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The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Indian Delegates in Congress.
1t is with n more than ordinary teeli

1t is with more than ordinary feeling
of pride that we have watched the
course of Hon. A. II. Garland, since he
I took his seat in the United States Sen
ate. A Il the part he has talSer, and eve
ry act he has performed, have been of Il
thoroughly practical nature, and utterly
devoid of that consequential egotsm--
that ubiquitous presence of self-that
is marked ehar eterstic OF SO many
men in high places. Not only has the
Senator labored indeiatigably for the
good Of the State. but, stepping over the
boundary line Of the Indian Nation
grasps the rights of that mueh-injured
people, and presents them before the
legislative councils of the States Be-
low is the bill introduced by Mr.. Gar
land. 1t provides for the representa-
ton in Congress, by a delegate which
shall be elected by the five tribes, from
the Nation:
A Bill to authorize the election of a
Delegate to Congress from the Indian
Territory
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress as
sembled
That the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole,
Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations OF In
dians, in the Indian Territory, SHAH be
entitled to be represented in the House
Of Representative of the United States
by a Delegate, to be chosen in the man
ncr hereinafter provided, who shall have
the same pay and allowances, and be en-
titled to the same privileges as arc al
lowed to the Delegate from the Terrific
ry of New Mexico.
SEC. 2. That the time, places aCd man
ncr OF, and the officers by whom such
election shall be conducted, shall be pre-
scribed and appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior, and he shall give at least
thirty days notice thereof by publica-
ton in two or more newspapers publish
cd in said Nations. The returns of said
election shall be made to the Agent OF
the United States Tor the Union Agency
who shall give certificate Of election to
the person receiving the highest number
of votes
Sec. 3. That all male persons over the
age of twenty-one years, who have resi-
ded in either of said Nations, for one
year previous to the holding Of said cleo
ton, and all male members of said Ma.
tons by birth, marriage, or adoption,
over the age of twenty-one years, not
disqualified by existing laws Of any Of
said Nations, or Of any State of the Uni
ted States, shall be entitled to vote al
said elections.
SEE. 1. That in all other elections fol
Il Delegate to represent said Nations ii
Congress, they shall~be held at the time,
prescribed by the existing law of the
United States for holding elections il
the organized Territories of the United
States aud the manner Of holding sale
elections shall be prescribed by the See
rotary Of the Interior.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Commissioner Sale.

DY virtue OF a decree of the Crawford
- Circuit Court. rendered by the Septem-
Der Term thereof. a d.. 1876. which judgment
and decree was renstated at the Fall term Of
said court. beginning the 9th day OF Sep
tember. n. d.. 1877. in favor Of Luther G.
White, Internal Improvement Commissioner
in and tor the County of Crawford State Of
Arkansas against John b. Ogden, ! will. on
Monday. the 26th day of November. a. d..
1877. between the hours prescribed by law
for judicial sales, at the Court House door in
the town of Van Buren,. at public auction. to
the highest and best bidder therefor. sell the
following dercribed lots, situate in the town
Of Van Buren. County OF Crawford State of
Arkansas to-wit; Lots No 10 anu IL. Block
No. rs. Said sale to be made on credit of
three months. purchaser or purchasers to
give bond with approved security. and u lien
to be retained upon said lots for the purchase
money.
This November 5th. a H., 1877.
JNO +. WINFREY, Commissioner.
nov 6-3w
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

" 1t is n shame to the South that such
hordes of her sons can stoop to be vile
begsars Of the scraps that ..i all from fed
So far as the criminality Of the act Is
concerned, if those who receive the Off
ces do so by fawning syeophancy, or the
abandonment Of hitherto-expressed aud
sincerely believed principles, we are in
perfect consonance with the Advance
For the life of us we are unable to un-
derstand how southern men can barter
all their principles, give the talsehood
to all they did and said during the war,
for an office, and that Office from the
hands of usurpative- officers officers
who occupy their positions through the
medium Of fraud and Injustice Bowed
down, oppressed, wronged and humilita
ted, though we are, let us never dis
gIace the honor of our southern home.
Let Us Lear patiently with the ills ofour
present surroundings, accept nothing
at the hands of the federal government,
and look to the future, when we may
demand those positions for which SO
many southern men are now fawning
and begging. Our love for the South is
SO strong, that we want nothing in the
office line from the government until
she occupies her birthright position as
a ruing-power of the Nation.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

s The President has issued procla
nation offering ali the public lands in
this District Darslanelle District, for
sale, on tho 5th of February next
Lands inside of & miles from the rail.
road, must sell for $3.50 per acre those
located outside that limit, must bring
Sl,25 per acre, or be returned to the
government. Until after the sale, ap.
p!ications for Homestoading will not be
received by the local officers Parties
who have lived their @ years upon their
Homcsteads can prove up without inter
ruption, the same as before. After the
sale, all lands not purchased at the sale,
are subject to Hopestead entry and pur-
chased at tho established prices.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Trustee S Sale !!

WHEREAS, Charles G. Scott and Caro-
w line l.. Scott, his wife. Henry G. Ro-
Bards and J. p. 5 RoBards his Wife by their
certain deed of trust, dated the 1st day of
June, a. d. 1874. and to me executed and, re-
corded in the Recorders Office of Crawford
County, Arkansas, In Book T. for deeds and
mortgages, on page ia, Us and l76, and re-
corded In said County In book A, on page
80, and was recorded in the Recorders office
for the County of Sarber, in said State. in
record book b, on pages 3d. "a. 35, 36, 81 since
the recording which, the name of said county
of Sarbcr has been changed to that of Logan,
did convey to the undersigned, as trustee,
the following real estate, to-wit:
Lots six 49,. nine (0i. ten (lO.) eleven (l1),
Block ten (l0) lots 6, T. and In Block 2S ;
$40 feet off the south end of Block in Dren-
mans addition to the town of Van Buren, !;
lots g. 4. 8, 6. I, g. o. 10. H. and IL in Block 50;
lot 4, Block GA, all Of Block IS, all situate and
lying in the town Of Van Buren,, in the
County of Crawford and State of Arkan-
sas
The north west quarter Of section thirty
one (3l). township nine t9) north. range thir-
ly one (3l) west. containing l43 27.l00 acres
The north west quarter of section seven. az
township eight (S) north, range thirty west
The east half of the northwest quarter O,
section eight 49, in township eight fS) north.
range thirty one (3l) west; the west half OF
the northwest quarter Of section twenty
eight (2o), and the northwest quarter of the
southwest quai ter, and the southeast quar-
ter OF the southwest quarter, and the north
west quarter Of the southeast quarter Of see
tion twenty-one (2l), all in township ten HO)
north, range twenty-nine COY west, all in
Crawford County. Arkansas.
Also the east half section five (5 the
east half west half section five (5); the west
hall of northeast quarter of section four az !:
the west half OF southwest quarter section
four (l; the south half of northwest quarter,
section tour {4).all In townshipfve (5j north.
range twenty sen(E) west all in Sarber
county, since called Logan County. State of
Arkansas.
Which conveyance was In trust to secure
the pay mealt Of promisory notes, described In
said deed of trust; and whereas the notes de-
scribed in said deed OF trust are past due. and
the greater part of them remain unpaid. now
therefore. |. the undersigned trustee, at the
request of the legal holders Of said notes. and
In accordance with the provisions of said
deed. will, on Monday, the 26th day of No
Veinber "a. H., 1871, between the hours nre
sertbed for judicial sales of that day. at Tho
Court House door In the town of Van Ru-
rem IN the state OF Arkansas. proceed Ia sci,
the property above described. at public ven.
due to the highest bidder for cash In hand Tn
satisfy said notes and the expense II this
trust OF So much thereof as may be pecessa-
ry to pay oil balance on said n,tes, interes,
ana costs. A. j. WARD. Trustee.
Van hnren. Oct. Goth. a. d.. 1877.
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Notice.,

hereby given that at tine October Term
l. of the Probate Court of Crawford County.
the following Administrators filed their ac-
counts for settlement, to wit
George F.. White admir- cf the estate Of
Sam. G.. ilanley. deced
Il. Mckibben. admir- of the estate of
Martin Storm, dece'd.
Therefore, all persons interested in the set.
tiement OF above accounts are called upon
to come forward and file exceptions. if any
they have. on or before the second tay of the
next term of said court, Tor said county. or
they will be forever barred from, excepting
TO such accounts or any item thereof.
Witness my hand and official seal,
H. 81 this lith day of November 1877.
En-. 4. SCOTT Clerk
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27


b@r A Berlin correspondent of the
18th says that Pole. suspected of do
signs on the lives Of the Emperor and
Prince Bismarck, was arrested at rail.
way station, but not as was first report
ted, one at which the Emperor arrived
on his return from hunting. The affair
caused great excitement, as, at first, er.
Foneous reports were to the effect that
the man had boon taken in the act of
firing at the Emperor. The police re-
eeiyed information Of the plot, which is
attributed to Polish Ultramantanes, from
~ outside source, and are looking for
the prisoners supposed oonfederatos.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

rN- During services at the Church of
tho Ascension, on Su day, the 18th, Al
exander B. Sayres walked up the aisle,
drew a pistol, and shot his wife, Eliza
beth, who occupied II pew several feet
in advance of where Sayers had been
sitting. The bullet entered her back,
and she now lies at the hospital in dying
condition. Both parties were regular
attendants at this church in Philadelphia
but had bccn separated for many years.
The husband hal already served term
in prison for breaking her arm.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Just Once More.

Our expression Of opinion that it was
best for the Legislature to meet this
northwest repudiationist-big and lit
tie. They know, as well as we do, that
it will knock the thousand and one as
pirants that are coming up for Office,
" higher than kite" Gov Miller will,
we have no doubt, do, in the matter his
duty, without paying any regard to the
villifeations. and threats OF those who
had rather the best interests of the State
should be Frustrated and financially ru-
med, that they should be able, by their
demagoguery, to make political capital
out of the States msfortunes. The
present Legislature can just as we'll and
faithfully represent the wishes and in
terests Of their constituents, as if re-
elected. Reputation is stencil in
the nostrils of the people. and not
twenty members could be elected on the
issue, squarely and fairly made.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
COTTON MARK EFT.

EE- Bro. Davis, OF the Western lmmi
grant asks " how big do men grow in
Crawford county," and says:
Col Durham, of the Van Buren, Press,
talks at us, thusly: ave met Bro. Da
Wis for the first time, and were surprised
to find 50 ready and able writer strip.
ling boy, etc" The way we swelled as
we glanced over the first clause of the
compliment, was only equalled by the
way we shrunk, as our eye lit on the
words "a STRIPPING boy" and We fell to
pondefing over the problem of what a
huge race of people the Crawfordites
must be. Please explain, Col. How did
our young friend, Goss, who lived in
Van Buren,, last year, compare with your
boys in point OF size?
We are some tall, you bet, Bro Davis,
and that specimen of yours, if all is true
that is told of him, paired very well
with Crawford, considering his age, You
are not all Goss' in Dardanelle by long
shot: Why, look at Dodge Jacoway.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Troops for the Rio Grande.

A Washington dispatch OF Nov. 23,
says: A San Antonio dispatch says Gen.
Ord yesterday received an official copy
of an order of President Diaz to Gen.
Dale, commanding the Mexican forces on
the border, to repel invasion by United
States troops by force, and that Gen.
Trevino had been ordered to the Rio
Granae with $500 troops to carry Out
the order. Gen. Ord has telegraphed to
the President for another regiment oil
cavalry. ...
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Fayetteville is forty five miles from
Alma. II Fayetteville Sentinel.
Van Amburgh's circus company
thought it was one hundred and forty.
FIVE, and such road. The country is
lined with the big oaths that oozed out
from the drivers troubled souls. 1t only
took them about forty-five hours rs-one
mile an hour-.o make the trip from
Fayetteville TO Alma.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

EF Senator Gordon has introduced
to The. Senate a resolution that chime OF
bells, Intended for st. Michael's Church,
in Charleston, S. G he admitted to this
country, duty free This chime of bel 5
was presented to the old colony of SO th
Carolina 10y the Enghsh Crown. During
the Revolutionary War thcy were cap
tnred, and sent to England, where they
have remained ever sil CO. Now, an En-.
lish merchant, whose name is not given,
proposes to send the bells back to South
Carolina.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
BRO. Drewrcy is maxine the !

BRO. Drewrcy is making the brick
aud mortar fy on the Court House. and
Adams d Co. are pushing the woodwork
E- There is nothing so astonishing
about L Herbert Bromne, the Rhode Is.
land man, who is alive with two bullets in
his head One editor has daughter
alive whose head is full of balls and nar-
ties all the time.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

The Benton Digest says: Come. boys,
ye staswart sons of the northwest, knock
the politics out of the finance question,
up your way, and join us in advucatiuq
settlement of the State debt. Before
the time comes You can find some good
excuse representing your name for the
office of -------, ---, and maybe we
will help you Who knows?
The office is what they are after. Con-
vince them that You have a " soft place"
for them, and yoa'll have them, sure,
Bro. Webber.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

And now comes to our table, the
initial number of the Daily Herald, pub
lished at Fort Smith, Gallagher 4 Brietz
elitors and proprietors. 1t is u neat
six-column paper, a credit to Fort Smith,
and we hope it will receive that patron
age which the pluck and energy neccs-
8 ry to such an enterprise merits. Sue
to you, young gentlemen.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
COMMERCIAL.
VAN BuREN, Nov. 27, 1877.


Business, the past week, has been
lively, with the merchants. Probably,
the best week of the season. Some artl-
clos of produce were scarce-mostly but
ter and eggs which had ready sale.
WHEAT, is becoming scarce and the
Mills are paying 81, l,l5al,2O. Van Buren
is the best market for wheat in Western
Arkansas.
More cotton has been received, the
last week than for any previous week OF
the season, and has sold at from 8 to 81,
mostly at 8! to 8! hands are badly
wanted to pick cotton. The prices paid
we are Informed, being rs cts to $l,O0
per hundred.
Sales of Produce from wagons, were,
Wheat 81 20. Flour, $50 to So, per sack
Oats 25c. Corn SOC. Green apples 40
to 75e. Irish Potatoes Zoe. Sweet Po-
tatoes 25c. Chickens $3.50 per dozen.
Butter, zoe. Eggs l5c. Dressed hogs &c.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

The Advance, of Saturday, comes
to us with the announcement that Col
Peter Donan, is with that journol, and
will have charge of the editorial depart
ment, Terse, forcible aud powerful as
writer, he will, by his extraordinary
talents, make an interesting paper of the
the Advance. We wish the new enter.
prise success.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
String Band Hop.

The young men composing the Van
Burcn String Band, will give one of
their popular HOPS, at Hinkle Hall
Friday night, the Both. A general invi-
tation is EXTENDED.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Eg- The Fayetteville Democrat shows
its cgotis'ical ignorance when it asks
"who in The h---ll is Hon. j. S. Trim
BILE Z 1t was not long since another
ignoramus asked who Hon j X. Jones
was"
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Notice..

) hereby given that, J. X. r. Douglas. on
l. the 10Th day of November 1877. redeemed
the Pt. ). W. \. w. Sec. L., 0, 30. sold tor
taxes.
Also Margaret A. johnson, Nov. Is. 1877.
redeeme'. the 5 W of sWl4 OF See. II, 7 0,
Attest; ED..A. ScoTT, Clerk,
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

rT The Kansas City, Missouri, Jour
nal, Of the 18th. is in receipt Of a dis
patch from McAllsteI, in the Indian ter
the hands of drunken mob of despera-
does. They have been riding headlong
through the streets, firing promiscuous-
ly. Oae man has been killed, and two
or three more badly wounded.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Es- Gen G. A. Meyer ani Col NJ. +
Locke left Alma, Friday morning. for
Fayetteville, to see what the Van Win.
kles of that sleepy burg will do towards
building narrow-gauge railroad TO Al.
ma. Our word for it, any amount of
wind
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

- Train an hour-and-a- late last
night-cause, general debility.
The '' Bostick HOTEL" in Alma, will
by the finest building in the town, and
the proprietor expects to have it CON-
plete by the first of next month. They
do say that BIZ knows how to keep
Il hotel
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Dried fruit must be kept in tight bar.
rels, boxes or bags, in order to exclude
insects. Stout paper bags. in which
ffonr is purchased a-e excellent for the
purpose,
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Notice..

STATE OF ARKANSAS,
County of Crawford.
Ed. Brogan admr of Joseph
Brogan. deceased, Quaile Il
Moore, and Newton j.
Temple.
Take notice that review Of road lead
ing from Arkansas river below section 26 and
80, township s north, range 30 west along
section line to where said section line inter-
sects road leading from Whiteside's gin to
Van Bnren, will be made on the llth Dece,n-
Der. 1877. Said reviewers are to meet at the
residence Of Len. McCurdy's.
- -- J III. HUCkLEBERRY.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

ET Mr.. William Mcclellan, OF Cane
lIili, was recently married to Miss Ra'
chel Adair, OF Tahlequah, Cherokee
Nation.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Esr Bishop Fitzgerald, of Arkansas,
was to lecture in ST. Louis, last Sunday.
" The "reminiscences OF Rome and the
Vatican Council was his subject.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

ny A Springfield, Mass, dispatch of
the 2lst, Judge George Grcennell, mem
Der Of Congress from 1926 to 1888 died
on the night Of the goth, aged ninety
one wears.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

- Miss Kate Claxton, the actress
who was playing the part of Louise, the
blind girl, in The Two Orphans" at
the time the theatre was burned in the
city Of Brooklyn. played that part, last
might, at Little Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Commissioners Sale.

pY virtue of decree of the Crawford
ID Circuit Court made at the September
Term thereof, a. d. 1877, in favor OF Luther
G. White, against Jasper T. Grady, Euphe-
mia b. Grady, Joseph j. Savage and Eliza
beth A. Savage, will. on Monday. 26th day
OF November. a. d., 1877. between hours pre-
scribed for judicial sales. at the Court House
door in the town Of Van Buren,, at public
auction to the highest bidder. therefor, sell
the following described lots and improve
ments thereon. situate in the town of Van
Buren,. County of Crawford. State Of Arkan-
sas, to-wt: Lots No. 4. 3. and 6. Block No
TO- McGce's Addition to the said town of Van
Buren,. Said sale to he made on credit of
three months; purchaser or purchasers to
give bond, with approved security, and lien
TO be retained upon the lots for the purchase
money.
This November 9TH. A. D.. 1877.
JNO. j. BURROW. Commissioner.
nov 6--3w
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

~ VIM. E. Woodruff, Sr., the found
or Of the Gazette, is 50 years of age.
He set some type for the anniversary
edition. lie has not forgotten his old
trade.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Es- Georgia's new legislature, which
is to choose successor to Senator
Gordon, viii be elected on December
the 9th.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

EF- Gen. r. G. Newton s name is mem
toned in connection with the US. Sena,
torship.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
TUESDAY, NOV. ~. 1877.

EF We regret to learn Of the death
OF Mrs Juliet Bell, wife Of tho Hon, NJ.
l.. Bell, Of Pine Bluff
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

The Fayetteville Democrat The
Van Buren, Press says that the members
OF the Leg pislature from this county are
divided on the so called proposition to
settle the indebtedness Of the State W.
ask Bro. Dunham to give US the name
of the member or members from this
county who favor the Adams Redield
scheme. We accord to our legislators
and all others, the same rights that we
claim for ourselves ON this and all other
questions: but we are of the opinion
that Bro Dunham is mistaken. Ii not
then we make bold to assert that such
member favoring that plan, does not rep
resent the views of his constituency. by
an overwhelming majority
Very well, we say SO yet We told
you, also, that Hon. David Walker was
the anthor of that letter" that created
such stir, aud was SO vindiclively as
sailed by the Democrat, but still by i'm
plcaton it was denied Whether the
member from Washington, that favors
the Adams Redfeld plan " represents the
views of his constituents he and the
people are as well able to judge as is the
Democrat, for him
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

EE A private telegram from Rome
says: :" The Pope may live twenty five
years. His intellect is unimpaired and
gen .ral bodily health good
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

fV The National Grange met at Gin.
cinnati, on the 2Ist.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

~ p "r yorr paper.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

YNHE undersigned has his mill in complete
Il order In all particulars for the new har-
vest, and warrants to give entire satisfaction
to all of his customers, and his Flour equal to
any that is brought to the markets.
With strict attention to the business. he
asks a share of the patronage.
JESSE W. BRANSON, Proprieto.
may 25,'77y1
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-01

Tho President sat down on the
Senators and congressman controll-
ing appointments the Republicans
Of the Senate and House have now
sat down on tho Presidents civil
service policy, and in the wranglo
tho people will, in their disgust, sit
down on both. The only important
nomination, among all the foreign
appointments made, that the Senate
committee has reported, is that of
Langston, colored, Minister to
Hayti. Score one for tho black
man.
Tho Now Orleans Times states
that there is a general belief that
Kellogg paid considerable sums to
secure his election to the Senate by
the Packard Legislature. Nobody
who received money from him has
yet mado confession, but if it is
needed to defeat Kellogg at Wasb~
ington, evidence on this point can
be had in abundance. It is likely it
will not bo wanted, however, as it
might mako other Senatorial hearts
ache-hoarts that have learned the
way to the Senate through green
back-strown paths.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-01
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