The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-18
LOCAL NEWS.

-Thirty-nino days to Christmas.
 Merchants are doing 8 good busi> ness.
 Cotton continues to arrive in liber> al quantities.
 If you've been saving a turkey for us, now is the time to bring 1t in.
 -The Russellyille cornst band has died through inability to raise the wind.
 Next Thursday will be national thanksgiving day. It will be legal holiday.
 Mir. H. Kirchoff, one of Dover's best citizens, called to see us Saturday. He reports Dover all o. K.
 All our debtors are cordially inyi- ted to call and settle. This invitation is general, no one is sighted.
 The Arkansas conference has sent Rev. J. J. Roberts, late of Dardanelle, to be pastor of the M. E. church, south, at this place.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Lem Gray have quit housekeeping and in future will board at the hospitable home of T. J. Russell, Esq.
 MT. Sam Brown has about finished gathering his cotton crop. He will get eight bales from nine acres. A pretty good upland crop!
 -Eld. c. w. Reeves delivered his farewell sermon from the Baptist pull pitlast Sunday eveuing. A large con course of people wero present.
 We are prepared to execute job work of every description, upon short notice and at city prices. Do not send away for job work but have it done at home.
 A car of improved Mitchell wag- ons received this week. Come ene, come all, and buy the best wagon made. h. J. WILSON,
 Some of the finest apples we have seen in many day were sold in town last Saturday by Mir. Sam Brown from his Centennial orchard. They brought $l per bushel.
 Butter and eggs are the scarcest articles in town. From the stores when in stock, the former retails at 30 cents per pound and the latter It 20 cents per dozen.
 --Dr. J. NJ. Thompson has purchased the s. A. Bradley residence on south Jefferson street, and will move thereto in few days. MT. Bradley will, we understand, move to the country.
 Next week we will publish an arti> cle on the Eureka baby. This curiosity having been discovered by . former citizen of this county, the article will therefore be of interest to many of our readers.
 A new lot of buggies at Wilson's. Prices very low.
 The recent cold weather and fre- qusnt rains have very seriously inter> fered with the gathering of the corn and cotton crops in this county. Much cotton remains unpicked and is greatly injured in consequence.
 Miss Bertha Jacobson, Miss Sallie Weaver and Miss Porah Boswell, of this city, visited Atkins last week. The two first mentioned attended the hop at the McCulloch house last Friday evening.
 Parties who have any thing-to rent or sell, or if they want to buy or lease, they should advertise the fact in the DEMOCRAT. It is a paper read by hundreds of people in this and adjoining counties.
 --Messrs. G. k. Hilliard, E. J. Hans ilton, and D. NJ. Kitchens attended the Russellvills convention last week. They speak many good word of the elegant style in which they were enter tained by the citizens of that town.- Conway Log Cabin.
 Very low prices on bed steads, tin safes and chars; first class goods.
 R. J. WILSON,
 Capt. Robt. s. Hynes, representing Reynolds Tobacco Works, of Van Buren, was in town last week in the interest of his house. This house being heme institution should meet with a willing and liberal patronage among our people. We acknowledge a pleas ant call from Capt. Hynes.
 
 MT. A. w. Mathews informs us that returning home from this place recently his wagon was followed by two little pigs supposed to belong to some one in town. They are of the fe- male gender and two or three months old. The owner can have them by ap~ plying for them at Mir. Mathews resi- dence ten miles in the country.
 In another column may be found the new advertisement of Messrs W. H.. Scott t& Co.,, dealers in stoves and hard ware, Little Rock. This firm is cons posed of three of Little Rocks best bus mess men and is worthy of the high esteem in which 1t is held by the pub lie. They do large business and we hope it will be increased by numerous orders from this section.