The Russellville Democrat., 1884-05-01
-Pfobate court next MondAY

-DF+ Hlit 0t Atklues UrOluef tO our own Dr. " III. Hill. was In town Tues day, circulating freely aInong his many friends.
 Little Bertha, daughter Of D. B. and Elizabeth Nowlin, of Gravel Hill, died last Monday night. Her obituary will appear next week.
 MT. Alva Russell will leave in a few day tor n visit to Western Texas, looking at the country and testing It's climatic properties.
 --Bishop R. K. Hargrove of the M. K. Church. South, will hold the district conference of the DardanelIe district, at Atkins, July Sd to 9th. -Thc Pope county s. s. convention meets at Appleton, July 16th. The pro- gramme for the occasion has been handed in, but too late for insertion this week. It will appear in next is- sue.
 Crawford McClarty one of Ken tucky's handsome sons made 1t con- venient to visit our county seat Tuesday last. He lad curiosity to see knot tied as we'll as an interest to sell bill of hats.
 We are indebted to the Secretary of the South west Association of Fruit and Vegetable Eyaporators for an in- vitation to be present at the next meet ing of the Association at Springfield, Mo, on the 9th just. We regret our inability to attend.
 We are requested by the parties who wrote the "Ci,izens'' article in last weeks DEMOCRAT to say that the |. z f.afn aA to be implicated in that article, and as Mrs. Barlow was not in the hotel busi- ness at the time, of course she was not meant.
 MT. Tom Rye, of Sebastian county. near Ft. Smith, 8 brother to our Mir. John J. Rye, passed through town Sat urday on his way to Little Piney to vis- it relatives. It is useless to write it of a Rye that he is thrifty and through going. We welcome this old son of Pope on his visit to the grand old coun- ty he left forty years ago.
 MT. Henry Rankin who left Dover five years ago and has been a dry goods clerk in Terrell, Texas, since that time. came up on q visit to his old home, home folks and friends at Dover. on Tuesday last, and to be present at the marriage of his sister Haliie. We were sorry to hear him speak of his return on to-day or tomorrow.
 --The Marchal and Smith Piano bought of MT. E. Bourland, of Ozark, by Mrs. Mace Bernard, is beautiful instrument, complete in every detail of finish, and it's round rich tone is grand in all it's power. It's sweet pure sing ing qualities make it very charming and desirable instrument, not surpass- ed by any.
 MT. James Jamison, of this city, has on exhibition in our office speci- men of his skill in crayon painting. MT. Jamison takes great pride in this charac ter of work, and has orde-s at this time for about two dozen pictures. Parties wanting. anything in his line can call on or address Mir. James Jami- son, Russellville, Ark.
 Sheriff John w. Quinn paid over to the State treasurer last week, the full amount of taxes Icollected for the State from Pope county for 1883. The amount paid over was little over 9S per cent, of the whole amount charged to the coll lector. Mr. Quinn received his quietts from the Auditor.
 70 LOOK HERE, the great prophet has again failed in his predictions. as Semonin is still in the field with more new goods.
 A new and peculiar steamboat whistle created great excitement one day last week among some the resi- dents of Holly Bend township. Sever al men quit work and with gun and -I e haf fhau n be a wild and dangerous animal escap- ed from Hunters show. It is a pretty good joke and no names are given forfear our fighting editor would have more callers than he could attend to.
 -GO TO SEMONlN'S and buy your goods and have them sent home free of charge by Tucker X Evans lighting ex- press
 The Reflector editor is so intent up- on placing the DEMOCRAT in a false light before the people, that he has not time to answer the questions asked him through the DEMOCRAT. He says we have introduced side issues foreign to the main question and he thinks of let ting us alone in our glory. Of course if he is in deeper water than he is ac- customed to, he had better strike for the shore.
 -SEMONIN is the only man in town who does not add on percent for de- livering your goods.
 The DEMOCRAT has never been able to controvert or answer our charges, and.failjng, 1t now seeks to injnre the Reflector by stirring up incendiary cor resdondence. Adkins Reflector. This charge, like every one made against us by the same writer, is false, bascly false. Not ono communication or reso- lution has appeared in our columns ex- cept at the urgent request of the parties writing them, and without any solici- tation from us or knowledge of them until presented for publication. Can the Reflector truth,ully say as much?
 There was strong article in the DEMOCRAT week before last from the pen one of our best citizens, condemring in severe terms the vile act of some abandon person in taking the flowers and other tokens from of the graves of loved oues gone. Severe though this was. it was not too much so for this base act. It were better not to be q hu- man being, than being one, to be so devoid of what makes it better than brute. We add this to the weight of what our correspondent said in regard to removing flowers and mementos from graves in the cemetery to prevent if pos sible the repetition of anything so hate ful.
 We learn from Mr. George Wright of Searcy county oi the capture Of Hen