The Russellville Democrat., 1882-08-17
Additional Local News.


 Miss Emma Benedict of Quitman, is visiting friends in this city.
 -Mr. S. R. Robinson is clerkiag in the New York Cash Store, where he will be pleased to see all his friends
 Misses Love and Lemoyne, of Dar- ,ianc,le, and Miss Quinn, Of Mississippi, are in the city visiting friends.
 MT Sparks, of Valley township, was in town yesterday, and reports cheer ing prospect for large corn and cotton crops in that portion of the county.
 The Russellville and Prairie Grove base ball clubs played match game last Friday on the grounds nea this city, which resulted in victory for the for mer. The sco.e stood Russellyille 2S, Prairie Grove 2l,
 Miss Anlie Ferguson, Of Atkins visited friends in Russellvllle this week Of course, all were pleased 10 see Mis, Annie, and she is assured Of hearty welcome whenever she visits this grow ing little city.
 -Russellville's butcher, NJ. Hartsell will kill fine. fat beef tomorrow. ana lovers of choice meat will find tt his stal the rarest display ever seen in this mar. 1 ket. For the next tel days, Mr. Hart. sell will have none but the best of fresl meat on sale.
 MT. G. w. Eby, manager of Roys l hardware store, e-u aled this we.k iron | a purchasing trip abroad During. hi absence. the affairs of the establishment ] sta nf Wctf | Williams. which is equivalent to sayins that everything was well done.
 -Dr. Cook hitched his fine horse to buggy, las, Sunday, and he (the doctor and Mr. Suit perched themselves on th, seat to enjoy ride. The horse had no l proceeded far before he ran away. upse the buggy, and spilled the gentlemen or the ground. No one hurt.
 illinois township will have an eff cient official if J. II. Poe. whose an l nouncement appears in another column is elected constable. MT. Poe is quail fed to discharge tine duties of the oflic in a satisfactot " manner, and the DEMO GRAF cheerfully places his cl9ims befor' 1 the voters.
 l Everybody klows C. ". Berryman 1 Esq Well, oar clever old f'iend want 1 to be elected justice of the peace for an l other term, and announces as a candidat for that office. IL is plain to all tha ! Esquire Bergman has made one of tn best justices of the peace Illinois Town 1 ship ever had sud ne is in every wa worthy of reelection.
 --Rev. l.. NJ. Roach D cached his fare well sermon, last Sunday, on retirin: ffom the pas'oase of the Cumherlsnl l Presbv te"idm Che rh. Russellville lose s geatlemal noted for pieiY, learning and minis e.ial zeal The DEMocRA' uni.es with the eommuli.y : in invoking the richest Of Ieavea'e be sings on Mr l Roach and family, wherever their 10 may be cast. rs.t.y
 The candidates for the several coun ty offices completed thei. canvass at tlii place last Saturday. An immense crow, of voters was iu attendance and seael cahdida e had sn opportunity of deiininj his po3i.iO Oi. The speakers were atten tiyely listened @, and har rmony and kind ly feeling were the order Of the day. WAS subject of general remark that quie,er meeting was never seen in Uni city.
 One of W. r. Wooten's customer raised some mammoth Ieisl potstoes specimens of whicn have beel placed ol our able. One of the imue ,se tuber was measured and was actually found [, be TwENTY-FoUR INCHES il circnmfer ence. \ curious feature connected witt these potatoes was that the seed iron which they grew were fou ,d in the hil in perfec. coldiCion attached se the roots and are now on exhibition 1t this office Surely the soil Of Arkansas has produced some curiosi,ies in vegetation tii.S year
 No doubt many of those who hay, friends buried in the cemeteries ant grayeyards of this part of the Stat, i would like to purchase tombstone ol monument to mark the resting place of their loved dead If you want fin. marble work in the above mentioned line, call on Puttick & Elgin at theil shop on the corner Of Main and River l streets, opposite Shina's store. Thes, gentlemen have recently formed i partnership and are prepared to exc cute all orders in their line on shor i notice. Read the advertisement ant l then leave your order with Puttick d | Elgin the wide-awake marble dealers