The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-02-11


porky, gross, sluggish, common
hangman."
Capital Notes.
Correspondence Of the Democrat.
Gov. S. P. Hughes is quite likely
to have no opposition in the coming
race.
The great Boston lawyer, Hunting
ton, made little Roadway against At
torney General Jones in the great
railroad suits.
The Iron Mountain Railroad re-
fused to contest the Tax decision Of
the Railroad Commissioners. Its
legal advisers informed it that the
opinion of the Attorney General was
sound law.
Judge Carroll sustained the Board
of Railroad Commissioners. The
Valley Route will appeal to the Su
prcme Court where 1t expects to
meet q like fate. After that the
move is to advance to the Supreme
Court of the United States where it
hopes to win. 1t will fail everywhere.
Arkansas made sweepstakes in
premiums at New Orleans on Friday
Jan. Goth. The news was printed in
the Gazette on the following Thurs
day. Nearly as early as in the good
old times when the news went on
horseback. The officials at New Or
leans deserve medals also for the nu-
merous kilograms they send out from
the seat Of war.
A man can walk three blocks while
the street cars go one. BY the way,
Rainey Williams pays five dollars a
trip for street car accommodations.
The Post must be on boom.
The Temperance Alliance is bav.
ing hard time OF it. 1t was espec-
tally funny to see so many good men
organize the thing, vote for section
after section of constitution, elect
officers, fix time and place, go whole
hog, and then walk out and tear the
thing to pieces. 1t is so much east
er to face Winfield when he 10 absent
than when he ls on the floor.
The charity ball yielded about
$500. The expectation was to gath
er in $1,000 but the snow storm in
terfered. Some wise persons are
callous enough to call this mishap
a special providence.
Your county man. Tobey, / see has
stolen an Illinois farmers thunder
and calls the University "Dude
factory" Even, If original, the ex.
preston does not become man who
has filed so many honorable places
in our state. 1t would appear that
such men as Lawrence Russell and
DIR. Oates OF your county are proud
err monuments Of the worth Of the
school than any that could be erect
ed. Carroll Wood is another grand
exemplar. He went from farm in
Ashley county to Fayetteville, wash
ed dishes to pay his way and grad
uated. This man has already done
Arkansas farmers as much good as
Mr.. Tobey has. And then that farm
boy, Langford Of Union; Wolverton
of Conway; Woodal of Fla ulkner;
McDonough Of Sebastian; McFar-
land of SebastIan-sons Of farmers
all. In fact look at the make up Of
the school from the first, and farm
boys and farm girls make the ma
jority. dude factory" indeed! IF
nothing better can be borrowed from
Illinois than such false expressions
1t is time TO stop further intercourse
with that state. If these be "dudes"
then the race is of fairer proportions
than the grizzly cynics and waspish
grumblers" need even hope to be-
come. 1t is in good place for farm
ers to understand and know that the
University is the property of the
whole state for the higher education
of its youths. That each county is
entitled to certain number of bcne-
ficiaries who pay nothing except
board. That these terms apply to
the college proper. That If boys are
not prepared to enter college they
go into the preparatory department
and pay their way. THAT EVERY
PAYS TUITION. That
the excess of Washington county
students is In the preparatory de-
partment and that they pay full
taltion. That Washington county
cannot have greater number In the
free college department than the
laws award it. When you read the
college circulars remember that the
entire preparatory deps rtment pays
for its tnition at full rates. =.