The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

pruSpefoue coHuitfoH ao iolig aS ihf mers come to town to buy breadstuffs and meat.
 Vice President Wheeler was ab- sent the other day when the Senate met, and Senator Thurman was cleo ted President of the Senate.
 Information of interest to home less people fthe United States will be found in the article on the first page of to-day's paper, over the sig niture of Land Commissioner Lear.
 --T. B. Mills, we'll known as an extensive real estate agent, and for mer proprietor of the Spirit of Ar kansas, has deserted his wife and married another woman, a Mrs. Hub bard.
 Our report of the last week S proceedings of the Pope Circuit Court, appearing in to-day's paper, should have appeared in last weeks s paper, but was unavoidably crowded out
 The Star of Hope has been be. hind . cloud ever since the late leg lslature convened; but it peeped out again last week, bright and twink ling as usual. Dr. Hobson, the edi- tor of the Star, was a member of the late body.
 The office of the Ft. Smith Her aid was broken into and burglarized last week. Twenty five dollars was taken from a drawer in a desk. Well, that is too much money for a newspaper man to have laying around loose. hw@ 0
 It is ruinous and scandalous to see our farmers coming to town to buy corn on credit; 1.-the very men who should make the. corn, coming to town to buy it. The farmer who does it will ba as poor as Jobs tur- key as long as he lives.
 -Gov. Miller has issued his proc lamation extending the time for the payment of taxes in Pulaski County until May 23d. His reason for so doing is that the office of Collector was vacant in that County for a pc riod of thirty three days. ~
 Let no democcat be so rash and foolish as to say he will not support the nominee of the national demo- cratic convention in 1880 unless his choice meets success. Trust to the wisdom of the party convention, and be prepared to support the nominee.
 The Attorney-G General has afr med the decision of the Assistant Attorney General of the Post Office Department, that regular publica. tions, designed primarily for adver- Using purposes, cannot cannot be sent through the mails at rates charged legitimate newspapers.
 Some of the county newspapers must be getting right down to "hard- par" I've have received two of them recently, printed on manilla paper. If we can get one more legislature like the last, perhaps number of them may be entirely crushed out of existence.
 The house of Hill, Fontaine & O., Memphis, Tenn, made sale of l2O4 bales of cotton the other day, all belonging to merchant of Jack sonport-Mr. Watson-averaging l0i cents. This is said to be the largest sale of cotton belonging to one man ever made at one time in Memphis.
 The New York Times, by tue aid of reporters and correspondents, has canvassed a large portion of the country to find out the preference of the republican voters for President at the next election, and as the re- suit of its investigations the Times has arrived at the conclusion that Grant will be the man.
 A PERTINENT ENqUIRY.-The White County Beacon asks:
 "How is this: We thought the late legislature abolished the office of Ad- jutant- General, but in the FortSmith Herald ot the l2th inst., we see cop. ies of Orders from the "Adiutant Generals office" dated March II, 1879, which the Herald says'was granted from the Adjutant General s Office. Was the act vetoed the sec ond time?
 Ut IS confidently believed by the Little Rock newspapers thatl the State fair this fall will be the best