The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-10
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LOCAL NEWS.


 Our hotels and boarding houses are doing a good business.
 Mrs. Fears and family have gone on short visit to Clinton.
 -One chance in q $l5 watch will be piyen for every cigar purchased at Great 6 Heilin's.
 We are indebted to J. Aston Jami- son; of Uchiah, Cal, for bundle of interesting California papers.
 The latest commercial failures res norted are Cannon & Co.,, Dardanelle, and Rushing & Co.,, Potts Station.
 Last Saturday was a disagreeable day. but there was fair sprinkle of ceuntry>folk in town and business good.
 Col. H. N. Jacoway, a leading ats torney of Dardanelle, was in town Saturday enroute home from Little Rock. We were pleased to meet him. pr. W. II. c. Vim, for long time postmaster and druggist at Atkins, died at his home in that place, last week, of consumption.
 -Dr. II. Hall, for several mouths past resident of this place, has res moved to Dardaselle. We wish the doctor abundant success in his new field.
 Mi. Joel Pollard, the handsome young editor of the Ozark Advocate, spent several honrs in town last Thurs day. We acknowledge an agreeable call.
 Mir. Andrew J. Hartsell desires the public to remember that he is "still in the ring' with a licensed wagon and will do any kind of hauling as cheap as the cheapest.
 Mir. N. T. Dyke, connected with the extensive saw mill enterprises of J. G. Miller & Co.,, of Pirey Station, was in town last week, and favored us with a visit.
 -One of the pressing needs of this section is bank with sufficient capital to do the banking business of Russell vile, Dardanelle, Clarksyille and many other towns hereabout..
 MT. ". A. Winn, on Jefferson street, has a full line of family grocer les and confectioneries always on hand 1, and carries good stock of such goods as are unus ually kept in q first class house.
 The following news item we take from the Gazette:
 Cooksey, the man who was arrested sometime since for raping his own daughter, lives in Pope county. He is incarcerated at present in the county jail, awaiting trial for his dastardly crime.
 -Messrs. Herrin and York are two of the most persistent hunters in the county. Recently they captured fox which they have chased over our hills for months past. A pack of Tennessee hounds rendered ''yaluable assistance" in the capture.
 The mails continue irregular and great the complaint thereat. We do not remember ever hearing so much complaint of postal mismanagement as now. We are glad to see the Little Rock press have gone to work to show up this matter.
 We had tho pleasure last week of meeting Mir. James N. Burd, late of Tennessee, and now resident of Russ sellville. We found Mir. Burd genial gentleman and arc glad to know that ho is to be permanent citizen of our county.
 Through the courtesy of the super intendent Of public instruction, James l.. Denton, we have received copy of his biennial report for the years ls79-S0. It is A neat book of eighty-ive pages and abounds in in formation concerning our public school interests.
 The following are prices current in this market: Cotton, l016 and il; pork, 5;corn, 40; eggs, l5; butter, 20; chicken l6; beef, gross, 3; hides, dry, l5 meal 65 per bu. coffee, 20 aud 25 per pound :; sugar, llal2l@ per pound; flour, 6.09a 7,5o per barrel; potatoes, sweet, 50 per bushel; p otatoes Irsh, l.25.
 -Mr. T. ". Ycrzlsy continues to dispense fancy and family groceries, confsctionsries, cigars, tobacco, etc. He has conducted his business admira- ply and has full stock of goods in his line. He brides himself on his pur> chases, and his constantly increasing business signifies that he meets the wants of the public. Capt. Richards is his valuable assistant,
 w, P. Wooten has been engaged in the family grocery business here for a number of years and is well known to he trading public. He keeps largo and well selected stock of staple and fancy groceries. The principal arti- elss are flour, bacon, meal, lard, tea coffee, sugar, canned goods, etc. Everything in the line of family gro ceries is in his stock. Goods delivered i. to any part Of town.