The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
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Tobacco.
 Judge Wilson paid two dollars for rat last Saturday.
 Deputy Sheriff Quinn has fixed the price of rabbits at $3.75.
 Ventilated hats for hot weather are a great thing-ask Mack for further in- formation.
 MT. Willie E. Bryant and his sister, Miss Belle, arrived from Illinois last Thursday.
 MT. G. W. Shinn bade adieu to the "scenes of his childhood" last Monday and departed for a four years siege at Harvard.
 Mir. J. P. Webb, member of the reliable book and stationery house of Wilson & Webb, Little Rock, Ark, was in town last Thursday.
 Pope County's wide-awake County Treasurer, r. C. Falls, Esq, was in town again last Monday. Surely there is some attraction for Frank down this way.
 Our friend Dr. P. o. Cheaney, of Ozark, is down on professional tour, and if you wish any dentistry go and see him. It will be done up in apple ple order.
 Just received at A. NJ. Wilson's fine lot of plain and Illuminated notices, and gold, silver and plain perforated cardboard. Also wood splints and scrapbook pictures.
 Judge Jacoway came down from the Franklin Circuit Court last Satur- day. He commences a special term of the Yell Circuit Court for the Darda nelle District at Dardanelle Monday.
 J, ,P. McCARTHUR-Dealer in choice liquors, cigars and tobacco. Winkelmeyer's celebrated St. Louis beer always on tap. A good ten pin alley in connection. Drinks 10 cents. Courteous attendants.
 Rev. J. c. Richards, of Liberty Hill, s. C., brother of our fellow townsman, Capt, J. K. Richards, occu- pied the pulpit at the Methodist church last Sabbath, and delivered an excel lent sermon to large and we'll pleased congregation.
 Surely Providence is smiling upon our farmers this year. Last Saturday just as the ground was getting dry and hard, we had a splendid rain reviving the growing crops, purifying the heat ed atmosphere, and cheering our farm CTS with brighter hopes of good crops of corn and cotton.
 Mount Nebo Springs, a favorite summer resort on the Magazine Noun tain, about five and half miles from Dardanelle is 1260 feet above the level of the Arkansas river at low water mark. This makes them perhaps some thing like 2200 feet above the level of the sea.
 --The Wizard Oil Troupe PASSED THROUGH town last week. They didn't consider it worth while to try to hum- bug the people of Russellvihe out of anything after the touching up which the DEMOCRAT gave the Little Rock people for letting such a concern run them crazy and carry of $4,000 of their pin money.
 We see that Ed. G. A. Moffatt, formerly of our town has been chosen pastor of the Baptist church at Mineral Springs, Howard county, Arks. The reverend gentleman proved himself worthy man and sound preacher while here, and the good wishes of many friends whom he left behind him here are with him in his new field of labor.
 Ut is very seldom that VIC have the very doors of our soul entered without at least some warning, but handsome Henry, of the firm of Boswell & Erwin, did that very thing last week by send ing up some of the incest ice cream we have had this season. Weknow where of we speak when we say they give you nearer the worth of your money than A any eehtectioher on this line of road.
 =Wehad the pleasure of call from Mir, Jerome ttill, of Memphis, last Sat urday, lie Is a member of the well known and selidly anchored mercan- tile firm and cotton factor house of Hlll, Fontaine & Co.,, and is one of the most pleasant business gentlemen we have ever known. It Is a pleasure to have your business dealings with gem tlemen of this class--a pleasure to have them call, and pleasure to pay them call when in their city.
 I've had the pleasure of listening to sune of the. most eloquent and learned sermons at the Baptist church last Sab bath which it has been our privilege of hearing in long time. It was full of wholesome instruction, sound logic, good philosophy and pathetic elo- quehce. And what we admired still more was the true Christian spirit which breathed forth from every thought and sentence. Would that we could have more such preaching. The sacred desk on fhia oeca sion was ncctlA