The Russellville Democrat., 1878-04-04
ATKINS WEEKLY NEWS.
 ATKINS, April ?, 1878.

April Fool. x Correct Stand up again.
 Have your teeth plugged. Business continues good. New goods at E. A Darr's. Candidates are quite numerous. k: Cotton still comes in slowly. Ask your druggist the price of Quinine.
 The picnic season is near at hand.
 Gran crops in this section are looking fine.
 -Dr. Perryman has corn six inch es high in his garden.
 And still they come-a few more immigrants arrived in town last week.
 Moss. Hervey & Burton's new store will soon be ready to fill up."
 Atkins has new butcher shop. Mr. Hamstringer is the proprietor. and very appropriate name, too.
 Mess. Embry & Virden are sell Ing coffee atI6lbs per $l sugar l3lbs per $l That's the place to purchase.
 pr Dick Whitesides was in town Monday and he reports the health of his locality good.
 Rev. Mir. Boone, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister, preached an interesting sermon at the Presbyte- rian church last Sunday.
 Turner Mourning, son of Mir. D. M. Mourning, has been lying very ill with typhoid pneumonia for the past two weeks. His physicians pro nounce him ont of iinmmediate dan l ger at present.
 The man Jones shot here last week while attempting to run from the officers. is out on the streets again, though he yet carries a sore shoulder and Q disfgured underlip.
 Its no use MT. Sam" of turning out those side burns. c. V. has come back with set that are daisies and you must take the "bounce."
 --Col. B. T. Embry and Hon. D. M. Mourning, two Grand Jurors of this place, agaln departed for Dover on Mondays train. They are going to work up few more cases on the boys.
 MT. 0. Bejach, we are sorry to say, vii leave next "Wednesday for Lower Lake, Cal, at which place he will make his future home. Mir. E. IS good citizen and we hate to see him leave us.
 Our good friend Dr. Wyatt, of RussellviIe, is in town this week, anu he never fails to get all the work lie can do in his line, namely . "tocth dentist" as we were informed by one of our NJ. D's. the other day. A man of his skill and ability de serves a good patronage from those who are compelled to chew some times.
 --On Sunday night last quite a dangerous accident happened to one of our young men by powder ex plosion, caused by spark of fire from pipe which he was smoking at the time. He sustained no serious injury, however, hut we would advise him to procure set of false nous tache for at least week in order that his may catch up. Better luck, next time, Frank.
 
 Rev. Dr. York, D. D. lectured here last Friday night; subject, Love, Courtship, Marriage" or course our young folks were out en- masse to learn the reverend gentle mans views on this momentous sub ject. The discourse was an inter esting one, though not up to what VIC had anticipated from so eminent n parsonage.
 Last week some parties here en- gagged in cording wood felled a tree on valuable COW belonging to Mrs. Leonard, killing the animal instant ly. In few hours quite herd of disconsolately sympathetic bovines had gathered around the scene of the tragedy bewailing the tragic end of one of theIr number in hideous bel lowings.
 Hon. A. s. McKennon, of Clarks- vile, candidate for the office of pros ecuting attorney for this district, spent last Sunday Tn our bnrg. He is genlal, affable gentleman. and our friend who now wears the honors of that otiicc--with dignity be it said -must look to his laurels for in Col. McKennon he has q foeman worthy of his steel.
 1.-Two OF rHK Boys.s