The Russellville Democrat., 1878-03-21
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-Delightful weather. |. Plant Irish potatoes now.
 Who is golng to be our next Mayor2 Pay your taxes before the 2otb of April.
 The roads are becoming hard and good.
 Wheat is looking better, so say the farmers.
 -Drs. Harrell & Hill have formed a co-partnershiD.
 Read the DEMocRAT-pay for read ing it. don't borrow.
 -One week from Tuesday our town election takes place.
 Mechanics in Russellyille have all the work they can do.
 Several contributions have been crowded out of this issue.
 To move the County Seat or not to move it, that's the question.
 -Messrs. Luker & Bro. expect to put up 40 or 50 wagons this summer. Jim Fowler and Bud White have gone east after new spring goods. --Mr J. l.. Shinn has been too unwell for several days to attend to business. -Yerzley S Davis are the new pro- ' prietors of the Railroad Eating House. The growth of Russellville contin- ues, new houses are started every week. The new railroad bridge over the Illinois Bayou will be raised next sun day.
 Everybody seemed to be enjoying a stroll ill the glorious sunshine last Sunday.
 MT. J, II. Battenfield is having 8 handsome uew fence built around his premises.
 There are too many men who prac- tice loaiing on the streets of our town on sunday.
 There had been 6,643 bales of cot ton shipped from this station up 10 the 18th inst. -Shinn $ Wilson will rlinsa hack to Dover during Court week. Patronize this line.
 There was large trade, a perfect rush of business in town last Friday and Saturday.
 The fast-passenger-trai arrange ment of the l.. R. & F. s. Ky. is popu- lar with everybody.
 Several wagons from Searcy coun- ty loaded with goods purchasel I in our town last Friday.
 MT. W. c. Renfrow has his we'll drilling apparatus at work at the prem ises of Mr. F. E. Barrow.
 Dogwoods will soon be in bloom and then the average disciple of Isaac Walton wifi be happy.
 The commercial travellers who keep their cards in the DEMOCRAT sell more goods in Russellville than others. The brick-laylng has commenced on Harkey Bros. new drug store, cor ner of Main and Jefferson Streets. Note it down that the farmer whom you see in town every few days now is not going to make much of crop.
 Mir. J. G. Miller has the foundation rock on his lots in the rear of the new Methodist Church and will build this spring.
 New spring hats and ladies dress goods at Allen & Blackburn's. Also gentlemen's clothing of new and beau tiful patterns.
 Mir. Jim Fowler has bought lots in east Russelville and ordered bill of lumber for residence. That looks suspicious, Jim.
 The Attorneys of Russellville have formed a Law Association and adopted a uniform schedule of prices for their services in different cases.
 The post office is now located in the building on the northwest corner of Main and River streets. Remember this and govern yourself accordingly. We understand Mr. Jno. Fowler, Walter Scott, Dave Youngblood and Jones Hicks are in the field as candi- dates for the position of City Marshall. W. 0. Rogers has shown commend able enterprise in putting down a sub stantal wooden pavement in front Of his saloon, ant erecting ail awning thereoyer.
 Whenever we see one of our mer- chants looking ''gay and happy" we know he has received account sales for bale of cotton that came very near paving out It don't happen often.