The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09

Little Rock has an unfinished artessan we'll ll26 feet deep.
 Little Rock has four militia companies and cotton exchange.
 The .all term of St. Johns col legc, Little Rock, began last Monday.
 The true value of personal and real estate in Arkansas in 1870 was $l56, ,3e4, 4,6el.
 Garfield is seeking the presi- dency, while the presidency is seek ing Gen. Hancock.
 -''Marked with political small pox" Is the latest term applied to General Garfield.
 The estimated injury to the sst- ton crop by recent rains and other causes Is 26 per cent.
 Home ward comes abssnt Ar kansians from their vacation at cas- tern and western resorts.
 The tax collected in 1879 on the personal and real property of Arkan- sas amounted to $613,957.
 "A Washington dispatch says the public debt statement shows . de- crease during August $12,027, ,169.
 Great numbers of students arc going to the State university at Fayetteville from all parts of the State.
 Wind lifted all the tents of Bar nuns show in St. Louis, and tore them into peices too small for patch. ing.
 Gen. Weaver, while in Maine, takes positive grounds against flu sion. Here the party will fuse with anything.
 The New Jersey democrats have made nominations suitable to the year. George c. Ludwick is the candidate for governor.
 MT. John Woolen is the new editor of the Atkins News. Mir. Woolen is good practical printer and an editor of some experience,
 The United States has contribu- ted about five millions of dollars during the past year to relieve the distress in Ireland.
 In 1884 upland cotton sold in New York for $l.9O per pound. The lowest prices in the same year was seventy two cents.
 There IS great reason for be- lieving that the democracy of New York Is working senslbly and satis- factoriiy for the success of the demo cratic ticket.
 -In 1870 there were 1O9, BIO per. sons in Arkansas engaged in agri. culture; ID professional and personal service, IA, ,S77; and in manufactories, trades and mining, 6,27l.
 This years wheat crop will pro bably reach s5,0OO.OOO bushels. We will consume about 29O, 900, 900 bushels, leaving surplus of l95, ,00O,- 900 bushels fer export.
 In the absence of special agree ment, buildings, etc., on leased ground become the poperty of the owner of the ground unless removed before the termination of the lease.
 The Iron Mountain and Fort Smith railways are building . wait ing room at the junction of the roads in Argsnta. This convenience will be appreciated by the travelling public
 The presidential junketing par ty are speeding with all possible haste to the Pacific slope to look after Garfield's interests. The news from that quarter is rather depress- ing upon republican hopes just now.
 The democrats of Massachu- setts have nominated Chas. F. Thompson for governor, and Alpha K. Thompson for Lieut.. governor. The democracy of the Bay state is once moro united and solid.
 The Fort Smith New Era em- phatically denies the report that has gained credencs in newspaper cir clss, relative to the attempted as- sasination of President Baer of the Ft. Smith bank.
 Within circle drawn with . radius of sixteen miles, with the public buildings of Philadelphia as . centre, there are over a million i'm habitants. A similar treatment of New York would show a population