The Russellville Democrat., 1890-09-11

R. NJ. Oates & Co. is the name and style of new merchautile firm to be 1 established here this fall. Messrs. K. M. Oates, Willie l.. Oates and R. F. Tucker are the members of the firm. They have rented she Shinn store- house on Maine street, now occupied by s. R. Judd which they will occupy for the present. R. NJ. Oates is now in St. Louis buying goods and the new store will be opened tor business in a short time. The firm is strong one and will doubtless succeed.
 Having bought out the interest of my partners, and taken in my brother. Capt. J. W. Russell, as a full partner in the business, we trust to have the continued patronage of all our former friends and customers, and as many new ones as feel disposed to give us a share of their trade, assuring one and all that we will do our best to make 1t to their interest to do their business with us, and we hope, by fair dealing and close prices to merit continuance of your patronage.
 T. J. RUSSELL & BRO.
 --Messrs. W. $. and c. W. Bowden of Valley township, accompanied by thelr families. left this week for Brown county, Texas, where they expect to locate. In giving up these excellent families it can truly be said that Pope county's loss is Brown county's gain. for no truer citizens or worthier pao- pie live in any community than they. The joins their many friends in wishing them unbounded success in their new home, and hope that when they have amassed competency there they will come back to Pope to enjoy it.
 Last Friday while Mir. Perry Rem frow was walking on the dilaDidated sidewalk on Russell street loose plank tripped him and caused him to fall with such force as to break rib on his right side and other wise injure him. We have repeatedly called at- tention to the condition of many of our side- walks and admonished the author ties to have them fixed up, but they pay no attention to the admonition. A suit for broken leg, an arm or neck might bring them to realization that pedestrians had some rights they were bound to respect.
 Col. Miller. Chief Engineer in charge of the surveying corps locating the Springfield railroad arrived in town last week and established headquar- ters at the White Hotel. Like all prac- tical, earnest railroad men he is very reticent, and carefully avoids falling into the clutches of newspaper inter- viewer. We have ascertained enough, however, to state positively that most practicable route across the mountain has been found, one that will render the boring of tunnel unnecessary, thus lessening the expense of building the road millions of ollars. Col. Mill Ter is making careful memoranda of the route and resources of the country. He is loud in his praises of the people of this county for their uniform kind- ness and willingness to give all infor- nation in their power. The party Is composed of clever gentlemen, all of hom have made very favorable im- pression upon our people. It Is believ- ed that there is no doubt of the ulti- mate building of this road and that it will be built on the line now being To- cated.
 The Peoples Vindicator, the union labor organ started here three months ago with the view of breaking up the democratic party. is a corpse. It sig nally failed in it's mission and there wa. nothing left for it to do but to give up the ghost which it did with a feeble groan last Saturday morning. The mourners are the alleged editor, his republican assistants, the stock holders who put up the cash, the sub- scribers who didn't get their moneys worth and the hired man whose pom posity was so greatly fiattered by hay ing the local page placed in his charge that he throttled the bantling before it got old enough to leave off its swad- ding clothes. Perhaps in the history of journalism there has never been a more notable misnomer than this same Vindicator. If it has ever vindicated anybody or anything the time, place and circumstance has escaped public observation. Its party was not vindi- cated; neither was it's ''little giant" nor Birmingham or Chambers, nor its editor or his assistants, nor the hired man. As vindicator of anything it proved a dismal failure.