The Russellville Democrat., 1880-12-09
DOVER DOTS.
Health is good in Dover.

Business lively and cotton moves.
 From the talk, several parties in this community will avail themselves of the holiday excursion to visit their old homes in the peanut state.
 The contract for repairing the court house was let by Mir. F. J. Rol- low, commissioner, to MT. w. R. Cox, of Atkins, for $l,000. his being the lowest bid. The work according to contract and specifications will com mence at once and is to be completed by the March term of the circuit court.
 MT. W. H. Poynter has just cons pleted his new two-story frame barn, Mir. Poynter says his stock has taken the outdoor chances for life long enough. The work was done by Mess. Erfurth and Marshal. The building is large, neat, and conveniently arranged. !. About five hundred more such inns provements in that line and progress could bs reported with witness.
 Just about now-always. some> times. you will please bear in mind, and have It distinctly understood, that full and complete stock of Christmas toys and holiday presents, suitable for 1 little folks, (and also for their big thcisses'') have been received in Dover, Expressly for the holiday trade, and will be sold too cheap to talk about, and don't you for yonr life once sup> pose because such goods can be bought cheaper in Dover for cash than else where that anything like the average ssmash up" of the day is expected.
 At the last annual school meeting as held in this county thirtv-eight school districts out of fifty-two voted the special school tax, twenty>sight of the n1mber levying five mills each, one for four and one>half mills. two tor four mills, and seven for two and one- half mills. The districts lowing no special tax, with one or two exceptions, will have sufficient funds derived from the state county fund to run a three months school. With the present finan- cial standing of the various school dis tricts and the favorable outlook for the incoming funds the public school cause has good grounds for encouragement. The pnblic school at this place under the management of Prof. Peebles nuns bcrs seyenty-five or eighty scholars.
 The weather may continue cold and gloomy, and the cotton patch re- main white, vet Ih6N 6rimenial mar ket continues EpR vxsht along all the way through. The following parties having concluded since the last report to leave the lonely walks of singleness and have launched out for the hyme- nial shores of bliss, to-wit: Richard H. Cloman and Miss Della Holledger; James Odem and Miss Mary Albright; Calven Nordin and Miss Ann Harris; E. l.. Elton and Miss Mary Yeates; w. A. Griffin and Miss Fredona Knight; Arthur Shackelford and Mrs. Mary F. Wseb; J. W. Barefield and Miss Mollle Hamblen; and Julius Ce- phus Toban Parker. (better known as Cbarley) and Nj. c. Wells. May sor- row never darken their path nor their way made rough by misfortune. In most places, generally speaking, they marry by twos, but in Dover they inya- riablv go off by fours, and it is now being rumored around by those who are supposed to know that there are several couples in town who will soon unite their fortunes for life indiyidu- ally or collectively as the case may be. May the marrying go bravely on, but you young men who are in the court ing business are reminded that oil '.lighterd knots" wood, etc., costs money and If there is not let in the weather soon the prices will go higher. Be easy on the old man, boys, and don't stay late. The clerk has just received an extra lot of licenses for the Christ mas trade, and will take special pains to wait upon you for fayors In that line.
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