The Russellville Democrat., 1879-07-17
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LOCAL NEWS.
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Gobacco.
 The Railroad Eating House at this ,,Iace has again changed hands. MT. ". C. Davis is the new proprietor.
 -Nr. Kelley, from the A. J. Hoarn farm. showed us a full grown cotton boil from his crop on the 10th inst.
 -Losr.-One pocket-book and order book. A liberal reward will be given 70 the person by delivering the same at thls office.
 Mrs. Judge k. B. Wilson is off on visit to relatives at Springdale, Wash jngton Co. She will remain month or so.
 Esq. c. W. Bergman has moved into the new office adjoining the old post office building, where he can in the future be found by all needing his lnagistcrial services.
 A number of our citizens are off on Il prospecting tour to Oklahoma. Among the number Messrs. kerns, Boswell, Allen, Morgan Wilson, Hindman Red- dell and others.
 Miss Ida Evins, one of Dardanclle's fair and accomplished daughters, and Mrs. 5. A. Williams and her little grandson, of the same place, spent last week among friends in our city.
 1.-The horrors of war are nothing to the horrors of Neuralgia. Immediate relief may be had by bathing the head with Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and gnuffing it up the nostrils.l
 The DEMOCRAT representative on the grand excursion, MT. B. r. lobe and lady, is home again, safe and sound, and highly pleased with the fly they have made throughout the North west.
 -The Clarksville District Confer ence will be held at Dover. Pope coun- ty, Ark, commencing July 3l, at Si 2 o'clock D. m., with sermon by E. II. Greenhouse. I. L. BURRow, P. E.
 Altus, June 20, 1879.
 J, F. U R-Dcalcr in choice liquors, cigars and tobacco. Winkelmcyer's celebrated St. Louis beer always on tap. A good ten pin alley in connection. Drinks 10 cents. Courteous attendants.
 Mrs. Josephine Jamieson, wife of Dr. W. E. Jamison, of Quitman, and her daughter, Miss Mary, are visiting friends and relatives in Russellyille. They are at present the guests of Mrs. II. Clabe Howell.
 Parsons Purgative sPills are a priceless boon to the people of the South and Southwest. They eifectu- ally prevent fever and ague and all malarious diseases, and cost only % cents box.
 -Messrs. J. F. Munday, W. c. Rem frow and $. N. Evans, with their fam flies, have gone to the mountains to spend the heated term at some of the fine springs in Newton and Boone counties. We wish them q pleasant time.
 We are in receipt of the July num- Der of the Little Rock Grocer, month ly publication devoted to the interests of the grocery trade, by that solid firm, Chas. F. Penzel & Co. Dealers who want to keep posted upon prices should send their address for the Grocer.
 Up to the 18th inst. we have had no rain for so long that the drouth is seriously affecting crops, and unless we get rain within few days the dam age will not be inconsiderable. All in- dications, however, have been fayora- ble for the past is hours, and arc yet 50, for rain.
 MT. James Potts, local land agent for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Co. has just completed the settlement with the Collector for taxes s against the road for the years l875-6-7-9. The total amount paid for taxes within our county exceeds $7,000.
 --Messrs. Filcy & Fricke, lcssees of the Excelsior Coal Mines, arc now prepared to fill orders and make coh- tracts for coal in any quantity, and they solicit orders from all wanting a iirst-class coal. Price If cents, de- llyercd. Address, FmEY X FRIcKE, Russellyille, Ark. ttf.
 Tho best reports we can get from the progress of the yellow fever scare at Memphis seem to be favorable. The scare is subsiding. There were no new cases reported for the 3G hours ending Sunday morning, and the Board of Health gave it as their opinion that there would be no epidemic.
 We had the pleasure last week of meeting our quondam friend and for mer townsman Lieut.. "Arric" Me- Crimmon, now of the U. $. Army and graduate of West Point. "'Arrie" is out on leave of absence of couple of months, and will spend his vacation with his mother and friends in Yell county. We wish him pleasant visit.
 MT. II. Clabe Howell tells us that he IS the recipient of a beautifully