The Russellville Democrat., 1879-05-29
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 Mrs. Mary Fowler has taken uE her residence with her son-In-lav MT. J. II. Battenfeld.
 MT Cad Hanks, with the popu lar Memphis firm, Brooks, Nicely X Co., was in town Monday. I -One of MT. jerry Gray's sons severed two of his fingers almost of while chopping corn . day ol two ago.
 MT. Walter Scott, MT. Jas. White and MT. Thompson are all building new residences in the western part of town.
 MT. Geo. F. Howell was so in disposed for few days this week that he was confined to his bed. Glad to know that he IS getting bet ter.
 We publish on our first page q pretty essay, entitled 'Punctuality," which was read before the Dover Sabbath school, Sunday April 20, by Miss Sallie May Metheny.
 Wheat is "turning" and will soon be ready to cut. The grain will be good-much better than it was last year, but the yield will be small, say about half crop.
 Rev. c. F. Kelly and family bid adieu to their many friends here last Thursday and embarked for their old home in West Virginia. We trust they had . safe and pleasant trip.
 MT. J. A. Norris soliclts the pat ronage of the public to-day through the columns of the DEMOCRAT. Mir. N. is good workman, and we be- speak for him liberal share of pat ronage.
 We had the pleasure of call from MT. - Jackson, of Panola county, Mississippi. MT. J. is look ing out a location to practice law, and expresses himself favorably i'm pressed with our town.
 The most acceptable present we have received in long time was the nice large lump of ice receieved at the hands of Mr. Ed. Bernard, pro- prietor of the Russeilvllle Ice House. Mr. B. has an abundance of we'll kept ice, which he is selling at the low price of two cents per pound.
 We have received from the hands of Mr. A. M. Wilson bottle of Van Stan's, or Polytechnic London Cement. It is used in repairing glass, china, marble, ivory, bone, jewelry, jet, coral, leather, wood, earthenware, porcelain, and all light metals. It is sold at the low price of 25 cents per bottle, and will pay for itself ten times over in any family. Call at A. M. Wilson's for bottle.
 Tho whistle of the steam ferry boat is again heard. Our enterpris ing fellow townsman, J. l., Shinn, has purchased the interest of Capt. Joe Evins therein, and is de termined to do everything that can be done to give the public reliable ferry at Norristrwn and Dardanelle. The "Oasis" is one of the best ferry boats we have ever seen, and we feel confident the ferry at Norristown will now be one of tue very best ones on the river.
 --THE INCEST THING OF THE SEA soN.-The Knights of Banner Lodge 1853, of this place, wuo attended the picnic given last Friday by our brother Knights of the lodge at Oar danelle, report the affair as one of the incest things of the season. We regretted at the time that were una ble to attend and meet our brother Knights of our sister lodge, but after those who did attend gave such ex- pressions of unbounded satisfaction and pleasure in the visit, and told us of the excellent addresses by Knights Gibson, Davis and Heagan, and tan tallzingly described the bountifully supplied tables of refreshments,- then we regretted it more than ever.
 SCOTTVILLE PENCILINGS.
 Some refreshing showers and pretty May flowers.
 Our farmers at work and none arc on