The Van Buren press., 1872-05-14
PHILASDER PHrLMoNT,


some strength.
PnILANDER PHiLMoNT.
Mr.. EDToR:-
Farmers are busy, and so far successful; l |
question If the Counties of Crawford, Frank !
lin and johnson, have ut any time, made q
better show Of agriculture than now. /
should say the proportion Of colored laborcrs,
is about one-tehth in these Counties, New
farms, new fences about old farms, bitches,
new residences everywhere greet the eye,
and tell on the thrift of these Counties. |
have never observed such rapid improvement
in Arkansas. Large crops of cotton planted
this season-larger than usual. Very little
wheat. Thu fruit crop will bc oyerwhelm-
| ing. Excellent season for canning. Why
| do not all the farmers put up their fruit. 1t
| is cheap method of saving, and by far the
best.
| The little city of Ozark just now is ravaged
with measles-about 100 eases, with only 2
fatal Tho schools have suspended, but will
resume rs soon as the "wee ones" can report
for duty.
Your fellow -townsman, Col. n Howard re-
called a good audience on tho !21th, at the
Court House, go cents per cdpitd) with his
4 sublime lecture on the Signs OF the Times. :"
lie is too dl.lidcnt to succeed as n lecturer
this fault cured, aud n little more fervency Of
delivery, he is a success. His picture is ap
palliug, because true--too true. His portrait
OF Ben. Butler reminds one of Milton's de-
scription ofLuoifer and itmu,t be confessed
that the poet was not more favored with a
subject for satire, than the Lecturer was with
material Tor philliplcs. lie deals not with
measures, but men; not with principles, but
facts. He finds but little TO commend in the
age, while state, church, Jurisprudence, ltera-
ture, arts and science, school libraries, COM
munities, households, rostrum aud pulpit,
all minister g. general cHqpti2lpo oellt IL bilSb bilSba
ductions OF the age He wiclds the blade of
social criticism dextrously,
} THE RAILRoAD-wHAT OF IT?
The latest diagnosis makes it ease OF con-
sumption; consumed as follows, to wit. lst
} and 2d Mortgage bonds, land bonds. state
bonds, proceedsst land sales, aggrcgating
some sixteen millions--all consumed, and
gone down into the bottemlpss sea of Fisher
and CaldwelIs bankrupt cStates-w;th only
% miles OF road-when it is estimated that
iour millions would build the line to Van Bu-
rem from title Rock. The enterprise is now
W lHG' NpllJttlNlO rs lOllONs, LIST. Unless
the debt due Pearce, Stacy & lorSton makes
II the interest of that firm to complete the ten
miles necessary TO the charter eXtcntion, the
charter will expire on the 18th day Of Nav,
2 The Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
company having been swindled (how p hv
lofelgh shsrpers' Is now wholly unable to pro-
tecl thelr own interest and cannst preyrnt
the charter expiration, no matter how disas-
trous II may be. 3d, peirce, Steacy & Yor-
ston VIII complete the additional ten miles
unless the present complications also extend
to them, which doubt. llh, Tom Scott and
Caldwell although seemingly opposite par
ties, contracting for consolidation, are really
in !irmertar deeper and better business The
object being TO ease all parties interested
! produce apathy, and let the charter be forfeit
ed, trusting to their immense power TO re-
new the grant franchise and all. except debt,
70 Tom Scott, and Caldwell direct This gives
them the road without any of her indebted
ness and leaves the old l.. X. 4 +. S. Railroad
company with nearly n half million of debt
and not penny of assets Why cannot
ieirce, Steacy Il lorston get a decree and
sale Of the road? Their actions have been
| pending long enough. 1t may be the Scott
/ NaigWeH ilng have something to do with this
tardy Judiciary Railroad land buyers should
Keep n "skined eye" or you may loose-iu L.,
| operation. Our next representation o,,trht 10
KNOW Something of the railroad operations
OF TINS state. Herculeaa efforts will be made
| Dy tallroaucrs to take possession Of Arkansas
treasury department--next session.
II. K, WirurRs
| TWO MES hILLED.
| 4, S.-William Harris, resident near Rose
| vlllc Arkansas, Killed two men on the sth
| Instant.
| d. L. MCoy and his son Il, u. M'Coy, citi-
zens OF good repute, farmers OF Franklin
/ county, were at Roscyille trading, and AS they
| returned home in the afternoon in their wao-
| on and passing Harris house, William UaT-
ris demanded his saddle blanket, which he had
iost on the road aud supposed they had pick
e1 up THey said they knew nothing Of the
blanket, Harris cursed them and demanded
me wight to search the wagon. This tie
MCoys refused. Harris returned to the house,
Got MS revolver, pursued and shot, and
wounded father and son, of Which the son
died the following day-the father survived
Till the fifth and died The community is
grfatiy excited. Harris Is in custody and
awaits trial. Its said the M'Coys were in
onenSire citizens and unarmed except the
son had small dlrenger. II. R.W.
eg- Didn't our friend BARRY, orthc Dar,la-
nellie Ifdascr(pt, strike the " keynote, when
he run up. last winter, the name of Horace
GREELEY for President? We think he did.
CS~ CHARLEY WuIuAF reports ex-sherin
II, $. ANDERSON, at oswego, Kansas, working
az his trade, smithing.