The Van Buren press., 1877-11-06
Tax Levy.

The County Court and Board of JUS
tees of the Peace for the County met
last Friday, for the purpose of lovying
the taxes, and making the appropria-
tions upon the assessment of 1877, which
is about 81 100000 on the real and per-
sonal property of the county, viz:
STATE LEVY.
For State general purposes, | mill
State scrip. For public debt, mills
currency. For school revenue, mills
State scrip.
COUNTY LEVY.
For general purposes, p mill coun
ty scrip. For paupers, | mill county
scrip. Repairs on court house, ! curren.
cy. Interest on bonds of 1861 mill
currency. Interest on bonds of 1873,
| mill currency. Judgment on debt for
bridge, y currency.
VAN BUREN TOWN LEVY.
For town purposes, 2 mills town
scrip. For town purposes, 2! curren-
cy. For school tax, State scrip.
The sum of the above levys to he col
lected, in Van Buren, amounts to $3.50
on the 10000; and in the county, ex-
elusive OF whatever school-tax may have
been voted, 81 so on the Sl000 90 of val
uation.
-Revivcation of the long liteless
and imperative broom-manutactory, is
one of the happy announcements we
are privileged to make. Our young
friends, Harry Pernot and Bill. Williams,
have purchased the broom-lnachincry of
F. r. McKibben, and, very soon, will
commence to manufacture these necessa-
ry domestic articles. They propose to
sell them as cheap as they can be pur-
chased in St. Louis, treights included,
promising that they shall be, in every
respect, equal to those brought from
that place. Now, here is an opportuni-
ty for our people to show whether they
are really disposed to sustain our home
manufactures or not. Here are two of
our own young men, who are going in
to business for themselves. DESTROYS of
making an honest livelihood, and doing
their work cheap, we believe it to be the
duty Of all our merchants to encourage
these young men in their commendable
determination, by buying their brooms
of them, and thereby enabling them to
build up a successful and prosperous bu-
sincss. When our young will try to do
for themselves, the older ones should
extend them all the assistance that they
can. Here is our earnest wish, boys, for
your success.
Cotton pckers have been disconso-
, late, because of the bad weather.
Near the railroad crossing back OF
Main street, in wet weather you can al
most swim.
say~ We visited the popular house of
F. r. MCKibben, to take a glance at his
immense stock of goods and we can as
f sure our friends that they can buy more
goods for less money there than at any
house in the county. tt
The roads have been so bad during
the past week that but little wheat has
been brought to market.
Saint Mary's street, during rainy
l weather, is almost unnavlgablc. The
: portion near Mr. Daugherty's residence is
at such times young river.
There is a probability that the cot,
ton crop may be considerably injured by
the wet weather. The delay in picking,
. also somewhat intcrlercs with the bu-
siness of the several gins.
, That entcrprising and well-deserv,
-, ing firm, Adams & Co., have commenced
!. work at their new gin. They are able
to turn out between eight and ten bales
por day.
MD. C. Williams has just re,
received another car load OF the
celebrated
WHITE WATER WAGONS
e We notice a late Improvements III
: break attachment.
;. Sine Hayman started trom then
dreamless nocturnal somnolencc, by
the demoniacal screening of the Lynch
=, gin whistle, last Thursday morning,
large number Of our citizens who were
reposing in the arms of the drowsy god
9 Sine had been quiet so long, we though
y he had abandoned this novel way o.
. awaking a whole ncighborhood. We
earnestly insist upon rest.
Our friend IIilIycr's wife is we are
- glad 20 learn, convalescing.
After raining nearly the who'll
5 week, Saturday it cleared off, and th'
" weather became uncomfortably cold.