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The Van Buren press., 1874-02-17
MISSOURI.
JEFFERSON CRY, Feb IL.
THE GADS HILL THIEVES.

THE CAD HILL THIEVES.
The Hon. Mr.. Mason Of Texas county
has Just received letter from his wife,
giving an account o. her experience with
the " Men Of Cad S hill. On last W ed
nesday night five men. all armed to the
teeth, made their appearance at his resi-
dcnce, and asked shelter for the night
They were all well-drcsscd and behaved
very genteeliv They were well mounted.
and led an extra horse. The residence
Of the Hon. Mr.. Mason is on the Big
Piney, in Texas county. The five armed
men remained during the night While
at the house they conducted themselves
very properly, and seemed to be gentle
men in manner and bearing. Thursday
morning the five armed men rode away
taking the road leading to oward Lebanon,
in Il northwest direction. The indlca-
tions are that instead of making their
way through the southwest wilds to the
Indian territory, the men Of Gads' Hill
are making their way toward the Iowa
or Kansas border 1t is possible that
other trains may be stopped and plum
dercd by these brigands. The day the
five armed men left the residence Of Mr..
Mason, a party of three men passed in
pursuit of u party Of horse thieves who
had taken their horses. There is no
doubt in the mind of Mr. Mason that the
five mon who remained at his house last
Wednesday night are the bandits of Gads'
Uill.
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G3y- The steamer Clarksville arrived
rom Memphis on Saturday, Capt jim
Bowlin in command, and our popular
young friend Holmes in charge OF the
,flice. The CIarksvillc and Gibson, both,
vii run in the lower river. The steamer
Hnlie, under command of Capt. Bowlin,
Who has bought II controlling INTEREST,", J,
viii make regular trips between this point
and Little Rock once week. Leaving
Lute Rock on Wednesday nights and
Van Buren, Saturday nights.
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sy- Peters MYical Non n.y. No. IS, for No
vember, Is to hand, and contains its usual
amount Of fine Songs, Choruses, and lnstru-
mental Piano Music. This work is printed
from full-size music plates. and gives every
month several Songs, Duets, Choruses, and
Piano Pieces, to the amount of at least u;
and yet all the Publisher asks Is the modes
sum Of 30 cents per copy Those fond o
Music can save money by sending 30 cents
for the November number. Address, j. L.
PETERS, 500 Broadway. New York.
We will furnish the Press and Peters
Musical Monthly tor $3.50 for the year for
both
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e,y- The Rev. Mr. Babcock OF the NJ

ky- The Rev. Mr. Babcock OF the NJ.
r. Church South. stationed at Fort Snith,
preached to large and appreeatve audi
.nces on Sunnay morning and evening at
the Methodist Church in this city. This
IL lie frs time to preach, that Mr. Bah
rocl, has made to his old charge since he
left them lie has strong hold on the
affections of the Meihodist,peoplc Of this
I,lace and hearty welcome always.
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Onyou, show you the Chrome and take
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priv 1on't kuow whether the pril

E,t- We don't know whether the price
Of Spadra Coal will 90 up now or not.
II will not be long, however, before HEN
aY will put in an appearance and we'll
see what effect his arrival will have on
the market. All "well rs could be ex
nn.t cd -
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The Debois Cotton Gin.

Attention Is directed to the advertisement
Of the above celebrated Gin, In our paper 1t
is highly recommended by all who have tried
II. Call and see the Gin at d. G. WILLIAMS.
Store.
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EE- Persons desiring to procure STATE
ScRIp for paying TAXES, FEES, to officers,
&c, can procure it in any quantity at
lowest rate from Maj. w, b BLoCHER,
at Little Rock. 3v
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Proclamation by the Governor.

WHEREAS, It has come to the knowledge Of the
w Executive that two itzcns Of the state OF Kan
sas were killed In Crawford county, in this state in
April last, by John Richmond, Jr., Jack Richmond,
Lafayctt Shult1 and Bud Morris and that the said
jack Richmond, Lafayett Shultz and Bud Morris
are still at large, ,
Now therefore / Elisha Baxter. Governor Of the
in me by the constitution and laws of said State, do
hereby offer n reward of TWO HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each of the said three persons, to-wit
Jack Richmond, Lafayott ShulH and Bud Morris,
and their delivery to the proper authorities oil tho
In testimony whereof have hereunto
(->) set my hand and caused the sea OF the
IL s. State TO be affixed at Little Rock, this
(~-J fifth day Of September, A.: y: lM3;
ELlsEA BAXTER
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ES- The Supper for the benefit Of the
Episcopal Society of Van Buron. Friday
night, was q success, in most every par
ticular. They realized over one hundred
dollars, after paying incidental expenses
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xc- 4 gentleman who has devoted
much time 10 The subject, announces that
IL thcte were no red-hcaded boys, lille
Would bc far less a burden to school
marms, and the earth a far more quiet
and peaceful abode.
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Presbyterian, 20. S.

Rev. j. G. KENNEDY, Pastor. Divine Ser
vice every Sabbath, except the Sd OF each
month, at II A. NJ. and 7P.M. Prayer meet
ing w ednesday evening at JPN.
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NEW MUSIC.

A choice selection of new and pop.
ular MUSIC, for sale cheap.
AppI, to
=. w. DAUGUEiSTY.
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Fer Mr. Jumcs B. Brawn. after visit
of week, with his friends here, left for
home Saturday night on the ClarksvilIc.
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RIVER NEWS.
TUESDAY MORNING.

TUESDAY MORNING.
Tic River is falling with good feet in the
channel. Weather warm and pleasant.
The Carksvile arrived Saturday morning
and left early Sunday morning,
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cKr Capt Jim Bowlin has bought a
controlling interest in the steamer Halle,
and vii put her in the up river trade
Hell ono Of the best steamboatmen on
the river
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We have the Blanks, for sale at this Office
sultable for application to the Board Of Super
visOrs for relief from the Lcvcc Tax.
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~.
NJ. E. Church, South.

Rev. w. T. Boiling. Pastor. Divine SER
q vices every Sabbath ut IL o'clock, A. NJ and
yo'clock p. NJ. Prayer Meeting every We'd
nesday evening at o'clock
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Ty l.. S. Marshal Sarbcr and wife,
assed down on the Clarksyille Saturday
,tahf
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Ei EF A preacher recently took for his
text, " How old art thou p and crowd
of ladies of uncertain age left the church
in high dudgeon
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Manhood How Lost, How Re-
stored

Jrsr published q new edition Of Dr., CrLvgrwtLt's >
d CgLvnRArrp Essay on the radical e.r. without
wedieineI OF Spcrmatorrhna or Seminal Weakness,
involuntary seminal Losses, lmpoteney, mental ana
physiral lncapacity impcdiments 70 marriage, etc.
also, Consumption, Epilepsy AND Fits, induced by
selfiudulgenec or sexual extrayagancc.
rB- Price ia sealed envelor" only f2atst
The celebrated author, "a thw aamutple essay
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pointing out mode of cure Mt once simple certain,
and ctlcctual, by means Of which every sufferer. no
mptter wha, his condition may be. may sure himself
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Proclamation by the Governor.

WHEREAS, 1t has come to the knowledge Of the
w executive that on the - day of October 1873,
In thccounty Of Sebastian, State of Arkansas. DR.;
Fowler was killed by one A. l. Akin, and the said
A. |. Akin is still at large;
Now, therefore, |. Elisha Baxter. governor Of Ar
kansas, by virtue Of authority vested In me by the
constitution and laws of the State, do hereby offer
reward of two hundred dollars for the arrest and
conviction Of the said A. !. Akin.
In testimony whereof. ! have herounto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the state to be
L. ST. affixed at Little Rock. this 9Th day of
October. A. D. 1873.
ELISHA BAXTER.
By the Governor;
j. NJ. JoHSsos. Secretary ofState,
By Frank Strong, Deputy.
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Tho said A. l. Aiken is about thirty Ave years old,
six feet high dark eyes, black hair, dark complex
len. and weighs about ono hundred and eighty
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-03-10
Macready PerpleXed.

When Macready, the aclor, visited
this country, he found many things to
puzzle and perplex him, for he was as
precise and angular as Mr.. Grewgious
The idioms and eccentrieities of the
Yankees were beyond his comprehen
sion At one of our theaters, where he
was performing an engagement, he had
occasion to find much fault with the sup
porting actors, who were particularly
free and easy set Going to the mana
ger one day he said:
"Mr Manager, you have deceived me-
sir! You have told me that which was
not true, sir! i..
"Bless mew cried the manager in sur
prise, chow so ?"
"About your sotors,sir, Did you not
tell me that Mr.. A. was on high ~
"Yes"
"And that Mr. S. had touch OF
the tangle foo.?"
"Yes.
"And that Mr.. p had brick in
his hat ~
"Aye-that was what ] said :"
"And in explanation of the conduct
Of Mr. B-,you told me that he had q
snake in his boot? ?"
'Certainly-l did"
"Well, sir" announced the great ira
gedan. in his most stern and indignant
manner, 81 find, upon critical examina
ton, that these men are all drunk, sir.
Aye-ALL DRUNK"
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EE Miss Grundy, in Graphic letter
from Washington, has this: "Mlrs.
Sprague tells me this about her eldest
boy: One day lately at the breakfast
table Senator. Sprague said to his son.
You must understand, nv boy, that You
are the son of poor man, ,and will have
your own way to make in the world. !
have fifty cents in my pocket, not a cent
more, so after breakfast l think I'll take
you out and geta boot -blacking aparat-
US for you. You must learn to black
your own boots like poor mans son,
you know The little fellow listened
intently, then said: We'll, papa, can't I
Hack your boots and save you some,
thingF 'Oh, certainly, if you wish,' his
father answered After breakfast the
investment was made. The next NOR,
ming the entcrprising youngster rose at
daylight, and before anybody was up
and could interfere, had blackened every
boot and shoe in the Sprague, mansion,
including pair of his mothers which
had been bought recently for nineteen
dollars, ard which, of course, were ut
terly ruined" sssgva
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coa, Ashes About Plum Tr ees.

I had a very pretty plum tree in my
yard year ago last summer. 1t had
but few plums on it. 1t looked heal,
thy but the fruit fell off until only seven
very imperfect plums remained. That
fall dug about the tree, cut away the
grass, and, spread coal ashts, from the
CRATES and stoves, around it for twolor
three feet and about two or three inches
deep and trampled the ashes lightly
down. The following spring the tree
leaved out nicely, was full of plums and
nearly all remained on until ripe--so
full were the branches that ] had to tie
them up to support the. weight. Tho
fruit was quite perfect in size and shape,
and ] am sure the manner of treatment
was the cause Of tie improvement. |
think many fruit trees could be thus
imp oved-both in the quantity and
quality of fruit they would produce
". II. Fooden, Madison, Indiana.
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Henry Ward Beecher's view oi II ]

New York. March .1.-Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, in calling attention last
evening to the women's meeting to ..ba
held Tuesday evening, said this revival
Of religion in the direction of temper
ance. under the auspices of women. by
the instrumentality of personal suppl.
cation with men and prayer unto God,is
indeed phenomenon worthy Of study
and admiration. 1t is worthy Of study
by all who love to trace the operation Of
the human mind in communities, and /:
is worthy of more than admiration by
those who believe in working for,the pu.
rification of man Whatever may bs
the circumstances and condition of the
Western women, their work is an sble
one and men should ctiticise their works
with leniency, and rejoice, because erery
one should rejoice in everything that
tends to pluck their fellowman from the
burning. lsi'g
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Misr'fAa',n.
From the Territorial tnterprise.i
"a Perfect Angel''.>Of the Best
Breed,,s

A young man who was lucky enough
to clean up in Ophir. Consolidated Vir-
ginia, and other stocks, the snug little
sum of $4,000, with which he FASTENED
home to his native Buckeye State, writes
to friend in this city to say that for.
tune still smiles Upon him., He has
achieved handsome yodng bride, and
with her farih of 500, acres, not two
miles from his own old roof tree. His
bride is the only daughter OF q rich old
granger-an oily man 81. the sod, worth
bushels of money. AS our young friend
went home swell heeled," nd,moreoveri
is as fine lad as ever stepped in shoe
leather, there was, of coltsre, no .'crypl
parient" to distract the course of tria
love lin this misunderstanding was
lovely with the old man. Our child OF
fortune sends d funny account of his in.
terview with the old gent when he came
to ask the hand of his daughter in mar
rage When the words were spoken tho
affair progressed as follows:
Farmer Hodge-Tak''r ny boy--tak'r,
She'll make Won good wife-but you
know that. You'll find that lower med,
der'll cut three and half tons to the
acre year with year. The old orchard
don't bear a. it used 10 do, but the new
one is in full bearing The fences are
all in good III.
Young Washoe-l shall never cease to
love and cherish Your daugh-
Farmer Hodge-Fences all in splen.
did order all around the farm, aud l bo;
lieve there is not more convenient barn
in the ~ ss
Young Washoe- I believe she
loves me, God bless her! as she loves
her
Farmer Hodge-The ten cows, tho
eight calves, and the ea q.
Young Washoe-If she Is not made
the happiest wife in all the State Off,.
Farmer Hodge-Will all have calves
in the spring, and the $50 sheep you will
find stai is9
Young Washoe-She is a perfect an
gel. aH ,sa s.szu
Farmer Hodge--Of the best breed.
Young Washoe-That ever lived.
Farmer Hodge-And will shear more
wool ls'ia @''f1tl ~ tRai
Young Washoe--Sav no more; say no
more. And here Farmer Hodge and
Young Washoe rushed into each others
arms and embraced for the space of i've
minutes 73tl
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.E Not. long since very nervous
lady took passage st the Tip Top
House, White Mountains, to descend
by the almost perpendicular railroad
Her fears were apparent to every one,
and the following unique dialogue took
place between her and the conductor !:
Lady-Mr Conductor, ,how 30 you hold
these, cars when you want to make a
stop? Madam, we apply the brake,
which YOU see there. Lady-Suppose,
Mr.. Conductor, that brake should give
way, what would you do thens c.
Madam, we then apply the double,ats-
ing brake, which you SEQ at the other
end Of the car. Lady-But, MI. Con-
duetor. suppose that brake is not suffi-
cieut to check the speed of the car,
where will we go then? C-Mndam.
that depends entirely upon how you
have lived in this world.
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Remarkable Incident,

From private letter recently received
from Missouri, We learn the following
remarkable incident: Some four years
since young man was arrested in Pal
myra for deliberately numbering young
lady to whom he was paving suit, be
cause she rejected him Bail was refus
ed. and he was imprisonedin the county
Jail From some cause or other his trial
had been continued from time to time
until about three weeks since, when it
came off Strange to say,when the jury
announced their verdict, guilty the young
man dropped dead upon the spot -Gai-
ldtoh 1ennsaSesdn.
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Judging by Appearances,

A good story is told by Yankee edi.
tor, in illustration of judging from ap-
pearances. A person dressed in suit
of homespun clothes, stepped into a
house in Boston on some business where
several ladies were assem- bled in an in
ner room. One of the company remar
ked in a low tone that countryman
was in waiting,and agreed to have some
tup. The following dialogue ensued I:
you're from the country, I sup
poser
Yes, I'm from the country
swell, sir, what do you think Of the
city ?"
Its got tarnal sight Of houses in
It."
Il expect there's great many ladies
where you came from? ~
"Oh, yes, wondy sight; jist for all
the world like them," pointing to the
ladies.
"And you are quite a beau among
them no doubt. -"
eyes. beaus them to meeting and
about"
"Mayhe the gentleman will take 8
glass of wine," said one of the com.
pany
"Thankee; don't care if I do"
"But you must drink toast"
"I eats toast what Aunt Debby makes
tut as to drinkin', l never seed the
like
What was the surprise ct the compa:
ny to hear the stranger speak as fol
lows: at"4 1888 aal4@
Ladies and gentlemen, permit me tc
wish you health and happiness, will
every other blessing the earth can af
ford, and advise you to bear in mind
that we are often deceived by appear
ances. You mistake me by my dress
for country BOBBY; 1, from the same
cause, thought these men were gentle
llemer. The deception was mutual.
wish you a good evening"
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Booth still lives, the majority taking the
accounts of his capture and final death
as conclusive evidence, believe that he
was killed on CARROTS farm by Boston
Corbett, nevertheless, he SAYS, when ev
idence of this character and weight is
brought to light, and from seuFce so
respectable, it is sufficient to destroy
almost the firmest believers opinion
that Booths body fills dishunofed
grave
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Authn
NOT KNOWING.

know not what will befall me! God hangs q
mist DER my eyes:
And DER each step of my onward path He
makes new sense to rise,
And every joy He sends me comes up a sweet
and glad surprise.
1 see not step before me as tread the days of
the year; -...
But the past is still in Gods keeping. the future
His mercy shall clear.
And what looks dark in the distance, may
brighten as 1 draw near.
For perhaps the dreaded future has less bitter
ness than think;
The Lord may sweeten the water before stoop
to drink;
Or, if Marah must be Marah, BE will stand
beside its brink.
1t may be there is waiting for the coming of
my feet,
Some gift of such rare blessedness, some joy so
strangely sweet. =
That my lips can only tremble with the Joy
cannot speak.
Oh, restful, blissful ignorancel T'is blessed
not to know,
1t keeps me quiet In those arms which will not
let me go,
And bushes my soul to rest on the bosom which
loves HE so.
So go on not knowing would not if I
might; a
I would rather walk on in the dark with God,
than go alone in the light
I would rather walk by Him with faith, than
walk alone by sight.
Ny heart shrinks back from trials which the
future may disclose,
Yet never had sorrow but what the dear
Lord chose. r.t.-
So send the coming tsars back, with the whis-
pered word, HE knows"
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Lawyers Advice.

An 1rishman by the name of Tom
Murphy once borrowed sum of mon
ey from one of his neighbors, which he
promised to pay upon certain time
But month after month passed by and
no signs of the agreement being kept,
his creditor at last warned him that un-
less he paid it upon certain day he
should sue him for it and recover by
law. This rather frightened Tom, and
not being able to raise the money, went
to lawyer to get advice on the matter.
After hearing Toms story through to
the end, he asked him:
"Has your neighbor got any writing
to show that you owe him this fifty dol
lars ?"
"Devil word," replied Tom quick
ly.
"Well, then, If you haven't the mon
ey, you can take your own time; at all
events, he cannot collect it by law"
"Thahk yer honor, much Obliged"
said Tom, rising and going to the door
"Hold on, my friend" said the law
yer.
"Fat for? ?" asked Tom in astorish
ment.
"You owe me two dollars
"Fat fcrr' II
"Why, for my advice, to be sure
Do you suppose can live by charging
nothing, do your
Tom scratched his head moment in
evident perplexity, for he had no mon
ey AT last bright idea Seemed to
strike him
can have yees any paper ter show
that owes yees two dollars 2" he asked
with twinkle in his eye. am
"Why no, Of course not; but what
does that signify ?'
Thin I'll jist be after takin' yer own
advice, an pay nather you. nor my
neighbor!" saying which he left the of
fee and its occupant to mediate on a
lawyer taking his own advice, and a
doctor taking his own medicine.