The Russellville Democrat., 1879-01-30
Ghe 13emotrat.
LOCAL NEWS.

MT. A. NJ. Gibson. Of Atkins, was in town Tuesday, and favored us with pleasant call.
 MT. B. Frank Bayliss, our deputy clerk, was among the number of visit ors to our town last Monday.
 There yves quite number of the editors of Arkansas papers in Little Rock last week during the Senatorial race.
 |, -J. E. Erwin's is headquarters for cheap family groceries. He keeps everything and sells at bottom prices, He has an excellent quality of Java coffee which you would do well to try. See the new advertisement of the r.. Virgil Saloon in to-day's paper, Our friend Trammell goes it alone this time and will spare no pains to keep one of the best supplied bars in the city.
 A lodge of the Knights of Honor is 10 be chartered and organized at this place tonight by Grand Dictator Price. Lodges have just been organized by Mr. Price at Van Buren and Ozark.
 The grocery trade must be improv- mg in our town; at least we would judge so by the way our enterprising grocer, Yerzley, is filling up his store with new and fresh supplies of family provisions. Mir. '. says he intends to sell good goods at low figures and thus keep things moving in spite of hard times or any other man.
 Mir. Cad Hanks, of the firm of Brooks. Nicely & Co.,, Memphis, Tenn, ' has been in town this week. Mir. H. represents one of the staunchest houses in the west, and the Arkansas people have cause to feel well toward his house, for surely it has been very kind and accommodating to Arkansas ship pers. Shippers oI cotton and dealers in groceries should try this house.
 -J, P. McCARTHUR-Dealer in choice liquors, cigars and tobacco. Winkelmeyer's celebrated St. Louis beer always on tap. Fresh oysters al- ways on hand. A good ten pin alley in ;. connection. Drinks 10 cents. Courtc- ous attendants.
 We have not had fire in our town this winter, but our people cannot be too careful about keeping a close watch on their flues, stoyepipes, &c. The habit of taking mp ashes in wooden boxes and kegs and allowing them to remain unemptied about the premises is also very dangerous and should be discontinued.
 Mr. Vim. Jenkins, of Gaston coun- ty, North Carolina, an uncle of our es- teemed fellow-townsman MT. II. F.. White, has been in town several days. ,s Mir. Jenkins will remain in our county several weeks among his many old friends here who were formerly neigh bors and friends of his in the old North State.
 MT. - Drum. nephew of our cnterprising fellow-townsman, MT. NJ. B. Roys, has just arrived from his home on the rolling prairies of Kansas, and will tarry q few weeks in our town. Although he arrived here dur ing our recent icy, slick, cold snap he seemed to think the weather very mild compared to Kahsas.
 -Messrs. Vim. Evans. recently from !, Lewisburg, and his brother just from New York State, have purchased the meat-market business of MT. Hartman, and will hereafter make a special effort to keep the best fresh meats ever offer el in our town. They seem to be gem tlemen of vim and enterprise, and we welcome them to our town, wishing them the very best of success.
 We had the pleasure of falling in company with the father of our former fsllow-townsman, Mr. l.. W. Bryan, now of Coal Hill, as we were returning from Little Rock last Saturday. Mfr. Bryan is just from Pennsylvania and was on his way to Coal Hill to pay his son g surprise visit. He was highly pleased with the appearance of the country along the Little Rock and Ft. smith Road, and with our climate. The gentleman promised to pay our town D visit before his return to Penn sylyania.
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