The Russellville Democrat., 1879-02-13
GENERAL NEWS.

there are but very few newspapers in Arkansas which favor the abolish ment of the office of State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction.
 Mir Owen introduced a bill in the House last Friday, providing that no man shall vote at any cleo tion in this State who has not paid his poll tax for the year previous,
 It is more than probable that 8 law will lybc enacted st the present session to require drug stores to pay State and county license for selling whiskey, just the same as saloons do.
 The bill has passed the House to place our State and Congressional elections on the same day. This is just as 1t should be, and we hope the Senate will concur in the passage of the law.
 We tender thanks to Secretary Lou T. Kretchmar of the Senate, and Chief-Clerk John c. Holland ot the House, for rosters of the officers and members of thelr respective branches of the 22d session of the Assembly of Arkansas.
 The new pension arrearages bill, will, it is estimated, have the effect of distributing throughout the States something like 8 hundred million dollars. This will have 2 tendency to revive, a. least to some extent, the general business of the country
 The House has appointed Com mittee consisting of Messrs. Barker, Greening and Sinnott to visit Dar danelle Sulphur Springs and Hot Springs for the purpose of reporting upon their suitability as locations for the State Insane Asylum.
 -Wm. K. Woodruff, Jr., will short ly issue little volume which will be entitled the Arkansas Year Book. It will contain much valuable informa- tion in the way of statistics, railroad timetables, tables of distances, times of meetings of the courts, &c. The name of the author is guaran- tee of the worth of the Year Book.
 The Lawrence County Times, a new paper just started at Walnut Ridge, by Mir. H. M. Skinner, has made it's appearance among our ex- changes. MT. Skinner is tip-top editor and if the people of Law renee county will give him half a chance. he will give them a good paper. Success, Bro. Skinner.
 We now do Bro. Bennett, Editor of the White County Beacon, the jus. tice to state that he is NOT opposed to a law prohibiting the carrying of deadly weapons. We msconstrued his few lines on that subject last week and placed him upon the rec. ord wrong. He simply wants some changes in the present law. Sug gest your amendments, Bro. Bennett.
 Last Friday Mir. Riddick, of Green introduced bill in the House which is upon subject greatly needing some proper legislative re strictons thrown around it, i. e., the prevention of unjust discrimination in passenger and freight charges over any railroad in this State. A wise enactment ou this subject will be great relief to the people of the State.
 We believe the present session of the legislature should provide for the assessment of real estate every two years. As the law now stands real estate is assessed only every fourth year. This IS too long for one assessment to stand. For vamous reasons the convenience of the peo. pie, and the interests or Eboth State and tax payer would be subserved by having an assessment of all real property every two years,
 MT. Quarles, of Phillips Coun- ty, last Friday introduced bill in the House to regulate and provide for the publication of legal notices. It is a good bill and should be en- acted into a law. The interest of minors,I benefclaries in estates, non. residents (aud even residents) who are interested in the decrees of courts, &c., are very frequently sac rifcee on account of the want ofpub- lication of such matters in the news papers of the counties.
 We would remind gentlemen of the legislature that it costs the tax