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The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
LOOK Out
For New Goods of all Kinds and
Variety, at
ID. Q, Williams
next week.
Goods for Christmas a Speciality


We invite the attention of our merchants
to Col Thad. Reynolds card in another col
umn. He represents the establishment OF
Shyrock 4 Rowland. of st. Louis. wholesale
grocers and commission merchants. The
house is one of the best and most substantial
in the whole country, and has as its represen-
tative. in this part of Arkansas, frst-class
gentleman, who can be relied on in all his
business transactions. Among all the "drum-
mers" that visit our town, he Is the only one
of his line of business that advertises. We
therefore. ask our merchants If they need,
anything in his line. to patronize him, in pref
crence to anyone else. We know Thad.; we
do not the representatives of other houses.
George Woods was in from the mill, Sat-
urday. We thought we discovered hayseed
in his hair.
M. Lynch has fruits, nuts, raisins, etc,
for Christmas In fact, he has an assistant in
the market all the time, to purchase anything
that may be desired, who is on the lookout
for goods suitable to the wants and tastes of
his customers Drop in and sec him before
Christmas.
Our friend Barnes still continues to turn
out wagon. that can't be beat by any one.
His work /, of the best. and his blacksmith Is
hard to beat anywhere.
Hooked more like snow Monda, morning
than at any time before this winter.
Jimmie Wood is waiting on customers
and giving DOWN. weight at George Mad
dpy'g
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

In Russia the winter appears to have
set in with unwonted severity. AS early
as. October 90 the street traffic was con-
Quoted almost entirely OH runners, the
snow being deep enough and hard enough
for sleighing, and travel by tramway bad
become well-nigh impossible.
The chief of the house of Astor now
is John Jacob Astor, oldest son of the
late W lillian B, Astor He served on
General McClellan's staff, and has been
for many years the active manager of the
Astor property.
Everywhere endeavor to be useful,
and everywhere you are at home.
Good nature is more agreeable in
conversation than wit, and gives certain
air to the countenance which is far more
amiable than beauty.
-Oftentimes the most costly thing we
get is that which is given us,
There is not string attuned IN Ynirth
but has it's chords of melancholy.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
Chicago's Latest Mystery.

CHICAGO, Dec. =
Ihe identity of the woman whose body
was sent packed in barrel, together with
an infant, to the United States Express
company's office yesterday has not been
discovered. The supposition that she
was highly respectable, however, does
notappear to be well grounded. The ex
pressman who took the body to the office
was arrested this morning, and he point
ed out the two men who procured his
help, whom the officers Immediately ar
rested. Their names are Darruw aud
jackson, carpenters on the South side
II is asserted that they have done body.
snatchlng business at times The body
was taken from barn ON the corner of
State and Twentieth streets. These men
stated to Post and Mail reporter that
DIR. f b. w. Wilder furnished the bodies
TO them, and that they barrcllen them up
at his request. A warrent was gotten out
lor the arrest Of DR.. Wilder, but up to the
time OF sending this dispatch he has not
been arrested
LATIh-lt appears to night that the
BODY OF the woman sent to the United
States express office, packed in a barrel,
was eXhumed from Graceland cemetery,
tuesday night, by two negroes, Thomas
Scott and John McAllister, acting under
direction Of DR.. +. Z. b. Wilder. These
negroes have been arrested on charge
OF body. snatching. Mr.. Green of the
firm of T. Green & Co, Iowa City, to
whom the barrel was consigned, proves
to be the janitor of the medical college
at Iowa City
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
An Ordinance of the Town of Van
Buren,, Ark. in regard to
Dram Shops and Gro
Gerry Licenses.

sEc1loN | Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen OF the town of Van Buren,,
Arkansas, That no person or persons shall be
allowed to keepa grocery, or dram shop, or
place where spurious or mall ltliquors are sold.
in quantities less than one quart (other than
druggists who sell liquors for medical purpo-
ses) within incorporate limits of said town,
except he or they shall first procure license
from said town of Van Buren. to SO sell such
liquors, and for which license he or they shall
pay the sum of TIVE hundred $4,000 in United
States currency, or the scrip of said town Of
Van Buren; or, In lieu thereof, the sum Of
four hundred (xl00) in Arkansas State scrip.
Sec. I'd. ANY person or persons who shall
sell any spirituous or malt liquors With the
incorporate limits of said town in less quanti-
ties than one quart, sand In violation of the
above section (other than druggists who sell
liquors for medical purposes) without having
q license from said town to keep dram shop.
shall, upon conviction Of such offense, pay u
fine of one hundred (Sl00) for each otfense,
for SO selling such liquors or be imprisoned
In the Jail OF Crawford county or town prison
of said town for the period of thirty (30)
days, or be punished by both such fna and
imprisonment. at the discretion Of the court
before whom such person or persons shall be
prosecuted.
Sec. This ordinance shall be Ia force and
take effect forthwith Immediately after its
legal publication. and the Recorder of said
town is hereby ordered TO have the same i'm
mediately published.
See. 4. All Ordinances and bylaws ol
| said tewn Or parts thereof which are in con-
flct with this Ordinance are hereby repealed
| Done at Van Buren. Arkansas, December
9Th. A. d. 1875.
+. Nj. NEAL. Mayor
| Town Of Van Buren, Ark.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

A MAMMOTH STEER. A steer owned by
George Miller, a farmer on Lost River,
near klamath Lake, Oregon, has arrived
at Salem and will be sent to the Centen-
NAL. The steer stands 10 hands high
(six feet and 4 inches), measures 10 feet
from tip to tip, and weighs 5 900 pounds.
Whether this steer is larger than that one
owned by our friend, the Hon. Jacob Sec,
Of Montgomery City, Mo, we doubt
We will put Missouri against the world
for big steers, and if the Oregon steer
goes to the Centennial, we will see that
Mr. Sees steer goes there too. Missouri
takes second place in nothing goldman q
Rural World.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
Special Notice.
TO Merchants and Shippers.

The steamer Kittie Hegler, J. ID. Hcgler
master, aud S. c. Mcintyre In the Office, will
at once commence loading at Cincinnati. tor
the Arkansas river. and will leave there about
the 25th inst. The Hegler is fully fitted up
for the cotton trade. having cabin guards re-
moved she can carry. with ease and safety,
$500 bales of cotton. Persons ordering goods
from Cincinnati can row have an opportuni-
ty of getting them by through boat, whose
standing is second TO none. Address Kitty
Hegcr,.her Captain, or clerk, Box 302, Cincin-
natl, Ohio, or call on
GEO, Z. WHITE.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

Children are children, as kittens are
kittens. A sober, sensible old cat, that
sits purring before the fire. does not
trouble herself because her kitten is hur.
rying aud dashing here and there in fe
yer of excitement to catch its own tail
She sits still and purrs on. People should
do the same with children One of the
difficulties of home education is the i'm
possibility Of making parents keep still
it is with them, out of their affection, all
watch and worry.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
" Go to Louis Crafts for WIN
yer suits and cheap Clothing at
very low down prices.
Fire KindlcrS.

Now Is the time, cold weather is coming on
=" purchase one of smiths celebrated fire
s'ha'crs. They are safe, and will start your
,',, III ten minutes. This Is what the Fayette-
''c sentinel says of it: We know, by actu-
Experiment., that it is the greatest ccono-
'. o' fret and worry ever invented. There
s"' 10 be one in every household, Secure
S"e y before 1t is too late" Price only 65 cents.
advertisement in our paper.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

DIR. Hall says that a person should
60 to sleep with his face turned toward
the wall That's all right, especially if
his wife has been jawing him.
Judge r. A, Hill ofthe United States
Court at jackson. Miss, deserves mon
ument Of gold. In recent case he dis
charged nearly every man on the Sheriff e
panel because of inability to read and
write. He claimed that any man who did
not possess these two qualifications was
not fit to Judge of another's guilt or inno.
cence
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

1t is not work that kills men, it is
worry. Work is healthy you can hard
ly put more upon man than he can bear.
Worry is rust upon the blade. 1t is moi
the revolution that destroys the machine
ry, but the friction.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
from Nashville says: "Vice President
Wilson wss engaged to be married to
Mrs, John A. Jackson of williamson
county. Tenn and the marriage was to
take place on the recovery of his health.
1t was mainly to see ler that he visited
Nashville last spring. They met first at
Washington, and had kept up constant
correspondence Stree. Mrs. Jackson was
one of the most distinguished and highly
cultured ladies' in the South"
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

Attention is called to the advertisement
in our paper Of an auction sale of goods
This is an opportunity for country merchants
and farmers to replenish and add to their
stocks. A. j. Ward, Trustee of II. C.. BoBards
& Co., will sell at anction the goods OF that
firm every Saturday until the stock Is closed
out. and during the week by private sale at
low figures. i.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

The man who stops his newspaper
because it has published something that
offends him, is sure to buy a copy Of the
next issue of newsboy to see if it sur.
wives, and he most always finds it does.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

HOMEMADE HAIR UiL.--Take a sutii-
eient quantity offresh butter and filter it
through tissue or fine letter paper, and
then cut it with alcohol. 1t can be scent
ed with any essence that is liked, makes
a good, soft dressing for the hair, and is
not at all expensive.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

The Rome Georgia. Courier says
the Democrats OF Ohio and Pennsylvania
attempted to cross the river before they
got to it. They were ahead Of time in
making the currency question the main
issue of the canvass. Upon the para
mount issue Of fConstitutionalism VS.. Cen
tralism, the Democracy can, the Courier
believes, win next year.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
New York City and Arkansas.
W. J. lARGEN & R. T. LARGEN,

F. REPRESENT
Messrs. Clark Bros. 4 Co., Hats, Caps, and
Furs, SIG, 32s and $50 Broadway. n. Y.
Mess. w. A. Ransom & Co., Boots and Shoes
b37 Broadway, New York.
Messls. ANDERSON, STARR L. Co.. Clothing
Dealers $50 Broadway, New York.
Messrs. MOORE, JENKINS 4 Co, Dealers In
Groceries.
Messrs l.. Straus & Son, Crockery. China
Glass, Lamps, DC, A Warren St. NY.
W. }. Largin will spend most of his time
in New York city, where he will be prepared
to fill all orders In every line; while r. T.
Largen will remain IN the State tor the pres
ent, exhibit our samples and forward orders,
etc. Al first class merchants solicited. Sat
sfaction guaranteed. nov. 20tf
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

Gel. Guntcr's old clronics.' Of Fayctte-
tN'e, cave him barn burning, before he left
sor Washington.
-Cipt. +. G. Whitesides has come up from
eS place sick. The motherly attention ofMrs
'ilram Brodie, will. VIC hope, bring him out
pil right, in a few days.
-Rained nearly all night, Saturday night.
-beautiful day Sunday. Services in three
Churches.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
New Furniture.

HENRY GLASS has just received by rail. a
new and large lot of fashionable and common
furniture, which he has marked down to the
lowest figures for cash, Give him a call
inject 10.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
Dress-Making.

We are requested to give notice to the la
dies of Van Barren that Mrs SMALE has taken
the room lately occupied by Miss Ole Phelps
and will give her attention to DRESS MAKING
in all its branches. Mrs. Smale is very we'll
spoken of, and we are assured will give good
satisfaction.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
Dental Notice.

DR.. Il. ID. SEALS, will be at Van
eare"- o" the lAth day of December
AIl wanting work in his line will give
Am call. viii be found at the resi-
fence Of Mrs. England's
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

An historic flag, the one borne by the
Confederate steamer Shenandoah during
the war, is now On exhibition in Rich :
mond
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

| hereby certify that the above and forego-
ing Is true copy of an Ordinance passed
by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town
OF Van Buren, Arkansas, at their regular
meeting. held on the 9th day of December,
A. d. 1875
j. l.. WHITFIELD. Recorder
Town OF Van Burcn, Ark.
dec 7.ml
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

The Democratic State Convention Of
Texas will be held at Galveston on the
18th of January.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
Presbyterian, 20. So

r r. KENNEDY. Pastor. Divine Ser
uorv sabbath, except the 3D. Of each
=, II 4. n. and 7P.M. Prayer meet
wadnesday evening at 7r.M.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

"A Detroit marriage notice ends with
the singular expression, probably added
by some waggsh friend: MAY their
future troubles be little ones"
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

A plug hat under the soothing in
6uences of the climate Of Georgia lasts a
man thirteen years,
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07
RIVER NEWS.

,o,, river has risen very littlc. Wcathe
'''a and cloudy.
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

The indcfatigable labors of Mr.. Small
! y.reader at the Episcopal Church at
,,,,c. n are doing much toward building
4 f., denomination at this point,
The Van Buren press., 1875-12-07

= All Job Work, cash OH deliv-
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12
GLEANINGS.

The Cincinnati Commercial, speak,
ing OF the probable Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency, says: ANDY
Johnson is not the man. He has been
tried, and the country is not in a state
of mind to seek the repetition of the
experiment"
Governor Law, of Connecticut, in
1747 wore a silk robe woven in his own
State, and manufactured from mate
rial raised upon New England soil
and three years later his daughter
wore the first American silk dress.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: a
reporter of the Cleveland Herald stood
on the court house steps the other day
and counted eighty-four men whc
want to be Governor of Ohio; and, IL
being cloudy dav, it is supposed that
he missed about two hundred.
Miss Moody, daughter of the Ameri-
can revivalist, who is now preaching
in London, not sharing her fathers
views, went to the play, and coming
down late to breakfast next morning
was greeted by him with: "Well,
child of Sstan !" to which she calmly
responded: Good morning, papa"
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12

the House of Representatives was to be rs
returned by the Returning Board
After the errors Of that Board had been
corrected in the cases specified in the
amendments by the award Of the committee
and its adoption by the House Of Repre-
sentAtives, the parties to the agreement
having made no stipulation in these cHses,
can not be fairly asked to deprive these four
members Of seats to which they had been
declared elected by the Returning Board,
and Of which "lcss than a majority of tho
members" Of the House of Representatives
had attempted to deprive them. These
four men being legally entitled to their
seats, and having done nothing to forfeit
them, their reinstatement WAS an act of
simple justice which oil fully understand
ing the facts must approve.
Mr.. Wheeler says, touching the allega-
tions Of bad faith by Dems. that they did
not act covertly. He details the opposition
manifested upon the first acceptance of the
articles of adjustment, and says on the day
preceding the meeting of the late extra
session of the Legislature met the rolls
of Gen. Sheridan, prominent Republican
officials, and Col. Leonard, of Shreveport.
tells, who had been leading men in the ne
matter of the four members was fully dis
oussed in Gen. Sheridan's room, and Lea
nard distinctly Informed US that he wished
no conceslment, and that it was due to us
that he should inform us that if the award
of the committee should be adopted by the
House the Democrats would promptly re-
seat the four members. This statement is
but simple justice to Col Leonard, and
those whom he represented. can easily
perceive how parties at distance, without
a knowledge Of the facts in detail, should
think the Democrats guilty of non-observ.
ance of the provision which l have cited,
but can not think them, in fairness, OBJ
noxious to the charge, and common justice,
which ought TO characterize parties, as
well as individuals, entities them to this
explanation. The Republican party has
now put itself in the right in Louisiana.
The action of both parties in the future
will be watched by the country, and the
people will mete out to each the judgment
towhich, by its acts, it shall entitle itself,
and to that tribunal the matter may safely
be confded.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12

There is no doubt of the growing
strength of Secretary Bristow. Strang
er things have happened than that he
should bear away the prize from all
competitors. He was soldier. He
is a statesman. In the pride and
strength of vigorous manhood, with
splendid abilities, and with an unsul-
lied reputation, he has thus far filled
every position to which he has been
called, with credit to himself and hon
or to the republic. II may well occur
that the Republican party, in shaping
the campaign of 1876, will deem it the
best policy to place a Southern man,
whose loyalty can not be questioned.
at the head of the ticket. We shall
not be surprised, if among the many
excellent men from whom the Repub-
lican party has to choose, that, as time
goes on and the admirable qualities of
the Secretary of the Treasury more
and more demonstrate themselves, he
may be found the most available man
to lead the Republican hosts to victory
in 1876. "-ROcheSter Democrat and
Chronicle.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12

o'clock, and the last voice heard was that Of
little child in the cabin. 1t is not probable
the boats could have lived even IL they had
been successfully filed The whole num-
Der saved is ~, and 40 bodies have been re &.
covered.
Mr.. Dorrien Smith, Of the Scilly Islands,
writes to the Times that many additional
lives we're lost because the guns and rockets
fired from the Schiller were thought to be
merely ordinary signals If arrival which
have frequently been the cause of false
alarms.
Among the bodies recovered and already
identified are those of Gee. Leonhardt
Rowne Luerchne, Andre Peterson, G.
Schmidt, Mrs. Reedere and daughter, Mrs.
Becker, Mrs. Ridgeway and Mrs West.
Fifty corpses from the Schiller have come
ashore or been landed at st. Mary's alone
The dead are much mutilated. 90 mail
bags, including u from New Iceland, were
saved from the Schiller.
The steamer Pammania sailed from Ply
mouth during the night for Hamburg with
out taking any of the survivors of the Schil-
Ter. The statements made by the officers of
the Schiller add nothing to the particulars
already telegraphed. All accounts agree
of the ship was heartrending and terrible
beyond description
The Sea stiII Heavy.
LONDON, May l0.--The sea is too heavy to-
day for boats to approach the wreck of the
steamship Schiller. No floating salvage of
any importance has yet been recovered.
The fisherman report that the Schiller is
firmly settled on q rock, and will not fall
off into deep water; it is very difficult to
approach the wreck now.
There will be many days in summer
when salvage may be effected. There
was a life belt in every one of the Schiller $
berths when the disaster occurred. The
Captain issued orders that one should be
fastened te every woman; this was done,
but the women were drowned by the heavy
sea.
Rescuing Dead Bodies.
LONDON, May 1O.-Boats are cruising
in the vicinity of the wreck of the steam-
ship Schiller and continue to pick up the
bodies of the drowned. When the steamer
left st. Mary's leland to-day nearly so had
been found. Seven mail bags in addition
to those reported recovered have been
saved. They contained mostly San Fran
cisco and Auckland newspapers.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12
NO Harm Done.

An old lady passing through the
Central Market yesterday halted at q
stand and blandly inquired:
Have you any nice plums ?"
"Plums? Plums?n repeated the
man; "why it won't be time for plums
for four months yetN'
"No, / s'pose not" continued the
old lady, "but it's no harm to inquire
around llttle.N
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12
BRooKLYS, n. Y, May Sd, 1876.

BERLIN, May 4-The Nordosuisohe
AlLgemeine Zeitung gives a positive de-
NAL to a statement in the American
papers that company has been organ
lied here to facilitate the return to this
country of emigrants In the United
States.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12
Intense Darkness.

refusing aid. Two boats were saved.
The Captain endeavored to compel obedi.
euce by firing revolver over their heads.
Dnring two hours six cannon shots were
fred, when the powder dampened. Distress
signals, rockets, and blue lights were un-
answered at midnight. The fog lifted in a
minute, revealing the lighthouse, and
the waves sweeping the decks and carrying
away the victims.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12
Her Value.

She was valued at $4,000 and was in
sured for her full value. Her crew cons
sisted of l29 men, including officers. She
carried six kegs containing 100000 in
gold, shipped by E. S. Ballin & Co., bank
ers, of "a Exchange Place in this city, to
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-12
Terrible Scenes.

At2 O'Clock the deck house, in which
were the women and children, was swept
away. The cries and shreks of the VIC
Tins were heartrending. Then followed a
ghostly silence. The smoke stack fell,
crushing some of the boats, and two others
were carried away. The remainder fol-
lowed the Captain to the forward bridge.
Each succeeding move took fresh victims
Some persons sought refuge on the main
mast and some the fOremast.
Middletown transcript., 1875-03-20
Total.

The cuttings of course would not have been
sent had not prices ruled high.
To give those not accustomed to the use of
the machine some idea of the effect of inch
opening or closing Of the rollers, noticed in
Hales Early, when the rollers were set at No
a, that the machine made one basket of extras
to two of primes; and when closed at No. 8.
it made the same number of extras as primes.
The qu.ntity Of cuttings of course being in
creased at No. 3, and decreased at No. 4. As
natural consequence both the extras and
primes culled at No. 4, run 1 of an inch in
diameter, or one size larger than at No. 8,
and would be worth more money For fear
that be misunderstood, to make this palmer,
allow me to explain.
Do not understand me to say that three
baskets of peaches divided into one Of extras
and t,co of primes, would be worth more than
the same three baskets would be if made in to
equal quantities of extras and primes by no
means But if three baskets asserted at No.
3, were again passed through the machine set
at No. 4, You would not have three baskets of
extras and primes left, because the smallest OF
the primes would become cullngs, and the
smallest of the extras would become primes,
and to make up three baskets, more fruit
would have to pass through the machine,
thus the qualay-of both the extras and primes
would be improved, an for this reason would
he worth more money
In view OF the quantity of peaches which
passed over the Delaware n. r. last season.
(althought the crop was virtually failnre)
and knowing the thousands of trees now in
full bearing throughout this Peninsula. and
the millions Of baskets that will evidently be