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The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
THE KANSAS CITY FORT
 SCOTT G GULF ROAD.

Several weeks ago we noticed in these columns the arrival of Messrs. Walker and Newman in town in tn e interest of the K. c. F. s. & G. R R. , and alluded to the hopefulness sf these gentleman that the road would be built to thfs point. The Little Rock Democrat of the 18th inst, has the following encouraging report of the prospects of this road
 From facts that came to our knowl- edge yesterday, we are led to be. lieve that the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf road is in earnest in it's movement to secure Q southern outlet through Arkansas. Engineer Walker, who was sent out to look ever the route te RusselIvills. has re. turned and made . favorable report. It is understood that the above named road IS to build to Russellville, and when the papers are signed, a well known New York banking hou se guarantees the money necessary to build from that place to Monros, La. This road is to be trunk line, will pass to the west of us, with branch to Little Rock. Major Rumbough of this city, is just in from . survey between Monroe and Russellyills.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
OUR COUNTY TICKET.


 Tn an another column we publish the official statement Of the county central committe of the result of the primary election held last Saturday. And at our mast head will be found the names of the gentlemen selected as our standard be arers, and to them we give our cordial support.
 Good and competent men, without an exception have been selected, and it will be the duty Of true democrats everywhere 10 fall into line and see that the ticket is elected triumph. antiy on the 9th day of next month. The nominees have been selected from different portions of the county, showing the wisdom and justice ol the psopls and evidencing the de cline Of sectional feeling which is tue bane of civilization.
 We congratulate those who have been chosen, and drop . sympathetic tear for the "salt-river crew."
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
Vote for the Head of the Ticket.

Vote for the Head of the Ticket. Editors RusssIivills Democrat:
 A few words. if you please, in re- gard to scratching the ticket" All most every day l hear some demo- crat say that he will be compelled to scratch Gen. Churchill's name from the state ticket-that he can not conscientiously vote for that kind of a man.
 There Is no use of denying that the nomination of Churchill was dis tasteful to a good many good men who are good democrats. Some good man without the reputation of our present nominee for gaming and drinking wonld have 4.s. ;s:.s ss.... q much more cordial support. Ar kessas iias scores of such men who have fully as great, if not greater executive abf.iiy than Gen. Chur chill.
 Bu. notwithstanding all this, i think l can show that 1t is the duty Of every democrat to vote the ticket straight Churchill and all. l think I can slow that it will be best to do SO. In the first place l will remind these recalcitrant democrats that our number of delegates ia the state nominating convention depends wholly upon THE NUMBER or VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR. Also that the number of delegates our township is allowed in the county convention depends upon the same grounds. Now is it not clear that if all the democrats in counties which have . predominancy of democratic voters who are opposed to the highest hon ors of our state being conferred upon drinking and gaming men stay away from the polls. or refuse to vote for the head of the ticket--is it not clear, ask, Tn such a case as this, that those counties which favor such objectionable nominations will have the thing all their own way? They certainly will. The only way to remedy this matter is for us all to go to the polls and vote our full strength-increasing it, if possible in the state convention, so that we can there fight against comforting the nominations upon objectionable men. The Benton county democrats tired sulking in 1878, because they didn't like Miller, and as penalty for their folly they lost almost hali their strength in the last state con vention, and were thus made just that much less influential in oppos- ing Churchill's nomination. Gencr al Churchill is going to be elected just as sure as fate, and it will do no good to sulk or scratch his name. It will, on the contrary, only render us more powerless to prevent repe- titicn of . similar nomination two years hence.
 So let every democrat make up his mind to vote the state ticket straight. Whatever may be said of General Churchill's personal habits no man will dare impugn his firm integrity or his true devotion to every interest of Arkansas. In these respects he is the peer of any man ln the state.
 JOHN HENRY.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE, DARpASRLLR, ARkt
 JULY 23d, isS0. Notice IS hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention 10 make final proof in support of his claim and will appear before the register and receiver ot the U. :. Land office. at Dar,lanelle, Ark on saturday the 2Sth day of Aug, 1880, and se cure final entry thereof at the expiration Of thirty days from the date of this notice. VIZ; William J. Ross, Homestead application No. N. W. 1 sec. 2s, tp. i2 N. k. IS ", but which should have been S. W. l s. F. L section n, and N. W. A \. +. is sec 2s same township and range, and names the following as ms George W. Barnes and Thomas II. Ross, all oi Wits Springs, Searcy county Ark.
 an26l T. Nj. GfBsoS. Register
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
The cAmendment.---ClIppings
 from the Press.

The Democratic convention pro. posed to repudiate the unjust and illegal part of the Holford debt: the Fishback amendment seeks to re pudixts the whole debt, just or un. just. The Democratic party is not committed to the amendment.-Cen- Ire Point News.
 One Of the pet arguments of the rspudiators is that future legisla- ture may be bribed to pay the fraud ulent bonds. Why not put in plain English and say that the people are not capable of self government; that they will elect legislature of thieves to barter away thier rights. That's the same thing h efYect.-Csntrs Point News.
 Advocates of the amendment have acted upon the hypothesis that the $l3l 900, together with the interest thereon, had been paid to the Hol- lords as stated by the accountants, and upon which the amendment was predicated. Now, that it is ascer tainsd by review, that the State yet owes upon these bonds $70.000, il would be repuGiation to endorse the amendment embracing that amount The amendment ought to be voted down of course, and our next lsgls lature will, doubtless make it some. bOdy's business to deny the pay ment of 50 much of alleged State in debtedness as has been improperly funded. d.-Batesyille Guard.
 The Gazette has just found ou, that we justly owe the Holfords sev snty thousand dollars, and asks us to vote down the amendment. We are by this like we were by saying if we did wrong by voting for tho amendment, we should lay all ths blame on our leaders, who, two years age, told us it was right, and got us to believe it.-Austin Triumph.
 The leaders never said any such thing. The democratic state con vention, two years ago, favored the submission to the people of an amend ment providing fer the repudiatlor Of the railroad aid, the levee and the illegal and unjust part of the Hol ford bonds. The state board of fin ance declares that there is still ovel $70, ,000 due the Holfords. The lead CTS of the democracy never declared in favor of repudiating that. Will the Triumph make a note of thisS
 On this subject the Jonesborc Times says:
 What we want to know is, how is the state going to make arrangements to pay that seventy thousand dollars that isAjustly due on the Holford bonds, If the Fishback amendment i, adopted? It can't be dono without overriding the provisions of the amendment. The people do not wish to adopt measure and then disre gard it's requirements as they would have to do in this case; hence ths amendment will not be adopted. It. destiny is sealed now, If, indeed il
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
NOTICE

Is eieby given that will in obedience to an order of the Probate Court of Pope County. Ark made at the J uly term. 1sS0. preeeed t0 sell ia front Of the courthouse in the town of Dover, Pope county, Arkansas. on the lst day of Sep tember, 16s), between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon ef said day. On credit af three Inoaths, and to the highest and hest bidder, the following de- seribei tracts of land belonA ing to the estate of Calvin n. Wilson, deceased, lying in the County of Pope. and state of Arkansas, to- wit: The n1s or the Sei4 part sw@ Of the neA the neaz of the swi4 the scAx Of the nwA all m sec. acres. Also the W !. of the se4 the e's of the swt< ana the sea. of the se4 all in section 2- t' range q, containing 200 acres. And the nwl4 of the nwi. section l2, township range q, containing 70 acres antlcontaining in the az greg&te 449.5o acres, The purchaser will he fc- quired to give bond and approved security and a iein will he retained on the land for the pur' chase money.
 Given under my hand this 2<th day of Iuly, 1880. ABS0LoN ADAMS, AdmE
 Davis < Bullock, Attys. ,
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
The Hancock and English Club.

The Hancock and English Club.
 The success of the Russellville Han cock and English club has so far sur passed the most sanguine expectations of its founders. The membership nu n- bers over two hundred and fifty and now names are daily added. The young and old alike have joined in com mon cause to do ba .tle for tho right.
 Last Wednesday night very en- thusiastic meeting was held and at least fifty new names were enrolled. Mir. Lawrence Russell addressed the club, and while it was his maiden political effort. it was universally conceded to be brilliant exposition of ripened thought and progressive democracy. Mir. Russell has greatly endearsd him. self to the members and will be expect cd to entertain the club frequently in the future.
 Monday night at the regular meet ing several new names were en- rolled and a stirring address made by MT. Jefferson B. Browne, late of Key West, Florida. MT. Browne gave us the political history in miniature of the country from l7s7 to the present day. He unvailed the dsformed monstrosity known as the grsenback party and ex- posed to the glare of democratic sum light the hideous designs of tho party. He replied to few of the idiosyncra- sies of General Weaver. gave the true history of the characterization and re- monetization of silver, and referred to the Bland and Warner bills in Con- grsSs. He showed the danger of in fiation and the safety of the democrat ic doctrines of finance. He showed the importance of polling every democratic vote in this State at the approaching election, and concluded with glowing tribute to the Democratic National ticket. The address was we'll received and elicitsd frequent applause.
 The club meets regularly every Mcn- day night and the public generally are invited to attend.
 Mir. G. W. Shinn and others will ad- dress the next meeting.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
sherif's Sale of Real Estate.

By virtue of a genditioni exponas to me di- rected out of the Pope Circuit Court, will sell oa A credit Of three months, at the courthouse door in the town of Dover, Pope county, Ark, on Friday, the 27th day of August, 1880. within the hours prescribed by law for making Ju- dicial sales. all of the right. title and interest of A. R. Williamson in and to the SEA4 Of the $ k of Section ia; pt Of the w i4 of the S F. or Of Section %, containing g acrcs. Pt of : W qr Of section 20. containing 50 acres. And and 2S- 100 acres, all in township 8 north of range a0 West in Pope county. Ark, to satisfy . Judgement in favor ofJ. W. Fruit vs. A. B. Williamson.
 Aug 2d, 1880. E. B HoelNs, sheriff.
 RyJ. W. CrisS, D. S.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19

Grant Green, Esq, now fills the editorial chair of the Clarendon Sun, vice M. K. White.
 Gov. Roberts was renominated for governor by the democrats Of Texas at their recent state convsn- tion.
 Gov. Colquitt is the nominee of the regular democratic convention of Georgi& A factious minority bolted the convention and put out . state ticket of their own. It is safe to say that Colquis will be elected.
 Gen. De LaMArtyr,-a a greenbask- CT of national reputation has return ed to the republican, fold. To this complexion will it come at last with four-ffths of the leaders of this inds- pendent republican grcenback coaii- tion.
 The sons of Oakes Ames have published q three column card Tn vindication of their fathers memory. They ask us to publish it, but on account of it's length, we beg to be excused.
 The Arkansas Conference Sem mary, phoenix like, will rise from its ashes the second time. We trust the new building will stand forever . monument to the pluck and ensr gy of the Harrison people.
 MT. Anderson Mills of Pulaski county carried the first bale of new cotton of this seasons growth to Little Rock last Friday. The bale weighed TOO pounds. and sold for 26a cents, aggregsting $lS3.75 for the bale.
 At the convention in Faulkner county last Saturday the delegates to the congressional convention for this dis trict were instructsdto to vote for Hon. J. E. Crsvens for Congress. Col. Cravens beat Col. Howard two to one. The "barefooted plou boy" was unknown in the race.
 Senator Garland and Gen. Churchill have each received serious accidental injuries rscsntly-the former by a fall while running to catch a train, and the latter by being thrown from his buggy. We hope these injuries may not long detain these gentlemen from the canvass they were making.
 The superintendent of the cen sus says that the payment of the supervisors and ennmsrators is be ing pressed as rapidly as possible; that those who have not received their money will very shortly. The whole number to be paid is 3l 900, and it IS impossible to prepare the vouchers and accounts Of more than 800 day, by reason of inadequate force.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT DABpASELLE, AKE.,l
 July IS. lesJ.

LAND OftlCE AT D8BpANELLk- AAh.,l
 July l6. 1sSJ. Notice is hereby given that the fol- lowing named settler has filed notice of her intention 10 make final proof in support of her claims. and will appear before the judge Of the county court of Pope county Ark, and in his absence the clerk of said court, at Dover, Ark, on Friday the goth day of Aug, 1880, and secure final entry thereof at the expiration of thirty days from fine date of this notice, yiv: Virginia Bishop, widow of Gabriel A. Bishop, decd, who made homestead entry No. 9l35 for the s. E. E of the N. W. | sec. 26, tp. 10 N. R. l9 w., and names the following witnesses, viz: ". c. Petty, c. T. Linton, W. l.. Price and q. W. Van zant, all of Scottyille, Pope county, Ark.
 augi9 T. N. GIBSON. ReEisia.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
WILLY WEAVER.

Gen. James B. Weaver, the nation al champion of greenbackism, and candidate for president of the Uni ted States, appeared before . large and intelligent audience at this place last Thursday.
 After the candidates for the vari- oas county offices had finished their addresses, the General was introdue- ed and spoke for an hour and a-half. He began by holding aloft our sup plement of last Thursday containing the Edwardy disclosures, and denounced the same as vilely false, but it was observed that he did not prove the falsity of the statements: !: he made the usual arraignmsnt of the democratic party and charged that Wall street dictated it's policy; he charged the government with be ing administered wholly in the in terest of the bondholders, and while describing the legislation of Con- gress ts suit the caprices of cheeky boudholders hs forgot to say that ia 1870 he was cheek by ,jowl with the republican party when changed the the original contract and made these gorernmsnt bonds payable in coin instead ofgresnbacks; and, although . grsenhacksr and espousing the rag baby idea, he failed to state that in Congress during the present year he declared himself in favor of paying the bonds in coin; he drew numer- ous lanientabls pictures of unrsquit. ted labor and oppressed working men, but failed utterly to show wherein their condition would be amsliorassd By placing power into His hands; in fact, 3it appears to us, that men 50 conversart with the modes of oppression would be dan gerous ifclothsd' with power and should they once get tho screws on the tciling masses something would havs to give way certain.
 We arc unable to follow the willy General in tho devious ways of his address, but will subjoin an excellent refutation of his Little Rock speech by Mir. Iverson A. Jones, the distin- guIshed politician, which in most part covers the points made in his address here:
 I heard last night Gen. James B. Weaver, the greenback candidate fer president, make speech. His speech was as full of hightoned words as the jungles are of leaves in autumn, but as barren of ldeas-of original thought--as the Saharan desert is of foliage. As the people of Arkansas are not all acquainted with his history I will give a brief sketch of his official life. He was elected district attorney of the sec ond judicial district Of Iowa in 1866, was appointed United States asses. sor of internal revenue for the first district Of Iowa in January, 1867. and held the office for six years, when 1t was abolished. He did not quit the ofiice--it quit him. He supported Grant in 1868 on plat. form that demanded the payment Of the bonds in gold. He supported Grant in 1872, and therefore en dorsed all the bitter pills forced down southern throats with the bay. onet He voted for Hayes in 1876 and still stood iu with his party alter
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19

MT. Joseph M. A. Hemstege' becomes associate editor of the Conway Log Cabin. Financially we wish him success.
 The two tramps arrested in Ne braska did not turn out to be the Renders at all, and they have been released. The Renders are un doubtedly dead.
 -Elseahere we publish commu- nication from an esteemed cores pondent and true democrat urging npon the democracy of Pope county the importance of supporting the head of our State ticket. Ample and cogent are the reasons given for such course, and we hope that our democratic friends will reason together and do their whole duty.
 We are glad to see the Little Rock Democrat step Inte the rank Of first class journals. That paper now receives the full associated press dispatches, and with it's well filled editorial and local columns makes one of the most readable exchanges received at this office. May the in creased patronage of tho Democrat be commensurate with the outlay re- quired to make these needed i'm provements.
 A tabulated statement of the census returns Of this State for 1880 has been publish he'd and shows the gratifying fact that in the last ten years the State has nearly doubled her population. The population Of the State is given at 809.777, and this county steps to the eleventh place in point of population and con tains 15,lS5 inhabitants. If this is correct we are entitled under the 
 constitution to an additional clerk.
 The Dardanelle Arkansian thus compliments the democracy of old Pope:
 The dem ocrats of Russellville and Pope county are up and doing. In order to give Weaver, the "boss green packer, who spoke in that town yesterday, . cordial reception, the rank and file had prepared and erected . splendid hickory pole, seventy-fve feet high, from the sum- init of which was unfurled . large and beautiful Hancock & English lag, just as the speaker commenced his '.rag money" haraagas. All honor to the noble democracy of Pope county, Greenbackism fourishstlI not in the habitations of the Rus sellvillians. Pope is solid for the democratic ticket.
 l --Fhe following statement will show the increase of population in Arkansas in .he last sixty years. It will show too that the reports Of the increase in the past ten years have not been extrsvagant or unreasonable, and no error has been committed ex- cept perhaps the failure to enumerate several thousand on account of the limited time in whick tho work was l dona Hera ia fhA sfafement.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
n not before. We are not repu-


 diationlsts.
 The following is the resolution adopted by the Garfield and Arthur club, of Little Rock, on this subject:
 Resolved, That we, the members of the Little Rock Garfield and Ar thur club deny the truth ofthe state ments made by the democratic press of Little Rock that the republican party of this state favor the so called Fishback amandment, or any other scheme of repudiation; and that we hereby pledge our votes in opposi tion to that amendment and all other propositions of repudiation of what soever character.-Gazette.
 Dardanelle Arkansian: Last week we made mention of the fact that a statement had been prepared by Ar low Farmin, Esq. deputy auditor, and signed by Messrs. Miller, Chur- chill and Crawford. state board of finance, showing that the state Of Arkansas actually owed over S70, 900 on the Holford bonds. The statement has been published in the Little Rock press, but owing to the lack of space we cannot reproduce it entire, and we must ask our readers to be content with synopsis, for which we ask their calm and thought ful attention. We ask the question, can Arkansas adopt this amendment and thus repudiate debt she justly and honestly owes? Study the fig ures:
 Principal and accrued inter-
 est from Sept. z, 1S40, to
 Aug. 2, 1880, 39 years and
 eleven months s399, ,69l .32 Amount bonds anl coupons
 redeemed to Aug. 2. 1880, BPS, ,37O.OO
 Amount due Aug. z, 80, s70, 1921 .32
 Interest is computed according to section 42S2 and 42S3, Gantt's Di- gest, as follows:
 "For the purpose of calculating interest, a month shall be considered the twelfth part of year, and as consisting of thirty days; and inter est for any number of days less than a month, shall be estimated by the proportion which such number of days shall bear to thirty.
 Sec. 42S3. In calculating interest when partial payments may have been made, the interest shall be cal culated to the time when the first payment shall have been made, and such payment shall be applied to the payment of such interest; and if such payment exceed the interest, the balance shall be applied to di- minish the principal; and the same course shall be observed in all sub sequent payments; but in no case where a case shall fall short of pay ing the interest due at the time of making such payment shall the bal ance of such interest be added to the principal.
 It will be seen by the foregoing that there is still due the Holford heirs the sum of s70.32l.32, on the original amount, $l2l ,336.5S, "re- alized by agents of the real estate bank on the hypothecation of 500 real estate bank bonds, Sept. ', lS40." after calculating interest. and deducting all payments of interest and principal, according to the stat ute of the state. Let the people think of this matter and decide to voto against the amendment.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
T)R. H. HAIL.

(Late of Potts Station, Pope Col Has located permanently in kussellvillc for lhe purpose of practicing medicine. RespeotialE, offers his professional services to the peopiGV and vicinity. Calls len at pl' Harkey's drug tore will receive prompt atts- tion. Charges reasonable Residence in ih' Key holds house, Luker's addition.
 Oflloc in Wells building, opposite post-ono''
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19

Public office is trust, not q bounty bestowed upon the holder
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-19
DEMOCRATIC sTATt TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
 For Governor, I, J. CHURCHILL, of Pulsski. For Secretary of State, JACOB FRoLICH. of White.
 For Auditor of State, sOHE CRAWFORD, of Howard.
 For Treasurer, WN. \. WOODRUFF, JR., of Pulaski. For Attorney General, CB. MOORE, Of Pulaski. For Commissioner of State Lands, D. w.LEAR, of ouashita.
 For Supreme Judge, Ell. ENGLISH, of Pulaski. Tor Superintendent Of Public Instruction, J.L DENTON. Of Phillips. Tor Judge of the Pulaski Chancsry Court, DIV. CARROLL. of Jefferson. Tor Clerk of the Pulaski Chanoery Court, J. W. CALLAwAY, of ouachita.