The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-19
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 A good rain fell here Tuesday af ternoon.
 Miss Lizzie Mcclure of Dardanelle is visiting friends in town.
 Capt. J. H. Haney, one of Little | Rocks foremost citizens, paid his an nual visit to friends here last week.
 The family of Rev. W. c. Wheat now spending the summer in Missouri will not arrive before the last of Sep tember.
 ! Mrs. Geo. J. Lescher (nee Miss Hallie Rankin), and her cousin Mis-, Arkie Clay, of Little Rock, are visiting in Dover.
 ! The canning factory is in full blast Iemploying full complement of hands and canning peaches and tomatoes by l the thousand.
 The melancholy days have come | the dullest of the year, when half the folks have gone away, and the rest stay Igrumbling here.
 The many remarkable cures Hoods ISarasaparilla accomplishes are suffic. tent proof that it does possess peculiar curative power.
 The Band of Hope will meet Tn the school building through the summer | months. All the members requested to l come next Sunday.
 The families of Mir. w. c. Renfrow and MT, T. C.. York will leave to -mor- row for Eureka Springs where they will spend the summer. ~-On last Sunday the Cumberland Presbyterian sunday school elected MT. Lawrence Russell superintendent vice Rev. H. B. Milner resigned. The crops in all portions of the county are simply immense. No better crops were ever made than will be made here, should no untoward event occur.
 -Robt. Lee. Erwin, one of the Val ley Route railroad boys, having secur- ed leave of absence,is spending few days very agreeably with friends here. -Eld. J. A. Stevens and family left this week for Eureka Springs. MT. Stevens will return in about four weeks, his family will remain all sum- mer.
 The Bentonville Democrat says Dr. J. M. Thompson has so far recovered AS to be out in carriage once in a while-a fact his host of friends will be glad to learn.
 Mir. J. N. Bowdsn from Moreland settlement has moved to Brentwood Tn Washington county, which place he reached July 9th. MT. B. intends en- gazing in school teaching.
 The fifth district normal institute will be held at Dardanelle commenc- ing July 30 and at Clarksville August 9th. Teachers, school directors aud citizens are urged to attend.
 Mir. c. D. Smith and family, late of Ft. Worth, Texas, including c. D. Smith, Jr. and bride, arrived last week, purchased property and will reside per- manently with us. We bid them wei come.
 -The colored people around Norris chapel, in Gala Rock township are go- speaking July 25th. All the candi- dates are invited and will doubtless be there in full force. -G. A. Jones' splendid fruit farm few miles from town has been sold by Messrs. Davis X Boans to W. w. War ren, of Vesta, Johnson county, Nebras- ka, consideration $ll00. Possession to be given December 25th next. le The Rev. MT. w. c. Wheat, late of Beebe, Ark, having been elected pas tor of the c. P. church began his pas. torate year last Sunday, and delivered two inter esting discOurses, morning and evening, te good congregations.
 On Tuesday evening Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Hill gave an ice cream party complimentary to their guest, Miss Gerhardt, of Pine Bluff. Quite num- Der of ladies and gentlemen were pres ent and spent an exceedingly enjoyable evening.
 The appointments of the county candidates for public speaking embrac- ing sixteen places appears in another place. All opposing candidates are in. vited to participate In the discussions, an equal division of time will be giv- en them.
 The democrats of Gala Creek town ship are making arrangements for s big barbecue some time this month. It will be one of the biggest and best ever held in the county, for the good people of that township never do any thing by halves.
 Mrs. Bettie White returned Satur, day from visit to friends in Texas all of whom she reports in good health and enjoying reasonable prosperity. | The DEMOCRAT is indebted to he~for q club Of subscribers secured for us IT the Lone Star State.
 | Cant. and Mrs. W. M. Peeler, Mis- ses Ella Hamilton and Allie BaYliss, J A. Miller, Lawrence Russell, K. l.. Da wis and others whose names our report CT failed to get, left early yesterday morning to attend the Sunday school convention at Appleton.
 The advertisement of Judd X Lu ker coffin manufactures appears In an other column. This firm proposes t6 manufacture for the trade exclusively and having good stock on hand in tending purchasers would do we'll tt get their prices before buying else where.
 Every lover of law and order will deprecate the use of whiskev In th' election here last Saturday. The priv ilege of the elective franchise free and untrammeled Is one of the sacred rights Of American citizenship, and cannot b' abridged or abrogated with impunity For the good of the town and the party 1t is hoped such spectacle will nevel be witnessed again.
 Elsewhere we publish certincat, from Joseph Hart showing more fully how he came to make the counter affi davit In last weeks DEMOCRAT. Thil Is done In justice to Mir. White wh' acted in the capacity of notary public l IL does not alter his nnsitiOn in regard