The Russellville Democrat., 1884-01-03

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strikes the farmer, the real bread
producer OF the world. and he must
bear il all, give up what be has and
20 back 10 mother earth and dig for
more. J. 4. WHARTON
Dover, Ark.
Correspondence Of the Democrat
Christmas has come and gone
again, and with it joy and sorrow
has been mixed. All the tongues Of
men and women, as we'll as all the
writers Of this world cannot tell the
results and influence Of work done in
the past week By bad men and
women. Nothing short ef -. s;sssssat
judgement day will disclose all things
..ias.s Is; .; .:aaem bair to the eyes Of the
world. ] could mot begin to tell
what occurred in this little town
during Christmas week. / suppose
you, as we'll rs q great many others,
have heard Of the sad affair in the
death Of young Mr.. Sam 4. James.
As TO this occurrence, do not pro
pose to say one word, for more than
one reason, it IL often the case, under
such circumstances, that the papers
say too much, and the citizens talk
entirely too much, thereby giving
the officers q great deal Of trouble as
we'll Is the court, making it often a.
most impossible to get competent
jury TO try such cases. And not on
ly so, but running the county to an
enormous expense, whif& comes out
Of the tax payers, = keas, II the
proper precaution was observed, a.
great deal OF this trouble and ex-
pense would be avoided. Already
the sad news Of murder, riot, drunk.
enness, gambling. fighting, and all
the other minor deeds and influences
OF his satanic majesty has been sent
out from east to west, and from south
to north, with all their destructive
and alarming facts before so called
civil, refined, educated and Christian
people. Who will take warning,
whether guilty or not guilty, and re-
solve now, at the beginning Of 1884,
to make amends for the past, so when
Christmas comes again that these
crimes which is so heinous may not
be repeated again. There is no one
but what can do something to pre-
vent these things, and | undertake
to say, without any fear of success
full contradiction, that the grand and
chief cause of all the crimes and dis
traction that the human race is ours
ed with, is the use of intoxicating
liquors. did not set out to say so
much on this line, but to say some
thing about what happened in this
little town.
The Christmas tree was enjoyed
by the little folks, all seemed to be
satisfied with their presents, but w.
B. Roliow capped the climax, surpris-
ed nearly everyone and himself. Bill
is well known in all this country, and
especially among the young ladies.
1t has been said of Billey, that he
wanted to marry, so on Christmas
moring, Billey boarded the hack for
Russellville. No one expecting
anything strange, he slid on down
the railroad to the Rock. and thence
over to Searcy, not telling any one
his business. (Well. l believe he
told a friend at the Rock, that he
was going after prisoner and shure
enough, when he got to Searcy, he
found the prisoner in the person of
Miss Ida Pearson, and without much
noise, took charge of his prisoner,
and on the evening of Dec. 81, ut
about Z 80 o'clock, he arrived at his
fathers residence with his prisoner,
safe and sound. No attempt was
made by the prisoner to escape on
arriving at home. Will was very
much surprised to find a large crowd
OF his friends waiting to see him and
his prisoner. After warming, hand
shaking, congratulations etc, the
announcement was made for supper,
which consisted of more good things
than / dare undertake to mention,
the truth Of the matter is. it was
extra fine and good. and don't You
forget it. 1t was served in good
earnest by all. Every room in the
house was full to overflow, with old
folks, middle aged folks, young folks
and children. The occasion was en-
joyed by all, and the crowd did not
disperse until near IL o'clock. Now
will is married, and in making his
choice he has made wise selection.
1t pays to wait sometimes. Good
for you, Billey, many hearty wishes
for you and yours.
A drove OF hogs was butchered
here last week. thirty-two in number,
sold out without any trouble at cts.
T.. NJ. Neal has got the contract of
furnishing the B. of F. with supplies
this year.
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