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BALTIMORE WEEKLY sun,


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University Of Virginia.

The Catalogue Of the University of Vir-
einia for 1875 has been received. During
the present year three hundred and thirty
three students have been III attendance.
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Grasshoppsrs

ETassnoPpaTs.
The srasshoppers have made their APP
pearance in numerous bands.r Should
the season be a dry one, they will prove
very destructive IN some sections.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-05-18

VALLEY TURNPIKE.-The board of
directors Of the Valley Turnpike Com
pAny held their semi-annual meeting In
Hdrri>onburg last week.
The rates OF annual toll were fixed same
as last year and committee was appoin-
ted to devise equitable means to increase
the receipts from local travel without
raising assessments against those using
the gate or, in other words, an arrange
ment by means of tickets, to be sold at
reduced rates to those who live in the
Vicinity OF the gates, for local use, which
will insure a sman payment for each
passage through the gate, instead Of the
present annual Dlin
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NOTICE No. 2.

N VIICE No. 2.
Al accounts are now due and earnestly desire Q
speedy settlement Of the same. We cast keep o%r
eusiiicss or. wftaont, money at.as with TIE
Case We sli gsren.cc, Co sell you goods chsse -
anybody else.
sszs Spend goa money whee you
get yoar Credi ueu
Very Res. Yours
yasNNED
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MARRIED.

BAL ER--IEIST.--On the 12th OF April 1870, in
Baltimore, Samuel Baker, Of Frederick County,
w., to Miss Margaret M, daughter OF john G..
BEST of that city.
CoFFMAN-FRAyEL.-Aa 1fth, by Rev. P. Miller,
Er. william J. Cof5man, and Miss Fannie N
daughter of Eli Frave deceased, all OF this county
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RORs OFY on y n

A gentleman who suffered for years frou Nerv
"a ons Debility, PerAstsra De'ay ana all tse
effects OF youthful indiseret on will for the sake Of
suffering humanity send free to AL ue need it, tie
by which he was cured, Sufferers wjslng to preSt
~ me aavertisers erience can doso ty address,
ing ia perfect coahdsnce JoHN Il gaDeS :,
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The sehd fer erty, known as the
Palmer House has been sold by Mrs
schefeJ to Mr.. B. NJ. Clindinst ofStaun-
ton for $6OQ
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= 1erllous T5sltIo4
On last Wednesday, while the workmea
We're engaged on the Marrow Passage
Bridge severe storm suddenly burst up
on tn en-. Their situation soon became
one OF extreme peril, as it was almost, if
not quite impossible for any one to re-
mail Oh tile bridge. They made an effort
to escape and all, but one, young Mr..
Brumbach reached place Of safety. Mr..
b. hsd gotten off the main bridge but
the bridge and fell a distance of about
twenty feet. He was not seriously injured
DR.. Campbell rendered surgical attention
and the young man is doing well.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13

An exchange says: =" We are in receipt
oil two poems, one on the Throhbing
Brain, and another on A Bleeding Heart
We will wait until we receive one on the
Stomach ache, and publish all three to-.
gether."
"And you think, darling. You could
be content to share my humble lot and
live in quiet way with love and me 2"
queried the blissful lover Us he looked
fondly into her translucent blue eyes.
"Why, yes, precious; you have no idea
how economical l am. Pa gave me a
hundred dollars last week to buy n rev
siik, and ! saved enough out oft to pur,
chase four pairs OF six buttoned kids.
I'm a Philadelphia Alderman" said
stout, pompous. little man. as he ap-
preached the turn -stile on the Centennial
opening day. "Oh, that's no matter,
answered the gate keeper. :" that don t
exclude you. Pay your so cents. and
you can go in just the same as the rest"
A correspondent out in the suburbs
wants to know the best way to ,make a
hot bed" If You are a married man
crawl into bed with your boots on.
The frontier telegraph line in Texas,
from Denison, via Jacksboro, Concho,
San Antonia and Eagle Pass, to Browns
vile, distance Of ,030 miles, was COM
pleted May l6--being finished to San
Antonia. This gives connection with
all frontier posts, there being a branch
from Jacksboro to Fort Sill, and anoth.
er from Concho to Stockton. All the
wires are now in working order. They
have been constructed in eighteen
months by Government troops.
A Michigan newspaper reporter de.
scribed girl whom be met at ball as o
bewitching and graceful little toad"
Boss Tweed is now said to be in Aus
tria. on sheep farm. He's nice old
mutton.
-" Harry, give me bite Of your ap
ple!" eaid one little fellow to another
No" refused Harry, eating away rap
idly. You wouldn't Ike this: it is ,
cooking apple--and never give \ fellow
bite OF a cooking apple"
-" John,' said fond little wife, On
Enthusiastically, pointing cut to her hus
hand q little shop in fashionable street
when you die, I'm going 10 take the
life insurance money and buy that li,tlt
place. and set up as milliner."
"A Western journalist writes: "a w
Witnessed q touching scene the other dav
A full-gsown, heaithy-iooking marie,
man going toward the snhnrbs with
base ball club over his shoulder. anG
few minutes thereafter, while passing BIZ
house. we noticed his wife saving wooc
in the back yard"
The City Marshal of Attica, Ind
chsins wife whippers TO lampposts, o
fastens them TO chairs mounted on dry
gocds boxes. with the plscard, " II
~h ped his wife.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13

WHY JoHsIoNs RAM FAILED TO GET a
PRizE.--The Michigan Farmer says
Our county fair is over but Johnson's
Cotswold ram did not take the prize that
was offered for the finest animal Of that
kind. Judge klump was chairman Of the
committee on rams, and lie manifested
the deepest interest in Johnsan's, indi.
eating clearly That If any rheep ought to
take prize, that one ought to. Johnson's 6
ram was by itself iu the pen, with a high
board fence, and before adjudieaiing the
judge thought he had better 60 in and
make close examination Of the animal,
for the purpose of ascertaining the firm.
ness of the wool AS soon as the Judge
reached the interior, he walked toward
the ram, whoreupon the ram began to
lower his head and to shake it ominous.
ly. just as the judge WAS about to feet
the fleece, the ram leaned forward and
planted his head in the judge stomach,
rolling him over on the ground, BEFORE
the Judge had time to realize what had
happened, the ram came at him again,
and began series Of pFomseuous butts,
each given with the force and precision
of pile.driver. 1t bu,ted the judge on
the back, on the ribs, or tho arms. OIL the
shoulder blades, and the bald place on
his head, on his shins IL bntted his spec
tacles of; it bu,ted his high hat into elk
chaos; it bvtted him into the corner and
up against the fence: then it hutted four
boards off the pen and escaped into the
fair grounds, and skedadd!ea, and would
not wait to have the first prize ticket pin
ned to his ear. Judge Klump did not go
after it No, no Four men came and
carried him home. The doctor antici.
pates be- vii! recover by the ncx: county
fair
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13
LITTLE ROCK
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
The Most Complete, Thorough and
~ Practical Institution in they
Country.
Located in Martins Block, Corner
OfThird and Main Sts., Little
Rock, Arkansas.

TNllS Institution offers superior facilities
l. for preparing young a"d middle aged
men and women for the counting -room and
for the management of business and financial
affairs.
The full Commercial course as presented In
the Preparatory. Theory. Actual. Business
and Banking Departments OF the College en-
braces critical instruction to those who NAV
require it. in Reading Spelling and Arithme-
tic. Book keeping. by Single and Double En-
tr, as applied to business pursuits of every
description Business Penmtnship CONNER
cial Calculations, Mercantile Cores spondences
Detection Of Counterfeit Money. Lectures on
the Science of Accounts. Business Activities.
Organizations. Economies, Business Forms
Business Customs and Etquettes. Commercial
Law. Finance and the General Laws of Trade
TERMS:
(Pugable in dduance)
Life Scholarship, full Commercial
Course. S5O OO
Fun Course in Telegraphing, by
sound and paper, 40 90
Special Discounts miH be made 10 Clubs
and DESCRIBING Parties.
Usual time required to complete the Full
Commercial Course-from 10 to Is weeks
students can enter the College at anv time
as there are no vacations
Be sure to visit or address this College be-
fore going elsew here.
AARON BALES, Principal.
yfnJ 2s-ly.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13

The milk Of human kindness ia with
out doubt the most condensed milk in
existence, and has the additional pecnli
! arity of never being strained
A SWEET BOOK OF BEorHen-A
Brownsville Young man called or his IN
tended the other evening, and while wait
ing for her to make her appearance he
struck up conversation with hia pro.
spcctiye bro:her.in. law. After while
the boy asked
Docs galvanized nisgers know
much e.
u really can't say answered the
amused young man. and silence reigned
for few I.oments, when the boy again
resumed;
Kin you play chequers with your
nose ?'
mo, ] have not acquired that accom-.
pishment"
" Well, sou better learn, you hear
me p
why ?"
"Cause, SIS says that yer don't know
rs much as a galvanized niger, but yer
dads got lots of stamps and she II marry
you anyi ow, and she said when she get
holt the old mans sugar she was agoin'
to all the fourth Of July pereeshnns an
ice cream shows, and let YOU stay Mt home
to play chcquers with that polly. .wog
nose Of yourn.'
And when Sis" got her hair hanged
and came in she found the parlor deserted
by all save her brother, who was Innocent
ly tying the tails of two kittens together
and singing.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13
An Ohio Gentleman Visits u FASH
iOnablc Church.


Some years ago. being in Philadelphia,
John Eockerill. Of Ohio. received an in.
,ro1nction to prominent divine of that
city. The reverend gentleman i-vited
John to attend his church on a certain
Sunday. which invitation Was accepted.
They entered the sacred ediice togeth
&c. IL IVES one of the first churches in
the cfty. and its members were fasaiona.
lie and aristocratic in the extreme, The
minister pnt John in an elaborate!y far
nished pew, well to front, John nestled
corn tortablr down into one corner of The
same. and looked about as interested and
contentcd as toad under cabbage leaf
After awhile the owner of the pew ar
rived, and at once gave signe Of intense
disgust and Indignation at the presence
of the interloper. He looked at John,
looked at the pew, seowled magniieentlv,
and finally, after fumhing through his
pockets sometime, drew forth card and
wrote on it with pencil " This IS my
seat sir p and with an air oflogtics; Goa
tempt, tosscj it over to John.
The latter took it up, read it with 4
lamblike meekness peculiar TO himself,
and then, with the most delightful cool.
ness, wrote in reply It's q devilish
good seat. What rent do you pay ?" and
tossed the card back to its owner.
The latter took it, looked at it with the
most profund astonishmcnt minute or
two. and then broad grin overspread
his countenance
He evidently enjovea the GOODNESS aud
brass Of his new acquaintance, and when
service was over he approached John,
apologised for his rudeness. invited him
to his house, gave him the best he had
and treated him with the greatest respect
and consideration during his sojourn in
tue city.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13
WOOL G4RDNG
HAYMAN g. SONS.
M MACHIN lists
AND
Machine Agents,

VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
For /. d E. Greenwalds Steam Engines,
Boilers and Mill Machinery of every dcscrip-
tion. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Also, for James Bradford & Co.'S Mill Stone
Mandatory, and Mill Furnishers, CHM, O.
PgfgR
Col. J. P. KlsG, Mulberry Mill, Franklin Co.
MOORE, PYATT d SoN, FIGURING Mills. Boonsboro
JAMES MALEcoAT, FIGURING Mills, BilingsIy,
W. II. RHEA. Rheasville.
A. NJ. CALLAHAN Co., Cotton Factory and Mill
Van Buren.
Merchants, Van B.rea-Wiliams & Whitfield. J.
Neal x Co, NJ. Eyncb, George Austin, L. c. Powell,
John Austin, White & Hanley.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13

An old bachelor, who never looked
woman square in the face in his life
has the presumption to write the follow
ing:
'Oh! could stand where Adam stood,
And with the Tempter grapple.
Not Satan's wiles, nor woman smiles,
Could make me bite that apple,
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13
A Penny Saved is Penny Earned.
StC, 600 Given AWAY.

We viii send the Van Buren, Press,
usual price $3.50, and the Louisville
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13
STATE OFFICERS.

A. IL. GARLAND, Governor.
Is. Il. BEAVERS, Secretary of State.
VIM, X. MILLER, Auditor.
I. j. CHURCHILL, Treasurer.
=. L. iiUGhES, Attorney General.
}. N SMIrnEE. Com of Public Lands.
J. K. EAKIN, Chancellor
A, r. WITT, Clerk Pulaski Chaneery Court
T.. II. ENGLISH, Chief Justice.
W. H. HARRISON. DAVID WALKER, Associate
Justices of the Supreme court.
Fifth Judicial District
unties Of Pope, johnson, Franklin. Craw-
ford, Sebastian, sarber, Yell.
w. W. MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge.
j. Z. BYERs, Prosecuting Attorney.
Crawford County Officers.
ID. IL. CRErKMoRE. County Judge.
Ed. A. SCoTT. County Clerk.
w j. ALEXANDER. Assistant County Clerk
j, j.. WINFREY, Sheriff
It. w. DAVIS. Deputy Sheriff.
CHARLES RBLING aud w. l.. TAYLOR, \ Notary
Pubics.
JONI j, BuRRow and NOSES I.EMLEY, justices
Of Van Buren Township.
]. c, GRADY, Van Barren Township Constable
Van Buren, City Officers.
Z. ~ EtAL, maJ or.
JAMES l.. WHITFIELD, Recorder.
j. 5. II. HouCK, Marshal.
PHuIP SMITH Cemetery Sexton.
The Van Buren press., 1876-06-13
THE WEEKLY SUN.
1875. NEW YORK. 1 7

ENIGHTEEN hundred and seventy six is the Cen
IA tennial year. 1t is also the year in which
Opposition House of Representatives the first since
the war, will bo in power at W Washington; and the
year of the twenty third election OF President of
the United States All these events are sure to be
OF great interest and Importance especially the two
latter; and all OF them, and everything connected
with them will be fully and freshly reported, and
expounded in The Sun.
Tho Opposition House of Representatives taking
up the llne OF INJURY opened years ago by IHE Sun
tions and msdeeds OF Grants administration; and
will 1t is to be hoped, lay the foundation for new
and better period in national history. Of all this
The Sun will contain complete and accurate
counts. furnishing its readers nth early and trust
worthy information upon these absorbing topics.
preparations for it. will be memorable as deciding
upon Grants aspirations for third term Of power
be the candidate OF the party OF Reform we'll
clecttng that candidate, Concerning all these sub
jocts IHg sun who have the constant means of being
thoroughly weii-iniormed.
The WEEKLY SUN which hes attained circulation
OF over eighty thousand copies, already has it's read
ers, IN every state and Territory, aud trust that
the year 1876 will gee their numbers doubled It will
continue to be thorough new sGaper All the gene,
raj news of the day viii be found in It, condensed
when unimportant. at length If important, and
always, wetrust treated in clear. interesting and
instructive manner.
1t is aim to make The WEEKLY Sux the best
family newspaper in the world. and we shall contin
ue TO give in its columns large amount of miscella-
neous reading such as stories, tales poems, scen-
tihe intelligence and agricultural information. for
which we are not able to make room in our daily
edition, The agricultural department, especially,
is one Of its prominent features. The fashions
regularly reported In It's columns, and the
The WeERLY Svs, eight pagee, with ffty-six broad
columns, IS l.2Deentsa year. postage prspsid. As
duction can be made from this to clubs agents
P9sstsmamsters' sta A. tiers Sr any enc: =,
twenty columns. gives all the news fer two
cents copy. subscription, postage prepaid, 55c
month, or 20 59 year Sunday edition extra. 81 10
per year. We have no travelling SCENTS Address,
THE sun, New York City
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HAVE YOU A DOLLAR!
FOR ONE DOLLAR
We will send postagc-paid
THE WEEKLY WORLD
ONE YEAR.

!; 1t contains all The news of the past seven DAYS
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Rew YORK Daily World, and in fuilness ard accura-
cy ana enterprise IN this respect IS unequalled
= iNAgrleultural department contains the latest
news OF farm experiments at home and abroad con :.
rltGtl9ns by home and foreign writer's, full reports
OF tue armers Clnb of the American Institute and
quotations OF valuable and interesting articles ap.
pearing IN the agricultural weekles and IN gaines
s lte grange news, to which attention is specially
called, is feature which can be found in no other
paper Al the resources Mt the command of great
metropolitan daily NEWSPAPER are employed in its
coieeton, and the result is page week, where the
memeers may ma 2 complete record of the work OF
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world gives the cream OF all ths local grange papers
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othef attracheA, such poetry, miscellany, hu.
n9tous extracts &c, during the coming year there
VIII not ee less than hundred shorl sales by the
pest writers oI sctien in England and America
.. ne market rsrerts brought down TO the hour
OF puhilcaten, are the best that can be made Each
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and training make him the beet auth ority upon that
guoeet IN the United States. For accuracy and CEN
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he Narld Is not only the best bat the cheapest
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CcURiER-JOuRNAL,

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ders' tor one year, for S4.O0.
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Send us s4.l'o and get both papers.
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VICK'S
Flower and Vegetable Seeds

the best the world produces. They are planted by
million people in America, and the result is beau
tilal Flowers and splendid Vegetables priced
Catalogue sent free to all who enclose the postage
accent stamp.
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FITS CURED FREE,

A ny person suffering FROM iLe above disease
~ IS requested to address Da pVCs. and a
trial bottle Of medicine will be forwarded by
Express
FREE!
The only cost being the Express charges. whicb
owing to my large business are small
pr. Price - regular ply stefan, and has made
the treatment OF
FITS or EPILEPSY
study Tor years, and he will warrant a cure by
the Of his remedy
Do not fail 20 -an1 to him for a trial bottle
10 costs nothing, and lac
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no matter Of bow long standing your case ma
be, or how many other remedies may have failed
Circulars aud testimonials sent with
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vour Poet Office direction and
Address
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TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser. having been permanently cur
ed Of that itead disease, Consumption, ~ sim
pie remedy, - anxiOgs Co make known 20 his
fellow sufferers the means Of cure. To eli who
desire IT, he will send y cory Of the prescription
used, free Of CHARGE with the directions Tor
preparing and using the same which they will
SID sure Cure Tor Consumption, Asiha,a,
Bronchitis, &c
Parties wishing the PfescriPiiob Will please
address
REv. T. a. WILSON.
l94 Penn ST., williamsburgh, New York.
Dec. ~. 1875 TN.