The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-07-30
1t is scorching hot.

1.-The blue lodge meets Saturday
night. There will be work in the sec
ond degree.
Ten convicts from the pen, passed
up the road to Coal Hill In charge o.
officer j. c. Page, last Thursday.
There will be a picnic at Potts Sta
ton next Saturday, and game oil
base ball in the afternoon.
The regular meeting of the RUSSELL
vile auxiliary w. G. L. u. will be held
this Thursday afternoon at the M. +,
church, south.
The President and Secretary of the
Excelsior club outline the objects and
aims of the organization, in another
place. Read their announcement.
The Potts Station and Atkins clubs
will play match game of base ball
next Saturday evening, near the pic
mic grounds at the Station.
Mr.. G.. w. Walker. the proprietor
of the Sulphur well invites the public
to come and partake of his excellent
sulphur water. There will be no
charge until further notice.
1--WE are glad to learn in private
note from Mrs. Caroline Hayden, for
merly of this place, now of DardaDelle.
of her good health and prosperity. She
has six or eight regular boarders.
WIN. Randle, a young man just
from -, well he arrived at Ben
Aliens last Saturday morning early.
and set in to board. He weighed 1917
lbs and Ben weighed the balance.
1t was quite amusing, one evening
last week to see a certain young gen.
tleman of fine calibre, RUSSELL around
on the side-wslk with a snake in his
boot. We were not aware that he had
become so dissipated.
The reports that reach us from the
crops indicate that in various sections
of the county, corn is suffering serious
ly and in some portions cotton Is be-
ginning to suffer also. The drouth is
beginning to have telling effect.
| The game of ball Saturday be-
tween the Dover and Eussellville clubs
was well attended and much interest
shown on either side. The report of
game as rendered by the umpire was
As to 35 in favor Of the Russellville
boys.
The eleven O'Clock discourse Sun
day, by Rev. A. +. Melton at the NJ. r..
| Church, S. on the evils OF intemperance
was one full of zeal and enthusiasm.
The veil to intemperance was thrown
back, leaving its vice and alluring in
fiuence to look face to face with all
that is right and good. More of such
"fanaticism" and less "philanthropy"
on the part of church members, will
enable us to continually exclude the
liquor traffic from our town.
Dudley +. Jones Co., Little Rock,
sells tents, rope and sewer pipe.
-Haying moved from Massaro to
Central City, Sebastian county, Mr..
Samuel Templeton, an ex-Pope-coun-
tian, fails to get his DEMOCRAT and
writes us: "Tbere is something miss
ing since the DEMOCRAT has failed to
pay me weekly visits, send it to the old
man." All right. The paper goes,
bearing friendly greetings to "the old
man."
dudley 4. Jones Co., Little Rock
sells roofing felt. Tar and Oakum.
The social party last Monday even
ing given by Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Wells
in honor of Miss Matte Williams and
Mrs. Sallie Chichester, was well attend
ed by their large circle of friends. The
guests were courteOusly and Hospitality
entertained while there, and at the time
of leaving were enthusiastic in return
ing thanks to the young ladies for the
great pleasures of the evening.
AT last the sensible idea which the
DEMOCRAT has been urging for long
time past, the planting of liberal crops
of stock peas, has taken hold upon the
people of Pope county and promises to
develop in the right direction with a
! boom. Now let the idea expand until
it takes into its scope millet, red top,
timothy, glidewell prolific, etc., etc.
Plenty of hay and fat stock, plenty of
corn and fat hogs and horses, plenty of
grain and grass crops and prosperous
people, this is the logic for the times.
Mr. j. c Leatherwood, one of our
most prominent and energetic young
men, died of congestion, at his home in
this place last Thursday evening. He
was a gentleman of much worth and
manly principle and whose loss will be
felt by many. Thus it is that the
ntavy manu- Vi utasH DilSHls the yOubH-
full hopes of a more useful day, and
leaves his banner to be borne aloft by
other carriers; his work to be finished
by other hands. The DEMOCRAT ten
ders its sympathy to the bereaved fam
| lily and friends.
On last Saturday evening we were
among the number that stood around
the grave to pay the last rites to the
| wife of our friend Dewitt Threldkell.
We have mingled in many such, sad
and sorrowful, but sadder than this
we never saw. The wife, mother and
daughter, young and full Of energy
and devotion gone. At her grave
standing aged father and mother, and
husband strong in manhood and sweet
childhood in its innocence, half or
phaned by the calamity. What picture
could be sadder? Sad In every respect
save one Christian life and Christ
ian death babe hope light up the future.
In this respect it was victory, not sad
ness. The Borrowing ones know VIII ere
to go for comfort. There is only one
place to find il. We extend our deep
est sympathy. Her obituary will be
found in another place.
Mr.. II. MitcheU has the
most select line fFurnitu1p,
C0NnS, ETC., Mat WQs eoe1'
br0ft0 Russellcille. lie has