The Russellville Democrat., 1880-01-15
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Probate court next Monday.

-B. II. bayllss, 0f Dover, WAS ID town Saturday.
 And yet Edison is unable to make heavy bread lightl
 --Our excellent Circuit Judge W. D. Jacoway was iu town Saturday last.
 --Scrips are now quoted as follows : New county. 75c; old, 95c. State. par. | Mess. Wilson 6 Judd, will soon have their bake oven completed and in full blast.
 There will be an adjourned term of county court on the first Monday in February.
 Sheriff Shores, of Franklin County, was in town last Monday and favored us with a friendly call.
 Mir. J. ". Buckner, well known and popular among our business men was in town last Saturday.
 The Bar Association of this Judi cial District will convene here on the first Monday in February.
 Hon. ". w. Mansfield passed through town Saturday on his way home. We were pleased to meet the gentleman.
 | We are an enthusiastic a1mirer of the "Grant boom,' so far as it relates to the Emma Grants now arriving in our county in great numbers.
 Our humorous friend Jas. White, Esq, has received his New Years pres ent few days late, but it is bouncing nine pound boy all the same. We were happy to shake hands with that whole-souled gentleman Dr. John Hill, of Atkins, whom we met on the streets of our town last Saturday.
 --Is it wrong to cheat lawyer? was recently very ably discussed by the members of debating society. The conclusion arrived at was that it is not wrong, but impossible.
 W. P. Wooten wants it distinctly understood that he don't allow any body to beat him in quality of goods or lowness of prices. Don't you for get it.
 MT. Jas. Guest has had his store house which formerly fronted on St. Mary. Street, faced about and rolled up to the vaeent lot on Main Street op- posite Col. Aliens Livery Stable.
 If we don't manage to get good public school here we are going to loose several citizens who say they will have to go somewhere where they can have school facilities. l The Arkansas Traveller, and also the Log Cabin. (both of Conway may have had some interesting items Fin them last week, but both papers were so miserably printed that we could not read them.
 MT. Roger Suit, at present one of the salesman of the firm of Tones Bros. Little Rock, was in town last Saturday on his return from Searcy County, whither he had been on very success ful business trip.
 Mir. A. M. Wilson having disposed of his stock of drugs and store fixtures to our young friend J. W. Wells. left for Indianapolis last Tuesday. He was an energetic, live business man, and we wish him well.
 A fine school building here will show splendidly from the railroad if located on the College lots owned by the district, and will be the best paying advertisement we can have. Let's put some of our money in one.
 We want the DEMOCRAT read by every man and woman and child in Pope Co.,I(eyery one who can read at alp, during the year 1880. We ask each of our old subscribers to procure one new name for us.
 To send out the news that Russell vile sustains fine graded public school where all who come to our town can educate their children free of tuition, will do more to induce new citizens of capital and wealth to settle here than anything else.
 The Editor of one of the Dardan- ellie papers seems to think the Russell vlllc and Harrison road movement don't amount to much, and throws cold wa ter on it by asking if the big train talk is not burlesque. Lay aside your jeal- ousy, brother, and come over about the 18th inst, and you will see how much of a burlesque it is.
 Our young friend, Mir. James w. Wells, has succeeded A. M. Wilson in the drug business, having purchased the entire stock and fixtures of that gentleman. Mir. Wells is one of our most meritorious and worthy young men-sober industrious, prudent and competent-and we wish him much success, doubting not that-he will meet with it in an eminent degree.
 There may be persons in this com munity who will have an opportunity of celebrating their birthday this year,
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