were not elected without their preferences on the Senatorial ques. tion being fully known by the voters of the various counties. So why put this question again before the peo- pie, and create an opportunity for further heated stump canvassing on this question? While we do not favor the proposition, how ever, we would not, for a good deal, go as far as the Gazette has gone and accuse the proposer and advocates of it of suggesting it as Ca scheme" "through selfish and nn- proper motives. That is going just little too far.
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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

Mir. Phil. Pfeifer introduced the following, which were adopted:
 Whereas, In view of the interrup- tion of the railroad trans and steam boat lines, caused by different quar- antine regulations, established in and out of the state, and in defer ence to the request of committee appointed to visit the St. Louis Fair, and also the request of officers of several county fairs to be held in this state during the week hereto fore announced for the State Fair; therefore, be It
 Resolved, That the Arkansas State Fair be postponed until Monday, the 18th day of November next, and to continue six days.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17
THE RESULT OF THE CON- GRESSfONAL ELECTIONS.
A Good Days Work for the
 Democracy,
Giving HIS Gain of Six Members in next Congress.

Giving HIS Gain of Six Members in next Congress. | At the date of our last issue we had not the news from the four States which held Congressional elections on the Sth inst full enough to give any definite result. Now however, we have the pleasure of in forming our readers that the day was grand triumph for the Demo crats, giving us . majority of six members in the next House. The relative position of the two parties has been affected by these elections as follows: the Democrats gain 6, the Republicans lose 7-the Greenbackers electing l.
 The Gazette comments on the election and sums up the result as | follows:
 On last Tuesday Congressional elections were held in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and West Virginia. The con test in each State was the most hotly contested one, for years past. Each party was thoroughly organized, and put forth it's best efforts. The final result was regarded with anxiety and doubt, by both the old parties, the unknown strength of the Nation als beng an element of the situation that baflled all intelligent calcula l tions.
 The Greenbackers went into the contest with flying colors and conf dent expectations of great gains pre- dicated upon recent successes in Maine and Vermont, and as it was feared they would draw more large ly from the Democrats than from the Republicans, the former anticipated the probabilities of defeat, where they would otherwise have calcula- ted upon certain victories. The Democrats had also to contend against the powerful patronage and influence of the Federal Government and the aid of the campaign fund drawn from the public cofiers.
 But with all these drawbacks, and against all these adverse circumstan- ces, the gallant old Democracy have pushed their lines to an advanced po- sition and won splendid victory. The grand summing up of the re suits in the four states show net Democratic gain of six Congressmen We have gained four in Ohio and three in Indiana, and lost (probably one in West Virginia.
 In Ohio we have carried Third Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eight, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth. Fourteenth and Fifteenth; the Re publicans have carried the First, Second, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Seven teenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth districts.
 In Indiana we have carried the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Sev- enth, Eighth and Twelfth; and the Republicans have carried the First, | Y HUI, Niiltl, 1cbVL, iAlS'c cHei aAN Thirteenth districts,
 In Iowa the Republicans have, as usual, carried the State solid.
 In West Virginia we have carried the First and Third, and the Green packers probably the Second Dis trict.
 The present delegation in Congress
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

-QuERY.-"Why wll men sA'., , common tobacco, when they can 'O! Marburg Bros. Seal of North OA'0' lima, at the same priceT
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

It Is all the way mp hill to su,ce'-..s5. e''...5. it wouldn't be so plagucy harl Nn. ing np if there were not so many ''1 ing down all the time.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

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 -JUDGEs OF ELEcroN.-We re- mlnd the Judges who held the State election in September that the duty devolves upon them to be in prompt attendance at the various voting pre- eincts in Pope county, on Tuesday, the 5th day of November to hold the Congressional elechon. This is q matter of great importance and every election judge should be punctual and faithful.
 The Gazette rather makes light of Walker and Bell, the two head coursers in the Senatorial race, be, cause they have never yet occupied seats in the State Legislature. Judging from the record made by our average legislatures-the sense less tumble of our statutes; the use less measures proposed; the few good measures put through; the ease with winch really good measures ata repealed and kept down; the profit less squandering of long sessions and the little good accomplished- we would say that mans reputa tion for statesmanship IS about IS good if he has never been mixed up with such a muddle, as it would be- if he had been standing member for the past forty years.
 We have received a circular giving description of the new process 0. spinning cotton yarn directly from the seed, by the use of the Clement attachment; giving also the cost ot starting a factory on this system. The estimate for factory running four sets of cards is as follows; A factory with four sets of cards and Attachments, and l ,G32 spindles and all necessary machinery, includ ing Buckeye Automatic Engine, l0x1S inch cylinder; tubular boil CT, l24 feet long, 45 inches diameter with 5 three-inch fucs; a stilIwel heater and necessary pumps; ! building 56xl00 feet, 30 feet of t two stories high with necessary shed rooms for engine and boiler, all sei up ready fog running, will cost abou f$2I GOO; without engine and build l ing, $l5,000. It will require from v to y operatives, and will prodnc from 500 to 1000 pounds of yar3 per day. The cost of operating will be about as follows; ! Supermtendentp per day Ss9 Ss, l Boss in spinning r0Om per day s@ | Engineer and fireman per day ,ss| % operatives average '1 cts. per day l3' lsG | oil oill'l and Incidental expenses 29 820O lbs seed cotton, at 2A c. per ID 0
 Total daily expense Slio"
 The product of the mlll would be about us follows:
 900 lbs yarn, l9e. per D net at factory NO..S ! one ton of cotton seed el 40 lbs waste cotton at cents per ID
 Gross product F'""'
 REcArITUAATIoS.
 | Gross product flHW
 Total daily cNpenses L@tJ
 Net daily profit }sao
 The above calculations are made on the basis that cotton is worth about ten cents per pound, and 'a' price of yarn is put below the aver, Ee aqe. The converting of cotton 'alo yarn increases it's value 100 to l-' per cent, according to the iineAe'' of the yarn.
 Rope works, q warp mlll and Iooin' for weaving grain bags, ducks, os3a' bnrgs, and heavy goods, could Op S added at very little expense, Wh'tD would increase the proht5 oI JUG factory considerably.
 A factory of two sets with c' pacity of 400 to 800 pounds oI E'.a per day, would cost about hali "l' ,, above.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

This we regard as pretty good work for one day.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

Winchester, Ky, has a news paper called the Smooth Coon.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

The following abstract of one of our Supreme Court decisions will be of interest to many ofour readers, as well as to all Justices of the Peace:
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-17

It was reported by Pope coun- ty paper that a suit had been insti. tuted against Gross & Rosenwater for selling whiskey to the husband of a Mrs. Eubanks, against her or ders, and she clamed $2,000 dama- ges. The paper said c & R were not in the country. This proved to be q mistake as Gross was present at the trial this week and was acquit ted--Weckly State.
 An ACQUITAL can hardly be claim ed where there was no trial. The case against Gross & Rosenwater was stricken from the docket be- cause tho plaintiff in the case aban- doned the prosecution. There was no trial upon the merits of the case, and hence no acquittal in the proper sense of the term.
 The Ruesellyille DEMOCRAT says the race for Senatorial honors is pretty well settled down between Bell and Walker, and that the latter is slightly in the lead Don't be too sanguine Bro. Batten6eld, the half is not told yet; Jones, Rector, Royston, Johnson and Baxter have not drawn of yet. The loudest talk does not always represent the greatest move. It sometimes requires a great deal of talk to keep small affair in opera tion. Altough we wonld not detract from the strength of either of the two gedtlcmen you mention, we would rather predict that neither of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-08-10
ATown i'm Two states.

Although Bristol is a small and
unimportant town, it has two May
ors, two municipal governments,
two bodies of police, and is taxed
in two States. 1t is both in Tennes-
see and Virginia, the centre of Main
Street being the dividing line, and
its peculiar position no little confu.
sion and many droll incidents.
Young couples 6lOpe from Virginia
and, by crossing the street, enter
Tennessee and are married without
hindrance. A man commits
crime in Tennessee, flies to the OPP
posite sidewalk in Virginia and de-
fieS the officers of the former State.
He needs to be very guarded in his
movements, however, lest he cross
the boundary, and become amena-
Bile to the laws of the common
wealth he has fed, or stepped away
from. Fugitives are often pulled
across the street by officers armed
with warrant, and so legally arres-
ted. Not long since, fellow who
had stolen a horse in Tennessee
crossed the boundary line-by walk
ing twenty feet-and seating him
self on a pile of dry-goods boxes,
laughed a pursuing policeman to
scOrn. While so occupied a law
abiding citizen pushed over the pile
of boxes, and the thief fell within
the confines of Tennessee, and into
the arms of the waiting and watch
ing miniOn of the law. Women
who prefer to have their children
born in one or the other State often
live on one side of Main Street and
cross over Just before the coming
event. There are several instances
in which eXpectant mothers have
been a little too late, and thus chill
dren designed for Virginian nativi-
ty have been born on Tennessee
soil, while predestined Tennesseans
have clearly missed their destiny
by being enrolled in the census of
Virginia. A number of mature
Bristolites are still uncertain of
their place Of birth, having vainly
spent time and money trying to
discover beyond doubt whether
they are Tennesseans or Virgin
ianS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-08-10
A Deaf Editor.

The editor of the Santa Clara (Cal-
ifOrnia) Echo is happily deaf, and
thus tells of his adventure with a
female book agent (the book was
not a female, of cOurse): "We
thought everybody in the State
knew we were deaf, but once i'm a
while we find one who is not aware
of the fact. A female book peddler
came to the office the other day.
She wished to dispose of a book.
She was alone in this world, and
had no one to whom she could turn
for sympathy or assistance; hence
we should buy her book. She was
unmarried, and had no manly heart
into which she could pour her suf-
ferings, therefore we ought to invest
in book. She had received lib
eral education, and we could not, in
consequence, pay her less than two
dollars for a book. We had listened
attentively, aud here broke in with,
what did you say? We're deaf
She started in loud voice and went
through her rigamarole, When she
had finished we went and got a role
of paper, and making ii into a speak
ing trumpet, placed one end to our
ear, and told her to proceed. She
nearly broke a blood vessel in her
effort to make herself heard. She
commenced, Il am alone in this
world 1T doesn't make the
slightest difference to us. We arc
husband and a father. Bigamy is
not allowed in this State. We are
not eligible to proposals. '0h,
what fool this man Is 2 she said in
a low tone; then at the top of her
voice, Il don't want to marry you,
I want to sell book This last
sentence was howled. we don't
want cook we remarked, bland
ly;, 'our wife does the cooking, and
she wouldn't allow as gOOd-lQoklng
a woman as you to stay in the house
five minutes. She is very jealous
She looked at us In despair. Gather
ing her robes around her, giving
me glance of contempt, she ex-
claimed: Il do believe that If n
three hundred-pounder were let off
alongside that deaf fools head, he'd
think somebody was knocking at
the door, You should have heard
her slam the door when she went
out, We heard that"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-08-10
An Arkansas Hero.
Dardanelle Immigrant.

The battle of Cerro GordQ was one
of the most hotlY contested engage
ments of the Mexican war. On the
18th of April, 1847, the American
forces carried the heights by storm.
The evening previous, from the
ramparts proudly fioated the Mexi-
can battle flag, attached to the
wheel Of the gun-carriage of q MUIR
derous battery that all night poured
shot and shell into the American
ranks, The battlements fairly brls-
tied with artillery, and behind
them lay the renowned General
Santa Anna, with $1,000 of the
flower of the Mexican army. A large
reward was offered by General Scott
to the man who would capture the
ensign upon the gun. The stOrming
began early on the following morn
ing. The Second Tennessee VOlun-
teers made a gallant charge upon
the battery over which fioated the
Mexican eagle and serpent. One
man reached for the cOlOrs and fell
dead upon the spot, but another,
more fortunate, boldly mounted the
gun, tore the flag from the carriage
and bore it triumphantly away.
That man lives within ten miles of
Dardanelle, his name is w. M.
Parkinson, and his most cherished
possession is the old Mexican BAN
ner that once floated so proudly
over the sulphurious smoke that
belched from the booming guns up
ON the heights of CerrO GOrdO.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-08-10

The Greensborough (Ga.) Herald
thus forecasts the destiny OF the
graduating class at a college in that
State at the recent commencement
Three-fourths of them will go To
teaching school. About fourteen
will study law-abOut two will be
lawyers. About FIVE will Join the
North Georgia Conference. About
three will marry and wake up.
Two or three will 90 on, at once, Co
the University Of Virginia and stay
a year or two and then go to Cam
bridge Law School and graduate,
and then come home and clerk In a
dry goods store for twenty-five dol
lars per month and board them
selves. Some fellow who studied
like sin, and who stood way up I'm
his class, will go home with the
firm conviction that all has been
accomplished-he has foughta a good
fight, and there Is nothing more to
do. He will remain under this Inn
preston until next January, when
the sold man" will say to him
"Well done, thou good and faithful
servant, but you haven't done
enough. Git the mule and break
up that pertater patch" Such Is
life. l