The Russellville Democrat., 1892-09-01


 --The fourth annual reunion of c. x 1 Browns family and connections wa: held at Pry0rs Springs, two miles eas' of Potts Station last week. MT. Browns family consisted Of six children and nineteen grandchildren. Heretofore tine meetings have been the collection Of the Brown relatives exclusively, but this year the families of Messrs Pryor and Owens joined them, increasing the crowd to eighty persons. Two barbecu- ed sheep sud two roasted pigs and many other good things made up bonntiful dinner which was enjoyed to the fullest extent by every one present. Johnson music for the occasion.
 News was received here Monday of the death of Mir. George l.. Kimbali of Dardanelle, at the residence of his broth CT in New Hampshire where he went early in the summer for the benefit of his health. He has been in failing health for year or more, consequently his death was not unexpected. The deceas- ed has been prominently identified with the history of our neighbor county for nearly half century, and in business and social relations has proven himself to be one of Gods noblest works--an upright, honest man. His remains are expected to arrive Friday for interment in the Dardanelle cemetery, accompani- ed by the grand officers of Knight Temp lars and other mystic societies of which he was a member.
 These peoples party orators are con stantly telling the people that the reason they left the two old parties was because of the corrupt practices of these old par ty leaders, and in order to purify pol- itics new organization on the ruins of the old must be built up. Some of these fellows who harangue the populace by the hour on this line are guilty of private acts which would not look well in print. Not content with all forms of low demagogy, decep- tion, fraud, villification and perjury, words are put into the mouth of a minis ter of the gospel which he is not only innocent of using, but would scorn to use under any circumstances. These things have been done right here in Pope county by as reprehensible set of reprobates as ever lived or died. They constitute, indeed, a pretty kettle of fish.
 The last congress passed an act I month to the surviving soldiers of the Creek and Black Hawk wars, the Chero- kee disturbances, and the Florida war with the Seminole Indians in 1852 to 1s42, and to the widows of deceased sol- diers. A company from this county was in the Florida war in 1886, the muster roll of which is now in the hands of Capt. J. R. H. Scott the officer command ing the company while in the field. Out of an enrolment of about 70 men, only five are known to be alive, t0-wit: Capt. J. K. H. Scott, Burrell Rushing, John W. Madox, Reuben w. Lewis and James A. Howell. Mir. Lewis is living in Tex as and Mir. Howell in California. It is supposed that these parties will make application under the law and receive the pension granted by the act.
 In one of the upper townships last week the county candidates made a special appointment for night speaking, which brought out good crowd and re- suited in clean sweep for the demo- cratic speaker. Judge Bullock spoke in behalf of the democrats, making tell ing speech as usual, during which he gave his reasons for being democrat and incidently explained why republic cans claimed to be republicans, and con- cluding he asked the Peoples party ad- vocates to tell why they espoused the cause of the populites. Mir. Brooks ca sayed the task and proceeded far enough to find that his mind was in no condi- tion to grapple with subject of such magnitude, so he excused himself and selected Mir. Bibler to finish the discus sion, but that gentleman was unprepar- ed for so weighty subject and he, too, was forced to give it up. To say that the populites present were discomfited at the plight of their leaders is putting it mildly indeed.
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 Capt. W. B. Mcdonald, formerly station agent here, and pleasantly re- membered by his legion of friends, after several months rest and recuDeration in the delightful climate of California, has gone to railroading again. He is now agent for the Great Northern Railway line, with headquarters at New Vest minister, British Columbia, one of the Canadian possessions, under the do- OI Quccn HC loiioW- ing extract from a letter recently re- ceived from him will be of interest New Westminster is the terminal point of the Great Northern system in British Columbia. The town is quite English, you know. It sounds a little strange to my ears to hear them in the churches praying for the Queen and Her Majesty's dominions. The most profita- able industry in this section of country, it seems, is smuggling opium and China men into the United States. The latter government imposes duty of $l0 pound on prepared opium {for smoking), and the Chinamen pay $50 head to be put across the line" The DEMOCRAT hopes Capt. McDonald's sojourn in the land of Canucks may be attended with the best of consequences, but not to such an extent that he shall be won away Al