The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-11-08

| clerk OF the mouse IN difference 10 th'
ladies offering for the position, has an
nounced his candidacy for sergeant-at
arms of the same body, and stands ar
excellent chance of election. Young
active, moral and upright, he is gen
tleman every mem Der can vote for and
be assured no regret will follow The
act. The DEMOCRAT hopes that Mr.
Chasteen will be triumphantly elected
Shinn rs selling school
books at q price that a0ili
SaUe al his customers THEN
SchO02 tar merit year.
Under recent ruling Of the Land
Department at Washington homestead
ers who have given notice of intention
| to prove up their homesteads must make
the proof on the day designated in the
notice, otherwise they will be COMPEL
ed to give notice of another day. The
same ruling makes it compulsory upon
homesteaders to make their proof by
two of the witnesses named in notice,
the evidence of no one not so named
VIII be accepted by the department
These rulings are of vital interest tC
homesteaders and should be constantly
borne in mind by those contemplating
making final proof.
.4U cash 6nyerS that go 10
Shinn'S IN the merit Week mill
1eaUe their money Just as Ger
tain as they fnd the goods
10 suit them.
"A more quiet or orderly election
was never held in this township than
that Of last Tuesday. The voting be-
gan early and continued till shutdown,
many coming in from the country voted
and returned home at once while others
remained to discuss the situation
and hear the news. The weather was
favorable for good turn out, the light
rain preventing farm work. The total
vote cast was ass, IL less than in Sep
TENDER. OF these Cleveland received
273, Streeter l47, Harrison 33. Breckin-
ridge 294, Clayton 154. Cleveland's
plurality 1903, Breckinridge's majority
140. r. II. Tate, w. j. White and c.
n. Benefited were the judges, G. e.
Smith and j. NJ. LUker, clerks, and
Robt Harkey and j. w. Quinn U. S.
supervisors at this precinct. A sensa-
ton was created late in the afternoon
by the announcement that Henry
Brooks had voted twice. An investiga-
ton of the poll books disclosed the fact
that the report was true. The law,
both state and federal. is very strict
against repeating.
Shinn sells goods the
cheapest and pays the most
for cotton. Ty0u don't be-
HeUe this Just d110e y0ur cot
ton 10 him and tell him h0W
much goods yOU Want TO bug.
Brother Moore, of the Mail, says he
will 'give the DEMOCRAT credit for
sticking to facts in the matter of COM
parison of cotton receipts" AS that is
all the DEMOCRAT has contended for we
are thankful to the brother muchly.
Wish we could say as much for him in
the circus matter, but we cannot. AS
the brother takes us to task in no mild
manner we shall undertake to show
some of his Inconsistencies. The read.
err will remember that Sept. 18th the
Mail said the Barnum show was adver-
tised to appear at Ft.Smith and Russell
vile the same day. The DEMOCRAT of
the Goth called attention to the misrep-
resentation and asked if the same was
intended to hurt the show or to keep
the people away from Russellville. Re-
plying Sept.27th the Mail admitted that
it was to keep the people from spending
their money with the circus. Now,
Nov. LIST, the Mail makes this state
ment; 1--WE have since learned that
our statement that only a part of the
circus would be at Russellville, the 9TH
er part exhibiting at Fit. Smith on same
day, which we learned from a reliable
party. was a mistake, but it was too
late to correct it. The circus had come
and gone" Recollect the Mails state
ment was made Sept. -, the attention
of the editor was called to the matter,
the show was here fifteen days later,
two isaues of the Mail interviewed, yet
cit was too late to correct the mistake"
when the editor found it out, 1.-THE cir
Gus had come and gone" The impress
sion he tries to create here is that if he
had found it out in time he would have
corrected it. Here is consistency with
a vengeance. The Mail goes out of its
way to say we defend eircuses. Right
here we want to challenge the Mail to