The Russellville Democrat., 1881-12-08
NEWS CoNfyENsATIoNs.

will be run from St. Louis to San Francisco on and after Jan- I, 1882. Augusta and Camden had des- tructive fires last week. The former lost s25o, o,0oN. and the latter about s40,oo0.
 Ut seems to be foregone con- clusion that H. H. Riddleburger will be Mahone's colleague in the Senate from Virginia.
 EdmUn Is is to be executed at Warren, Bradley county, and Hall, at Little Rock, tomorrow. Both are murdsrers aRds Tiehly deserve their fate.
 Washington is fast winning the u1attractive subrlquet- of the eCity of Cranks." Ninety of them have been arrested there since Garfield was shot.
 -"God and I did it, and the sur geons finished tie job. That is Guiteau's osn theory of defense. It is easier for a canning rascal to iI vent speh. a theory than for luna tlc.
 -Guiteau always speaks of re- moving the Presinent as the act cf the Lord, or as being inspired from that source A, gseat deal of wick edness is committed in thls world Tn the name of the Lord.
 Capt D. L. Payne and his band of settlers have at last successfully invaded Oklahoma and taken quiet and undisputed possession. How long the government will allow them to remain there remains to be seen.
 MT. Horatio Bernard is amour lced as associate editor of the Oar. danelle Post. There are more things 'twixt Heaven and earth, Heratio, in the newspaper business, than you ever dreamed of in your philosophy, But, we wish you well all the sameI --One of the most notable incl dents of the Guiteau trial is this 1Mr. Scovlle remarked in the court, "We. admit the killing" Guiteaf promptly spoke up: "No we don't we don't admit the killing; we adsai1 the shooting" Sup shrewdness does not indicate an 1nsane mind. --If newspaper comments inclted Guiteau to tho commission of his l foul deed, is there not reason to feal that Warren, of the Prescott Dis patch, in his revolutionary articles will incite some emotionally insane epatriot to remove some big Democrat to save the state from utter smashi The Hspatch oughtn't to favor tbal sort ef thing.
 Attorney GeBeral Moore has promulgated an official opinlen te the effect that the state is in no wise ] liable. for the expenses accrued in thu fScott county militia troubles of Is TIT. Scott county IS liable. Thi' may be correct, and if so, somebody is responsible for paying of simi lar Indebtedness in state scrip fol I tue expenses of the celebrated Perry yille unple leasantness.sfNill some body tell who is responsible for that
 ArkaBsas railroad circles hay, been somewhat excited the pas week oyer rumor that the yoraciou' Jay Gould was about to purchas the Little Rock & Fort Smith, ant the Little Rock & Rs BlufI kail roads, and add thu hls alread. Lgigantic system of roads. The ru nor has not been specifically confirm ed nor authoratlvely denied. If true there will be a marked change il the management of these roads, anc that change unfayorable to our Tn terests. We hope the rumor IS un founded.
 An exchange arranges the follow ing list of possible gubernatoria candidates:
 4 J. H. Berry, J. P. Eagle, Ben T Emhry,A. NJ. DufIie. Ben F. Askew G. D. K6yston, c. E. Mitchell, J. c Tappan, A. M. Wilson, $. F. Hughes W. F. Henderson, II. NJ. McVeagh J. T smithee, Johi lD 1ford, Geo IF Jordan E ig -ihigh ans sF are wor-
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