The Russellville Democrat., 1881-12-22
Lewis H, Morgan, the historian


 The Perry County courthouse has been destroyed by fire.
 The widow of Abraham Lincoln has completely lost the use of her eyes.
 -Chiei-Justice Gray, of Massa- chusetts succeeds Justice Clifford on the U. 5. supreme bench.
 Vermont is in the throes of a fierce temperance agitation. Hotel proprIetors close thelr establish ments rather than stop the sale of liquor.
 Hon. Benj. H. Brewster, Of Phil adelphia, has been nominated by the President for the office of attorney general. It is said the star-routers dread him.
 Senator Logan's bill to place the great American beggar, Grant, on the retired list of the Army will probably pass the Senate, but it is doubtful fit get, through the House.
 R A. Edgarton is Little Rocks new postmaster. He is prominent republican, and was formerly direc- tor of the Iron Mountain road, and secretary oi the Barring Cross Bridge Company.
 The Gazette drawing has been postponed from Dec. 24, to May 2d, 1882, in deference, it is claimed, to the wishes of large number of agents and subscribers who desir- ed the postponement, An annual distribution will take place May. 2d of each year.
 Senator Edmund's $100, GOO bill providing for tue payment of the ex- penses attending the illness and flu neral of President Garfield vii. pass both houses. It was generally be. lieved that this amount would not be sufficient to cover all demands, but doubtless the Senator has made 8 correct estimate based upon infor nation.
 The sixth week of the Guiteau circus opened in Washington last Monday morning, but on account of the death of the wife of juror Hobbs tue court was adjourned until Wed nesday to allow the juror to attend his wife's funeral, It is debatable question which IS most sorely tried in thls case, the patience of the Amer fear people or the prisoner at the bar.
 The republican senators have already introduced bills for the ad- mission of two new states, Dakota and New Mexico. The Senate is too close to be comfortable for the Re publicans and they evidently do not like the idea of having to rely on Malone for their majority, entailing as It does the donation of so large a share of patronage. Let the Demo crats fall back on Texas.
 The test case to decide upon the constitut!onality of the prohibitory act, known as the Three Mile Whis- Ky Law, which was appealed from Pope County, was decided by the supreme court, last Saturday, ad- versely to the whisky men. The court sustained the constitutionality of act, and numerous authorities were cited to sustain the rulings of the court.
 The supreme court of Tennessee has granted the petition Of the state funding board to have advanced on the docket the motion ot the board to dissolve the injunction against funding the state debt at par at three per cent. interest and the cou- pons receivable for taxes. The case will therefore, by order of the couit, come up for hearing on the 17th of January, 1882.
 A Capitolian correspondent Of the Dardanelle Arkansian, with amendment proclivities, writes that journal under recent date, that he Views with alarm" the present att tude of the amendment and anti amendment wings of the democratic party, and predicts the utter rout and ruin of the democratic standard bearers in the next campaign unless eompromise-an honorable com promise-can be effected. He thinks the breech can be healed by a conference of honorable leaders of both sides, and suggests that course. The plan is not only feasible one, but the one that will most likely be adopted in good time to present bcld democratic froat to the army of republican office seekers and their willy cohorts in greenback camps, Who are waiting with bated breath Tor democratic blunder to place the spells of the public crIb within their grasp. They will wait in vain.
 There never has been a greater scramble for office than that inangu- rated with the openlng of the pres ent Congress. It beats everything. Washington IS full of strangers and they are nearly all after something. Six years ago when the Democrats came m control of the House of Rep resentatives 1t was the first sight they had caught of the "spoils" for many gears and naturally there were numerous applicants for the two hundred small offices to be filed