The Russellville Democrat., 1881-06-16

The case of Howell vs. Hogan, ap peal from this county, was reversed b, the supreme court.
 Prof. J. T. Wharton and family have been rusticating ill the country since last Saturday.
 MT. c. NJ. Turner falls into line with a new subscriber for the DEMOCRAT in the person of his neighbor Mir. Wm. Grimes. We thank them both. | Remember that on next Tuesday night Rabbi Benson, of Little Rock lectures at the Baptist church. It will be an intellectual treat.
 | The cool rains of this week have cooled of the atmosphere and made de> 1 lightful weather for us. But in few days we may prepare for broil.
 A grand pyrotechnic display for | the night of the 4th of July would be the proper thing for Russellville to do. | Do we hear second?
 Last Monday Mir. J. J. Morrow, a constable of Johnson county arrived here in search of one James Basham, who is charged with misdemeanor and resisting arrest by peace officer. | The culprit was secured and returned to Spadra.
 --"The Gala Creek bandits" is the name given to q party of Atkins young bloods who surprised fishing party on Gala Creek last week. It is said the young fellows performed their roles like professionals and utterly routed the fishermen.
 
 We inadvertently omitted to note last week the reception of handsome marble top dressing-case at Greats metropolitan shaving parlor, Great seems determined to leave nothing un- done that will conduce to the comfort aud pleasure of his patrons.
 MT. Jesse Coleman, well-to-do farmer and good citizen living three miles west of Caglesville in this county, was instantly killed by lightning last Monday afternoon while blowing in his field. The mule he was blowing was also killed by the same bolt of lightning.
 The runaway of another conple bent on committing matrlmony took place Tn Russeliville last week. MT. Walter Bennett and Miss Mollie Scott were the eloping parties and succeeded in having the nuptial knot securely tied by Esquire G. W. Berryman at his residence.
 MT. Sam Brown informs us that he fears his apple and peach crop will prove total failure. His prospect has been favorable for bountiful crop un- til recently. The fruit is falling to the ground and some of the trees will not survive the summer. It is thought the early and heavy freeze of last winter did the damage.
 The Eureka Springs Daily Dispatch thus alludes to one of our citizens now visiting the magic city:
 ''Mr. l.. Russell, of Russellville, Ar kansas, quondam friend to our junior, is visiting at the modern Siloam with the view of recuperating from general debility. We trust he may drink from the life-giving waters of Eureka, that elixir that so many others have."
 -Messrs. G. A. Jones, F. E. Barrow, NJ. H. Baird, Alva Russell, J. ". Russ sell and Eddie Shinn have been ap- pointed a committee to wait upon the citizens of Russellville and procure homes for teachers who will be in at tendance upon the state teachers asso- citation on the 9th, 9th and 7tll of July. The committee will begin work the latter part of this week.
 We are gratified to state that Col. Hartman, superintendent of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway, is in St. Louis perfecting arrangements for the arrival and departure of trains over his road from the Union depot in Little Rock. This has been consumation long desired by the patrons of this road, and its accomplishment at last will be glad tidings to the travelling public.
 Articles of incorporation for new road from Russellville, called the Ar> kansas Pacific railroad company, were filed in the office of the secretary Of state last Friday. The road is to run from Russellville to Dardanelle, Dan- vile, Waldron and thence to the In- dian Territory. The directors are J. H. Converse, F. NJ. Weld, Elisha Atkins, F. G. Dexter, W. D. Slack, Theodore Hartman, J. w. Gay, s. F. Clark and D. B. Jones.
 Prof. Jones informs us that he is making an effort to have the public school building seated with his patent school-room seats before the meeting of the teachers association. The seat is highly spoken of by all who have ex- amiued it, and combining as it does, elegance with durability and comfort, is destined to become very popular, and result in a handsome thing for it's inventor.
 A special train arrived at this place last Thursday bearing representatives of the Irish Catholic Colonization asso- citation, of Chicago. The party %as composed of Vim. J. Onahan, Chas. Walsh, Rev. l.. Gaillot and Rev. Dr. Riordan, chancellor of the arch diocese of Chicago. Mr. A Helmick, agent of the Ft Smith railway company, had the party in charge and accompanied them to Yell county to show them some lands of the company, upon which they may locate Catholic colony.
 As matter of interest to fruit growers in this section we have the pleasure of announcing that arrange ments have been made for very low rate on fruit from the line of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway, to Little Rock, St. Louis, Cairo, Chicago and other points. Farmers who have a sur plus of fruit will do we'll to ship to one of these points, as it will bring good prices this season In consequence of a short crop throughout the country. Fruit packed in patent one-third bushel