The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1883-03-22
STATE NEWS.

Gazette: 1T never rains but 1.
pours." Yesterday United States
Marshal J. t. Brown, Jr., was arrest
ed ON the prefermcnt Of seriops
charges in connection with the col
lection Of money from the gosAen.
ment on forged vouchers. The
charges involve forgery, perjury and
obtaining money by such means. All
the facts are given in the Gazette.
Monroe County Sun: Work is bro.
crossing rapidly on the Paramore
railroad, under the management Of
Contractor Chapline. They are now
hauling dirt from Jeffemes field
miles north OF town, to fill up a break
in the earth banks on the other side
of Rock Roe Bayou. Two thousand
feet to be filled which with no hin
derance, will be completed early
next week.
Gazette: The constitution limits
regular session of the general as
sembly TO sixty days. The pc Of a
member is determined by statute.
1t is within the power OF Legislation
to prescribe that for every days sit
ting after the expiration of the con-
stitutional session each member shall
receive only one dollar. A bill of
this character might be entitled aAn
act to render the extension or ses.
sions unnecessary" 1t would be
most appropriately named, and prove
one OF the few measures which mean
exactly what they say. -
Monticellonian If our Legislators
instead of struggling over bills to
make chancery circuits, and create
additional circuits for the courts,
had Just passed little bill to throw
indictments found for misdemeanors
into justices courts for trial, we
think great saving to counties
would have been affected. It costs
upon an average of $50 to try one OF
these cases in the circuit court and
a justice of the peace could dispose
OF them for less than s. apiece.
Daily Arkansas Democrat: The
newspaper men of Hot Springs had
a meeting on Monday to make arr
rangements for the reception and en-
tertainment Of the Arkansas press
association, which meets in that
city in Nav. A committee OF ar
rangements for the entertainment Of
guests was appointed and Col. John
M. Harrell was selected to deliver
the address of welcome. The Ar
kansas press gang may depend upon
right royal welcome at the hands
of their Hot Springs brethren.
Gazette: The democracy of south
western Arkansas will be gratlfied
with the assurance of the speedy re-
establishment of the South western.
Press at Washington, in Hampstead
county. Regular issue of that jour
NAL will be resumed on the 23d in
slant. Under the very capable ed
itorial management Of Mr.. Ed L.
Givens, the Press has been for years
one of the prominent journals of the
state, and its friends everywhere
will rejoice that from the ashes left
by the flames which not long since
destroyed his establishment the
Press will rise, triumphant.
Arkansas Daily Democrat: Mr.. f.
F. Babcock, formerly of this city, but
now citizen of Mt. Nebo in the
clouds, was in the city yesterday.
He is as much delighted with Nebo
as ever and expects a lively season
at that place the coming summer.
There is no lovelier mountain In Ar
kansas-no finer scenery this side of
the Catskills-no purer or more in
MIGRATING atmosphere anywh here.
We understand that several promi-
nent citizens of Little Rock have be-
come interested in Mt. Nebo and
will shortly pay it visit. We are
sure that these gentlemen will be
perfectly delighted with the place.
Mt. Nebo only wants little capital
to make it the most attractive as
we'll as the most desirable summer
resort in Arkansas.
Charleston Vindlcator: The pre-
vailing opinion is that the Arkansas
legislature 10 composed OF honorable,
high-minded men, but the disgrace
full scenes that have lately been en-
acted both in the house and the SEN
ate chamber gives one anything but
a favorable impression of the noble
endowments with which they are ac-
credited. From the very beginning
an almost ceaseless wrangle has pre-
dominated, and notwithstanding the
extravagant expenditure OF the peo-
pies money the session of the legis-
lature has been extended with the.
probabilities in favor of repetition
OF the past disgusting proceedings.
Fools and fiddlers are more conspic-
uous in the Legislative assemblies Of
to-day than the Imagination can pos
sibly conceive. And what 10 yet
more deplorable, the constituency
has found no panacea whereby these
ills may be palliatcd, let alone rem.
edicd.
Arkansas Methodist: Our good
opinion of the legislature Is about to
change. 1t was only the other Sab.
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