The Russellville Democrat., 1883-02-01

Van Buren Graphic: The Iron Mountain railway has sent out an engineering party to make . survey of n proposed road from Little Rock to Hot Springs. A road bnilt by this company over this line would great ly interfere with Diamond Joe, and his ten cents per mile.
 Eureka Springs Republican: Fly drophobia is alarming the reoY's of Izard county. Near Melbourne number of mad dogs hay. been killed, not, however, until they had bitten several head of live stock. A man named W. J. Dowdie, is report ed 70 have been bitten by rabid canine which he afterwards killed with 8 hoo. The excitement is in- creasing in the neighhorhood. Paris Express: The Arkansas Democrat in vigorous, brief and pointed article comes out square Tn ravor of dog law. The canine question is getting to be troublesome and we believe the time has arrived for legislation in that direction. We do not believe In exterminating the "growlers" but judicious thinning out would be decided improvement, and would greatly enhance the sheep raising outlook.
 Fayetteville Democrat: The gen eral talk respecting the oyerplus of roads in tho county does not, in any sense apply to Arkansas. The most profitable fruit and timber country that the western sun shines on needs all the roads it can get to convey these blessings to other needy states. These alarmists are untimely and their prophecies as respects this state at least are absurd. The state extends hearty welcome to all cap- ital and enterprise.
 Arkansas Daily Democrat: There are some discriminatiens by Arkan- sas railroads that ought to be stop ped. Railroad men do not pretend to deny this fact. But the trouble is that we may kill the railroads in attempting to check the diserimina- tions. A board of railroad commits sioners, composed of honest and ca pablo men, clothed with full power and authority oyer the whole ques- tion is the ready solution of the prob. lem.
 Mir. A. J. Ward died at Van Bu- ren last Wednesday. Mir. Ward was born in Middleton, Conn, in May, 1915. He immigrated to Arkansas in 1889, and located at Scotia, in Pope county, and shortly afterwards moved to Fayetteville where he re- sided, engaged in mercantile pursuits till lS4l, when he moved to Flint Dist, in the Cherokee nation. In lS44, in connection with Alfred Wal lace, he engaged in business in Van Buren where he has since resided.
 Paris Express; We learn that Ar rington Sewell, cousin of Col. James Sewell, of Roseville, died at his home some three miles from Paris on last Friday. Thus one by one the land marks of the late bloody conflict are passing away. When war was de- clared Mir. Sewell carly cast his for tunes with the south and from the beginning to the end of that desper- ate struggle fought with that bull dog tcnacity and daring bravery that characterized the boys in gray Sluce the war he has made a peace ) able citizen, being as 1t seems his own worst enemy. As the cold sod shuts out forever from mortal view
 his last sad remains so let it forever hide the many faults which he in common with frail humanity pos sessed; but let his virtues though , few, shine in undimmcd splendor, for It might be truthfu.ly said over f his humble grave; he was honest, he was true, he was brave.