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The Van Buren press., 1874-12-15

~" Once again into our sanctum comc'h the
Star Spdngled Banner the December number
and the one which closes it's twelfth year of sue
cess. Few are there who know not this splendid
paper with its 40 long columns, size Of Ledger,
illustrated, and just crammed with the very best
reading Poems, Tales, Stories, Sketches W.T.
Hhmor, and Fun. 1t also contains the celebrated
Rogues' Corner" in which every Swindier'
Humbug, Quack and Fraud in America has been'
10. and will be fui'g exposed. sor 1919 erery
subscriber receives the paper fully prepaid. and
either pair Of charming Prang Chromos, On
elegant Dictionary, Album, Book, or choice OF
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He who fails to subscribe fails to do what he
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IDT hI IlSlulds.
Give him a call.

Ey- There is an institution under ope-
ration in our midst which deserves and
should receive the commentator Of our
people, because Of the great influence for
good which it has cXerted over our CON-
munity The Temperance Reform, at
this poin.-to which we allude-is COM
posed of nearly one hundred members,
some of whom have, in the past, stepped
far out on the thickly thronged thorough
fare of intemperance, but who. through
the protecting Egis which this society
has thrown around them, are men in the
highest acccptation of the term. Nor is
the society exclusively devoted to the
cause of temperance, but, we learn, that
literature and music ntcrtwne their
charms, and together conspire to dispcl
he monotony which occasionally creeps
into such societies, and continually adds
novelty to what would, otherwise, be
come old and lose its interest Read
ings, rccitations, singing, and other
equally entertaining and instructive cyer-
erciscs give zcst to the efforts Of the
society, make the regular meetings. look
ed forward to, by the members, with
much pleasure, and exert a lasting moral
effect upon he community Of which our
people may he proud. God bless the
men and women, the boys and girls com
posing the Temperance Reform at Van
Burcn.
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FASHIONS.

If YOU want reliable Fashion Magazine,
send to s. L. TAYLOR for the Revue de la
Mode, or lie Bon Ton, or In Mode EleSanie,
all three Paris Fashions and imported.
Price, La Mode, SO So; Bon Ton, SO: La
Mode Elegant, s: monthly.
S. I. Taylor will visit the South this wint-
er to Teach his Invaluable System of Dress
Cutting. Dress makers should bear this In
mind, rs it is a rare opportunity for ladies to
avail themselves Of thorough system of
dressing making. Any person desirous of in
structions can be advised at about; what time
he will be at the point nearest them, by
writing to
S. T. TAYLOR.
SIG Broadway, MY.
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THE SUN.
Weekly, and Daily for 1873.

TINIIE approach of the Preside ntial election gives
J. unusual importance to the events and develop
ments Of 1875; We shall endeavor to describe them
fuH TE 1Hi%KEKY WEiEKEY SO sGS has nsx attained eu
ton of over seventy thousand copies. Its readers
quality is well known to the public, We shall not
only endeavor to keep fully up to the old standard
but WFSrY sGS sdS to m son,ga. anS
ough newspaper. All the news OF the day will be
found in It, condensed when unimportant, at full
ed Ia clear, interesting and instructive manner.
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and delicate taste. Il will always contain the most
~ tf selected and md Issibiy printed. " WV WY ''
,uls sf ss i: viii :.
fsi %s"Ss5 s'S %EEKT Sun il
detaon contendins for principle. and for The soc.
ton of the best men. exposes the corruption that
disgraces the country and threatens the overthrow
of republican institutions u has no fear ofknavss
The markets Of every kind and the fashions are
'fSSay f.. pIcs sepPtSisHw pp the whEkIY
for sheet of eight pages. and ffty-six columns Al
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Now is the Time,

To repair and put in safe condition you
hues and chimncys. Mr. NJ. w DREW
RY having returned after completing hl'
contract at Fayetteville, is now ready tc
attend to all calls in the masonry line
You will always find his work well done
See his advertisement in our paper anC
give him call
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PLAIN QUESTIONS FOR iNvALIDs.--llave the
routine medicines of the profession done you
no good? Are you discouraged and misera-
bic? Ifso, test the properties of the new
Vegetable Specific. DIR. WALKERS CALIfoR-
MA VINEGAR BTrrERs already famous rs the
finest invigorant. corrective and Alternative
that has ever seen the light. Dyspcp;ics and
persons of bilious habit should keep it within
reach. il they value health and ease. decl.
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dec | II

PHYsIoLoGIsTs SAY THAT OUR BODIES are re-
newed once in seven years. The material OF
which they are reconstructed is the blood
and unless 1t be fully charged with the cle-
ments OF vitality. the strength and health OF
the system decline. Of all blood depurents'
DIR WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs Is the satest
and most infal!ible. There Is no disease
arising from deprivation of the blood wn'c"
1t will not speedily cure. oeci
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Hc. for Christmas !

BY referring to our ad columns, it will
be seen that f. & c. Miller are now
ready to fit out "Old Santa Claus y fol
the Holidays. They have splendid
stock, and at prices to suit the hard
times. Drop into their New Store and
examine their stock.
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It of Officers of the Grand Council
temperance Reform for State of Ark.
chosen Oct. 9th, 1874.

4 C. F. HARVEY. Van Buren, G. W. A. ID
q Mrs SALLIE LEE, Pleasant Hill, G l. R.
i NJ. Il. TATUM, Greenwood. G W ID.
Miss OLLIE PHELPS, Van Buren,, G. p.
ItL
H. C. WHITE, Van Buren, G. RS.
is. SHlBLEY, Roseville CT
c. NJ. BREWSTER, Greenwood, G.CC.
Mrs. NJ. l.. LINrHIcUM, Roseville, G.
|LC.
R. A. SHORES, Pleasant Hill, G.G.U.
Miss BELL BAKER, Greenwood, G.L.U,
Rev. +. NJ. LEE, Pleasant Hill, G. Chap
hin.
JouN QUINNs, Roseville, G NJ.
HARRIE PERNoT, Van Buren,, G GOO.
A. C. KING, Greenwood, G COR.
Letters and communications to be ad-
jressed to CHALEs f. HARVEY, G. w.
A. D., or to l.. c. WHITE, G. r. S.
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Crave Yard Sexton.

PHILIP SMITH, having been again
elected Sexton of Van Buren, Cemetery
is the only person authorized to attend
to the duties Of interments. lie Will give
promptand personal attention to all calls
and guarantees satisfaction.
Nov II, 1874. oW
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EH- The event of the week was the ad
vent of the " funny boys of the west"
negro band, composed Of Fort Smith
bows. Charlie Francis constituted the
whole troupe, and did, the funny pref
ty well Friday night they had no au'
dience, and, as consequence, gave nc
entertainment p.
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EY- A little more biick sidewalk has
been laid on St Mary street during the
week, and still those who are compelled
to perambuate it, arc by no means hap
py, for there is some that, as yet, is un-
poyol
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Notice.

CTATEMENT OF claims against the Coun-
- " Of Craw ford. and allowed by the Board
Of Supervisors at the Special. Nov. 9th 1874.
viz:
John B. Ogden making county map. go 90
Margaret Lynch, washing for
prisoners. 21 IS
J. A. Lockhart. clerks fees. 40 80
Hiram Brodic, feeding prisoners, 50 30
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Is a true copy OF list OF allowances made
by the Board of Supervisors at the Special
Session thereof on the 9th day Of Nov AID.
1874
ED. A. SCOTT, Clerk
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Ts-We are to have lively times dur
Ing The holidays. Our young people are
thoroughly alive to every species ofgcn
tecl amusement. That's right; enjoy
yourselves while you are young, for you
will soon learn that youth does not last
f,revpr
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Er The Rev. j. NJ. Clayton, the Pre-
siding Elder, preached at the Methodist
church, last Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday nights. The attendance was not
large.
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rN- Van Buren, is the best and cheap
est Furniture market. above Little Rock
Consult our advertising columns.
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Presbyterian, 20. 81

ps,. ]. G. KENNEDY, Pastor. Divine Ser
30 every Sabbath, except the Sd Of each
.,nth. at II A. NJ. and 7P.M. Prayer meet
|, Wednesday evening at 7P.M.
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Es- J. S. Boatright has opened new
Meat Market at the old stand of Merrill
d Sticks. He is an old hand at the bust
ness. Drop in and see him.
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BIBLE DEPOSITOKH.

LARGE supply of Family and Pocket Bibles ana
n Tcstaments are constantly kept for sale AT 'hc
Depository of the Crawford County Bible Socety u.
the Store Of ClIAS. +. HARVEY, opposite the court
House
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Ey With three Sunday schools in the
town. the children certainly ought to be
" trained up in the way they should 60"
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NEW. MUSIC.

p A choice selection of new ana pop
ular MUSIC, for sale cheap.
Apply to -
4. w. DAUGHEKTY.
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DIR w. w. BAILEY,

Fort Smith, Arkansas. Having the largest
and best assorted stock in Western Arkansas.
he is prepared to offer to the citizens of Van
8uren inducements in his line that cannot be
met in any other establishment OF the kind in
the West.
Special inducements to Physicians and
Country dealers.
Also, full assortment Of
TOILET SETS DC,
for Christmas.
Give him call 1w.
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ES- The Rev Mr. Talmage employs
Arbuckle to accompany the organ on his
cornet in the Brooklyn tabernacle. When
Arbuckle toots The heart bowed down.
AS he dd--hc is supposed to typify
Gabriel, and the tabernaclers like it.
The Van Buren press., 1874-12-15

r9T There seems to be no prospect OF
,hc water in the river rising to any navi-
oa,onable degree of accumulation.
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Drugs and Medi lines,

The attention of the citizens of Van Buren
and vicinity, is called to the large and COM
plete stock of
DRUGS 4 MEDICINES
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EE- Christmas Presents at c. f. llar-
vey's. See his advertisement.
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Ey- Gov. Tilden of New York is said
to have declined railroad passes rendered
him. In the millennium all office holders
and editors will do that very thing.
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~ Cold weather has set in, and we
look for plenty of ice and snow before
long.
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ir4s- Had good shower of rain last
Saturday night.
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RIVER NEWS.

TUESDAY MORNING.
The river Is two feet aud slowly declining
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W.. Largn will spend most of his time
in New York city, where he will be prepared
to fill all orders in every line; while r. I
Largen will remain in the State for the pres
ent, exhibit our samples and forward orders
etc. Al first class merchants solicited. Sat
i,faction guaranteed nov. 20tf
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SIG Broadway. n. y

Now is the time to Repair your
Windows for Winter.
A good assortment OF WINDOW
GLASS-all sizes, at the Store Of
AUSTIN, MARTIN & WARD.
dec II
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NOTICE.

ROAD COMPANY.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the regular
~ annual meeting Of the Stockholders In
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Com
pany. will be held at the Office Of said Com
pany In the city OF Little Rock. Arkansas. on
the 81 Monday. being the 2lst day Of Decem.
her. A. ID. 1874. between the hours Of 0 o'clock
A. NJ. and IL o'clock NJ. Of that day. for the
election Of nine stockholders to serve as a
Board OF Directors OF said company for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction Of such
business as may be brought before the meet
Ing.
Given under my hand this 2sth day Of No
vcmber A. ID. 1874.
JOHN c. PEAY. Scc'y.
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W, J, LARGEN & R. T. lARGEN,
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Messrs. NJ. N. Rogers & Co., Clothing. 4iG
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On this subject the president dwells, and
urges its importance at great length, ana
also upon the relations of labor and capital.
showing that the latter cannot thrive without
the other and the generalization of the for
ner must damage the latter. In regard TO
the volume of currency necessary to conduct
the business interests of the country. he SAYS
it is unsafe to leave the settlement Of this
question to congress the secretary of the
treasury. or the executive. The people can
best decide this. Congress should make reg
ularionS under which banks may exist but
should not make banking monopoly. This
subject is treated fully. and its Importance Is
Indicated 10y introducing it at the beginning
of the message.
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VAN BUREN, ARK,
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS

PUBLISHED TUESDAYS
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-25

The quantity Of distilled, fermeuted and
brcWed liquors drank was sufficient to fill
canal feet deep, II feet wide, SO miles
long; and if all the drinkers could be
placed in procession, five abreast, they
make aC army $50 miles long. and if those
killed by tho intern Pe-ate us, ofspirituous
LIQUORS were there also, we should see q
suicide at every 1--WE miles and ESQ funerals
per day and it all the places where iutyx-
ICati-C l!cuCT5 are sold were placed in
VOWS in ui-CC5 Ines tACy wUGld make d
street LOO miles long.
Lhc-u were 200 COO I1C-g persons rur,aooj
IN the !iCUCr business in the United State
than IN preaching the Gospel aud school
teaching and frun the Effects Of iutoZica.
ting drinks, lOO,c go are annually sent to
pri-ons, $50 900 to drunEards' graves, and
aO.CIO children are reduced to want. The
total number az persons engaged in the
business is 10000, OF which So, 653 are en-
ployed in making and selling annually 5 :
GSJ ,G35 barrels of beer.
1t is estimated that the clergy OF the
United States costs annually ST. 900 600 -:
the lawyers, criminals, prisons, etc, 500, :
OOO,OOO, and Intoxicating liquors, as before
said, 81 ,474, 000 900.
The State Of Pennsylvania spent during
the year 1870 for liquors of all kinds. Sl52 :.
6B3, 9iJ and for schools and teaching. S.. =
S65, 20. She had engaged in the LIQUOR
business $500 persons, IS, SO school teach
ers and 1900 criminals-fouT-fifths OF
whom were made so by strong drink.
The city Of Philadelphia had I 100 drink.
ing place, and spent for Intoxicating
drinks SoO,Ooy,OD III one year. Chicago
had $500 liquor saloons, and spent for i'll
toKicating liquors $l4OOO,OC0. Newark
had Sd drinking saloons, and speDt for
strong drinks s. 100, 1000.
The city Of New York had :. 900 licensed
drinking saloOns, which, il placed IN rows
Ia direct lines, would make u street like
BrOadwsy thirteen miles long. She spe1t
for Intoxicating liquors ST. 10000 during
the year 1870, ana there we're employed iD
the business 5000 persons. she Lau $50
churches and cnapcl-. aud there were en-
gagged "a preaching ana teaching the gub-
lie aud private schools . 900 persons. an OF
which D. support cost g, $40 600 The TO al
sum iUVesteo a. tho lguUr tueiEee, a ali
kinds amounted 20 $40 OCO, 600; in the
manufacturing business $50 OCO, 900, aud the
banking JUSTICES 9SO,OUO OUC. The pOltro
department cost s., 900, 90, and il rubIic
amusemeuts S5QOOOCO we're spent The
meat v as $50 900 OOO, Aour bin SIS ,OOO. 600
aud the daily consumption of beer Uus
~ coo ECEe. There were G5 90 arrests for
intoxicatiCh aud disorderly c0udugr. and
10000 pers were in Institutions under
care q the Commissioners az Public Cha.i-
ties.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-25
A ard.
To tic Voters of Knor County.

To TIC Voters of KnoZ County.
Deferring to the wishes OF large mum
Der of voters from all sections of the coun-
ty, / to-day announce myself candidate
for the Office Of District Attorney General,
for the District of Knox County, at the en-
suing August election.
In making this announcement / do co
as Republican, believing from my inner
most heart, l can consistently aek the suf.
frage of the Union loving people of Knox
county, on account of political utilization,
with them, and other merits, which it Is
not my province, here to discuss, or poT
tray.
am proud to say to you 1 was q sol
der in the Union army during the late
war, and can show a clear record, with all
honorable discharged from the service after
the expiration of the war, to sustain it. I'm
til two years and more ago, have RETAINED
from politics, and never until then in my
whole life do l remember to haved voted
what Is known az a straight ticket" At
the election and during the canvass of two
years ago felt the duty incumbent on me
with what littlo power possessed to exert
myself in aid of the lovers of the Union
and the haters of oppression to stem the
current, and am proud to know that the
tide was stemmCd, the victory achieved
and the principles we know and feel to be
true to us placed on surer and q tirmer
foundation than ever before.
The position to which [ aspire is not
political one, nor do / ask it at your hands
upon the grounds of politics alone; yet, ]
in asking, you in granting, no doubt, de-
sire to feel and to know that in granting
your suffrage and lending your support,
you do not warm into life the vaper that
stings to the death the bosom that nur-
lures it, but rather that accord of sent
ment copgeniality of feeling actuates, if
it does not move.
Feeling that my cause is in the good
hands of my friends in thus offering my
self to you, submit to your judgment IN
all things, feeling you will act for the best.
If honored with your suffrage in election
to the position to which aspire, here
promise you will use every endeavor to
honor the position, rather than it henorine
me, and in all respects do the best that il
me lay to make you good officer.
Very respectfully,
CHAS. II. FLoURNoY.
Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 8, 1874.