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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
commissioners Sale.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the
order and decree of the Pope circuit court
made and rendered on the 18th day of April
1899 in n suit for foreclosure of a mortgage
wherein X. b. Wilson and ID. b. Granger were
plaintiffs and ID. w. Boone and Julia A. Boo ne
were defendants, will, as special commits
sioner, by said court appointed, at the court
house door in the town of kussellville in Pope
county, Arkansas, on Saturday, the 25th day
OF MAY, 1889, during the hours prescribed by
law for judicia. sales, offer for sale to the high
est ilder on a credit of six months, the fol-
lowing described lands In said decree ordered
to be sold, to-wit: the MEX of the MEX OF
Sec. NO. 30, in TIP n. Range 10 w. containing
40 acres. No bid for less than two thirds OF the
appraised value of the land will be rece ived.
Purchaser will be required TO execute bond
with approved security with lien retained on
said land to secure the purchase money.
f.. H. SHIEN,
MAY 2. Special Commissioner.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

If Raney Williams of the Times
is the Bill Nye, Dick Brugman of the
Journal, Little Rock, is the Artemus
Ward of the Arkansas press. The
way the latter pitches into the
Little Rock dailies and Mayor
Whipple just tickles US until we are
call torn up" Hit them some more,
Dick. If they are not going to help
the democratic party when we need
them, they ought to be hit until they
learn that we don't need any bosses
in the democratic party.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Estray Notice.

We, W. L. Hill, j. j. Burris and j.
r. Reynolds, three citizens of the
county of Pope, and householders
therein, having been appointed by j..
j. Hills, Justice of the Peace Of said
county, have this day viewed a certain
horse mule, shown to us by David
Burks, as an estray. Said mule is a
black, and supposed to be S years old
and about II hands high, has some
marks of the collar but no brands, we
value said mule at 500.
W. J.. HILL,
j. j. BURRIs,
j X. REYNOLDS,
Appraisers.
Sworn to before me this goth day OF
April, 1889. j. HILLS, j. 7.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Estray Notice.

We. W. r. Ellis. n. r.. Robinson and
Robert Nelson, three citizens of the
county of Pope and householders there
in, having thereunto been appointed
by j. A. Pitts, a justice of the peace OF
said county, have this day viewed a
certain horse shown us by VIM. Higgins,
as an estray. Said horse is bay color
with white in face, extending down to
the nose, both hind feet white, branded
below left hip "B o b" about years
old and ii hands high, and we do value
the said horse to be worth the sum OF
$50. r. w. ELLIS,
n. II. ROBINSON,
ROBERT NELSON,
Appraisers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
OKLAHOMA.

The long promised land Of the hOmesteaders
Will be open for settlement at IL O'Clock. April
22nd, 1889, in accordance with the Presidents
proclamation. Many will desire 70 push west
ward to this new Canaau,and inquiry will nat
ur ally arise as 10 the shortest and best meth
oil Of reaching their destination. The Iron
Mountain Route, Of all lines la Arkansas
seems best adapted 10 this purpose. The lines
from the north, south and west converge at
Little Rock and Fort Smith, and make cOnnec-
ton with the Little Rock and Fort smith and
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Divisions. with
through trains to Wagner, Indian Territory,
bringing their outfits 10 this point which Is
only journey OF from two TO three days nj the
farthest, TO that part Of the Indian Territory
now thrown open as public domain by the
Presidents proclamation. Ample facilities
are offered via this line for sctt lers, trades
men, merchants and all who Will find the
means of making a livelihood IN new land
with their families and household effects. IL.
g. Townsend, General Passenger AZ Ticket
Agent, st. Louis, or any Of the representatives
Of the Company viii furnish advertising mat
ter descriptive Of the lands of Oklahoma,
correct map, time tables etc., on application
or by writing
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Notice.

BY mutual consent the firm Of Wilkey
& Stueckel is hereby dissolved. The
business heretofore carried on by the
firm will be continued, Mr.. Wflkey
taking charge of the jewelry depart
ment, and Mr.. Stueckel the tailoring
department, as separate business iu-
terests. All par rites indebted TO the
firm are requested to call on IL. G..
Wilkey and settle.
II. c. WILKH,
HENRY STuECKEL.
May Sd 1880.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

II is generally conceded among
the knowing ones in Oklahoma that
Col. w. II. II. Clayton Of this city
will be the Governor of Oklahoma
Territory if he wants to be.-Ft.
Smith Times.
Well, if he don't make better
governor than his brother Powell
did when he slung the Carpet Bag
of Arkansas reconstruction over his
shoulders, the people of that terrific
ny will soon sigh for a change.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
STATE NEWS.

1
A big revival is in progress in Hot
Springs.
A patent has recently been granted
to G. $. Bromwsll, Of Helena, for a
hand motor
Two hotels and five other buildings
we're totally destroyed by fire at
Stuttgart on the night Of May I'd.
The machine shops of the B. Il B.
railroad at Brinkley were destroyed
by fire few days since.
Thurman & Marinus, stationers
and booksellers of Fort Smith have
failed. Liabilities 1900.
The new passenger depot at Fort
Smith will be ready for occupancy
in about thirty days.
SaIt is reported that work will be be
gun'on the bridge over the Arkansas
river at Fort Smith within the next
sixty days.
| Last week in Hot Springs light
ming struck the barn of James Smith,
setting it on fire destroying the barn
and several tons of hay.
An exchange says: GA farmer
of our acquaintance has named
one OF his hogs Maud, because
she comes into the garden SO
much"
j. Z. Jones, negro politician was
recently elected county Judge of De-
sha county, and his commission is.
sued by Governor Eagle, has since
been revoked.
| The Jonesboro Sun announces the
running at large of "wild man"
through the forests and canebrakes
of Craighead county. All efforts to
capture the man have thus far fail
ed.
The Arkadelphia News has been
sold by Geo w. Anderson to Messrs.
Geo. M. Beck and j. M. Browne, of
that city. The publication day of
the News will hereafter be Tuesday
instead of Friday.
A call has been issued to the 18th
and 18th regiments of Arkansas Vol
unteers, G. S. A., to attend reunion
at Malvern, some time in July. The
call is signed by quite a number of
old veterans.
Mrs. Shannon, proprietress of the
Garland House at Malvern, which
was burned one day last week, is
now contemplating the erection of an
elegant brick hotel, to be built on
the site of the old enc.
Much excitement has been caused
by the discovery of gold in Saline
county. The California experts who
have examined the mine pronounce
it very rich, and many people are
flocking to that locality.
J. Forsman, the alleged capitalist
who recently started to build rail
road from Texarkana to Fort Smith.
proves to be a fraud. He has skip
ped, and the men who worked week
grading are still unpaid, as we'll as
other bills.
An old woman by the name of Ada
Cassidy was severely whipped by
unknown parties in Cornie township,
Columbia county, March 18th. She
died about a week ago, and four clti-
zens of Cornie township have been
arrested for the crime.
The Hope Compress and Warehouse
Company have fled articles of incor-
poratIon with the secretary of State.
The capital stock is $4,000. This
compress company was formerly To-
Gated at Dallas, Tex. The enterprise
failed in that city and has now re-
moved to Arkansas to try its for.
tune.
The governor has committed the
sentence Of number of convicts for
good behavior. Among them were
the following: James johnson,
Hampstead, Tom Nichols, Chicot,
John McKul, Phillips, James Stewart,
Conway, Boss Mason, Pulaski, Will
liam Button, Phillips, Thomas Stopp,
Franklin, and Ira Sullivan, Sebastian
comfy. Grand larceny was the CRIME
for which these men were sent to
prison. Their terms varied from
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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Ghe 9emu&rat.
Subscription. s Per Annum
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.

ABOUT the best thing the Gazette
and Democrat can do Is to go and
catch the small pox. Thus far they
have failed to catch anything else
within the city limits.-Journal.
Brother Brugman, allow US to mod
estly intimate that you are not fully
informed; they are continually catch
ing-outside the city limits, and up
here in particular-an article that
smells like birthstone.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Better Than OnInIne

Mr.. NJ. NJ. Kesterson, Dorsey Co.
Ark, says: "Hughes' Tonic is the bss
chill tonic | ever tried. l consider II
better than quinine."
Prepared by r. A. Robinson & Co.,
Wholesale Druggists, Louisville, Ky.
Sold by Druggists.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Sherif's Sale.

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday the
25th day of MAJ, 1889, during the honrs pre-
serbed by law for judicial sales, will, at the
court house door in the town OF Russellville.
in Pope county, Arkansas, offer for salo to the
highest bidder, on a credit OF three months,
the following described lots lying in the town
Of Russellville in Pope county, Arkansas, to-
wit: Lots 1, 2 and 3, in Block rs" in j. ~
Shinn's addition to the town of Russellville,
levied on by me as the property Of HIN Smade
under an execution issued by the CLERK of the
Pope Circuit Court, to satisfy a Judgment in
favor of j. Il. Adams against III. y. Smade for
the sum e SIS .l1eht, 81 3 damages and in
terest AID est, rc -,tt .'drchaser will he
rcuuired 70 exec. -. ...t 81 % approved &c
curity, with In Iv..tined oh said lots TO Sc
cure the purchase money. j. X. YOUNG,
Maya. Sheriff OF Pope County, Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

New York claims a boy five years
old who can speak Greek and Latin
as we'll as the professors, 1t might
just as well have claimed a horse
which could play the piano and sing
like an angel, but the liar didn't
have time.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Millinery and DressmaKing.

Mrs. M. e. Weathers is receiving a
beautiful new line of hats, bonnets, Ia
ces, ribbons, notions. etc., such as are
usually kept in first-class millinery
establishment. Her goods are choice
and attractive. She also does dress
making to order in first-class style
Opposite courthouse.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
Animal school Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held in Russellville school dis
trict, Saturday, the 18th day of May,
1899, for the purpose of ascertaining
and voting the amount of school tax for
the year 1880. Also for the :s...s pose OF
electinc two sckcoii directors to fill va
cancies oeeasioned by term of office OF
r. j. Wilson and w. M. Peeler expir.
ing. j. Il. SHINN,
w. M. OATES, Sec'y. Pres't.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

So FAR as the democrats are con
cerned, we are not the least particle
agitated over the recent fight be
tween Clayton and Weber "Let
'em fight" say we, for when such
men fall out we can always hear
some things bad about them that we
did not know before. This wrangle
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

REMEMBER, that the payment Of all
Prizes is GUARANTEED BY FOUR Ma
TIONAL BANKS of New Orleans, and the
Tickets are signed by the President OF an In
stitution, whose chartered lights are recoguiz-
ed in the highest Courts; therefore beware of
any limitations or anonymous schemes"
ONE DOLLAR is the price of the smallest
part or fraction of Ticket ISSUED BY US in
any Drawing. Anything in our name offered
for less than dollar is a swindle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
s,14 Prizes amounting to. ..........

3,134 Prizes amounting TO. sl,uoaeUV
NoTE.--Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are
not entitled to Terminal Prizes.
fHy@Fo CLUE RATES, or any further in
signed, clearly stating your residence, with
state, County, Street and number. More rapid
return mail delivery will be insured by enclos-
ing an Envelope bearing your full address,
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

The Huntsville Democrat comes
this week greatly enlarged and I'M
proved.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

Address Registered Letters containing
Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
Nat n ri ma T -
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09

Garfield, in Benton county, has a
new Odd Fellows Lodge.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
IMPORTANT.
Address, MI. A. DAUPH1N,

BY ordinary letter, containing Money Or
der issued by all Express Companies, New
York Exchange, Draft or Postal Note. We
pay charges on Currency sent to us by Ex-
press in Sims of SIS or over.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-05-09
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING.

At the Academy OF Music, New
Orleans, Tuesday, May
II, 1889.
CAPITAL PRIZE, 100000.
100000 Tickets at Twenty Dol
lars each. Halves SO; Quar-
tiers So; Tenths So;
TwentIeths 81.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-07

organized as a most hazardous sort CT
dress architecture, bat when the shirriug
and folding and pickering and the colt
gathering Of the complicated, the myster-
ious. and the altogether incOmprehensl0le
bodice have been attended to, then 1t Is 3
comparatively simple matter to append to
this elaborate and picturesque body" the
straight simple and severe skirt that Is
now approved.
A theaier. concert or opera gown takes
"a matter of course its character from It's
corss- e. far this is the only part tha! Il
visible. Everything must be dainty, Sot'
in tint, gracefully draped that appear
above the waist, but who thinks OF speeu'
lating as to what is hidden among the
wraps or behind rows OF chair fronts below?
AZ TO reception dress, the front Of the
skirt receives the wandering cup OF lea q
the stray splash of bouill:On, and the oacs
of il Is walked INFO and walked upon and
trampled inio the csrpe. and sworn at by
every male beirg VINO slips on 1t or stun
bles over il, and it Clesrly appears as
minus quantity in the cum Of feminine at
fractions especially sinca we have begun
to make il long enough 10 be a terror and
a dagger, and short enough to D9 bod
tailed. Banish the ungrscetul demitraln.
Az for the ball dress, nothing but the
waist Of II can be Of interest after the hrst
hour OF two, for the skirt, especially II II
he pauza OF muslin. emerges ss total
rrsck ON the wbiskiDg and the whirliDg'
the hauling and the pulling.
In isa sheer waste Of material TO make
the skirt OF a walking dress elaborate to
swsep up the dust OF the mud OF the cross
invs. nud when il comes to the house dress
We recognize the superior Importance OF
the bodice when we attire ourselves IN SIR
iockels and blOuses, and blossom ont IN the
multitude OF pretty negllges especially con
trived to make fair women Irresistible ID
spite of the fact that see is wearing ont the
skirts Of her old snd no longer esteemed
gowns
A skirt ia, after all, mere convection
aHsm. cut and dried IN rte forms. A clever
woman once said the length of it was Ike
the teeth Of horse the only certain clue
20 the age Of the Wearer, the older toe
woman the longer her drape1ies, except IN
the case of brides, VINO clipped OF theiI
trains only at the bottom Of the pocket
books of their fathers.
Bat the bodice may, if it will, tel much
OF the woman. f very line OF 1t has
meaning. We can imagine lsdy OF some
taste and seusibility in the tight un'rlm'
med basque and coat sleeves, because fe"
seasons $40 almost everybody wore them,
but how much more expressive of the iul
and varied life of the close OF the nine
tenth century are the folds OF colt
aexihle material now arranged inside
the half open bodices, the hits snC
vaguely de6oed suggestions OF curve
and hue. which make Of the human
form divine something half revealed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-07
Great improvements.

Il is not many years ago people travelled on
horseback or by states now fifty miles an hour
is not fast enough for Them. Formerly people
wrote letters tnat were weeks in reaching their
destination: now the telegraph flashes thought
around the world Formerly doctors bled their
patients for nearly every complaint; now they
use advanced science Of the highest order Prof.
Austin FLINT, of Bellevue College, says "The
iudicious use OF alcoholic stimulants is one OF
the striking cha acteristics If progress in the
practice of medicine during the last half cent
ury." Prof henry Mott, Phi D., (. c. s., says:
by most careful analysis l have found Dufy's
Pure Malt Whiskey free from adulteratOns or
foreign substances and IL deserves to meet with
great success" The well-knONn Ir. K. w.
Hutchinson, of New Ork says: II highly rec.
Ommend Dufy's Pure Malt Whisky and pre-.
scrsbe 1t extensively in my practice" Rev. b.
Mills, Of Princeton, Iowa. says. Of have used
Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey with great benefit 10
my WIFE, who Is q confirmed invalid. 1 know
from ex perience II is pure and most valuable
medicine. AN also using 1t In the case Of my
son. who is threatened with consumption. l am
Presbyterian clergyman and doctor Of divin-
ity but am not afraid TO recommend Duhy's
Malt Whiskey as the purest and most efficient
tonic that l know Of, and my experience isl
large one" ~
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-07
BENwOOD.
\ Dali Day in the Town Yest,rday-A
Few Items.

\ Dali Day in the Town Vest. rday-A
Few Items.
Thursday afternoon the wagon, which
carried John MCGOugh and John Carol
down to death at the bottom OF the river,
last week, was caught floating on Rode
fer's bar, Just above Moundsyile. A very
strange thing connected with the finding
of the wagon ia that the harness wss cut 10
pieces and part Of ii was still attached to
the wagon. Just how this came abOut Is
a mystery, and some people imagine that
McGOugh, when be went down attempted
10 cut the horse loose, and in doing this
lost his own lf, However, this theory
is not very plausible.
Hugo Merchner, an emplOye Of the
Wheeling steel plant struck one Of HE
knees against a sharp piece Of iron Thurs
Kay, aud was so badly disabled that be
was sent to his home at Pennington.
Rev. J. NJ Warden, Presiding Elder OF
the NJ Church from Charleston, WAS in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. Rev. W. Witt King, Of Hunting
ton, IS visiting her parents, Dr.. and Mrs.
II. F. Ford.
A number Of new houses will 90 up in
Benwood in the spring.
Col J. A. Miller, of Wheeling, was in
the city yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-07

Fall sleeves of every iAnciiul description
are now in vogue even on street gowns
Slashed drsped, pointed and plated
sleeves, pulled sleeves and winged sleeves
do not begin to exhaust the variety.
Sometimes a daring woman surrounds her
sleeves with velvet or ribbon bands, gath
cred at the top, lo,s3 below, in manner
which suggests, IN fashion more tccen-
tic than pleasant. the wearing Of a coach
mans cape on esch arm.
The new bOdices are trimmed much with
ribbons, draping the fronts from the under
arm seams and hiding the darts, and
oftener than not they are cut off round at
the waist or very eighty pointed the
ak sash covering the edges. Costly passe.
mentIe plaques and heavy hand wrought
embroideries are as eagerly seizsd on for
collar, sleeves and plsstion as if they never
uad been seen before, and help make the
winter of 1853 40 remarkable for the rich
ness aDd piciure,queness of frock bldies'
ELLEN OSBORN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-07

and concealed instead of bust and wais'
fundamentally defined and cased IN
cuirass corssge. One could base a wh'l
philosophy on the fashions. We used tC
he copfdant that We knew or were about
to discover everything. Then we cut con
fidently. saying this Is the night, the only
wav. Now we doubt whether indeed We
know ANYTHING, and we cut. each one &C.
cording TO individual whim or will. We
used 10 see in black and white, nov We
live in halftones.
The classic element in the winters I .sh'
ions materially affects the corsage With
the long lines Of Chiffon snd psplum sno
tunic in view, with the grOTing desire to
follow creek and Romsn characteristics g.
closely IS convenient in growing,
hardly a new costume is finished
which has to the eye, tight
ar even moderately close fitting
bodice. Some waists are actually full and
most others look full even though the
nsglige arrangement Of short draperies be
s6insted over a gloye-fiting lining. The
tvpical bodice, whether It be OF a waist
shane proper or in redingote style, has IL
v.risbiy a trimming Of passementerie or
ribbon or folds. plated or draped, When
do not look as If a stitch had beeo set 10
tbsn, 10 hold them in place, but rather as
II the smell but exquisite flower pms
tbrust n here ard there At the wearer' T
Measure were the only fastenings. As
matter of fact, however, they are care
fully stitched down.
The effect of the Empire gown on the
average female wa s, Is peculiar. Oi course
~ seems 10 shorten it, but this Is not so 10
q closer view. The Tapped and folded ooo-
ice with its Y neck and suTpliee coquetries
IL unite as long as the pointed French bod
ice but to what an OK has swollen the
sasb that was a frog last season. Inc new
sst SSH is wide enough TO he set IN the
f,ll length OF the under arm seam, and
chen its enda are drawn forward end
iced in front. and then carried Iou1d 10
t;e behind i, covers good share oil the
wsist f5om view. ,
cantion Monday evening. Il was worn oy
mite a young gid snd was Of heioLope
Sslvet and cut very dscOllete, lower IMAM
,ba English court dress, with straight
- ooro.s the bns. ard small triangular
80 -''-C sst in at each side and reaching up
= meal isweled ornaments which elasped
tSsn, 70 larger frisDgles of velvet resnng
On on The MINER sides of the arms for sleeves,
The girls pretty fair hair was ofesss u
bigb and combining its natural waves were WEI,
three bands OF narrow mauve Ribbon Sne
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BRIDGEPORT.
Events Of Yesterday In NeighbOring
Town.

Events Of Yesterday In Neighboring
Town.
Council did meritorious act az Its
meeting this week. A motion was passed
that "a telephone should be put Ia the City
Bulldog The REGIsTER called attention
TO this need some time sgO, and 1t Is glad
10 see that Council has taken up with It.
The telephone IVES pat in yesterday
Mach time can now be saved in getting an
officer.
Alta meeting OF the Belmont County
Commissioners at st Clairsyille, recently,
Mr. Cope being absent, Mr.. Berry wss
elected President OF the Board for the en-
suing year. MsssIs. Berry and l-ia'l were
the only members present, and the cleo
ton was practically unanimous.
The choir of the Presbyterian C1uico,
assisted BY some foreign talent, Will give
a concert on next Monday evening
A eood-sized crowd Of Bridgeport people
saw and heard the great Nye-Riley con-
bination il Wheeling last night.
MI Charles W. Carver, agent OF The u
I. &W. railroad at Bruce. Was in town
Misses % Die and Carrie Patton, Of New
Athens. are visiting Mr.. aud Mrs. George
G. Mckee. -,
A neat lag stone pavement u beng ialu
On Bank street. It Is a great improve
meut