Year: 1876

"A slight altercation between couple of our citizens Monday eve ming resulted in one of them getting lodging i'll the town hotel free of charge.

 We have to thank our esteemed friend Dr. G. ". Smith, of thriving Alma, for additional favors-this time fine list of new subscribers. Long may you flourish, Dr.

 --Ihere is very heavy mast throughout our county this year and if our supply of hogs was as plentiful as they should be pork would be very cheap.

 -WANTED.-Every citizen of Pope county who feels all interest in her advancement to send us dollar and half, for which we will send them the DEMOCRAT for twelve months.

 -~We beg leave to remind onr cot- ton growers that the sooner you can pick the cotton after it is open the better. Pick it out early, and don't have to expose yourselves to the bad weather ot winter to save your crop.

 -~The match game of base ball between the Atkins and Russcllville clubs last Friday resulted in vic- tory for the former club by score of 19 to 13. The playing, we under stand, was an improvement on for mer games.

 SOUR PAsTE.-A few drops of sylicilic acid, added and thoroughly mixed with fresh paste will prevent souring and keep it fresh and good for weeks. This item is worth some- thing to newspaper men who use paste in making up their mail.

 Almost every stranger who comes to our town, involuntarily exclaims, "what beautiful streets you could have with only little work" Will not our town council exhibit little enterprise in this direction now that the weather has become more pleasant?

 We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. k. NJ. Binders, of Lincoln coun- ty, in our town last Tuesday. The Doctor is looking up a location for q home, and we hope he may fancy our section of the State we'll enough to settle here or at some of our neighboring towns.

 --Hon. W. K. Miller, who is by this time Governor elect of Arkan- sas was in town last Thursday morn- ing and holored us with sociable call. Arkansas will be all right for another two years under the safe guidance of Gov. Miller's adminis- tration.

 Hon. A. W. Bishop, who was the republican nominee for Govern or, was in town last Thursday, and we enjoyed the honor of meeting him. Gen. E. is a gentleman of cul- ture and ability and we are sorry to see him on the wrong side in polit- ical matters.

 The Carlisle Prairie Flower floats the Green back Ticket-Cooper and Cary at it's masthead. So the Republi- can ticket will get the benefit of whatever influence it may have, fer every vote for the Cooper ticket is just that much loss to the Democrat ic ticket.

 We urge upon our business men d perusal of our article and the cor respondence in to-day's paper in regard to the Boone county road. And we warn them right now to go to work and take some active steps in the matter. There is much at stake and no time to lose.

 We were very much vexcd that our flag was out of pocket Monday and we had no chance to display it on election day. It was loaned on the Fourth of July and has not yet been returned. We hope to have it floating over our office on the 7th day of November-in honor of the election of Tilden & Hendricks.

 We shall next week devote suili- cient space to give an explicit notice to each of those foreign firms who advertise their business in our pa- per. The ,ason for active business is almost at hand and we ask of our merchants that they bestow their patronage upon those foreign firms whom we shall notice as advertisers next week.

 The calaboosc door was prised off by parties from the outside and the offender who was confined therein last Monday night released. This has got to be so common that it seems to us the Marshall would do well to take some precaution against it by placing guard on duty with instructions to either cap ture these accomplices or fill their hides full of shot.

 MT. Jerry Fisher, of Fisher