The Russellville Democrat., 1885-04-30

O. ratirO8ue oi JUG 'ctatc, K 1tSNSEt Et1 | the commissioners, amounts to $l.- 50O,000. The assessment Of every road in the State was increased
 Altus has newspapcr-a month ly-published bv J. W. Burnett, edited by ". l.. Jamison, and named the c. c. 1. Telegraph. is devot- ed to instruction in teNgraphy and Irailroad agents business.
 | The Clafksvilie ''Brothers Of Free dom'' has been suspended, and lnew paper called the Arkansas Econ omist has been started Tn it's stead l with P. c. Stone, late of the Prairie lyiew Exchange as editor and pro-
 prietor.
 Workmen engaged in removing
 the floor in the east wing ofs the
 State house at Little Rock have dis
 covered that the floor was originally
 laid on brick, which in turn reposed
 peacefully upon sand, thus consti- tutlng queer foundation i'll the eyes of modern architects.
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 1 Mr. J. F. Weaver has relinqnished I to the heirs of John F. and John c.
 Wheeler his lease on the material be-
 longing to Wheeler's Independent, Inow known as the Fort Smith Tri- I bune, and retired from control. Pub
 lication will be continued by the
 Wheeler heirs.
 .l The railroad bridge now heinz built across the Arkansas river at
 Van Buren, is to be completed by
 January 1st, 1886. Fifty men are
 now at work sinking the piers. and the stone for the work is being quar-
 ried on the line of the Eureka Springs railroad.
 Mir. w. B. Thurman, of Waldron, 2 Ark, has invented an engine which is now on exhibition at New Or. leans, and 1t is said is attracting as much or more attention by machine men than any other there. One ol , bits prominent features is that there
 is no pressure of steam resting upon
 the cut of value.
 Judge Vaughan of the circuit . court has approved the action of the commission fixing the number and
 readjustment Of the city wards. The , number of wards has been reduced
 from seven to four; the number of laidermen from fourteen to eight, all !, of whom will be elected on the 18th of May, as the operations of the act , leglslate the present board out of
 office.-Gazette. s,9 F 't3 II A very important meeting of the Southwestern cotton compress man. aeers was held in Little Rock las. week. It is understood that during the past season the cotton tie manu. lecturers furnished very inferior article of tie, and that in conse- quence the compress men and hand lers generally were put to consider , able loss. The meeting considered this matter, and determined to make
 arrangements to secure better , quality of materal. The question o' railroad transportation and co oper r tion among themselves was also : under consideration.
 The Nashville News, commenting on the frequent changes in Arkansas newspapers, hits the nail squarely : on the head when it says the cause of these frequent changes IS ''ths purchase of printing offices by mex
 pelienced men who imagine th'
 business to be one of ease, luxury
 and honor, and after few months trlal find their judgment to hav' : been in error. They then sell, thu
 first opportunity, probably to som' 9 other deluded person, and so on, at t infinitum. This class of newspape men fail to do anything for them
 selves, the country or profession i, except to injure the later. Thei 2 failures greatly retard those paper [ deserving of support and that ar'
 conducted by men following th'
 business as permanent profession Attorney General Jones has de cided that pupils seeking free schoo | privileges can only attend school il 1, the district in which they are enum
 eratcd. Persons who move from on'
 school district into another can ge
 their share of the school fund mono, from the old district and apply t. e their credit in the new. So it vii :. be seen that no child is prevented i, from attending school, provided it
 parents or gardians will take th' , proper steps to have the none,