The Russellville Democrat., 1879-01-16
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Probate Court next week, com mencing with Monday.
 -The crop of ieicles is the finest we have ever seen.
 The tax-gather is out on his rounds and has been waiting upon the tax payers of Illinois township at this place.
 --The transferring of freight and . passengers over the river at Hopefield, was interrupted last Thursday on &C., count of the ice in the river.
 Parties wishing to purchase a good horse with either money corn or good note will do well to call on k. E. Will son. ~ I-Dr. John I. Potts, and bride, of Atkins, spent few days in town the 1 first of the week, among their many friends here.
 -We learn that Mir. D. Love is down 4with Pneumonia and expected to Alive; we are very sorry to hear this. < are under obligations to MT. R. II. Dacus for late copies of the Cherokee Advocate.
 --Rey. Mir. Lucas, State Evangelist for Western Arkansas delivered an elo- quent sermon in the c. F. Church last Sabbath.
 The most excellent emp of coffee we have drank in many day was made from the ready roasted coffee (requies no egg to sssetrle it'') kept and for sale by the popular grocer, Ierziey' ~ --The trial of the contested election . on our County scat question, and, also all other matters of which the County Court has jurisdiction, which should have come mp Monday week ago, go over until the April term.
 If any of our town subscribers fail to get their paper regularly at thehands of our new carrier, they will soblige us by reporting the same to this cfice so we can supply the paper.
 We are pleased to know that our two fellow townsmen J. II. Perry and J. RI. Harkey, both of whom have been down sick for the past two weeks, are now both very much better. $ / --Messrs, Howell and Reynolds, of { the depot, have been off duty this week. The former went to Little Rock and I the latter to Tt. smith. During their {. absence Ebb takes the management,and is abundanuy able to hold things level,
 We acknowledge very pleasant call from Judge V. N. May, one of Dardanelle's promient Attorneys, last Monday.
 The Judge is gentleman of varied information and also of infinite good humor, and we always enjoy his visits.
 What has become of the Russell vile DEMOCRAT? It is one of our stand-bys, but we have not seen copy for six .-Bentonville Advance.
 The DEMOCRAT is still in the land of the living, healthy, robust, wide-a- wake, and always on time. It is not our fault Col. that you don't get it, for we will swear by all the gods in the calander, that it is mailed to you regu- larly.
 --One of our compositors, MT. Win Miller, has been wrestling with an at tack of measles the past week, and as we are glad to learn, is coming of victori- ous. During his absence from the of flee MT. Luther Boswell has supplied his place, and'rendered us very eiii- eient aid.
 ITO ALI WHOM TT MAY CONCERN. --The nr~A Quarterly Conference for Russell ville JircuirM. E. Church South was adjourned on account of very bad weather to the 18th day of Feb. and will be held at Atkins. The stewards are requested to meet me in the church 2 .at Russellyille, on Saturday the 20th of X, ,,attary nf | nfnlnpft n m. tD atfppl fG