The Russellville Democrat., 1884-10-16

HENNING'S Soft Elastic Sec- tiOn Corset, Meyer X Gross.
 Sole Agents. Genial Steve Evans is clerking for Wooten X Oates.
 Corn gathering season is at hand and farmers are putting in full time garnering that valuable cereal.
 The contract for roofing the new school building at Clarksville has been awarded to Frank Roys of this place. --Col. W. l.. Morris, editor of the sprightly Dardanelle Mail, was in the city Saturday and favored us with a call.
 Cotton seed receipts at this station are fully up with this time last year. The price paid here is the same as last year.
 --J. A. Blackwood living near Rus sellville has made and sold l06 cotton baskets this season. The price receiv- ed is 90 cents per basket.
 MT. Ed Bernard and wife and Miss Lee Settle returned from visit to Ken tncky last Saturday, and :ecieved a cordial "Welcome home" from their many friends.
 A caravan of gypsies struck Russell vile last week. As specimens of hu- manity descended to the lowest depths of filth and wretchedness, this gang takes the palm.
 The school fund for this county amounting to $5,700 has been drawn from the State treasury by Treasurer Petty and will be apportioned to the districts entitled to receive It.
 Those friends who are in arrears for subscription are respectfully invi- ted to call and settle and get ticket in the DEMOCRAT drawing. We will thank our friends to respond promptly to this call.
 Roots and shoes are sold at rock bottom prices at WooTEN & OATES. The season for destructive confia- grations has arrived. Defective fiues and badly arranged pipes should be promptly looked after. The town ordi- nance, providing for safety flues and chimneys should be rigidly enforced. --Tf you are needing nice hat you cant buy it cheaper than at
 NOOTEN N OAiES. The itinerant bear exhibitor "show- ed up' on our streets last Wednesday afternoon. He had several fine speci- mems of the genus Bruin, and they showed careful training. The exhiDi- ton was free. The collection was not burdensome.
 If you want suit of clothes cheap pr tha1 ho1 nffarQI you go to WooTEN < OATES. As cotton picking progresses it is discovered that the crop is going to turn out much better than was expect ed three weeks ago. It is believed by many farmers that the uplands will yield over half crop, while the bottom will turn out much more.
 The Dardanelle Post has this to say of a recently developed coal mine in our county:
 The towns of Dardanelle and Russell vile, as well as the D. & R. railway have cause for congratulation upon the recent developments In the coal dig gings on the line of the D. & R. It is 219 miles from Dardanelle on laud be- longing to Mr. J. l.. Shinn and leased indefinitely to the Spainhaur Brothers. and directly on the line of the road. They have been recently sinking new shaft and last Monday found full 31e feet of good coal. The quality exactly the same as the well-known Brooks coal. Two great advantages it has over the Brooks mine, is being situated di' rectly on the line of the road and being perfectly free from that usual annoy ance, too much water. They VIII pro, eeed at once to supply local demand and to look out for points more distant