The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-25
s. J. RopIxsoN.

Cotton continues to arrive in mod crate quantities, of both the old and new crop. The ruling quotations run between 10cand 111ac.
 --Our friend Will Erwin, now of Dardanslle, has bouncing baby boy at his house. We tender congratula- tions.
 If the dog whose day this is will call at this office he can have his prop erty and no questions asked. If he don't we'll swap it of for . chunk of ice.
 The east bound passenger train was delayed two hours Monday on ac, count of burnt trestle near Altus. The fire is presumed to have caught from sparks from passing train.
 Every farmer in Pope county should SOW wheat this fall if 1t is net but i've acres. The short corn crop will make wheat an object of prime necessity next summer. Therefore SOW wheat by all means.
 MT. Rainsy has been employed as night watchman by the town council at salary of $30 per month. Ar. Rainey will make a vigilant watchman and night providers had better keep "a lsedle oudt."
 The excellent Little Rock business houses advertised in our paper are wor- thy of the patronage of our whole peo> pie. Msssrs. w. H. Scott & Co.,, Carl & Tobsy, and c. F. Penzsll & Co.,, arc euerg etic, wholssouled and LIVE in every sense of the word, and leaders in their respective lines of business. We can and do unrsservedly recommend them one and all.
 MT. G. W. Vaughan, of Gum Log valley, had the misfortune last Thurs day to lose his dwelling and nearly all its contents by fire. The fire origina- ted in defective fiue and nc insurance covered the property. A subscription paper was circulated in town Satur- day and quite a handsome amount in money and provisions was raised for the unfortunate family.
 The grange basket picnic at Potts Station on the 18th inst, WAS an ex- ceedingly pleasant one. About 300 persons were present, and but for the heat and dust the attendance would have been several hundred more. Speeches were made by Mir. Eshbaugh, grand lecturer of the National Grange, and Dr. G. ". Harkey. A splendid dinner was spread by the ladies, to which ample justice was done by the hardy grxngers present-snd st thls particular juncture, they were gran gers all. The utmost good feeling pre- vailed throughout the day, and the picnic was voted an entire success. We were gratifed to receive call last week from Prof. Wm. s. Speer, managing editor of the "Encyclopedis of the New Vest" work in which tho Professor has been engaged for the past eighteen months. The Ency- clopedia of the New West will cor rect.y present the character, develop msnt and present condition of the edu- cational interests of this vast section, including . history of its Scientific and Literary Institutions; it's Professional and Art Schools; its Newspaper and Publishing Press, Railroads, etc. It will give accurate biographical sketch es of the representative men Tn all de- partments of trade, in all branches of man nufscture; in mechanical arts; in mining industries; and in the profes- sions of law, medicine and theology. Many of these sketches will be illus trated will steel plate portraits, sxecu- ted in the very best style of the sngra- ver's art. The value of such an Ency- cyclcpedia consists in it's reliability as a book of reference; it's character sS q family heirloom; Its inst-uctiveness and usefulness as an incentive to youth the facilities it offers as work of reference to students, public men, journalists and mercantile agencies 1; and above all in its accuracy as con- temporary history, the enduring popu- larity of which, under whatever title, is too we'll known among scholarly men to require the citations of particular instances. The Encyclopedia of the New West will be completed about Oc- tober 1st in one royal quarto volume of one thousand double-column pages ele> gsntly printed on fine toaed frst-class book paper; richly and substantially bound in full morocco, gilt sdges and back, and illustrated with hne steel plate portraits and views, and will be sold by subscription only, at $25 per volume. Orders for the work can be addressed to wm. s. Speer. Little Rock Ark.
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