The Russellville Democrat., 1893-03-02
Happenings Round About.

The Coal Hill post office pays $700 and there are only l l candidates for it.
 Col. Terry has requested that elections be held at Ozark and Lamar for post master.
 George Black of RusselIville bought 1S6 bales of cotton at Lamar last week the deal aggregating about $75Oo
 MT. Will Hayden has bought the tele- phone line from Dardanelle, and is. put ing the line in first class condition.
 It is probable the postmastership for Ozark will be settled by primary cleo flee.
 In the Clarksville postofiice election last Saturday Candidate J. NJ. Davis dis tanced his seven competitors by good plurality.
 The contract has been let to build \ new court house at Conway, Faulkner county to cost $24G00 Local builders secured the job.
 At Coal Hill freight car was wreck ed spilling 800 bushels of wheat on the ground. The railroad company decided not to take it up and the people helped themselves.
 At Atkins last Saturday NJ. Blanton was tried in the Examining Court on a charge of arson, for burning a barn be- longing to Rev. T. J. Webb. He was held to await the action of the Pope County Grand Jury.
 Atkins Mail: D. R. Burris, the accom- modating drug clerk at Dr. J M. Yam dell's drug store, is now a full fledged pharmacist, having passed the satisfac- tory examination and received his eer- tificate. Success to you young man Iii your chosen business.
 The Herald-Journal learns that it is reported that the l.. R. & Ft. $. By will take off the two local passengers now running in the day time and allow the freight trains to do the local passenger traffic when the new law goes into effect compelling freight trains to carry pas sengers.
 The Yell circuit court adjourned Sat urday. Two poor unfortunates were sent to the penitentiary. John l.. Scroggins, for horse stealing, was sent up for five years, and John Smother, for grand larceny, one year. He stole $ll5 in cash from Paul McIIall on the 10th inst, was indicted the same day, and tried, convicted and on the way to the penitentiary i'll less than week.
 Daniel W. Flames, an old citizen of Yell county, died at his residence near Chickalah. Friday and was buried Sat urday with Masonic honors. He came to this state from South Carolina forty five years ago, and settled the place where he died. He was abont 65 years old and left family He was an ex- Confederate soldier, q mason and mem Der of the M. E. church, south.
 Dartianelle Post Mir. Walter Me- Anally's two little children were play ing about the room and the eldest got hold of box of calomel tablets and pro- ceeded to play doctor with tho baby and succeeded in giving it nineof the tablets. As matter of course the little thing was deathly sick but applications of stimu- lants soon brought 1t around. 1t will hardly need any more calomel this sum mer.
 Morrilton Headlight: It seems we were little previous in announcing last week that the postoffice applicants would submit their claims to a primary elec- ton. 1t seems the chairman of the dem- ocratic county central committee refus- es to call primary unless all the eandi- dates are in favor of it, and there does not seem to he a unaniInity of feeling among them on the subject. It is prob able that no election will be held.