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The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

excel "a stee VIII be gener-
ally Endorsed.
Little Rock Democrat.
The burning Of the Polk brothers
By mob in Pike county is direct
result Of the laws delays. Had they
been convicted and sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life, although their
crime deserved death If crime ever
did, it is probable that the sentence
would not have been interfered
with But there was general feel
ing that after while they would
escape through the mesbes Of the
law and this the mob determined TO
prevent We NAV inyeIgh against
mobs as much as we please but they
will always run riot where shocking
crimes go unpunlshed by the law.
Washington Press, 18th.
The effect OF the recent change in
the national administrator was
strongly marked in Mondays elee
ton. The Republican bosses were
not nearly so active as heretofore,
and the colored voters, where freed
from their influence. either remained
at home IN large numbers. or. TO q
greater extent than ever before,
voted for the Democratic candidate.
These good results viii increase.
Not few coIored men voted the
Democratic ticket IN the Congress
ional LECTION throughout the Dis
trict Monday of their own free will
and accord, and more will do so in
the future. A Democratic national
administration, in which everything
goes we'll, is q revelation TO the col
ored voter and has freed him from a
political slavery as absolute as that
OF thirty years ago.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Il. 1885.

WILL some body please explain
how any man can claim TO be against
railroad monopoly and yet favor tie
reduction Of taxes on railroad prop
erty. How can such q man be a
friend to the poor laboung men Of
the country who do not know what
it is hardly to ride Cd the railroad,
the man who favors reducing the
railroad tax, while that Of the poor
man at his door is being raised If
any one fact is better known In this
country than another, it is the fact
that railroads have never borne their
equal share OF taxation in this coun-
try. Where is the man so brazen
faced and impndent a. to deny this
fact! Let him show his hand. Tie
people want to know him, and kno~-
ing the fact, where is the man who
would dare look the people In the
face who is willing to see The taxes
ofthe poor men Of this country rails
ed, 10 see their burdens made heav-
Ter when he might have prevented
it or used his influence 10 do it,
while he Enthusiastically iavors the
reduction OF taxes on railroad prop
erty by the legislature, which would
of course entail still another raise in
county taxes. 1t may be in order TO
ask again, can such q man be a safe
friend anu counselor Of the Deople5
The people gave the railroads every
foot Of land they own in Arkansas.
just gracious gift. Is this not
enoughf Are we expected to doub-
lie up our own loads to tighten theirs
in taxations Where is the hypocrite
who would dare to advocate such q
thing. and yet there are men at our
very doors who howl themselves
hoarse in their protestations of
friendship for the poor farmer. ect-,
who actually contend that the next
Legislature should take some tax of
ofthe railroads. Job certainly had
such men in his mind when be spoke
OF those miserable counseIors. The
people will find ont the man who is
capable of entertaining an opinion
so unjust towards them and viii con-
sign him to the place in public igno-
mIny which be so richly deserves.
It's monstrous proposition and
looks much like one stepped in in
fanny, which would dare propose to
reduce taxes on railroad property
and not reduce them on the whole
people. And, If the proposition be
monstrous, what sort of man must
1t be who would favor it, notwiih-
standing he should do so for tie
pretense Of lower fare and freight
ratess What do the common people
care for fares and freight when they
are to be brought about by such q
terrible remedy as higher taxes for
the people and lower taxes for the
railroads The people would SCOT
and spurn an opinion Of this kind
and the one who wonld dare advo-
cate it. They mean to be Just by
the railroads. They will not harm
them, but they also are determined
that the railroads shall not be unjust
towards them, neither will they qni-
city suffer harm at their hands.
These are the facts in the case
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
letters from Tie psapla


1DFTt<tDGNcuEE Oh the DtEH&EFdy-
SroSr PoIsT, Sept IA II have not
seen anything from our neighbor
hood in long time and / feel that
we ought to be heard from. am
ashamed of such people as Mr..
aVindicatorr and Mr.. aPope." Now,
in the FIRST place. Mr.. Pope had no
business to rush into the printing
Office with the disgrace of neigh
borhood. If they had a dance and a
school celebration and few drunk
men he ought to have throwed the
cloke Of charity over it and let it
went, and maybe they would do bet
ter next time. As for Mr.. Vindicat-
or he is one of them unreasonable
fools and / don't blame him TO be
ashamed to bring his name to the
editor. He is awful shamcd if he
could not give his name TO Mr.. Gill.
indicator" says he believes
pope" would steal mans charac-
ter as quick as Minor would steal
meat. | do not know Pope" nor
.Vindicator" neither, but / believe
i would trust '.Pope" first Vindi-
Gator did not deny any item in what
Pope said, only just bullied, trying
to scare the wolf over on the other
side to keep it away from him. /
viii venture the assertion that Vim
dicator's crop, If he is a farmer, is
no account. Such men are what is
running our B. OF F. they are fiying
around making the people more dis
satisfied every day. and if we don't
quit listening to them we are gone
up sure. Mr.. Gill complains be-
cause Pope don't reason. So do /
complain. All such fellows ought
not to be heard. But now who ever
heard Gill reason. He comes here
and makes speeches and bellers
fraud against merchants and makes
us saints in order to touch our vani-
ty, and such harangue is the sub
stance of his talk. Tobey will reas-
on little, but never stops until he
gets to Washington and what does
that amount to TO US. We do not
get money from banks All We
ought to expect is what we earn, and
we will get that if we won't sell it
before we make it. Too many lazy
ones are trying to get something on
q credit and then trying TO beat the
fellow out Of it. Now if all these
fellows will go to work our order
will thrive. have listened to all
these lecturers and they tell us how
we ought to vote as il we had no
sense. They are worse than the
democrat bosses for ii we don't vote
with them they say we are traitors.
i am going to vote with the b. OF f.
but / want all the brothers to quit
listening to these old demagogues
that are trying to keep fuss for
their personal good. Gill knows his
paper depends on the fuss, and To-
hey knows bis office depends on 1t.
and Vindicator is regular suck'em-
all. Now brothers wake up, and put
ticket in the field of good men.
Mr.. Linzey said be would lessen the
taxes, but he let Little Bob scare him
into the biggest tax we have had. 1t
may be he wanted ali his pay in
good money. Some say the sheriff
encouraged it. What kind of back
bone has Linzey got to be moved by
other mems idea Away with him.
! am B. of F. for justice and don't
want these demagogues on me any
longer and let us quit 'em.
b. eff.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

We may be permitted to ask this
question, Is the BIS of f. political
organization or nots 1t seems TO
occur to us that it has laid claims in
times past to the fact that it is not.
II it is not, how could anybody OBJ.
ject TO such friendly counsel as
would tend to make this claim con
sistent with truth? III it is, how
could any reasonable man object to
such sensible and wise counsel as
would teud to divert from politics
ali organization which claims to be
for agricultural purposes and agri-
cultural purposes only. Certainly
the privileges could not be denied of
observation upon what the organiza-
tion CLAIMS and what it DOES.
Neither would 1t be amazing for the
country to express its surprise al
agricultural people attempting to or
ganize political monopoly. Farm
ers being led by designing men con-
verting agricultural societies int
political conventions and PLEDG-
ING their members is one of THE
things that calls for explanation.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

The correct status of railroad SEN
timent in this state is just such q
state of opinion among the people as
will certainly and surely bring about
fair treatment on the part of the
railroads. just such a state of opin-
ion as will forever abolish unfair
rates and unjust Determinations.
The railroads ought to have enough
regard for the people to correct
those evils themselves. But If they
haven't, then they ought to be made
to nave it. There Is just one way TO
prevent legislative interference with
railroad management in this state,
and that is for them to correct the
evils themselves, which the legisla-
ture will be compelled to suppress
unless they do it. There is no mis-
taking the fact that The people viii
not put up with any further disre
gard of their wishes IN regard to
this matter
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

II is understood that Gov. Hughes
will soon issue proclamation order
ing a special election of an associate
justice CT the supreme court TO fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Judge Eakin. The election will be
held on the 10th Of November.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

state News.
Pine Bluff cIsims 2 600 population
| A very fne elk was killed neal
Fordyce last week.
| Railroad business Is increasing on
every road in the State
Eureka Springs Is soon to be pro-
yided with a telephone exchange
An organized band OF horse thieves
is operating around Pine Bluff
Rev. Robinson, The evangeIis
overhanling Van Buren, this
A drove Of Boone county
were driven to Louisiana last y
DIR. Thurston, : well know
zen Of Van Buren,, died Thursn-
Gold in paying quantity Is sais
have been found in Sebastian coun-
ty.
Prof. Edminston, late Of the State
University, IS teaching at Charles
ton
Canvassers are actively at work
in the State with the ssGrant me
moirs."
A coal oil war at F. Smith hiss
reduced the price to four cents 3
gallon.
Little Rock has eight and one
half miles Of street railway IN opera
ton.
Jas. Cotes. OF Crawford county,
deliberately blew his brains out last
week.
Judge Bearden, of Camden, a
trustee of the State University, has
resigned.
The colored Baptists of Arkansas
have started church paper at Little
Rock.
A $4,000 hotel is being erected
at Forrest City by joint stock com
pany.
There we're 81 conversions at a
revival meeting in Jackson county
last week.
Squirrels and coons are destroying
whole fields OF corn In the river bot
toms.
Editor Baugh, Of the Citizen, has
been appointed postmaster at Des
Arc.
Rus Byrd was killed while blast
ing in well near Springdale last
week.
The State 10 spending about $780,
600 in improving her public build
ings.
A beautiful cave was discovered
the other day on Baxter county
farm.
Another large body of lead ore
has been discovered in Garland
county.
Ed. Jacobs killed Mr.. Lindsay
while turkey hunting in Independ-
encc county.
The cotton crop of Jefferson com
ta has been produced 40 per cent
cheaper than usual.
Four horses and two mules were
killed by stroke of lightning in
Boone county last week.
Lowman Brothers have sued the
citizens of Arkansas City for $780,
600 damage for forcing them TO leave
the town.
The largest cotton seed oil mill in
the world is building at Little Rock.
1t will employ $50 men and use 800
tons of seed daily.
A large excursion of capitalists
and home seekers from the North
will arrive in the State over the
Iron Mountain on the 10th.
Miss Louisa Armaindo, the cham
pien female bicyelist, wiliride a race
OF ten miles against horses for $500
at the Fit. Smith fair.
The regular monthly dance occur
red at the insane asylum one night
last week. The patients participate
and enjoyed it TO the utmost.
The agricultural wheel Is con
structing saw and grist mill and
gin at Walnut Springs, Sewer coun-
ty. for the benefit~of the order.
The general officers of the Para.
more railroad are to be removed
from St. Louis and locate either at
Pine Bluff or Texarkana.
DUNCAN 4 Follow, of Helena. have
patented a cotton worm destroyer,
consisting of mule, a negro,
portable tank with hose and nozzle,
wste- and Paris green. 1t is sue
cess.--Washington' Press.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
From Surrounding Country.
JOHNSON COUNTY.

The Baptists OF Oakland have
finished new church on the site OF
the one burned down last winter :.
Prof. Raynor has fine school at
Cabin Creek. DIR. o. L. Tankers-
~ has moved from Coal Hill to
GAINESVILLE. s. The Dardanelie Bap-
tIst Association will meet with
Union Grove Church, at Sulphur
Springs, SIX and one half miles west
of GAINESVILLE, near wire road, on
Saturday in September. The
County Court has raised the premi-
um on wolf scalps to 81 instead OF
SO Ii is the duty Of justices ofthe
peace to destroy the scalp before
certificate is issued :. Cabin Greek
shipped l04 car loads of lumber
during August . A literary society
has been organized at CABIN Greek.
Coal oil war in Clarksville
The GAINESVILLE public school opened
ell this week with 1913 pupils enroll
ed, Knoxville has organized q
cemetery Association. - Mr.. o. C.
Ludwig has received his commission
as postmaster at Clarksville.
CONWAY COUNTY.
Ii is said the rain has benefited
crops ten per cent. Lum Speers
is an applicant for the West Point
appointment. Prof. w. B. Toone,
OF Terrell, Texas, will take charge Of
the college at Springfield :. Miss
Carrie May Eubanks has returned
to Cleveland from visit to Pope
county :. State Land Commission
er's sale of town lots in Lewisburg,
MorriIton and Plummeryille will
take place Sept. 25th. The Head
light is publishing an original story
entitled THE Mark of the Thistle"
said to be written by the wife of the
editor.
YELL COUNTY.
DardaneIle wants telephone con.
ncction with Paris, Logan county.
-. Miss Jessup 10 dead. She was
an excellent lady :. The annual
session of the primitive Baptist
church will be held at Dobson
Springs on Friday before the third
Sunday in September-the 18th
inst :. A horse was stolen last Sat
urday night, week ago. from N. r.
Start, near Grayelly Hill this coun-
ty. Sam Blackwell, an old saloon
keeper at Dardanelle died Friday.
/. George Emmett and Arch Ham
let, whom we reported last week as
having been arrested in Gardens
Bottom by Sebastian county men
upon charge OF horse stealing,
have been released. The Young
men called in person at our Office
this week, feeling quite sore as well
as indignant over the matter. They
say that no writ was read to either of
them, and that the manner Of their
release suggests that the parties had
no writs. They say that they were
taken to house near to where the
horses were stolen aud carried be-
fore an old lady to be recognized as
men who had taken dinner there on
certain occasion. and upon the old
lady's saying they we're not the men,
they were released without ever be-
ing taken before any magistrate or
any other court That the boys
would be released eventually none
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

NorHrSG relating 70 the highest
judicial positions Of Arkansas in the
way of an election, can transpire
without the mention OF the name Of
one of our greatest jurists, Judge w.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

LONDON, ARK, Sept. IA new
church viii be built shortly u. be &C
cupied b. the Presbyterians and
Baptists jointly y. II. Chambers
is doing an extensive lumber bus
mess. S. w. Swan and son are
visiting in East Tennessee s. There
will be preaching here as foilows:
Rev. John r Steele viii preach tl1e
FIRST Sunday, Rev Geo. Davis the
second. Rev. w. 7. Box the third
and Rev. J. E. Martin the fourth. =
DR.. and Mrs Zachery, who we're so
seriously injured By runaway team,
are recovering.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
wrltten for the pKNocRAr.

Written for the DEMOCRAT.
The DEMOCRAT we intend,
TO be blessing and friend,
To every farmers fire side,
Over all the valley far and wide.
The DEMOCRAT, We design
To raise and educate the mind,
To show the blessings God has given,
And thus raise oar thoughts to Heaven
The beauties God has round us strown
We ought In thankfulness TO own,
The love OF flowers we commend
To all our Brother Freedom friends.
We want to see them bud aud blow
Round every house both high and low,
The lessons which these beauties teach,
They will our Utmost spirits reach;
They teach us patience hope and love,
And gently watt our souls above.
c. w. &.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
Correspondents Of the Democrat.

CooKviLLE, Tex, Sept. ST. ask
permission to give my views OF Tex
as. After leaving Pope county /
first went to Ellis and Dallas coun-
ties, this state, where | saw black
soil from 4 to 5 feet deep, sells from
$40 to s25 per acre, and has as fine
corn on it now as man can wish I;
cotton is cut of some on account of
dry weather and boil worms. but will
make half crop; wheat from % TO 40
bu. per acre. l heard one man say
he made LOG bu. oats 10 the acre.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

ScHEMERs. You hear this term
used very often in connection with
politics. Did you ever try TO define
it? Did you ever connect the man
and circumstances necessary to make
a schemer? To scheme is 10 try TO
combine things and adjust them by
design. To do this successfully,
you must get in dark corner or be-
hind some screen aad away from
public view. The conditions which
throw the cloak of secrecy around
the discussion of politics in this
country, which closes the door
against the public-against all who
havn't the password, If they don't
furnish the boss circumstances to
nourish the schemer 1t would be in
teresting to know what would. Men
who are under secret obligations
when they can be brought to talk
politics, furnish the grandest oppor
tunlty that can be imagined for a
man to scheme and wire-work and
plan.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

Two young men aud three young
ladies constitute the senior class al
the State University thls year.
Last week Thos. West IS arrested
in Franklin county for a murder
committed near Roseyilie IN 1870.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

lAanaeiice al Dasdaaelie. Ark. sept T. lss'-
Nakice j. hereby giroa that the following .
named settler has alca notice ~ her Intention
- make aAAi Prtaof II s&RF0gT 81 HIS claim, aal
that said prcef VIII be aAasS befare ihe COUNTY
Judge OF fepe GQuats. Agk.. at Dover. AK"
on October isth, iSSA wa;
MA1ii4s k~stcn, Formerly. Matilda hStien-
hela, Ha entry No. Is, so. for the y !. See l.
Tp g. north range ~ west
~ne names tAe follow anx Witnesses 60 prov
hxr e0ntinmons r~sifenOe uizan, sand cuSSiF alton
81, said land. via.
L. MctrsUken, u. NJ. Ra4gcnlcid, ,.
Roberts and ". Il. feang. al. d seottsEihe'
Ark.
oct lA A. 4. LENING, Register
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17

smiths. painters. plasterers, brick
layers. and q mhoie host Of other
calling. ana vacations - form com
binatien against The farmers The
latter would certainly -po0l their IT,
sues 81 soon IS they found them
selves debarred from certain offices,
a. the proposed resolution aebars
them. il would be but short time
till the farmers would be divided
among themselves on this PROPOSE
tiOn. The spirit Of the resolution IS
class legislation--a principle At Va
rance with our Republican instiiu
tons
Little Rock Gazette.
AT the meeting Of the executive
committee Of the democratic state
central committee held in Little
Rock. Wednesday, 9Th, il was de
cided 70 call democratic state con
vention, TO be held in this city DC
tober p, 1885, to nominate demo
cratic candidate for associate justice
OF the supreme court, TO I'll the va
cancy caused by the death Of the
late Judge John X Eakin. II was
decided TO adhere to the old basis Of
representation. the vote cast for
Gov. Berry, one delegate for every
400 votes, and an additional delegate
for each frscs-~=~awer-200 votes. In
Vi - time.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1885-09-17
September RcporI Of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture.
C0rTON.


WASHINGTON, Sept. I0.-The Sep
TENDER cotton report OF the depart
ment OF agriculture shows a preva-
lence OF hot and dry weather during
August, except IL Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Florida. Shedding OF
bolts a8d decrease Of vitality have
resulted quite generally. The drouth
has been serious in Texas and Ar
kansas, and quite general in Western
Tennessee, Southern Alabama, Geor'
gia and the Csrolinas. The cater
pillar has caused much damage in
southern Texas, Arkansas. and ia
central and southern Alabama. It's
prevalence is roied throughout cen
trial and southern Georgia, with
small effect as yet. The boil worm
is causing much damage in the black
belt of Alabama and Arkansas, and
IN Texas. The condition has de-
elined in every state. The average
Is So against 964 in August. Last
year il was So in September and 81
in August The present average Is
two points above the September av
erage of ter years. The figures for
the several states are as follows; Nlr'
ginia SIS, North Carolina Sc, South
Carolina IS, Georgia 81, Florida 30
Alabama IS, Mississippi 50, Louisi'
ana 30. Texas So, Arkansas So, Ten
nessee 81. Generally the plants are
vigorous snd capable, with favorable
autumn weather, of ample growth
and boil development In the dis
tricts most infected with the cotton
worm the loss is irreparable and
still threatening.
CORN.
The condition of corn continues
high, ranging from 30 to loo IN state
averages. The general average IS
20 against 90 in August. Fl was "
last year in September Frosts have
Srough, very litlie injury, and will
be capable 81 little il deferred tea
days. The prospect is sill favor
able for crop slightly above the
average
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-15
LOCAL EREvITIEs.

Hon. Z. J. Ellis, Of Louisiana, will speak
at the Opera House tomorrow nignt.
A number Of sportsmen left here TINS
morning On hunting trips 10 the aoJo'u'ns
counties.
II will be seen that Col. L. W. Reid OF
this city, i:as been appointed cher OF "'''-
sion in the Treasury Department.
Rev. T. T. Tagg, OF Baltimore, will preach
in tie N. ?. Church, on Sunday next, Ooth
in the morning and at night.
The Illinois live stock commission declare
plcuro-preumoni epidemic in Prince
Georges county, Md, and in Fairfax and
Lnudoun counties, in this State.
A horned frog was received in this city
this morning in q barrel Of salt water fish
from Norfolk. and was on exhibition at the
stand Of Mr.. Robert Travers in the market.
The Colored Independent Political Club
held n meeting at Potomac Hall last night,
with H. G. Wilson, president, in the chair
and Rudolph +. Thompson secretary. Some
unim portar business was transacted.
The funeral Of the late Mrs. josephine c.
Logan. who died in Washington on Mon.
day, took place yesterday morning. Aquar-
tet, composed of Messrs. Buchanan, Han.
cock, Holmes and Whipple, rendered several
appropriate selections.
Marriage licenses were issued il Wash.
ington yesterday to J. H. Anderson, ofWar-
renton, and Katie NJ. Taeynor, of that city
H. &. Dean, Of Tennallytown, d. c., and
Lilly N. Beach. Of Loudoun county, George
fremont, Of Fairfax county, and Jennie
Penn, of Prince William county, and to
Owen Jones and Mary E. Birch, both of
Fairfax county.
Dir. Robert Travers will have some fine
salt water spots, tailors and trout for sale at
his stand in the market tomorrow.