Year: 1878



 --Juge Mansfield passed through town Monday on his way to Yell coun- ty to hold Circuit Court for the Darda- nelle District.

 Mir. J. A. Moseley is of on pleas urc trip to the Sulphur Springs at Searcy. We wish him gala time and safe return to home and friends.

 This is the way one of our gallant town officers writes note to hts girl:

 "At 6 o'clock this evening. as twi- light gently falls on field and lawn, and causes halo of beauty to cluster around fair maidens' br0ws, if agreed ble to you, would be highly pleased to have your company for &c."

 At the saloon of Mir. w. 0. Rogers may be seen specimen of the building stone from the Mill Creek quarry which is positively as fine as we have almost eyer seen. It Is of a very pretty brown color, is soft enough to work easy and admits of beautiful finish.

 The question Is now before tho peo- pie whether they will take nice, clean, safe and substantial Court house at Russellville FREE of cost, OR BE TAXED to have the old dingy, rickety concern at Dover patched up again to use for a little while until another storm comes along and again 1emolishes it.

 LET EVERY MAN GO TO THE PoLLs.-a It is altogether probable that before another general election after the one just at hand the basis of representation may be changed, not only for State but also for Congressional purposes. The representation Pope county will then get will depend entirely upon tho vote she casts Ut the election on the 2nd proximo. Hence the necessity of every elector in the county going to the polls and voting. Let us v0.e our entire strength and thus preserve our influ-, ence and status in the politics of the State. -

 --The steam ferry-boat now running between Norristown and Dardanelle is one of the very best and most commo- aious in the Arkansas River. Entirely new throughout, clean, safe, and care fully managed It will now be . pleasure instead of bore to cross the river st this point. Messrs. Evins & Shinn, the contemplating proprietors, deserve the thanks of the traveling public for this splendid new boat affording such ample and satisfactory acconlmo1ati0n to those wishing t0 cross the river.

 --we call special attention ts the proclamation of Mayor Battenaeld In fo-day's pnver. The action taken is wise and tlmsly, and 1t Is to be devout- ly hoped that our citixeils will pay strict regerd to the suggestions for the cleanliness of tlsc town, Sanitary mea surcs tO rxavExr the disease here is our only safety, Tor if we should once get 1t amongst us we would be In a far morv hopeless condition than those in the cltics where tlzefc are phy- sicians and nurses skilled in the treat ment of the disease.

 Truly the mysteries ef politics are to the uninitiated) beyond fathoniing. Who, for instance. would have thought that our good-looking young friend, Mir. Will Mourning, Of Atkins, could have defeated the old war horse, Judge Bayliss. at the Liberty township pre- cinct? Or who would have thought that our gallant friend McCracken, of Liberty township, could have defeated both the wide-awake gentlemen, How ell and Russell, in Wilson township, where such influential gentlemen as Embry was for Howell and Darr for Russell? Or who would have thought that our good old friend Judge Caleb Davis would have swept Liberty town ship by such . tremendous majority over the sage and dignified Reynolds, of Wilson township, the avowed cham pion of the north end of the county Verify, verify, politics makes strange bcd-fellows.

 -CLosE RUBBING.--If the County Seat Is voted to Russellyille on the sec ond day of next month at all, 1t Is going to be by very close rubbing. Those who are in favor of 1t remaining where 1t is and having the County Court at It's October term levy tax to repair the old house are working like beavers, and 1t will take the vote of every man who is in favor of removal to defeat them. If the people of the county want to escape the tax and accept tho donation of Court house at Russall- vile FREE, 1t will take the vote of every man in the county who is in favor of the change to secure that end. If just one man who favors the change stays away from the polls, we may be defeated. If we are defeated we may look out for a Court house tax for the next five years.

 MAKE THE ROADs GOOD BEroRE BAD wEArIiER.-We trust our road ovcrscers will take warning by the fearful condition Of our roads last winter, and make our roads good before the bad weather and the active hauling season commences. Last winter just at the time our farm-