The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-05

Blind Tom, the celebrated plan ists, now wears the high sounding title of Prof. w. F. Raymond. His music, we presume, is juss the same. f
 John T. Rsymond'strip to Eng land is not a financial success. His cold water and turnip diet don't strike the fastidious English people favor ably.
 "A bark containing several yell low fever cases has arrived at Mobile. It is not certain that Bronze John will not slip into this country before the ides ot September.
 Some idea of the sanitary work being done in Memphis can be gath cred from the fact that over twenty miles of sewerage drains have been constructed this year.
 Gen. Beauregard has written . letter denying the republican cam paign lie that he once made Gen. Hancock haul down the, flag at his headquarters before he would con sent to dine with him.
 A vote taken by the ncws-boys on the recent excursion train from Georgia and Tennessee to Texas rs- suited as follows; Hancocks 285, Garfield l5. That is the way 1t stands in this country.
 The two wings of the demo cratic party in PhiladslphIa have completed the plan of peace and hsr- monv, and the prospect of carrying the Keystone State for the Demo cratic nominees is bright indeed.
 The venerable Henry Shaw eel, ebratsd the eightieth anQivsrsary ol his birth at St. Louis recently. Mr. Shaw ls the donor of the beautiful garden, which bsars his name, to that city, and is held in great esteem by tho populacs.
 The supreme moment for ths American woman 10 at hand. Le, some representative of the gsntlsl sex shelve the fame sf Tanner by holding her tongue for forty days It will be big job, but ws believe i, can bs done.
 The presidential electors o New York, put out by the Tammany convention, have handed in their res ignations to the regulars. This com plstes tho union of the two winel and secures the State to the demo crats.
 To be brief the contrast between Garfield and Hancock is as broAd and distinct as that betwsen night and day. The character of one il smirched with corruption; that oi the other is unspotted, and party malignity cannot dim its brightness
 -Dr. E. W. Adams ssa Dr. R
 
 Manstt two physieians of promin. snce in Johnson county, and gentle men of rasp personal worth and in. tegrity, have been added to thsi, fathers. The former djpd qu,ss sud. denly of appoplsxy and the latter aftsr . painful illnsss of one month
 The Yell county people % jubilan, last week over the prospect of hay. ing two clerks, are some what dis. mayed by the compilation of the cen. sus returns. Only Is.675 people ars living in Ysll county. The "stats of Pope" can go that about 1000 bet ter.
 Senator Garland aad Col. Fish back did not speak at Eureka on ac count of the violent illness of the lat ter. All the appointments between Eureka and Searoy were omitted At that place yesterday the canvass was resumed. We regret to hear O this serious illness of Col. Fishback
 The Gazette publishes the censul returns of twenty counties, the popu lation of which amounts to 235, 254 Taking this as . basis tho Gazet:, figures the population of the Stat over 736, 900. If this ostimats hold, good we will be entitled to two ad ditional congressman.
 The census enumeratorl will .be afforded an oppor tunity to pass judgement upon sec retary Sshurz. At the time the, were appointed 1t was understood they were to receive two cents fo, each name recorded, but it is nov .a;d th.t th.v -;ll h. psid st th.