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CHARACTERISTIC. .-Dunham Is awfully
"put out " in his last issue because Gen
Thomson alluded to the fact that the la
dies could do much in putting down
usurpation, ballot box stutling and ring
rule. That individual is not of the stripe
that understands the value Of this sug
gestion He does not care whether the
ladies' read his paper or not-as all know
who remember the characteristic article
about Thos. NJ Bowen that he wrote and
published some time ago, much to the
disgust Of all decent mcn.-CrdwJoro
Bulletin.
just so. You remember too, Wilcox
the father Of the Bulletin says, IL have
been the editor OF that paper the Press
except q few articles in my absence since
the war" He was evidently at home al
the time. Ah, Gran, be careful my boy
look out for your tracks as you &C
along
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A MODEL OBITUARY disconsolate
editor thus bemoans his departed spouse
Thus my wife died. No ,slmore will
those loving hands pull off my boots and
i part my back hair as only 4 true wife
can. Nor will those willing feet repen
ish coal hod or water pail. No more
will she arise amid the tempestuous
storms of winter, and HE away to the
fire without disturbing the slumbers of
the man who dotted on her so artessly.
Her memory is embalmed in my heart of
hearts. l wanted to embaln her body,
but found that could embalm her
memory cheaper
Il procured of Eli Midget, neighbor
Of mine, a very pretty gravestone His
wife was consumptive, and he kept it on
hand several years, in anticipation of her
death. But she rallied last spring, and
his hopes were blasted Never shall
forget the poor mans grief when asked
him to part with it.
Take it, Skinner, and may You never
know what it is to have youi soul disap
pointed as mine has been ! And he burst
into food oftcars. His spirit was, in
deed, utterly broken.
Il had the following epitah engraved
upon the tombstone
9 TO the memory Of Tabitha, wife of
Moses Skinner, Esq gentlemanly editor
of the Trombone Terms three dol.
lars a year, invariably in advance A
kind mother and an exemplary wife.
Office over Coleman's grocery, up two
flights of stairs. Knock hard We shall
miss thee, mother, We shall miss thee.
job printing solicited.
Thus did my lacerated spirit cry ont
in agony, even as Rachel, weeping for
her children. But one ray oflight pene-
trated the despair Of my soul. The un
dertaker took his pay in job printing, and
the sexton owed me little account
should not have gotten any other way.
Why should we pine at the mysterious
ways Of Providence and vicinityp (Not
q conumdrum. e,vs.
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ky- The St. Louis Times of Sunda

EF- The St. Louis Times Of Sunday
contains the following:
"Mr. Joseph Brooks, formerly OF St
Louis, but late Of Arkansas, has return
ed to his old home. Mr.. Brooks will be
remembered by many as commercial
agent here in 1852. for Bradstreet " Co.
and afterwards being engaged with X. Is
Bonner, Esq. in street sprnkling con
tract. Both of these gentlemen were
members Of the northern Methodist
Church, and were identified with the for
nation of the radical party in st. Louis
Mr.. Brooks went South Immediately on
The close of the war, and engaged in cot
ton and land speculations at Helena
The last role be played IN Arkansas has
been too well advertised to need com
ment. He returns in some disgust at the
state of things in his recently adopted
state
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Ey- A disappointed crowd was the
contributors to defray the expenses OF
the Crawford Bulletin. When it was
read Thursday evening, such exclama-
tons as d" is this it, us this the best
we can do, )" swell wish had my
money back " The truth is that, al
though they say it is gotten up by
Sparks, he merely prints the thing for
pay. Maj Sparks is too smart a man
and has too many old friends in Craw-
ford, to be putting his bill in too deep in
our County affairs. He remembers times
past and looks to days TO come, HI
prints the thing as he would minstre
show bill, for pay.
Like child its first attempts at lying IL
so plain as to be patent to all. lt"smol'
a smile J" and winked out.
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EF A youth .was engaged to be mar
ried, but was financially unable to call in
the minister His atilanced wanted the
affair brought to finale, but George
kept putting her off with promises, say.
ing he was not able to marry, etc. Final
ly she said 'Deah Gaug, am willing
to marry you, if we have to live on bread
and water. well, well, cried Gaug,
in desperation, you furnish the bread
and I'll try and skirmish around and
hunt up enough water.
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Ey- Gov. Vance gets Off good thi

ES- Gov Vance gets off good thing
in welcoming to Charlotte the Medical
Association Of North Carolina. The
Governor closed his remarks by saying
~ am therefore instructed to say that
the city Of Charlotte, with all it contains
of hospitality and liberalties, is at your
devoted service during your stay; but,
as was said to Satan concerning Job
" Behold all that we have is in thy power
only upon ourselves put not forth thy
hand" (Great laughter and applause J
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fF A young man in Indiana sues his
father fer loaned money. which the faith
fr claims was his property, The fathers
counsel, in summing up the case of bis
)elient, remarked Twice has this prodi-
bon returned to his fathers house twice
|has he been received with open arms ;
twice for him has the fattcd calf been
Killed, and now he comes back and wants
|the old COW
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REMOVAL,

C. F. BROWN, NJ. d., has removed
lis office from the Wallace House to Col.
Geo. E. Whites store, on the Levcc.
Eeorge anticipates being absent for sew
Iral months this summer, and the Doctor
bill keep house during the intrem.
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Ed 1t was glorious the rain Sunday
blight 1t commenced raining about 10
o'clock and continued until the next
morning. Such a soaking rain we have
pot had for long time, and it has given
pho farmer a happy face.
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re- The first Gotten bloom that has
Ittrscted our attention, is from the field
II Mr.. John Wolf, joining Van Buren,
his cotton and corn both, are looking
Eell-but a good soaking rain would be
|ery acceptable. He is a good farmer
u well as a good citizens.
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sF The Rt. Rev. Bishop Pierce
reached Friday night at the Presbyte-
Ian Church, to well filed house. He
lin hold service might and tomorrow
,ight-Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Louisiana.

The people of Louisiana, having nc
hope Of deliverance by congress, have
made up their minds to deliver them.
selves by beating the Kellogg party in
the State election next November They
held their first meetings in New Orleans
last Friday. All opponents of the Kel-
logg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Liberals
and Reformers-took part, and the meet
ings exhibited good deal Of enthusiasm.
There is no governor to be chosen in
November, but there is Legislature to
he elected, and the Conservatives are re-
solved to elect a strong majority in it
against the Kellogg government. If
they succeed in this-and there is little
doubt that they will-the rev Legisla-
TUE will have Kellogg at its mercy, for
if it can do nothing else, it can impcach
and remove him.-St Louis Republican.
EE And now comes Henry Ward
Beecher, and talks heresy. In his serm
on preached Juae 7th, on "The Para
bic { } of the Garden of Eden," lie said
alluding to the doctrine of the fall of
man in the shining Of Adam:
That general view, that We condemned
on account Of what was done for us thou
sand Of years ago, and are held to etern-
al penalty for it, is so in contradiction to
every sense of justice that no man can
regard it without repuenance 1t ascribes
to God attributes which would cover any
human ruler or parent with infamy.
Not content with this, Mr. Beecher
called attention to the fact that the bible S
teaching of astronomy, creation, and the
history Of the race, has been completely
refuted by science, and said
"Here and there is man who still be.
lieves that the world was really made in
six ordinary days. Such men are twin
brothers Of the oldest mummies in Egypt,
and the mummies the best men of the
two sorts '-Memphis appeal.
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EH- An old lady in Massachusetts be.
ing informed that dam above the village
where she lived was likely to give way,
Immediately wished for pair Of clean
white stockings, saying in explanation
that she once saw a woman struggling in
the waters and that she foated along
feet upward
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fs Col. j. p, King has reftted his
team FIGURING Mills from top to bot.
ON, in the most complete manner, and
now receiving wheat. bis Flour stands
B high in the market as any of the best
Iroul,
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re- St Johns Day was celebrated by
he Masonic Fraturnity of Van Buren,
IN Wednesday, by Pic Mic, at Lees
freek. AS we anticipated, they had a
|ood time.
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EF A man who was about to be
hanged in Alabama sang joyfuily, as he
stood with the moose about his neck
Oh the bright angels are waiting for
me- Whereupon the local editor tiend.
lshly wrote: "And then the angels stir
red up the fires, and looked brighter
than ever
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DENTAL NOTICE.

Dr. r. D. SEALS, Of Fort Smith, will
| Iisit Van Buren, on the lst Of July, to
box after any work in the Dental line.
Will stay but few days.
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FR1aHTFUL ACCIDENT.
The Floor Of the Central Baptist Church
at Syracuse Falls in During Straw.
.si' berry Festival.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, June "a.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, June "a.
At midnight, during a strawberry festi-
val at the Central Baptist church last
night, the floor gave way without mo
ments warning, precipitating the crowd
assembled into the parlor below, which
was likewise filed The scene that en-
sued, the fire bells ringing, and the
shrieks Of the wounded and dying and
the lamentations of the friends of those
entombed, was fearful in the extreme.
The following were taken out dead DR..
0. Wainwright, Mrs. K. Austin Barnes,
Mrs. James NJ. Crow, Mrs. j. E Karr,
Miss Gussie Carpenter, Mrs. Abijah Wee.
der, of Utica Miss Oracle Holmes, Miss
Winnie Collins, aged thirteen years to.
day; Halle Leonard, five or six years
old John Austin Ostrander, boy about
nine years old; Miss Minnie Thomas,
Frank Collins, aged fourteen years Lulu
Horton, aged twelve years Mrs. Dir.
Wainwright will undoubtedly die. Elk.
Alderman Austin Barnes is very serious
ly injured. The bodies are supposed to
be all recovered now. 1t is impossible
to get the names Of the injured to night
The city is filled with lamentation. The
scene in the streets around the church
battles description, thousands being gath
cred there asking for friends, waiting for
the dead and attending to the injured.
The entire police force and fire depart
ment were called ont and took charge OF
the work Of recdve.ing the dead and
wounded. The broken timbers were
handled with difficulty. The walls Of the
church did not fall in, but are seriously
damaged The church is comparatively
new one. Five minutes before the floor
gave way it trembled 50 that many per
sons left the room, fearing an accident
which had been predicted by many. The
accident was caused by the giving way of
a joist that supported the floor. The
jeist ran from both sides Of the room to
the cross strngers, the middle of which
was supported by iron rods from the
roof The stringer gave way, pulling
the ceiling and roof down upon the peo-
pie, and precipitaiing them into the room
below. The work of recovery was cx-
ceedingly slow, as il had to be done in
the dark and it was feared every mo
ment the walls would fall in.
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Ey- The Mayor OF Charleston once
knew the time when he blacked his own
boots; and the people Of Charleston re-
gret the time that he ever thought Of do.
ing anything else.
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Presbyterian, 20. 81

p.v I. C. KENNEDY, Pastor. Divine Ser
:. avery Sabbath, except the Sd of each
.n,b at IL A. NJ. and JPN. Prayer meet
| Wednesday evening at 7P.M.
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ey Two Of the happicst men In town
i Hon B. j. Brown and Mr.. g. H. Herr.
hey step off as if they had Generals S
,mmission in their pocket. Captain
rown's weighs ten pounds and Mr..
err's not bit behind. Both are boys,
ID "a.l doing as well as could be expec
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cT The following is the official vote
Of Oregon for the officers named. Con
rressman Ladow, democrat, 9642; Will
Jams. republican, 934o; Davenport, inde
pendent, $3.50.
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LATER.

Fourteen dead bodies have been re-
covered from the ruins of the Centra
Baptist church, the floor of which fel
last night during festival. OF the in
jured, two died to-day, and others are
not expected to live, while several will
be crippled for life The number Of mi.
nor casualties is nearly or quite one hun
dred; among them there are about q
dozen persons with broken limbs and ribs
The cause Of the disaster was the defec
tive construction Of the building. The
supporting truss was composed OF planks
spiked together The excitement in the
neighborhood continues great.
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re- Mr. Thos. NJ. McGee, who is re-
jding at Spadra Bluff, is up with his
bmly, to his old home on a visit.
The Van Buren press., 1874-06-30

sg Hayman & Sons at the Steam
Hills are turning out New Flour. Sell
ng at SO per hundred.
The Van Buren press., 1874-06-30
New steam FIouring Mill

HAYMAN & SONS New Steam
flodring Mill, on the Levce.
~ Are now prepared for the New
Wheat Crop. 3w
The Van Buren press., 1874-06-30

rT The Rhode island General Assem-
bly, have adjourned, to meet In January
without electing United States senator
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TTNllE well known and long establishes
Ferry at Van Bnren, Arkansas, is now
under the charge Of the subscriber. The pro-
pi ietors having recently put on a Large New
Steamboat. and With careful and experienced
Ferrymen, they feel confident that they can
give universal satisfaction to the travelling
public. Their aim will be to meet the In
creaslng demands Of the large emigrant trav-
el to Texas.
The st Louis. and Sherman, Texas, U. 8.
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which Is =
good guarantee that II Is the shortest as we'll
as the best route for travel Of all kinds.
This Ferry has the largest and best boat on
the river. and can cross 200 wagons and teams
per day. and no retention on either bank need
be expected. Enclosures for stock and sheds
for travellers are being built on both sides Of
the river. and no pains will be spared to ac-
commodate the public. We shall strive to
continue to make this the popular route to
and from Missouri and Texas.
~ B-Fery Accounts must be settled
MonthlJ-No deviation from this rule.
II. c. RO BARDS, Prepristsv.
Van Buren,, Feb. 4, 73. n
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rF The Little Rock Republican o.

Bunday, says:
All hope of floating the Kitty Hegler
bF the bar at Churchill's has been aband-
bned by Capt Hegler, and he now says
She will have to remain on the bar until
bext fall The last rise did not get with
3n thirty feet Of her, and he will not un-
6ertake to launch her.
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c- From the Shreveport Times OF I'll

Gen. Frank Armstrong, Ben McCul
lochs chief of staff, and afterwards Brig
adie General in the Confederate cavalry
was married few days since to Boston
beauty. What induced him to wander
off to Bunker Hill is beyond the compre
hension Of his old comrades remarks ar
exchange.
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~ County Scrip for Sale. Apply a
this Oillcc.
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RIVER NEWS.

TUESDAY MORNING.
,n. "e river Is falling slowly with 3 feet by
'''Se' Weather warm and cloudy.
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