The Russellville Democrat., 1884-02-28
DardaneIle News.
Sunday train over The Dardanelle
and Russellville railway.

and Russellville railway.
sSupt. D. L. Bourland now has his
residence connected by telephone
with the D. u r. exchange. f
aMr. Geo. Biggers has brought in a
hen egg which measures seven and
a-half by six and a-quarter inches.
The truth and no stretching.
fCapt. Evins, just returned from the
government works on the Mississippi,
| reports over million dollars DANA
ges to the works and the end not yet.
Capt. EvIns will be at home for few
weeks.
Hon. j. I. Wise, who was elected
special judge at the beginning Of the
present term of circuit court, seems
to have fully met the highest stand
ard Of public expectation. We have
heard his ability, dignity and effici-
ency spoken of In terms of unqual-
fed approval.
Mr.. Robt Veazey has lately stock
ed his fish pond near this place with
German carp, and we are informed
they are doing well. His experience
in this direction last season was not
satisfactory, as all the fish sent him
died while in transit.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
church in this place is being ceiled
on the inside. We learn that it is
the intention OF the members OF this
denomination to complete all the
work needed on the building, and
furnish it with new pews.
An effort will be made to get the
Rev. j. G. Burrus, prominent Uni
versalist minister, to preach at this
place in the near future. He is edi-
tor of the Universalist Herald, at No
tasulga, Alabama, and is considered
one of the ablest ministers Of the
Universalist faith in the south.
Mr.. A. Durham was in our city last
Monday and reported that Capt. Joe
Wilson, of Gardens bottom, had los,
several acres of good land by it's be-
ing washed away by the overflow from
the Arkansas river, and that if the
river continued the captain would be
forced TO move his residence. AS
the river is falling the worst is prob
ably over.
The editor Of the Hesperian offers
to send his paper free for one year to
the person who will first tell when
February will have five Fridays again.
On the first day of May he will tell
who won the prize. Each answer is
numbered in the order in which it is
received Two have been received:
Thos. p. Hudson, of Yell county, says
it will occur in 1924; Frank Thach,
OF Russellville, says it will occur in
1898.
On last Monday Dir M. NJ. MCGUIRE
made an assignment for the benefit
OF his creditors. Col. r. G. Collier
is assignee from whom we get the fol-
lowing: The stock consists generally
of fresh saleable groceries and in
voices $720 The book accounts are
not yet footed up but will amount To
only few hundred dollars. The La
biliiies also cannot be definitely
stated but will approximate $1,000.
This failure is surprising only on ac-
count of the very short time that
the business has been running, the
stock haviog been opened new in Oc-
tober last. The continued i'll health
of DR.. Mcclure has prevented his
personal attention to the business
and day by day saw expenses and
doctors bills go up while the bust
ness went down. In making the as
signment Dr. Mcclure has probably
done the wisest thing possible under
the circumstances and the creditors
are all served alike. Everyone sym
pathizes with him and no one doubts
it to be an honorable failure, and
brought about by circumstances
which no foresight could have avoid
ed. Returning health is all that is
asked,