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Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10
A Wonderful Texas Cave.
From the Galveston News.


h. s. P. Ashby, who recently visited
the McCrea Cave Llano county, writes:
!" AT the entrance the cave is IL feet
high and Is sect wide. Many rocks
jut out on either side. One hundred
yards under ground We entered q spa
cious room 100 feet high, $50 feet long,
and forty or fifty feet wide. From the
dome hung thousands of lime forma'
lions, resembling icicles. Near the
center, on large pedestal, is what
some call Satan, or bronze figure.
We dassed on through varied scenery
until We came to tho upper room.
We assembled rugged, slippery stair
way, some 80 feet high, to this room,
which is smaller than any Of the 9th.
erss, 1t being only twenty feet long,
8 high and Z wide. We went about
q mile under ground, and crossed sew
eral pools CT water, some Of them very
deep. Mr.. Farmer, one Of the party.
went down 70 see how deep one OF
these pools was, hut accidentally went
down mead first, and didn't stay long
enough learn the exact depth, but after
Glowing tie water ont Of his nose. said
It was colder than spring water. One
mile within, the air WAS very heavy,
and the water rises to the top of the
cave, and We could 60 no further,
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10
A Needle in Her Heart.

Jennie Henry, little child, died at
the home Of her parents in Engle-
wood, n. j., lately, under peculiar Cir
cumstances. The physicians were un-
able to ascertain the cause of her i'll
ness during life, and it was decided to
make post mortem examination of
remains. Preparations for an inquest
had been made when DR.. Baldwin no.
ticed a swelling over the heart, and ex-
tracted needle therefrom. It ia
probable that she had swallowed the
needle and it had worked its way
tnr ough the organs Of her body until i
reached the heart.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10
Her iOng.Lost Uncle.
Tporo tho not,oSk R.

Il was vas nan wish, h e.eszzeza. Features esstt,7;
stoop shoulders, and long hair, and. "a
be walked up Fifth street, any one
could have told that he had made A
pile OF money in some far.of country-
and had come home to live with some
OF his almost forgotten relatives. He
finally found the house he was looking
for, knocked at the door, and that was
the last the boys saw of him. The rest
OF o. the story was yesterday told to 20.
liceman by Mrs. Mccarthy. Said she:
= was was hing me dishes when I
heard knock at the door, and I ran
and opened it. 1t was q stranger IN
the step, and he smiled like a duck and
axed me does Mister Mccarthy i've
aoreY He does says I, and then saws
ne ne: : Was your maiden name Mrs.
y rafferty,? 1t was, says !, and at that
ne begun hugging and kissing nv me
and called out, Il am your lonp-lost
uncle from Queenstown
the officer. 1850 A0u
Nice, was it! On, the sneaking
villain set him W to a warm hreaF.
last, and me eyes were full Of tears for
thought he had money by the thon.
sands. After he cleared the table ha
borrowed q dollar Nv me to telegraph
70 Ireland that he was safe here. axed
me TO Ind him me husbands Sunday
nat, and the next / heard Of him h.
was In the shtatiOn for vooront
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

The police force of San Francisco
embraces a number of quite extern
sive capita list, according to the Cbrom-
icl, of that city. The estate of Capt
Lees is valued at $l5O,0OO; Detective
Bowen is the possessor of lucre to the
extent of $4,000, Capt. Short, by the
big rise in stock two years ago, made
money to the tune Of $4,000, and
froze to it too; P. K. Rogers, detective,
is worth 100000; Dan Coffey. 10000;
Officer Seyden, recently removed about
SoO, 1000; then there are over a score
more whose wealth range from $lO,-
QUO to $4,000.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENEFITS mar
riage, which was so extensively an
nounced last spring, is probably def,
nitely given up, the breach between
him and his 6nancee having been, how
ever, altogether amicable, and the re.
suit of firm conviction on Mr.. Ben
nett's part that he WAS not fitted for the
married state. Whatever presents Mr..
Bennett gave Miss May, and they were
numerous, have been retained by her
at his desire.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

The Colorado Legislature contains
II merchants, IA miners, Is stock-rais-
ers, 9 lawyers, 8 farmers, 2 survey rs, 2
capitalists, l editor, 1 contractor, 1 mil
er, l physician, l hotel keeper, and 1
interprete
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

THE Brotherhood of Locomotive En-.
gineers has 5000 members, at the death
of any one of whom his family will re-
ceeive IS QUO, col ected by tax of 81
per capita The assessments thus far
number 315, and amount to $S94,0O0.
The association is said to have paid
out $5O, 900 to its members.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

FLOUR is cheaper on an average in
Britain than in America, while beef and
mutton, particularly the second quail
ties, are very much cheaper in the
United States than in England.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

THE Italian 100-ton gun is a good
deal more than large enough TO take
q man in whole. To ascertain if it is
damaged, a man lies dowd on gigan-
tic marrow spoon with q candle in his
hand and is pushed slowly down the
bore, examining it as he goes along.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10
An HONEST CONFESSION.
ny vANDYKE BROWN

. y
With thoughts of com partnership only
sit in my bleak little roop,.
Detected, respondent and lonely.
While the twilight deepens to gloom,
sit here and stare at tue ceiling,
And muse and wonder and think
How hard Is the task OF living
BY paper and pen and ink
All; once, remember, I fancied g
That writing would win me q name @
The world at that time seemed fairer,
And yearned for the bubble of fame.
So, filed with a burning d, sire,
sat down to labor and think
To as'onish mankind by the magic
Of paper and pen and ink.
began on an epic, and finished
Some twenty odd lines. and no more:
Then essayed with pluck undiminished,
A drama, which died at Act Four;
Then courted the coy Erato,
Nor perm tilted my spirits to sink
was bound to get riches ard honor
From paper and pen aud ink
Alas for the dreams that I cherished
When first laid hold of my penl
Alas for the hopes that have persisted,
And the mi cry suffered since then!
Where now is that spirit courageous
Which was never to falter or shrink?
Where-where are the triumphs dreamed at
With paper and pen and ink.
Once 1t caused me thrill and f1utter
To see my illusions in prints
Now write for my bread and my butter,
And my hesrt is haru as flint:
You may talk Cfthe mythical muses..
But the craving for meat and for drink
Is the truest incentive TO labor
With paper and pen and Ink!
weave the most thrilling romances
Out of fabrics exceedingly thin
Brave knights with their armor and lances,
And maidens with lilly.white skin;
And murder those mait1ers so lovely
Then restore I'm t"life In wink,
And marry EN- off to villisn,
With paper aud pen and Ink!
have won neither wealth nor position,
Nor the coveted prize Of a name:
! have buried the dreams Of ambition,
And forgotten the phantom of fame.
I labor no longer on epics.
Nor ire hle OH tragedy's brink
I'm tllankf full to earn bare living
With paper and pen and INK.
So, with Thoughts Of companionshlp only,
sit In my bleak little room,
Deje.ted, despnndrnt, and lonely,
While the twilight deepens with gloom;
I sit here and stare at the ceiling,
And snile tn myself as think
OF the castles in Spain erected
On paper and pen and Ink.
Clipper.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10
SOUTH & MARTIN, Publishers.
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE Dominion Government has is
sued an order forbiddipg the running
Of railroad trains in Canada on the Sab
hath except by strict orders OF the
Government.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

The immigration from England to
the United States last year was almost
precisely equaled by the numbers re-
turning from thence. More than 3d.
600 persons left for the United States,
and more than $4,000 returned to the
British Isles.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON, whose recent
mlsfortunes in New Jersey Central aud
the consequent determination to dis.
pose Of his fine picture-gallery at auc-
ton, have already been noticed, inner
tied fortune of $20O0,0W from his
father. He bought New Jersey Cen
'ral when it was above par, and still
holds about million dollars face value
while the market value declined to "a,
The famous "slave Ship" in Mr.. John
ston's collection is the only Turner ever
brought to this country, excepting thos e
IN the Lennox Gallery, which is never
open to the public, or to any but the
most intimate friends of the owner.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

PETROLEUM has been discovered in
the neighborhood of Pyramid Lake,
Nevada. Two springs are said to have
been found from which flow about
eighty orninety gallons Of crude petro-
leum day. The oil is almost
colorless, while the petroleum of Penn
sy]vania is very dark.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

A New York paper makes the as
sertion that an exhaustless reservoir
Of pure cold wattr underlies the whole
or greater part of Manhattan Island,
and only at depth varying from thir-
ty to sixty feet, and that 25O driven
wells" as they are called, recently sunk
in various parts Of the city, are yield
ing copiOus streams.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

Princess GASOLINE, of Denmark, is
eIghty.three yeirs OF age, the Oldest
member Of the royal family of Eng
land,
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

A CASE once occurred in our own his.
tory, when Presidential Eector
changed his vote after being elected
sad7ootseeaa against his party in the
Electoral College. When James Mon.
roe was running for a second term. at
the election in November, 1920. his
Electors were chosen in every state,
and in the Electoral College in Febru.
airy, 1921, Mr.. P.ummer, of New Hamp.
shire, cast his vote for John Quincy
Adams, to the surprise of everybody.
Iii said that his motive for this was
that he did not wish to have the vote
unanimous for any President after
Washington.
The origin of the expression "Un
Salt river" as applied to a defeated
political party, was as follow: Davy
Crockett, the famous Kentucky Con-
gresham, while a Wing candidate, was
challenged by his Democratic oppc-
nent to meet him, On the stump in
JOINT discussion. Crockett accented
and the day and place were fixed; but
Crockett did not appear, and the peo
pie, thinking him afraid to do 60 raj.
lied for his opponent and elected him
1t afterward turned out that Crockett
who had started for the place in ca.
noe propelled by negro, bad been
landed in the forest at the head-waters
OF Salt river by his treacherous guide
who then padded off down the stream
Crockett was too good hunter to
starye IN the wilderness; but he was
totally unable to reach the appointed
place IN time, and gave it up, and with
It his chance of election. Hence the
phrase, I" Up Salt river meaning that
party is hopelessly defeated Crockett
however how was more lucky two years Al
serwards, being elected by q handsome
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

elaborate character. A doll such as
finds its way to South America, which,
dressed in silk and decked with gems,
indians and negroes worship at their
f.sa. John even dared to exert gen.
tie pressure on the bosom and back of
the doll, but no rough sound came. 1t
struck him that such superlative dolls
must be necessarily soulless images
mere tulips, in fact, wanting perfume.
They are more daintily pretty, but
dumb and voiceless. There was no
room in them for anything more. All
had to be sacrificed to outward appear
ances. Fortunately the child knew
nothing of what was passing in the
mans mind. "My little GIRL" said he,
''you know now, at least, that have
something for you. You must be salts
fed with an outside look now. Go
finish your dress, and, if indeed to-mor-
row is Christmas, I think you may
count on some kind of DOLL"
call right. I am so glad. Please kiss
me. May | tell mother ?"
Yes-now clear out. John Austin
passed his hands through his short
gray hair, and was dazed for a moment,
then looked at the paper which envel-'
oped the doll. 1t bore sn address.
somewhere up one of the avenues.
"It's g longish walk for q man who has
only breakfasted but think of the dis
appointment in store for that gentle
mans daughter" and with this John
hurried out, bent on the interchange.
OF course it was a fine house in the
vestibule of which John Austin stood in
about an hour and half afterward.
Cali right" said the man-servant,
g Leave your bundle"
+" But it amt all right. Your master
took my package and left his in its
place. | do not want to trouble him,
but cnly ask MIN to give me back my
own. He will understand all aboutit."
John Austin may not have been said
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

y
the clerk; there, take hold" and John
had some ream of papers stuck into
his arms.
"It's fifteen cents an hour until four
o'clock. Now work your passage and
deal 'em out lively. When all your
bills are out come in for more"
Fifteen cents an hour Sixty cents;
that was bread for another week. John
Austin went to work cheerfully, thou ID
perhaps scarcely discriminatingly, for
he insisted on giving the shabbiest and
most poorly clad of the passers by his
hand bills. eff" thought John, al
only had the faith of the Bhuddisls who
distributed pictures of prancing horses
to weary travellers, or gaily painted
boats to those laundering at sea, every
one of these poor flimsy bits of paper,
with probably specious announcements
of shoddy coats printed on them, would
bestow in an actual way on shivefing
humanity the heaviest kinds Of listers
and the warmest Of pea-jacketa."
What harvest John Austin sowed out
side to be garnereu inside will never be
known. At four o'clock sixty cents was
handed him, and he was discharged.
Sixty cents would buy him hot meal,
and the man had not had one for a
week. He knew where fifteen cents
would get course but satisfactory din
ner. It was thriftless on his part, but
be dived down q narrow street leading
to the North River in quest Of food.
Just a block from Broadway street
vender pushed o doll almost into his
face. It was course, vulgar, rubicund
doll, of primitive type. decidedly archaic
in character. It had gor5on eyes, with
fat plastered hair, with no possible re-
gard to proportion, sawdust perhaps re.
fusing to mold itself into anything SYM
metrical. Had be bargained an instant
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-06-12
The People Want Proof.

There is no medicine prescribed by
physicians, or sold by Druggists, that
carries such evidence of its success and
superior virtue as BoscHEE's GERMAN
SYRUP for severe Coughs, Colds settled
on the breast. Consumption, or any di-
sease of the Throat and Lungs. A proof
of that fact is that any person afflicted,
can get a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and
try its superior effect before buying the
regular size at rs cents. 1t has lately
been introduced in this country from
Germany, and its wonderful cures are as.
tonishing everyone that use it. Three
doses will relieve any case. Try 1t. Sold
by f. WALL, Van Buren,.
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Railroad Tax.
The Little Rock Gazette of the It'll,

The Little Rock Gazette of the It'll,
says
In accordance TO law, the clerks Of
counties through which the line Of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway
runs, met in this city, Tuesday, in the of
flee of County Clerk Worthen. to assess
the road-bed and other personal proper
ty of the above road. The lands ofthat
corporation had already been assessed,
and the taxes thereon have been paid in
this county, but in none of the others.
The Clerks present arc r. W. Worthcn,
of Pulaski County, President of the
Board F.. G. Moore, of Faulkner ; IL,
A. Nations, of Conway A. J. Bayliss of
Pope j. NJ Thompson, of Johnson !;
Geo. Ii. Ross, of Franklin, and Ed. Scott,
of Crawford. County Clerk Scott moved
that the personal property of the road,
as defined by law, be assessed $4,000 per
mile, for the 1896 miles of main and
side-traclls now in operation. Adopted,
Clerks Worthen and Moore voting in the
negative. The assessment, as apportion-
ed TO the said counties, is as follows:
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Ben. Butler on the Rampage.

A Washington dispatch of the It'll,
says that Gen. Butler was called upon by
q delegation, Tuesday night, the 5th, for
an Endorsement Of their candidate for
Commissioner, and said, among other
things, the following:
a have no favors to ask of Mr..
Hayes, and consequently you have come
to the wrong man. You say you cannot
see the President. You had better re-
fer your claim to Senator Gordon and
Mr.. Corcoran, whom he goes to see. The
President knows what he is about, and is
bringing about state of affairs that was
never thought of, before. He told us in
his inaugural address of the great things
he intended to do, and you know, gen
tleman, that he Is doing it, every day.
He is pacifying the people. ! hope Mr..
Hayes policy will succeed. He is Q far
seeing,
ABLE STATESMAN,
man of great breadth of intellect, and
wonderful scope of power. The Repub-
lican party went into the State of Ohio,
and took theretrom the greatest states
man. and elevated him to the Presidency.
He is revolutionizing things in his Won
derfuly quiet way, and Mr.. Corcoran and
Gen. Gordon are helping him. People
will be crowding each other at the polls
at the next election, in order to get a
chance to vote the Republican ticket,
SO great will be the rush that | fear many
of them will be tramplcd to death. No
more money will be used in conducting
campaigns it will all be done without
it.
IN MY LAST CANVASS
I subscribed for the music, tho torches,
the transparences and the uniforms. |
am glad to know that hereafter it is to
cost nothing. 1t is II new way of doing
things; it's wonderful, We see in the
papers that the Republican party is dis
banded, that the Democratic party is
dead, and that a great Wing party is to
be revived Now, gentlemen, if you
want your friend to succeed, why not
visit some graveyard and get the names
of few old, respectable Wings from
the grave-stones, and put on your friends
application ? That would, perhaps, have
great weight with the Administration
Gen. Butler then went on to complain
that the President had promised him the
appointment Of a cadet-at-large, son ofan
officer, who died in the war, and had fail
cd to keep his promise, and appointed
the son of wealthy person. The tenor OF
tho whole speech was bitter and sarcas-
tic. and creates as much talk as the let
ter to Pitkin.
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Take Notice.

A I the April Term Of the County Court of
"A Crawford County State OF Arkansas on
April 18th. 1877, the following, among other
proceedings were had, to wit:
In the matter of the Registration and
Classification Of Crawford County
Warrants and Scrips.
WHEREAS, on the 2ith day of March, A. d
1877, the Court House and all the Records
burned and destroyed, and among others the
Record Book containing the registration of
county Warrants and Scrips. 1t Is therefore
ordered by the Court, that all county war
rants and scrips of Crawford County. Arkan-
sas of all kinds, character and description
whatsoever now outstanding be. ane the same
are hereby ordered to be called in for the
purpose of Registration and Classification of
same. And 1t Is hereby ordered that the
holders of all outstanding Crawford County
warrants and scrlps of any description what
ever, issued prior to the 10Th day of April,
1877, shall present the same to the County
Court Of Crawford County In the town of
Van Buren,, Arkansas at the next July Term
thereof and on the 23d day of July 1877, for
Registration and Classification of said war;
rants and scrips by said Court, and that the
copy of this order for publication. and that
the Sheriff OF said county give notice and
make.due publication or this order as he is by
law required to do.
And it is hereby further ordered, that all
persons who shall hold any warrant or war
rants, scrip or scrips of said county and neg
lect or refuse to present the same as required
by this order and the notice aforesaid, shall
thereafter be forever debarrcd from deriving
any benefit from their claim on said warrants
or serbs, which they fail to SO present.
j. G. CHAPLIN, County Judge.
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classes as neutral, three republican and

classes as neutral, three republican aud
two independent. lie concludes his
statement with the following comment;
"In 1870, Arkansas had fifty six news.
papers. an increase of fifteen since that
time We have as many papers as Con-
necticut, with her network Of railways
penetrating every section Of the State.
We have within thirty of what Georgia
contains, one OF the Oldest of the States,
and with population double that of our
own. Kentucky, with u population three
times as great as Arkansas, has only
eighty nine newspapers Maine, with
zoo, 900 more population, has only sixty
five newspapers. Maryland, with near.
ly double our population, has only eighty
eight. We outstrip North Carolina by
seven, with her population more than
thrice that of Arkansas. Tennessee, with
nearly three times our population, has
only ninety-one newspapers. This is
certainly a good showing for Arkansas.
A State sparsely settled with the worst
mail facilities in the United States, with
little over IL half million population,
that can and does sustain seventy news
papers, shows an enlightenment which
entities her to rank alongside much old
er commonwealth"
And Bro. Smithee might safely have
added that not over half dozen In the lot
have liberal and independ ent support.
There will be swearing in Flanders, "
when the members of the Editorial Asso.
citation learn that large box of wine lay
at the Van Buren, Depot, designed for
them. 1t was with the compliments of
the House OF E. Simpson & Co., of New
York. The ever thoughtful doggy
Johnson, again puts the Press of Arkan.
sas under obligations. and il was no fault
Of his that the sparkling champaign was
not enjoyed by the members of the As
ISOLATION at this sitting. The package
had been at the depot at this place a
week, awaiting the motions of the trans
fer company. Our New York friends are
none the less entitled, and will receive,
the hearty thanks of the members, for
this generous remembrance,
Bro Hohson, Of the Star Of Hope
failed to "pnt IN an appearance not
withstanding Maj Sparks promise of a
dessert Of squaws.
Uncle Jerry Kennedy's "latch, string"
was out. and he always had "room for
one more g"