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Year: 1879

The aggregate vote is the largest ever boiled in the County, and the people now having spoken out so fully on the matter, we presume there will be general and cheerful acquiescence in the result.

 30 far as we are concerned, and in speaking for ourselves, we believe we reflect the unanimous sentiment of the Russellville people, we are en- tirely satisfied to yield to the ex- pressed will of the majority of the voters of our county.

 We made far, open fight for the location of the County Seat at our town, scrupulously avoiding all mis- representations, and earnestly en- deavoring to have every voter cast his vote in the matter intelligently. We have been defeated so far as the location of the Couh- ty seat at Russellville is concerned, and we are satisfied to let the ma joritY have it as they want it. If voters have allowed themselves to be deceived, and have cast their ballots for a location which they will here after regret, they will have to stand it. We did all we could to keep the eyes of the people open, to point out their true interests to them, and to have q fair. free election. If, there fore, it should turn out that the peo- pie awaken up to the fact that they have made mistake, that they have been deceived and misled, we shall feel clear and easy in our consclence,

 We have done our duty to the peo- pie; the people have exercised their privilege In locating the County Seat at q point in the extreme Southeast ern corner of the County, and we are satisfied.
Year: 1879

tion than at any previous time. New districts are being formed h all the counties and real genuine interest is being manifested in the cause. Every newspaper in the State is an earnest advocate of good public schools.

 The crop prospect for the present year is reported good all over the State.

 Honest, industrious immigrants from any quarter of the Union--of any nationality, or of whatever polit- ical or religious complexion they may be, will be heartily welcomed.

 Capital invested iE lands or in manufacturing enterprises in our State will pay three, four or five times as much profit on the invest ment as it will if it should be in- vested in per cent. U. s. Bonds.

 When you want to find new home in new and prospering coun- try come to Arkansas. Ship to Little Rock and then come 75 miles up the Fort Smith railroad and get off at Russellville. Call at the DEM oCRAT office, and we will do all we can to give you full information in regard to our country, our lands, &c.

 If you want to get correct idea of Arkansas and Arkansas doings subscribe for and read the RUSSELL VILE DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1879

-One of our State exchanges (wc beg pardon of the paper which should have the credit, for forgetting the name of the paper from which we clipped the Item ), makes the fol. lowing creditable mention of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company.

 "Tho Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway Company paid this year $l100O in currency for taxes. This was heavy burden on the company in the present state of business. The company also spent $l10,000 during the past year in ropalrs and i'm proycmcnts on their road. In solid ity and safety 1t is equal to the best eastern road"
Year: 1879

There is serious talk of con structing a railroad from Little Rock Co Dardanello. on the south side of thc river. Would it not be better Co build a road from Russell. vile to Dardcncile?

 It strikes us very forcibly that there is a grea: deal of sound bus mess sense about that remark. Why build 70 miles of road where rail communication can be had by building four miles of road. If Lit tlc Rock has capital to invest in a raiirood and wants to put it where it will do the most good, we can tell them just where to strike, Co wit build a road from some point on the line of the Ft. Smith road to Harrison, Boone County. This would tap a section of Country of vast resources and would make Lit tle Rocks trade and trafic boom as nothing else will do. At least that Is the way it looks to us.
Year: 1879

We give it as our deliberate opin. ion that about ninety nine one hun dredthsi of ali the talk and blarncy and bluster about the great silver and other mineral discoveries iu different parts of the State is pure bosh-simply fox fire and nothing else.
Year: 1879

slow his faith by has works, he in- tends to furnish a large part of the capital for the establishment of Q Re publican daily in Little Rock, about the first of September He says the Republicans of Arkansas need first class daily aad he is determined they shall have one. He is an active energetic and capable man, and we hope Co sec him again Tn the public life oi this country before long.
Year: 1879

UNFoRTUNATELY, the wires are
down on the route between Hat Creek
and Fort Robinson, hence no news has
been received lately from the Cheyenne
Indians or the pursuing troops. A
rumor was current here yesterday,
which wore the air of plausibility if
not of authority, to the effect that the
savages had escaped from the corral
formed by the troops. When the tele-
graph line is repaired big installment
of interesting news will be forthcom-
ing.
Year: 1879

BEN BUTLER will spread himself
this morning against the project of
investigating the cipher kilograms. As
Ben represents no party in the house it
will be interesting to note his influence
and following.
Year: 1879

eployed. and Colonel Lanyon's hands arc sadly tied
forwant of the military assistance he should be able
to command The taxes cannot be enforced in the ap
sence of permanent police which the couutry istoo
young as yet to have established, and the law has
been utterly deaed in one or two instances by per-
sons who have not scruped to state in open court
that they will not obey British rule. because they
do not believe it is or will be paramount" "The
Dutch in the Free State and the Transvaal take no
pains to disguise contempt for the English army
and" says Truth. 'unless the extreme ofensiyeness
o. their tone is moderated by recent events there Is
good ground for anticipating future trouble in that
quarter They boastfully recall how less than 900
of their people marched right through Zuluiand IN
1888 and imposed their own terms at the Kings
kraal.
Year: 1879




The Democratic politicians of the East
are discussing the advantages and other
wise of q large number OF cities with
respect to the scene of the next Democrat
ic national convention. Mr. Hewitt.
chairman of the national committee, is 10
receipt of many letters from all parts of
the country. urging the claims OF various
cities for the honor. Even Richmond and
Charleston want the convention, but they
are not likely to get it. There are many
politicians here who would not be sur
prIsed if the convention was held in New
York city. It is understood that the ma
iority of the committee is espouseu to the
TIlden interest, and the Tilden politicians
in the East are said TO be 10 favor of New
York. If their wishes cannot prevail.
they will accept either Louisville. Cincin-
cinnati or Pittsburg as an agreeable alter
native. The Tammauy hall faction is
bitterly opposed to holding the convention
in New York city. It is said that John
Kelly prefers central point for the con-
clave, and would have no objection TO
Chicago. He is decidedly opposed to ST.
Louis, as he thinks the precedent of defeat
sustained in that city four years ago would
be slight point against the anti Tildenites
in the coming convention. His faction
will interpose no objection if Philadelphis |
Or Baltimore is selected, as the Democratic |
atmosphere 10 those cities is believed to
be very coDgenial to Bayard, who is Kelly's |
first choice for president
Year: 1879

No use of having the chiiis, no use oi
headache, or any of the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-wil
relieve the system and make you feel like
= new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

On Sunday morning tho window of tho shoe
store Of Mr. T. s. Gartrcll, corner of Seventh
and l Streets was broken in and shoes to
tho value Of $25 or $50 were taken
from the window aud carried away.
The same operation was performed upon the
same window on tho preceding Sunday morn.
ing March 23) and goods Of about the same
value taken. The private watchman upon the
square says he saw three suspicious persons on
the corner last Sunday morning and followed
them to the corner of Seventh aud ii streets
but heard no noise indicating the robbery,
which was only discovered when Mr. Gartrcll
went to his store at ninc o'clock on Sunday
morning. Tho police OH the beat report that
they saw nothing to indicate that robbery
had been committed.
Year: 1879

ceeds himseli-though I'm not officially
informed in the matter"


"Will Ewing win?'


al hope so, but have my serious
doubts. Hard money Democrats will
do all in their power to defeat him."


"Now, sir, il I'm not intruding with
in the sacred precincts OF forbidden
ground, where mOdesty in spOtless garb
in sweet retirement reigns, would like
to inquire who in the next Legislature
will be Speaker of the Third House,


81 am quite at liberty, sir, to answer.
Ny impression now is that the next
Third House will consist largely OF the
First House, at last session, in which
case Chap. Stewart will undoubtedly be
its Speaker. And may add, the repu-
tation Of the Third House will suffer,
and fear its dissolution may follow
hard on its organization.


Here we both stopped to draw silent
tear over the uncertainty OF political
fame, and when wiped away my tear
Charley was gone. SALATHIEL.
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, June ga collision oc-
Cured tonight on the Metropolitan
Elevated railway at Franklin street sta
ton in West Broadway. The uptown
train was delayed there for short time
and another train ran into it, The hind
carriage of the first train and the engine
OF the second train were badly wrecked.
The fireman on the last train received a
compound fractured leg, which will ne
cessitate amputation. No other person
was injured. The engineer OF the last
train says he applied the brake but il
would not work. .. .....
Year: 1879

ZANEsvILLE, o., June 23.-It is gener-
ally conceded by the farmers OF this
county that the crops will be a complete
failure. Hay is now very high, and will
be short fully two-thirds OF last year.
One farmer says that he will have only
fifty tons where he had two hundred
last year.


The wheat is in a very bad state, and,
although some has been cut in one lo-
cality, is suffering from rust.


Corn is scarcely out OF the ground,
but may recover from the drought.
Year: 1879

The President is called upon to give
his affirmative approval to positive en-
actments which, in effect, deprive him
of ordinary and necessary means OF ex-
ecuting the laws still left on the statute
book, and embraced within his consti-
tutional duty to see that the laws are
executed. II he approves the bill and
gives to such positive enactments the
authority OF law, he participates in
the curtailment of his means OF seeing
that the law is faithfully executed while
the obligation of the law and
of his constitutional duty remains
unimpaired. The appointment OF
special deputy marshals is not made by
statute a spontaneous act of authority
on the part of any executive or judicial
officer OF the government, but is accord
ed as a popular: right of citizens to call
into operation this agency for securing
the freedom OF elections in any city or
town having 10000 inhabitants or up
wards. Section 202l of the revised
statutes puts it in the power Of any two
citizens OF such city or town to require OF
Year: 1879

how IT HAS REVIVED IN WILMINGTON


AND is NOW BOOMING.


A GAZETTE reporter talked with Mr.
Baird of the well-known morocco firm
of Charles Baird & Co., for few min
utes about the present condition of the
morocco trade in this city and its filrtl-
er prospects. From this talk he learned
that the present state of affairs in that
particular branch was of very pleasant
nature. All the firms running at all are
busy and are making,not only over time,
but are occupied to nearly their full ca
pacity. There is quite demand for fin
ished stock and prices are much better
than during the spring and summer.
The only drawback the business is hav
ing at pre- ent is the recent rise in the
price of raw material, which is OCCASION
ed by a scarcity. Mr.. Baird said that
the great increase could not be better il
lustrated than by comparison Of the
work done with that being done four or
five months ago. On June 9Th the GA
zETTE published statement of the bus
mess in which roseate picture " as Civ
ell from some OF the manufacturers, and
four hundred and ninety dozens OF skins
per day were reported as being used up
daily by the eleven firms. "Now," said
MIR. Baird, there is great improvement
over that and the number OF dozens used
daily cannot be less than five hundred
and fifty. In last April, the number
was ABOUT four hundred. do not think
there is the least probability of the trade
Stacking any more for long time"
Year: 1879

The city tax collectors find it hard
mater to collect the taxes now, and
the money will roll in very slowly un-
til next July. Yesterday morocco
dresser IT fused to pay his taxes and was
arrested. He paid then, and had to pay
cost also,
Year: 1879

The attention of General Grant was
called this afternoon to the statement
printed in the Tribune to the effect that
he had an important message to deliver
to the United States. The General said
81 have no special message to deliver
to the people of the United States in
Chicago or else sewhere."
Year: 1879

Without any warrant being issued or any COM
plant made before magistrate respectable looking
woman. named Mrs. OBrien, of No. "a River street,
Newark, arrested there yesterday and locked up
in a cell on suspicion of being an mpostor. She
had ap piled at the soup house for relief. The super
intendept heard she well of, had several barrels
of flour i'll her house and husband earning good
wages. On this mere hearsay evidence he had the
Otto heard of the case and had the woman brought
before him. With tears i'll her eyes and showing
every evidence of being deeply humiliated Mrs.
OBricn stated TO the magistrate that nothing but the
hardest necessity drove her to the soup house Her
husband was present and stated that all he had
earned since October SO 50 He said it cut
his PRIDE as respectable mechanic. to be compelled
let wife go aud beg SOUP but he had tried and
tried in vain to obtain employment. Mrs. OBrien
was promptly discharged.
Year: 1879

oficer schrofr. OF the Eighteenth precinct. was
called to account by the Police Board yesterday for
denying information about u TO hts superior
officer, Captain Clnchy. Schrof will be remem-


bercd the sphinx-like Official who found
newly born child in front OF No. 1875
East Sixteenth street. which. rumor had it. was
tho offspring of woman who had been
carried away from the place n coach. ,Circum-
stances OF most mysterious nature were associated
with the occurrence and the officer affected be
familiar with them, he was questioned by his supe-
rior. He stoutly declined telling anything and
clearly had made up his mind to work up the
himself and divide the honors with no The
Board, however, did not signify approval OF this
Year: 1879

Judge Choate in the United States District Court.
gave decision yesterday in the suit of the United
States VS.. Mcssrs. Bernhard Il Hutton. denying the
motion Of the defendants for q mandamus against
the Collector to allow the inspection OF certain Gus
tom House papers. The suit is brought to recover
duties on imported goods, which are supposed to
have been paid by Robert Pedrick the Custom House
clerk of the Arm, but which it is now understood
that he appropriated himself though the withdrawal
entries at the Custom House appeared correct That
there might be interruption in their business
Mcssrs. Bernhard & Hutton deposited $1os.O00
with the government, pending the result of
the suit. still claiming that Pedrick had paid the
duties the defendants asked to the Custom House
papers in the matter. This refused by the Col
lector. on the ground that this would be violation
of a regulation of the Treasury Department. In his
decision given yesterday Judge Choate holds that
somc OF the papers in the Custom House are, not
withstanding their deposit the personal property Of
the merchant. as for instance, invoices which he
receives from his foreign correspondents and which
constitute his proper and original paper, title
Of title to the goods that considering the
claim as made on their behalf defendants in this
suit the Collector was not under any obligation to
comply with III that the Collector justified in
refusing all applications to papers by counsel for
use in suit which does not conform to the regula
lions Of the Treasury Department.
Year: 1879

General Josiah Dixon, an old and
respected citizen who came here some
years ago from Virginia, and was for a
considerable period connected with
the house Of Grubbs & Austin, cloth.
iers, was Frustrated by the heat about
q o'clock to-day on Main street. He
was discovered to be in fainting con-
dition in front Of Mansfelds drug
store by policeman Jenny, who assisted
him into the store and afterward into
a street car to go to his residence at
ll3 Vance street He had a high
fever and could scarcely speak at the
time he was placed in the car. He is
Year: 1879

ST Lotus, July Sit begins to look
as though the present hot spell will, if
Il continues much longer, prove as
disastrous to the eity's health as the
week OF extraordinary heat last year,
every day Of which counted its fatal
eases of sunStroke by the score. To
day the thermometer recorded 9S0 in
the shade, and this evening, an hour
after sundown 930 was the. figure. A
stiff breeze was blowing all day long,
aud this accounts for the fact that only
four cases Of sunstroke occurred


With one exception they were not
very serious. The exception, however,
is very defined case, and the sufferer
will die before morning. The board
of health staff are fully organized for
a siege and unless the weather mode
rates In a day or two, there IL no doubt
die scenes Of last year at the City Hall,
when that building was turned into
. sunstroke hospital, will be repeated,
Year: 1879

A writer on Australian life relates
the following story in the Boston Com
mercial Bulletin One evening on
return of the miners to camp there
was terrible Outery from one of the
tents. Scores of miners rushed in a
body to the place whence the cry
issued, and found a miner bending over
his mate, who had been sick and not
gone out that day. The sick man was
dead with dagger in his heart, and
the box on which he lay for bed
showed evidence of having been
broken open and rihed of its contents.
The body was still warm. showing
that the deed had but recently been
perpetrated. The miners Immediately
scattered in pursuit of the murderer
or murderers. An hour later man
was brought in-one of the most vii
lainous-looking characters | ever
beheld. His pockets were filed with
gold, which was identified by the sur
viving mate as the property of himself
and his dead comrade.


There was no mistake about the
matter, The bags in which the dust
was contained were marked with the
joint names Of the mates, and the
nuggets the surviving mate swore to.
This was sufficient to establish the
guilt Of the accused, Some were for
hanging him on the spot, but the law
abiding portion of the community,
being in the majority, insisted upon
his having a fair trial. He was re-
manded for the night and guard
placed over him.


Next morning he was missing. How
he had eluded the guards they knew
not, but that he had escaped there
could be no doubt. What was worse,
he had carried off the gold with him,
which had been placed in safe keeping
in the prison with him.


1t was deemed idle to pursue him,
but description of the murderer was
drawn up and circulated and reward
offered for his capture, dead or alive
| A week passed away without any It'd.
Iings being heard of the fugitive. Al
the end of that time a native came
into the camp, and leaving letter fol
the presiding magistrate, disappeared
as suddenly as he came. The letter
was curt, but was to the point:


Mr.. Magistrate-Jem Bell (thC
murdered man) was once matey mine
| He was a good man. You will Gnt
| Bill Crimes, his murderer, at the head
of Dead Horse Gully. | have kept
the gold for the reward.


KANGAROO BILL,


Captain of the Bushrangers.


A party of miners Immediately pro.
ceeded to the locality described, ex,
pecting to fud the murderer fastened
to tree or rock. What was theil
horror on approaching the place tC
find nothing but feshless skeleton
every bone picked clean until il
| glistened like ivory in the sun. The
bushrangers had robbed the murderer
and then driving stakes into the
ground they had fastened him, back
down, to an ant hill. The ants O
| Victoria are as yoracious as death
The murderer had been eaten alive
Year: 1879

Protecting the Assassin Of Porter
New Orleans Timesl


The opening chapter of the trial of
James Currie at Marshall, Texas, is
not by any means reassurring. 1t de-
velOps no formidable line of defense !;
on the contrary, there is scarcely
serious affectation of having any de-
iense at all but it is only too apparent
that to the pitiful pretext set up BY
Currie' attorney the court is ready to
listen and defer. The murder for
which James Ourrie is arraigned-the
most brutal and unprovoked within
our recollectiOn-was committed about
six months ago. The murderer mas
had the most liberal allowance of time
in which to prepare for the ordeal, yet,
now that the case is at last called, his
lawyers put in claim for postpone
ment on the ground that they are able
to prove that Currie was provoked
into numbering Porter and trying to
murder Barrymore, but that their
witnesses are absent. Of course, this
plea is transparent, but, though the
prosecution produced affidavits to
show that no one, excepting certain
specified persons, was present, the
court sustained it and the postpone
ment was ordered. The plan is un-
mistakable. 1t is to weary out the
prosecution, disgust witnesses like
Barrymore, who have to travel two or
three thousand miles every time the
case is called, and finally to pull
Currie through by sheer force of time
and trickery. This sort of a campaign
cannot be followed out except through
the courts sympathy sustained by
public sentiment, and we shall now
have all opportunity Of seeing how
much sincerity there was in that glow
ing proclamation sent forth by the
citizens of Marshall last winter, prom
ising the world that Currie should
be promptly and fairly tried, and
that the law should be vindicated
and civilization upheld. 1t is certain
" a remarkable coincidence that all
Ave of these phantom witnesses who
are to prove that Currie was goaded
aud brow-beaten into committing
murder are "absent" at this particular
time. They were absent" also, it
will be remembered, at the coroner's s
inquest and at all the preliminary pro-
ceedings Indeed, it seems reasonable
to infer that they have always been
absent from Marshall, for no one ever
heard of them before, and no one
seems likely to see them ever. To be
sure, they will do as well as more sub


stantial witnesses, with complaisant
judge thrown in, but it remains to be
seen whether the community of Mar
shall can afford to sanction juggling
by which the most ruflianly murderer
of the generation is to be turned loose
again upon society.
Year: 1879

Nashville American, Sth.l


When the active opponents of the
50-4 compromise made their appoint
ments to address the people, they
fancied they would have the field to
themselves, as the friends Of the set
tlement had then taken no active
steps toward organized action; but in
almost every case the obstructionists
have been met and vanquisned on the
stump. The canvass, from now until
the question is settled at the polls,
next month, promises to be warm
one, and the people will have an op-
portunity of hearing a class of men
altogether different from those who
seek to mislead them.


We publish below two patriotic let
ters from Judges Freeman and Tur-
ney, which are direct and to the point
These men are quiet, retiring, able
men, but they are men of information
and convictions and, moreover, of
practical sense. Such advice is valu-
ahla