The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-02-05
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEW > AMI M lCA5s
Butler denies it: he says he is not
writing a book.
There is breach between Presi-
dent Diaz and ex-President Con
.zales, of Mexico.
Schuyler Colfax was worth half a
million dollars and Alexander Ste
phens $4,000.
The exhibitors say the Worlds
Exhibition is success. Now let
the sight-seers go forward.
Canada has caught it; ballot box
stuffing was INDUCED in at the re-
cent election at Toronto.
Whenever a bank man defaults
and disappears now his home post
master sends his mail to Canada.
The Oklahoma "boomers' have
wisely concluded that discretion is
the better part of valor, and have
surrendered.
There are TOO Young Mems Chris
tian Associations in the United States
and only one Bob Ingersol so far
as heard from.
General Buffers libel suit against
the Boston Herald is the sole con-
Meeting link between the old man
and the public new.
Tic English press are now declar-
ing that it wasn't much OF an explo-
sion after all, and that it scared
America more than it did England.
The loans, legal tenders, deposits
and circulation of the associated
banks have decreased and the specie
and reserve increased. The reserve
is now $52, 2,ll3,025.
The Senators have been asked to
appoint ten and the representatives
and delegates in Congress five del
egates each, to the Cotton Conven-
tion at New Orleans February 10 to
20th.
The resumption of business by
Oliver Brothers, the great Pittsburg
iron manufacturers, cannot fail to
have Favorable effect upon general
trade. The prospect of better times
is Frightening.
Bob Ingersoll told an audience in
Boston last Sunday night that he
was lecturIng to get theology out OF
religion. What he meant to say
was-for Bob means to tell the truth
that ne lectured to put shekels
in his pocket.
Miss Cleveland who will preside
over her brothers domestic estab
lishment in the White House, is de-
scribed as lady of rare attainments,
whom every one who has the good
fortune to know regards with the
highest esteem.
Don Platt calls the New York av.
enue Presbyterian church in Wash
ington, ''the Church of the Holy Lo-
comotive." That is the church
Cleveland will attend, and when he
is there that locomotive will have q
master engineer In the caboose.
Reports from the great cattle
ranges of the West say that 5 per
cent Of the stock has perished al
ready from excessive cold. March
and April, it is expected will add tc
this another five per cent, as those
months are usually worse out there
than December and January.
The total receipts of foreign su
car at United States ports on the
Atlantic ceast were 1,l33,964 tons,
OF which 63,643 tons went to Cana
da. The production of the Southern
States 235,443 tons. The market
value of raw sugar has reached the
lowest figures il has touched fol
thirty five years.
The Mason cotton picker will be or
the market for next seasons picking
Some improvements are to be made
this winter to further effect it il
will gather 339 pounds Of cotton in
an hour with the help of one mar
ana mule. This machine bids
fair to make as great revolution II
cotton raising as threshing ma
chine and reaper did in wheat grow
ing.
There is no fool like an old fool
Yes there isl 1t is the young foo
who knows everything and persists
in suffering with severe cold rath
er than take that wonderful remed,
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.