The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03
1880.

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 The days are growing longer.
 A Happy New Year to all our read CTS.
 Mrs. John Boans Is quite i'll with typhoid fever.
 Now make your New Year resolves and stick to them.
 -Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garden were visiting in town Friday.
 Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Reynolds were here during holiday week.
 --Messrs John and Will Ferguson came home to spend the holidays.
 Capt. John R. H.Scott left Monday to spend few weeks in Little Rock.
 Miss Kittie Ford and Mrs Ellen Leonard were visiting here last week. The school children and teachers enjoyed pleasant vacation last week.
 P. c. Thompson and wife of Fow- lerville spent Christmas among friends here.
 Mrs. Sangster of Clarendon. came home to spend Christmas with her pa- rents.
 Justices blanks, chattel and real estate blanks and rent contracts for sale at this office.
 MT. David Yancey and family of Campbell, Texas, are visiting relatives in the country.
 Miss Hattie Southmayd, of Van Bu- ren is visiting Misses Emma Howell and Rose Patterson.
 Sheriff Young is now occupying his new purchase, the York residence on West Main street.
 Leap year proposals have gone in- to innocuous desuetude. The bachel- ors are now at the bat.
 Collector Young and his deputy, Judge Bradley, will start out tax col lecting on the 2lst inst.
 The DEMOCRAT is in reaeipt of handsome calendar for 1889, the gift of the First Nationa! Bank of Little Rock.
 w. F. Grimes, of Gum Log, has moved to the Jonah Tucker place west of town where he will live the present year.
 MT. Will York, accompanied by Mrs. May Mosley, left last Saturday for Eureka, where the former has secured 8 situation.
 Rev. H. E. Milner and family of Clarksville spent several days during the holidays visiting the family of Mrs. NJ. c. Bonds
 Mrs. H. N. Harden has recently ar rived from Walnut Ridge and occupies Russell street.
 --Dr. Andrew Howell came up from Atkins twice or three times during holiday week to look after his matrimo- nial prospects and other business.
 The juveniles had pleasant gath ering at the residence of Dr. Hill on last Friday evening. Tho occasion was in honor of Masters Wood and Will.
 "A delightful party was given at the residence Of Mir. and Mrs. Desha Will Hams on last Friday night. Those pres ent report most enjoyable evening.
 MT. and Mrs. James Robinson were made happy the 23d ult. by the arrival of a very young lady who proposes to remain with them F or IS years at least.
 The ladies of the Cumberland Pres- byterian church at Shiloh will serve a supper at Mountain view next Saturday night, the proceeds to be used for the benefit of the church.
 The old year is passed and gone. Let each and every one bury all animos- ities against his fellow in the grave of the old year aud go to work with good resolutions for the coming year.
 The installation of the officers elect of Russellville Lodge No. PA F. & A. NJ. was postponed from the 27th ut. to next Saturday night. A full attend ance of the members is desired.
 At meeting of the Knights and Ladies of Honor on last Friday night the old officers were reelected for an- other year. The installation will take place on Friday night the llth inst.
 Another leap year has been added to the cycle of years passed and gone and goodly number of handsome and worthy young ladies are still unmatsd. May they escape the solitude of the retired list.
 There has been quite Hull in bus mess since christmas day. Merchants are quietly taking stock and preparing to strike balance sheet so as to see whether their profits are on the right side of tho ledger.
 In the drawing for the handsome oil paintings at J. l.. Shinn's on the 24thth ult., Messrs. Ben Rogers and Thomas Crane held the lucky ticket No. 6. There being two of them each one got handsome picture.
 The Xmas trees at the various churches and the arch and supper at the courthouse by the o. $. Presbyterian sunday school Christmas eve night were beautiful to behold and eminently sat- isfactory all around.
 John R lobe, junior editor of the Searey Beacon, and his sister Mrs. Rutn Booth, of Searcy, arrived Christmas eve on visit to relatives here. The former returned home on the 26th and latter on the 3lst.
 MT. j.. J. Smith, of London, cele- brated his 10th birthday last Sunday with family reunion and dining. We return thanks for an invitation to be present and regret that It was lmpossi- 1 ble for us to attend. Editor J. W. Underhill. of the Log | Cabin and MT. Duncan, prominent young attorney, both of Conway, were | in attendance upon the district meeting of I. 0. c. T. on the 2lst ult., and fa- yored the DEMOCRAT with several pleas ant calls.
 --The recent session of the Pope County Teachers Institue held at Do. yer was a very interesting and profita- ble meeting. Hereafter the Institute will meet annually instead of seml-an-