The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

Wer, Mr. r. C. Falls, has been swing ing around the circle this week, ands did us the honor to call.
 The shipments of cotton from Rus sellville station for the present month will aggregate 1000 bales Last Septcm- Der but 360 " ere shipped,
 --Go to the road meeting Satur- day night.
 Geo. Howell says that he is going to lick Davis, the Immigrant man, the first time that he catches him drunk, for certain, he thinks-but understands that he don't drink.
 Public Weigher Wooten has weigh cd over ono hundred bales of cotton so far this season, against twenty-five for the month of September of last year. A pretty good showing, that.
 HALLS PHOTOGRAPH GAIL LERY is now in Russellvilie. Good Photographs, India Ink, and Water Colour work speciality. Can supply you with tin types if you want them.
 MT. D. c. Cabell, an 1s-year-old son of Major A. $. Cabell, sheriff of Logan county, was the successful com petitor in the examination at Ozark for the West Point cadetship.
 Last Monday was the regular time for County Court, but owing to the fact that Circuit Court was in session, the County Court is deferred under operation of the law for two weeks. All parties interested will take due notice.
 Friend Yerzley is daily in receipt of fresh additions to his already com plete stock of family groceries. He keeps everything ill his line and con- sumers should not fail to call upon him. We thank our friend for favors.
 We see many of the silver coins In circulation badly defaced-punched |, clipped off, hammered out, &e. Do you know that it is heavy penal of fence to in any manner deface a gov ernment coin? The beEalty is, we be- lieye imprisonmenta and fine of $2, 900.
 All the Jewish population of Rus sellville will close their places of busi- ness next Saturday the 27th inst, to observe the day of atonement, day of fasting and prayer with all the Jews in the land. Here they have no place of worship so they will meet together in one house and hold prayer meeting.
 --DO NOT FAIL to attend the road meeting Saturday night, at the Council Chamber.
 A second collision has occurred be- tween the McGuires and Crownoyer at !, Dardanelle. This second affair was be- tween Charles and Crownover, and oc- cured last Saturday morning. No se- rious damage done to any body yet. An armistice has been declared, we learn, until th9 next Immigrant and Arkansi- an come out.
 -"Solomon Sowzer" writes to the Gazette giving a highly colored sensa- tional report of the reported haunted house at PIney, mention of which was made in this paper two weeks ago. And thereupon the local editor of that paper manufactures story of another haunted house in Johnson County and recounts an adventure of blacksmith connected herewith which lays "Sow- gers" story in the shade.
 We regret that we are compelled to remind some of our subscribers that they have not paid their subscription. It is very unpleasant duty for us to have to dun our patrons, but wa need money, and those of our friends who are indebted to us will do us great fa- vor by handing in the amount as soon as possible. Printers have to live, you know, as well as other men, and it takes money to keep the machine rum ming. Come and see us.
 There was some mighty good music at our house the other night made by Messrs. Ira l.. Boswell and Henry Erwin with their guitars, and Geo. E. Howell and the Messrs. Miller with their musical voices. We had fixed up q splendiferous little piece of thanks in acknowledgement of that serenade, but now we won't print it '.just for spite , because George eoolly informed us as they took their leave that the music was not for ourself, but for our better 3i.
 Read the editorial headed ssIt Will For a Fact" and go to the road meeting Saturday night. 1t will pay our business men BIG to build this road--it will, for tact.
 A most foul and brutal murder was committed in Yell county last Monday morning. A young man by the name of Burgess James and q stranger, who also represented his name to be James and claimed to be kinsman of Bur gcss, started out from Dardanelle to get work at cotton picking on some planta- ton below Dardanelle. At point about 6 miles below Dardanelle the bstranger said to James: 'sRight here killed one man, and right here l will kill you" and immediately opened a murderous fire upon him with navy ciy ntftinU fxvn halle thrauuh Ito hnIv