The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27

II. c. WiIkey, the jeweler, has made the business of spectacle and eye glass fitting a special study and Is now prepared to if complicated defects Of vision on shsrt notice. He tests each eye separately and gives the required lenses necessary, in any style frame re- quired. Give him trial and If not suited it will cost you nothing.
 -BentonviIle Democrat: ". B. Johnsey was down this morning. He has been quite sick for the past few weeks, and has been unable to attend to church duties. He and his good wife will spend the most of this week in the country. We hope few days from the city will suffice to give him back his usual energy and pleasant smile.
 The law requiring railroad com panies to register on bulletin boards the arrival and departure of trains has been complied with and proves great con- venience. It was thought the new de- parture would abate the nuisance Of the lnquisitive traveller who always wanted 10 know if the train was on time, but he still flourishes and makes himself felt by asking If the bulletin is correct.
 If all reports current, concerning ] the treatment of conyicts on the coun- i ty farm in Yell county are true, an l official investigation cannot be held too l soon. AS the report goes they are ever-tasked in work, illy clothed, lily I fed, often unmercifullY whipped, and ! nights huddled, blacks and whites to- gether, in a small stockade, In which dirt and Termin abound. We trust the | reports are exaggerated, but such az we have related are in active circula-
 ton.
 i I've direct attention to the new ad-
 vertisement in this issue, of Mccarthy and Joyce, Wholesale Grocers and Cot I ton Factors, Little Rock. This firm Is 1 deservedly popular in this section and stands at the head of the leading com-
 merciai enterprises al the State capital.
 We bespeak for them liberal patron age ou the part of the business men of Pope county. Orders for groceries or l consignments of cotton will receive prompt and careful attention.
 -Loyie, the l9 year old son of Capt.
 J. ". Pound of Dsrdanslle was taken
 to Little Rock Sunday to be treated for I insanity Young Pound has been for years an inveterate user Of the deadly
 cigarette and bis malady is traceable to this habit. His condition truly pitiable 1 as it is, should serve as a timely warn- i ing to others addicted to the habit. Seeing it's dreadful effects merchant. ought to discontinue the sale of an ar
 ticle SO deleterious to health and bane- ful in ita results. And young men and boys, exercising the true spirit of
 manhood, ought to abandon forever a
 habit so utterly vile and full of danger ! Three of the four prisoners confin-
 ed in the county jail at this place es-
 capped Sunday night, and up 10 this
 writing have not been recaptured, al-
 though officers have beeu searching for
 them since early Monday morning,
 when first their escape was discovered. Through carelessness the trap door
 was left unlocked and with the aid of 6
 plank torn from the floor this door was thrown open and through 1t the escape
 was made. This is the first escap pc from this Jail, notwithstanding several bold attempts have been made. And , the prisoners now at large would be , within its walls had ordinary prudence and vigilance been observed. The prisoner who refused to leave was James Hickey accused of illegally selling whiskey. He protests his in.
 nocence and says he had nothing tc run for. The escaping ones are Wm, Hsrdcastle of Johnson county, for whiskey selling, Dock Tally, seduction
 and breach of promise, and Franci; Simon, wife beating. The latter was
 put in about l2 o'clock Sunday night by Constable Puckett, just in time to
 render efficient service doubtless ir l carrying out the plans of escape.