The Russellville Democrat., 1893-07-20

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 Bud Brazsr, of Yell county, had his crib and 800 bushels of corn and lot of farm tools burned Sunday night. It is eaid to be the work of an incendiary-
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 What inc country wants at this 2srticu- lar lime is wisdom on the part of congress that will put the wants of the people into laws, and not theories Times Journal.
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 TIE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT is authority for the statement tkat there has been more poll tax collected this year than ever be- fore. This is one good result and there will be others. Hope Gazette.
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 THE ARKANsAs DEMOCRATS Worlds Fair contest was the biggest thing of the season The trip for the young ladies an their chaperon will be made all that could be desired Dewitt New Era.
 The Ozark mouuiain assembly opens at Rogers this year on the l7th of August and closes on the 26th of the same month. The best talent and music have been en gagged and it promises to be an interesting occasion.
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 Hon. M L. Davis took his departure yesterday fer the Island of Trinidad, where he will enter his consular duties He car ries with him the best wishes of the whole country. Bon voyage Marcellus. --Dar danelle Post.
 They have had an election of municipal officers on Mount Nebo. Hon. H. c. Cunningham was elected mayor and MT. J. H. Blalock recorder and Capt. Joe Evins, Mir. H. c. Gibson and G. T. Spenaer elected aldermen. There are two Henry Gays in this council.
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 The K .publieans and Populites do not seem inclined, either separately or together, to furnish opposition to the Democratic nominees for chief and associate justice of the supreme court. They may do so later on, but it is hardly probable that they will.Jonesboro Times.
 Nearly all of the counties ara putting in special pleas for their favorites fir circuit judge. Our advice is, for the voters to size up the candidates and then select the man who will make the best judge, no matter from which county he may come Monticellonian.
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 The Index's prophet didn't prophecy to any appreciable xtent in the recent judicial race. But our prophet is all right; lis prophecy was only an error in date. Paste the recent prophecy in a conspicuous part of your hat and compare 1t | little later with the developments of time and politics. -Marianna Index.
 There are plenty of men who make leud professions of patriotism with their mouths but who ars so saturated with prejudice that they would be delighted if the present congress were to fail to enact any legisla- ton in the interest of the people. The Democrat hopes and believes they will be disappointed. Fayetteville Democrat.
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 THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS World Fair contest resulted in selecting Miss Lula Ward and Miss Pearl Charter, and Mrs. Mary B. Books for chaperon. The hearts of the proprietors of THE DEMOCRAT are so large they took up the two next highest, the Misses Wallace and Saynisch, and sent them along. THE DEMOCRAT never does anything by halves. n limes-Journal.
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 The Peoples Party leaders can not con sistently accuse tue Democrats of any assertion on the silver question. When the sherman act was passed, it was the boast oi the Republicans that they enacted it for the purpose of defeating free coinage. Featherston, the only member in congress the Populist have ever had from Arkansas, voted with them for the bill.-Nevada Pieayune.
 The merchants who are doing the busi- ness are advertising for it. The men who don't advertise are grumbling at hard times. while cobwebs accumulate behind their counters. DEMOCRAT. Here is B whole volume of truth con densed, and coming from newspaper that knows, and, from personal observation, we believe every word of it. The men who do the most advertising these days are the men who take in the cash. We are living in day and time when people read for themselves, and if they have any spare change on their person they will endeavor to do the best they eau with it, and if you fail to let the people know what you have some one else will.-Dss Arc Guidon.