Year: 1875

as nice as De Laines.

 -Ho! for cold weather-those new overcoats at Shinn's are just the thing. Go and see them and purchase before they are picked over and the choice ones all gob- hled up.

 The new store house of Mir. Shinn, corner of Main and River, is ready for the roof and it really presents a splendid appearance. The cornice work is handsome and shows excellent taste in the contractor, Mir. Robt Mckay.

 Many of our farmer friends have made their own tobacco this year, and we learn that it is ex- ce!lent. This is right. We be- lieye it could be made profitable to grow and manufacture tobacco here.

 See here. There is no use talking; Shinn has actually the incest and cheapest and largest lot of ready ymade clothing-just received and opened Saturday. that we have ever seen in Pope county.

 Owing to the large amount of freight which had accumulated at this place, there was an extra freight sent up Sunday to move some of the wheat and cotton. The building was literally break ing down with the weight.

 Have you read the History of the Sewing Machine? It is pub. lished in pamphlet form, and gives q very interesting account of the invention, and sketches of the life of Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor. It can be had free of charge by sending for circular. See adver- tisement.

 There was another railroad accident last Wednesday, some of the new box cars jumping the track this side of Conway as the tram went down. We were pain ed to learn that Capt. J. H. Han ey, of Little Rock, was painfully, but not dangerously injured.

 MAILS MIssED.-Wlthin the past week we have failed on two days to get our Little Rock mail, and we hear drunkenness of the mail agent on the It. Smith road alleged as the cause. We trust this matter will be investigated and if such is really the case, that sober, responsible agent will be substituted.

 -John Litton, the horsethief, who was arrested in this place, some three or four weeks ago, was found drowned dead in the lake about a mlle from Dover. The party from whom he stole the mule had started back to Searcy county with him, and nothing further had been heard from them until Litten's body was found in the lake.

 A W ORD TO OUR MERCHANTS. - When a drummer comes into your house, the first thing you do, go and look at your DEMOCRAT, and see if his house is represented in our advertising columns; if it is, It is all right, and the house will do to trade with, and if you need any goods give their representa- tive your order. But if it is not, just let that drummer go by. His house MAY be all right, but if they don't think enough of your trade to patronize your paper, you had better have no dealings with them.

 After we had gone to press last week we received a poster announcing grand mass meeting of Patsons of Husbandry at Mable Vale on the 18th inst.-to- day. We regret that we did not receive the notice in time to give the meeting q notice in our last, so that our granger friends might have timely notice. We tender thanks to Mir. E. D. Boyd for polite invitation to attend, and regret very much that circumstan- ces forbid us being present.

 Owing to some irregularity or misunderstanding about the appointment of Judges to hold the election last Saturday for Mayor. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. 5. Erwin,