The Russellville Democrat., 1879-02-06
GENERAL NEWS.

Fayetteville, has "done gone and busted"
 The St. Joe, Mo-, Insane Asy- lum buildings were destroyed by fire last week. The loss is $500, 900, and no insurance.
 Above all things let the present legislature take care that they do nothing which will be detrimental to our school interests.
 The Ashley County Times has just passed from Vol. to Vol. 5. May it have prosperous and use- ful year before it.
 In the matter of economising let not our legislature go from one ex- treme to the other. Let the happy medium be chosen.
 The Alma Herald, of the 30th January still had Hon. Jno. T. Jones' name at its mast head as it's candi- date for U. $. Senator. There is nothing like remaining true to your first love.
 A suggestion to our legislators now in session.: Our present jury system needs overhauling. As it is at present 1t IS too expensive, and subjects jurymen to too many dis continues.
 Hon. Wilkinson sCall, who was elected to the U. S. Senate, from Flor ida, last week, is cousin of Hon. J. D. Walker. our Senator elect. Gov. Walker, of Florida, is an uncle of Judge Walker.
 Of the 93 members of the lower house in our state legislature there are 43 farmers, 26 lawyers, 9 physi- clans, 3 ministers, teachers, ed itors, mechanics, l photographer, l merchant.
 And still they come. The last is the South Western Homestead, published at Carlisle, Prairie Coun- ay, Ark, by Walter s. Chapman, and is we'll gotten up. We wish It sue cess, and X with pleasure,
 Out of 93 members in the Ar kansas House of Representatives at the present session, there are but 9 native born Arkansans, while Tennessee gave birth to B, Virginia 8, the Carolinas 9, Alabama ', Geor- gia s, Kentucky ', and the rest scat tering from Texas to Ireland.
 In the South Western Press, of the 25th of January, MT. Newton Givens announces his retirement from the editorial tripod of that pa per. He is succeeded by Edgar l.. Givens, who, judging from the first paper gotten out under his editor. ship, will keep the paper fully to it's former standard.
 A negro fiend who attempted to outrage the person of a Mrs. J. A. Stokes, near Helena, on the 27th ult. was folled in hls hellish designs by the timely arrival of the lady's husband. He got five buckshot and passport to Pluto's realm, and has ere this entered upon hls task ol shoveling coals there.
 The first passenger train on the new extension of the Fort Smith road went puffing into Fort Smith last Friday night. We congratulate the frontier city. We also congratulat, Supt. Hartman upon the energy ant good management with which he ha; pushed the extension to such i; speedy and successful completion.
 The Gazette, in refutation of ru mors, which, 1t alleges, have been in dustriously circulated to the efiec that that paper will soon chang, hands, lowing to Col. Johnson's de feat,) positively and emphaticall, says that it will not change hands but will go right along under its pres ent ownership and present manage ment.
 Representative Weir of Clarl county, introduced one of the mos foolish bills in the house the othe day on the subject of reform that w ever saw. Such buncombe reform as this may suit him, but it don suit the people. Weir ought to g home now and stay there until h can raise a gourd crop from whicl he can select a good large one t take hIs place in the house.
 --IUNT IT UP!--What has beeom of the bill providing that no one shaI