The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-24

I JOHN W 1UHNEh 0 OOs -Dr. T. M. Wyatt left last Tuesday 1 for trip up the road, and will be gone a week or ten days.
 We are gratiffed to learn that Mrs. | T. J. Russell is convalesccnt after a se- we're spell of sickness.
 Our thanks are due and hereby ten our Caglesville list of subscribers. | Mrs. Ella Jamison of Van Buren, is visiting relatives in town, and her host of friends and admirers are glad to see her.
 Correspondents should make their communication brief as possible. Short pointed letters are more eagerly read, and generally better understood. Communication from Centre Val- ley, Linker Mountain, Valley tp., and l Austin Lodge, came too late for inser- tion this week, but will appear in next issue.
 Mrs. M. D. Early was recent visi- | tor to our town, attending the session of the Mission Band, society of ladies in the Baptist church for the aid of mission enterprises.
 "A Mrs. Hancock, daughter of MT. Ed Guthrie, ,and child, were drowned at the Madden Ford, on Big Piney, on last Saturday, while crossing the stream in a wagon with her brother-in-law.
 Mrs. Willie Turner, wife of Mir. W. II. Turner of Mill Creek, died on last Monday night, of consnmption. She left three children, the youngest two months old, to mourn her loss.
 -Revs. w. D. Mayfield, w. T. Box, M. D. Early, Col. J. P. Eagle, Hon. M. F. Locke and Dr .Sayle were in attend. ance on the session of the Baptist State Board of Missions, in this city on last Thursday.
 The reports made by the Board of Missions for the State of Arkansas, at its recent session here, we are inform ed, were very encouraging indeed, and indicated advancement all along the line.
 We regret to learn of the serious I injury sustained by oar friend Mir. c. s. Bell, Potts' Station. by being thrown from wagon, while the horses were running away. Hope he may soon re- cover.
 We were pleased to receive visit \ yesterday morning from Mir. E.A. Bell Mir. Holly Brown and wife, of Potts' I and Mrs. Sallie Irwin Of Excelsior, Sebastian county. Mrs. Irwin has been on three weeks visit among relatives at Potts Station.
 l R. J. Wilson is still in the ring, and Is undoubtedly Headquarters for low prices; as the quantity of Goods sold daily, is certainly good evidence. For the purpose of expediting the delivery of the DEMOCRAT at the Rus ] sellville post office, we have arranged l to have a number of boxes set apart for 1 the exclusive use of the DEMOCRAT. Our subscribers should make note of this and when getting their mali always call for the DEMOCRAT.
 The many friends of MT. Alva Rus sell will be pained to learn that he con- templates moving to Texas. He has recently suffered from hemorrhage of the lungs, and thinks the climate of Texas will be beneficial to him. Mir. Russell's place in Russellville will be hard to fill.
 pr. w. D. Mayfield, the eloquent l Baptist divine, of Little Rock, has been with us for week past, and delight ing our people with his fine pulpit abilities. This editor regrets his ina bility to attend upon his ministrations, as he looks upon Dr. Mayfield as one among the ablest divines in the state.
 -Col. J. P. Eagle, tall, handsome and sound, occupied the chair m the Baptist Board of Missions, which re gently met at this plate. It occurred to some of us that he would not fall to ornament and dignify another chair. for which he has been mentioned. if the people chose to pass him at the next election.
 Groceries lively, and Groceries sweet. And Groceries handsome and good for to eat.
 I Beans, Fish and good Coffee, Fruits, Candies and Rice,
 And everything going at buyers own
 price.
 Yours truly,
 F. D. ALEXANDER.
 In a recent issue of the Gazette ap- peared an article exposing the German ] Fire Insurance Co.,, of Little Rock, and of which Mr. $. l.. Leatherwood, of this place, wes one of the incorporators and gene3 kkent for the State, as fraud nlent And bogus concern. The Secre- tary of the Association, Mir. c. Lee l Williams, has a communication in Sun days Gazette defending the association against the charge, and ia which he claims there was nothing wrong with the German Company. or it's mode or doing business.
 As is already known the Reflector has sacrificed quality for quantity in its invasions upon our private business affairs, but in the absence of suitable argument upon which to base charges, 1t could not very well do otherwise. and make any show at all. Twelve or lnfteen columns of matter, so thinly padded as to unmistakably show the animus Of the writer, has disgusted all lovers of fair play and called down np- on the would-be critic the censure and condemnation of fair-minded men every where. The DEMOCRAT has no claim upon the people except that which it's merits justify, but in this re. spect the Reflector occupies reversed positlon--a fact the people are not slow H-..