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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
ROAD TO HARRISON, BOONE
 COUNTY.

The following, from the Russell vile DEMOCRAT, is true, but why not a narrow gauge railroad at once. Sooner or later such road must be built, and why not now?
 There is no doubt in our mind that if some of our responsible prop ertY owners will head the movement the co operation of Little Rock and also of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad can be secured in the construction of q turnpike road from here to Harrison. It would be 2 capital stroke of policy for both Little Rock and the road, for il would add . million or two dollars to the wholesale trade of Little Rock and would throw thousands of tons of new freighting over the Fort Smith road Gazette,
 All right, gentlemen, anything to get communication and trade opened up with that rich and productive section of country. We suggested q turnpike road because we thought it most practicable, most easily ac, complished, and because it could be done ct less expense: And, further because a good pike road is all those people now ask or expect Sooner or later, it is true, as the Gazette says, such 8 road will be necessary and must be built, and if It can be done now so much the better. Blu; 8 narrow gauge will cost good deal of money, and we all know how timid capitalists are about investing money in railroads in Arkansas now,
 The turnpike road can be con- structed without the outlay of SC much money. IL can and ought to be constructed at once, and if our business men (those of this town and of Little Rock act as sensible business men ought to act it will be put through before another year. No man who has eyer been through that portion of the State will doubt what we say when we assert that to secure this trade the merchants of Russellyille and Little Rock can well afford to spend the few thous- and dollars necessary to build the road. The merchants of Russellville would receive the barter and small trade, Little Rock would get the wholesale trade and receive the larger consignments of cotton, wheat, stock, &c.
 It is q matter of too much impor- tance for us to daily with So long. Let us have ACTION.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
NAVY SYKES.

An election for Judg eof the Su- prene Court will be held next year to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of Chief Justice English's $ term. Some of the papers have men toned the name of Judge Rogers Tn this connection, and perhaps others. But we believe that it will be the almost unanimous sentiment of the people of this State, that Judge Eng fish shall Dc his own successor if he desires it. In fact. for Judge Eng fish to leave the bench would be a serious loss to the State, as we arc confident that 10 one can fill the place so ably, so impartiallY, and so aeceptably as he. His long expe- rience, his learning and ability emi- neRtly entitle him to the position.
 If he will permit his name to be used for the ofiice, we know that his nomination will be almost, if not en- tirely unanimous.-Ashley County Times.
 We rather think the Timas man IS about as badly mistaken abou; this matter as he ever was about anything in his life.
 Whenever Judge English permits his name to be used as candidate for reelection he will find that the peace-loving people of the State will literally shoot him to death-noi with navy sixes, but with little bal lots for some other man. Jndge l.. would, no doubt, get the unanimous support of all swaggering bullies who love to strut about with a navy six or two strapped around them but people who don't think such things good for the peace and quiet uGe of the State, or necessary for 'the common defense" will "hardly ever" anymore, ncvermore whatever vote for his reelection.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
Things to Think About.

A cent isn't worth much if 1t stands ! lonely, solitary cent; it is the aggregation oi cents that count.
 Science shows that all that is nec- essary to the human body can be supplied by the vegetable kingdom solely, and in fact that the world $ population is actually mainly sup ported by vegetable products.
 Man las the power of initiating almost every motion but that of flight. To effect this he has in ma turIty and health GO bones in his head, 50 Tn his thighs and legs, @ in his arms and hands. and 67 in his trunk. He has also 434 muscles. Ills heart makes 64 pulsations in q minute. and therefore 3,s40 in an hour, and 92.l60 in day. As to speed of animated beings, size and construction seem 10 have little in fuence. The sloth is by no means small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in day; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty sec onds, but lady bird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run & mile and g half in seven minutes. an antelope a mile in minute: the wild mule of Tartary has speed even greater than that An eagle can ay eighteen leagues an hour. A violent wind travels 60 to 70 miles an hour. The reader who doubts the correctness of any oae or all of these assertions is at perfect liberty to demonstrate by count, measure nent or observation how much they vary from the strict line of exact ness.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
To Our Farmers.

The time is drawing near for sow ing wheat, and it will be well for our farmers 10 think oyer the matter, and see the best course 10 pursue for thelr own interest and benefit. The wheat crop in the Northwes- tern States, this year, was perhaps the largest ever raised, but the wheat crop in most of the countries of Flu rope, was an almost entire failure. and there arc millions of bushels shipped from this country to feed the starving people of Europe. Ship after ship are going every week and perhaps every day to Europe loaded with wheat. The whole surplus of the great crop raised in the North west is needed in Europe. Wheat bread is what the people of that country mostly use, and our kind of corn is wholly unknown in that country for use, either for man or beast.
 This year but little wheat was raised ID the Southern States on ac- count, in measure, of the drouth. Texas, the great wheat State, made almost an entlre failure. In Arkan- sas, cotton and the drouth nearly killed out the wheat, and it is strange, that where cotton is raised to any extent, the farmers drop all small grain, especially wheat, in orTn~ .r .Dot-a ,,on-o or.-O, lVboat in the North western States next year may be failure, because, large crops of wheat hardly ever follow each other; and as this country has had rest from wheat growing for nearly three years, would it not be we'll for our farmers to SOW WHEAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. There is as much money in wheat as there is in cotton, and not mnch over half the labor. Look back to three years ago, when VIC had fine wheat crops, and at the diff ference m trade then, and she trade last summer. What has been done once can be done again; besides. look at the amount of money paid out in Fort Smith for Washington County four. Every dollar of this money should be kept at home by the farmers of Sebastian county. Wagons loaded with -four are in town every day. Look at the piles of sacks of four in the stores with foreign marks on them. Who can remedy this?-The people here have to be fed, and if the farmers of Sebastian county will not raise wheat to feed the people, the money will go else where. Now IS the time for our far me-s to wake up and look matters square in tho face. Here is a large amount of money which they should handle slipping through thier fingers and going abroad.-Fort Smith h. dependent.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
Discovery of a Vast Mine of Lead in Hot Spring County.
WITHERsPoos, Sept. r, 1879. Editor Arkansas Democrat


 Editor Arkansas Democrat:
 DEAR SIR-Grea. sensation pre- vails throughout this county, caused by the late development of one Of the richest lead mines, perhaps known. It is situated seven miles east of here, on Leanfrsyt creek. Citizens are digging up the ore with grub hoes, and melting it on wood fires built in the woods; sell ing the lead at 3 and cents q pound. One man by the name of Willy Par ker, dug and melted 300 pounds of good soft lead in one day by him self, and sold it to Smoker & Co, Philadelphia, at cents per pound.
 understand that saif mines were discovered about forty years ago by three hunters by the name of Doris, Jake Barkham and Page, and that they of.en went and camped at a blg spring near the ore, and ran up the ore into bullets, intending to make known the discovery, but died sooner than they expected, so the thing lay dormant until last week. Those that are digging the ore now are doing all they can to keep the thing still, but yesterday myself and several others went and saw the sight and learned the particulars.
 Yours, W. C. Il. R. Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

An editorial paragraph n last weeks paper made us say that Dar- is, republican, was elected governor of Maine by clear majority of the popular vote. That was a mistake. There was no choice by popular vote. and the election for governor will go into the legislature, where Davis, will, of course, be elected. The vote stood: Davis, rep. 6S,0l2; Smith, g. b. 47,0SS; Garcelon, dem. 2l, ,1Sl.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

MT. Sam Hudson met q tragic end on Saturday the 18th near Clarksyille. Another man and him self were running their horses over the race track, when 2 yearling at tempted to cross the track in front of them, causing Hudson to be thrown from his horse with fatal re. suits.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

--The'Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Arkansas will hold its annual con vocation at Little Rock, on Thurs day. Oct 9, 1870, and the M. w. Grand Lodge, F. S A. Masons of Ar. kansas. will hold it's annual commu- nication at the same city on the 18th of October. Grand Secretary Bar bcr, however, suggests, for the Grand High Priest, and Grand Mas ter, severally, that only the neeessa- ry number of subordinates meet on those days, and that the Grand bod ies be adjourned to the 2Oth of No v-mber md the Both of November, respectively.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

The third termers are happy. Grant is home again. He landed in San Francisco last Saturday. and had very grand reception given him.
 On the 18th inst. we received the American Traveller and Cont mental Herald, the special American organ in Europe--a London paper of date Sept. 9th. The main leading editorial is Tn the interest of Mrs. Victoria C. Woodruff as q Presiden- tial candidate.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
IT WILL FOR AFACT.


 Within the last year an immense trade has gone from Northwest Ar kansas to Springfield and other points of Southwest Missouri. that ought to have been made tributary to Little Rock and the Arkansas valley. The natural inclination of the people across the mountains is to trade with us, and the bulk of their great trade could be controlled if we had few good roads. We are glad to see the effort of the Russell. wills DEMOCRAT to secure the build ing of turnpike to Harrison-the construction of which would be Of great benefit to both sections. Such road would also throw a vast amount of trade to Little Rock, and ought to have the encouragement and aid of our citizens. MoneT put in this enterprise will prove a most profitable inYestment-Little Rock Democrat
 IL will for fact And we want to ask the business men and property owners Of Russellville right now, land we press the matter for an an swer at once) what are gong to do in this matterY Do you want the trade and dealings of that rich sec tion, and are you willing to spend q little money to secure it,--or do you prefer to hold on 10 the few dollars you have and be content with the pitiful little trade and business that you now are getting from the small scope of country immediately around us?
 We warn you gentlemen if you decline to act upon our advice in this matter you will not have to live many years to regret it. You CAN secure this trade NOW: but THE TIME WILL COME WHEN rot CANNOT. Mark our prediction: 1T you refuse now to meet the oyertnres of the people of that section, and allow them to become disgusted with your close fistedness, your want of enterprise, your lack of energy and your un- friendly rejection of their oyertures, and to make good roads to some other point and settle their trade there, you will wish you had given HALF ToU ARE WORTH and secured that trade.
 Wo have urged this matter and waited for suggestion from some of our leading business men now for several weeks, but still we have no response. We scarcely know what more NC could do or say to awaken an interest in the matter, but somc- thing must either be done or VIC must let it go by the board; aud to test the matter and see how many are interested in it, and to see whether or not it is worth while to continue the agitation of the matter, we now call upon all of our citizens who are in favor of the enterprise to assemble at the Council Chamb on next Saturday evening at T o'clock sharp, for the interchange of views upon the subject, and the discussion of ways and means, dc.
 Let us have full turnout.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

It is clear that the victory next year will be either to the Democrat ic or the Republican party. There Is not q ghost of chance for the gFeenbackers; so let the working men of the country decide which they wish to entrust with the rule of the country for the next four years the republicans or the democrats.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS.
Gen. ID. H. Reynolds Calls His soldier Boys to Meet During the State Fair.

Gen. n. H. Reynolds Calls His
 Soldier Boys to Meet During
 the State Fair.
 LAKE VILLAGE, ARK, September 9. To the Survivors of Reynolds Ar
 kansas Brigade:
 A meeting of the brigade has been suggested by many of you. It has been left to me to make the call. l now make it and fix Little Rock as the place, and Thursday of the week in which the state fair is to be held as the time for the meeting.
 You have duty to perform in trying to place the history of the brigade in it's proper place in the history of the late war. The meet ing will be mainly for the purpose of organizing plan for the perform ance of this duty. While you were organized, when duty was to be performed no men were more prompt and ready than you to perform it. State pride, as well as pride of organ ization, should stimulate you to do this last duty in a manner worthy of the high place you held in the opinion of the army during the war. hope all may feel called upon to report in person or by letter at the time and place appointed, with such information and material as may be useful in preparing 8 history of the . brigade, and trust that none will fail to report
 Newspapers that arc friendly to the call will please copy. Respect fully, etc. D. II. REYNOLDS.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

It is announced that Prof. Adolf Brick Nordenskjold, Q native of Hel- singfors, Sweden, has accomplished the Northeast passage. With his steamer Yiga, he has successfully made the passage from the Atlantic through the Polar Sea, and through the ice at Behring's Strait to the Pacific Ocean. This is the first at tempt out of many of the kind winch has been successful.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

-Rev. T. B. Espv, well known throughout Arkansas, is the Editor of the Arkansas department of the Baptist Reflector, religious paper, published at Nashville. Mir. Espy's office is at Little Rock, where all communications intended for his de- pertinent of the Reflector should be addressed to him.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

Ben Butler has been nominated by the GreeHback Democrats of Mas sachusetts for Governor of that State. Verify, politics makes strange bed fellows.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
The Texarkana Weekly Visitor

The Texarkana Weekly Visitor, a sprightly newspaper just started at that town by NIT. r. c. Wooten, comes to us flying at it's masthead the names of Samuel J. Tilden and Wade Hampton for President and vice-President in 1880. The Visitor says if Tilden is not nominated the party will be defeated and turned un der the sod forever.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

Ut now turns out that California did not do quite so bad at her recent election as was at first thought. Der ", Democrat, it now seems is elect cd from the third congressional dis tricL
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
Notice.

The teachers of the 5th Judicial Dis trict will keep in mind the Institute, 10 be held in Dardaneile, under superYis- ion Of State Superintendent, Sept. 29lh, and 30th, and Oct. Ist. Let all coiae and havc a good time. Efforts will be made bv persons in Darslaneiie to mako expenses light. Papers ia tsle district nlt4se cCFv -g4I144el.e AsAaAs4E
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

The Ozark Democrat has sue cessfully rounded up Volume II. We wish it brighter and more prosperous ensuing year than any heretofore, and many returns of the same,
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

The Faulkner County Democrat is unearthing some official acts of the County Judge of that County, which, if represented correctly by the Democrat, are certainly very IT. regular, to say the least.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

Since tie lysd conduct of Tam many at the Syracuse Convention, many of the Sachems of that oTgani- zation are rendering their rcsigna- tions.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
FOR SALEt

l offer the two-stoFy yellow frame building just west of tue depot. known as tho Bryant house, for sale. The building is new, was built Tor boafa- leg house, has 10 rooms. good we'll of water, &c. Two lots go wfh the building. E within l00 yards of depot. For pTlpe and terms call ou or AdaEes
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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

If we may judge anything of the temper of the times by the tone Of the public press VIC should say that the man who is elected Governor of Arkansas next year must be a man of very decided ability-a posi- tive, able, active man.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

We owe you one, Bro Batten- field, you got us on that school busi- ness.-Morrilton State.
 The best of us Bro. Feltus. are liable to make mistakes, and IS you are convinced, let's shakel
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
Mir. I. ". Couch. q promine

Mir. J. ". Couch, a prominent young lawyer of eastern Arkansas, has purchased the Forrest City Courier. Prof. Stewart will retire from the editorial department-a loss to the fraternity which we very much regret.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

The Fayetteville Sentinel has put on complete new dress. We are glad to see that excelleat paper prospering.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

It is enough to give John Kelly the blues to sec "big Iniun" like John T Hod:12E go out 1fthe wig wan
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

The Brookhaven, Miss. Ledger, asks: "Hoy would it do to hold the next national democratic convention in St. Louis. in the same hall used before. and nominate the old ticket Tilden and Hendricks? It would be the neatest and best thing the democracy of the United States could do. We are for St. Louis and the old ticket-espicially the old ticket.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25
Noficc for Pnblicnf fion.
LAND OFFICE A DAnDAsRLLE, A1

LAND OFFICE AT DARDtSRLLE, ARK-,f
 August ss, 1S7a Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has aied nntleo of hts sntgnslCn to make tBai proof in support nf hts claim, and sCcurN final eatrg thereof at the expiration of thirty days from the date uf this notice. via. man for the $ W E s N 1s Sec ta, Town. $. \ K f9 West. and naElef the following as his wit neSses. vig. John A. Sin EletuH ct Pope Co. AFkarsas, and W. M. sinEicGen, of Pope to-, Arkansas. T. NJ. GIBSON. RnEistGr. Before c. w. Berrym@a, ,. r. Illinois IowD-
 shin, in Pope county. Arkansas. Robert Lean. Elaiufie,
 against Warning 0r3cr. Co1aosl0Ee r. Brown. DcfandanL
 Tie defendant, Con9aoFe F. 8rowns is her9- hy warned fo appear ia thts court within tnii Q days and answer the complaint of the plain tia Robert Lean. This Sept ist, lsTa.
 C.. ". BEEANE&S, '. r. C. E Burner. Ats hef f3aiusH
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

The gold mines of north Georgia have tAis year yielded over a million dollars
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-25

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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-02
KeIlegg's Little Game.
Especial to N. Y. Timee.l

Especial to N. \. Times.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2G-In reply to letters
prospect Of securing Republican speakers
from the North for the campaign, Senator
Kellogg has advised tho chairman OF the
State committee to ask for the required as
sistance through the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee, and also that
direct personal appeals be made to Messrs.
Blaine Garfield, George F. Hoar, Foster, and
other prominent Republicans. The Louisiana
Republicans are determined to make an earn
est effort to redeem the State, and they are
encouraged to believe that II Northern Repub-
lcans will 60 to their assistance they will be
successful Attention is directed to the fact
that In 1876 the Republicans elected, under
the existing Legislative apportionment, ma
iority OF members Of both branches OF the
Legislature, and 1t Is believed that the eondi-
tions this year are more favorable for
carrying tic legielatira. ticket than ut
that time. It is Of the highest
Importance that determined effort should
be made to elect majority OF Republicans to
next for the reason that the new constitution
provides that the Legislature to be chosen
at that time may appoint the presldentia
electors Tor the State. No one can doubt
ercised. whichever party succeeds, and the
coming election, therefore, In Louisiana will,
In reality decide the contest for the next Pres
ident In that State. This fact should be duly
considered by the Republicans OF the North.
Gentlemen from Louisiana now here are
confident that the State can be car
ried by the Republicans II the proper
help Is forthcoming from Northern
States, and all that is necessary. In their
opinion, is that well known leaders from
the North shall render the same character and
Of service In Louisiana which was
rendered In Ohio. The presence OF such lead
ars would. it Is claimed, draw out the Repub-
leans In immense numbers and create an en-
thusiasm among the colored voters which |
would prove irresistible on election day.