The Russellville Democrat., 1879-02-06


 nal. Judging from the first number of the Appeal, it will be paper wor- thy of the support of the good peo- pie of Prairie county.
 The Wittsburg Chronicle gives the particulars of bloody tragedy which occurred in Cross county. Three brothers, John, Woodie and J. P. Hammett, knowing the wherea- bouts of desperate, by the name of Mitchell, for whom a reward had been offered, undertook to capture him. The Hammett brothers found their man camped out on bayou Led. fork, and with him a man by the name of Baker, and at once laid their plans for their capture. The game was not so easily bagged, however, and the attempt resulted in the kill ing of three men of the two parties, Baker, Mitchell and John Hammett.
 The daily Herald, of this city suspended on Wednesday morning, after a run of fourteen months. The editors confess that it was not a pay ing investment and therefore were forced to abandon it until some flu ture day when they can find that it will be self.sustaining. We rcgretto record the above-it is to be regret ted that Fort Smith cannot support one daily-the number of people are wanting, we think, to sustain a daily paper. Simply not here.-Ft. Smith Elevator,
 We are sorry to hear of the sus- sion of the Herald. Now that Fort Smith has railroad, we trust that she may soon feel able to have her daily Herald started again.
 The following is list of the new ly electeds senators who will take their places on the 4th of March, in the 46th Congress of the United States:
 0. H. Platt (rep.) Connecticut; John A. Logan (rep.) Illinois; NJ. H.. Carpenter (rep. Wisconsin; Roscoe Conkling (rep., reelected, N. Y; J. D. Cameron (rep,) Pennsylvania; John P. Jones (rep., reelected, Ne vada; D. w. Voorhees (oem., re elected, Indiana; N. P. Hill (rep. ) Colorado; Wilkinson Call (dem. ) Florida; Z B. Vance (dem. North Carolina; c. c. Vest (dcm. Mis- souri; J. T. Farley (dem. California; G. H. Pendleton (dem.) Ohio; J. B. .Groome (dem.) Maryland; c. S. Houston (dem.) Alabama; J, H. Williams (dem. Kentucky; Wade Hampton (dem. South Carolina; J. H. Slater (dem.) Oregon; J. D, Walker tdem.) Arkansas; Jonas, (dem.) Louisiana; Ingall, (rcp. Kansas.
 A Coop IDEA.-We learn that there is some talk of changing the time of vacation at the A. I. U. from the summer to the winter months. The idea is a good one, and we be- lleve would work benefically to the students, as we'll as to the best ln- terests of the institution. Ing our opinion there will always be consid- erable amount of pneumonia among the students who attend the Univer- sity during the winter months, espe- cially amongst those from the south ern counties. Confinement in the heated rooms for several hours at a time, then exposure to the colder temperature of the Fayetteville at mosphere-so much colder than stu. dents from south of the mountains have been accustomed to, has an al. most inevitable tendency to bring on pneumonia. We think it would be wise to make the change.
 A SUGGEsTIoN.-If the present legislature intends to do anything toward providing for an Insane Asy lum (and it certainly should dc something J.. we respectfully suggest that the best locality we know of ir the State for the establishment O this important institution Is at tho Dardanelle Springs, in Yell county In a sanatary point of view, this To cation cannot be eXcelled; and, look ing at the matter from an economi cal standpoint it is by far the bes place we know of, for there are, WI understand. already buildings anC improvements there. which will an swer present purposes, and the sit' about 200 acres--and building could be procured with but a com paratiyelY small outlay of money b, the State. Our law makers can talk, this suggestion for what it may b, considered worth.
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