The Van Buren press., 1869-10-26


WlLbIAM B0WLiN. ~ candidate for I'll
Office of City Constable. at the election o
tsr.y asse.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
From Sir' f7ScH,. who has Just re re
N,rncd from the East and Who spent sey
efal dayys az I.iti.e Rock, we have tn
gratifying assarance that the work Of
isisD Road is being pushed forward viii
III 'dispatShs .Mr L. passed over ii,
Whole Work in progress, and being a cen
t,cman well verscd IN Railroad matters
haspSsks ffhnfh knoaleigc ,thStis salts
fSeltpEsy c,ihpse net posted in these mat
trrs. Wc,learasthat threehWldrcd hands
are s&lrcadvl e,nplpyed on thesRoal and
about three miles Of it Il ready f5r7 thc
iga Ef9ss ;iss. casiisl Tor feli ei, niles NE OF
the Read are now ready to be sppt down,
aid those fi,rlthe next ten miles will. be
onthe work when rea,tired Thesentcrl
prfsig parry CnAs c. Rrrp, Jr, who
has contracted to furnish cross ties fol
the first, twenty miles Of the Road, has
Just received frpm ST. Louis a splendid
new Saw Mill, with seventy horse power
engine, which willl be ready by the r2tl
To commence making cross7ties AosH o,
the thousands of logs which have afready
bcep cut and are waiting to be saved,
Messrs. RUDp 4 DEcKER, of the South
West Branch Of the Pacific Railroad, have
ciutractedto TO bmld.the first twenty miles
df e..Road by the first day Of April
kskt bpt, win probably coinplete itby
EAbrursy, and promise to build the whole
Raall through tooYau Buren and Fort
Smith within two years. if the contract
shais Be awarded TO, them on the 10th Of
this month, the day tits advertised to b
let They agree to put five hundred of the
hands,swho, arc already in their employ
orths work by the 18th of thismonth
and take what are now employed and the
five hundred party in Chicago have
agreed to furnieh--ono hundred aud sev
enty;tive Of. whom arrived before Mr.
L,Acp let Little Rock. And have alse
advertised for as many more Tools fol
Athousand. men IRE already on the linz
aht az many more will be brought there
this month by the contractors. l., siV
hna 40 SeT 5TT-yTy 100 1ET H9s.bsN
= orS Hamilton County, 0hie, elected {
fusion 5tcket1-half Democrats and hsf
Republicans, over The regular Republican
ticket, at the late. election, by large ina
jority. The Commercial and Gazette
bathlRspqbiicAp,a say that il there ha,
pssp 4 straight out Democratic ticket, i
rvphls ,hsyea been elected too, but TIL
AYqsirse says ri4a. hlg aiiioi ~
OF Now,sthe Democracy are very wcllsat
ished with their days work in ooh
Hamilton. y They gave Mr.. Pendletol
psarN 1,500, majority, Yhieh was a4ai'
6f3. 800 on the last Governors election
In other Words tllc whole majority b
Hayes swaa swept away in this county
This and the election of the entire ticke
County and lcgislative) will answer yer.
NaJlea ono 4 /" eyss nf5a tnne 4 sA
edj u, sy-rTt---1--s~r-er>>7-- Trs7r--si1ia sd
,bN Tie Van Buren, Press has it that DI
Lsl whiteswcnt to Little Rock from tha
aaacs tol represent Crawford Coanty j
thn ipgnss Republican Convention to b
heldtllsre o Ii0wjs that Doctor !---Era.
The Nep Era for further lnf,rmatio
is referred to the proceedings Of the cor
vehtioh. s1And,'"by the Way, is the D,
political conscience keeper Of The Repul
licans of Arkansas? !? 'If so, the Doctc
VIII, probably give IN accomt of'hiu
sSlf, and on bepded knees, ask to, be re
stored to the, bosom of Mr., Dell. Blu
what says the Era, to Gov CLARION
bomb. she'll, dropped. At the serenade II
other night? Let us hear from you
Toe the mark. Under which king!
a 10 sacA s1Ai l1l.. nI9ls3N q VIA
Il. EsF7Jf fstietrNF 40 iueDl9ll in3..
&, EH- Gen. JoHN EDw ARDS of TT. Smitl
passed up on Saturday. Heswas Pres
dent of'tiic Liberal Republican State Cor
ventioit, held at Little Rock on the 1871
and reports the best Of feeling through
out the entire proceedings, Gov, Cla,
Soni is Represented as being in sentimep
jn harmony with the platform of th
lCopysntion. ~ Esaaeoi ga lam '1a9'
10 Tie late hour we received the proceed