The Russellville Democrat., 1881-10-27
DOVER DOTS.


 --Businsss was lively Saturday.
 --Old Aunt Polly Rushing was very sick last week but is now better.
 Mir. Sam Edy had the misfor- tune to lose his daughter about eighteen years of age. She died Friday night.
 Miss Annie Ferguson, of Gala Greek, spent several days in Dover last week, the guest of Miss Nep Rollow.
 Aunt Susan Kirchof and Miss Hallie Rankin spent last week visit- jag friends and sight seeing at Little Rock, and report pleasant time.
 MT. Harrison Smith has bought the house and lot first erected by Mir. B. F. Bayliss as . photograph gallery on the street south of the drug store, consideration $200. MT. Smith has purchased the same with . view ts opsning up family gro cory on the first day of January. 1882. Competition is the life of trade.
 The Dover fairites all returned homo on Saturday looking az gay as larks, except Mir. Joe Petty, who stopped of at Atkins to attend tho association. That Is correct. for ws should not forget to mix the matter as we move along on the wheels of time. do not know any thing of the proceedings of the fair but judging from the appearance of the sheriff he must have been stand ing on ths fast side of the track.
 EMIGRATION.
 MT. J. W. Neill and family, . very well-to-do citizen of Murfrses- borough. Middle Tennessee, and uncle of our fellow townsman, Harri son Smith, landed in Dover Friday with the view of locating in this part of the country. Mir. Nsill is farmer of some means and ability and we would bespeak for him . cor dial welcome. Four other young men whose name I de not recollect, have recently stopped in the neigh borhood and have hired to work by the month.
 DOES IT PAT?
 Well, we will just step and see. About week ago enc Bill Hanlsy, . negro living Tn Galla Rock town. ship was brought before Esq. Lazen- by upon the charge of not working tho road In said township, and upon trial was found guilty and fiaed ten dollars and costs, and upon failure by said Hanley to pay said fine. tax and costs aggregating $2S.75 was remanded to jail, there to be con- fined and worked on the public roads. bridges, streets or any other lawful labor that the county court may order at TWENTY FIVE cents per day until said fine and costs Is liq- aidated. Now I de not proposs to say that the tr,al in the justice court was not properly and legally held in any respect, but the object is to see how the matter will "pan out" under our late American ideas as embodied in "sn act to reduce the expenses Of enforcing the criminal laws in this state, approved March 22, 1881. Now whom the said Bill Hanley, with an iron shackls around each ankle and fastened together with heavy chain to prevent his escape has worked ono hundred and fifteen days until the strong arm of JUSTICE has bssn fully satisfied. in which event the said Hanlsv can go en his way rejoieing, when SIS of the above being the fine and tax, will be cred ited to Pope county and the balance will go to the officers Tn the justice court. Now we arc supposed te be at the end of Hanley's term, 13l days including Sundays, for negro eats Sunday same ss Monday. So let us figure little and see how VIC stand financially. Pope county debtor to jsilor's fees 13l days at 75 cents per day, $98.25. To iron ing prisoner, S2.50; to guard fees 115 days $l15; total county sxpsns- es, $2l5.75. Pope county credited by SIS, the amount paid by Hanlsy which leaves a balance of $202.75 that the county has been sunk in the operation. At the time Hanley was committed to jail the court was in session and if Judge Bradley had ordered that the scrip be issued and Hanley's fine paid the county would have only been out $2S.75 whereas it now stands the county will be out $202.75. Will some one be % good and show just where ito reduce the expenses" will come in on the above case. could give you half dozen other just such cases but not feeling able to do the matter justice myself will turn it over to Brother Young. John you can proceed.
 Sheriff Hogins on his return from the state fair Saturday was ss. cortsd home by one John Cantrell, who is now being entertained by the jailor of Pope county. It will be remembered that one Mir. Powell