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The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

for the last quarter of the last fiscal year,
the sum due the advances made by the
governments fiscal agent at London,
aud of $4,000 due the naval hospital
fund.
Unsettled expenses of the department
of Justice, demand s252,535 % This is
due to attorneys, marshals, clerks, com
missioners and other parties.
Repairs and temporary structures rem
dered necessary by the partial destruc-
ton of the patent Office by fire, call for
an immediate appropriation, the amount
of which, however, the message does
not state.
Estimates for minor deficiencies in va
rious branches of the public service will
be furnished, the president states, by the
secretary Of the treasury.
The Paris exposition Of 1878, which
opens in May, comes in for share OF
the presidents attention. lie states that
a great desire to participate in this great
enterprise exists among the American
people, and that the French government
is especially anxious to have them do
so. He recommends that an approprla-
ton be made to deiray the expenses OF
commissioners, transportation OF exhlb-
its, &c.
lie also suggests the propriety OF an
appropriation of $4,000 to meet the cost
Of sending commissioner to represent
this country at the international Prison
congress which meets at Stockholm, the
next year.
Detailed reports from the several de-
partmcnts of the government oelhs re-
,.i..oa L,, low % be submitted to con-
gress at the beginning Of the regular an
nual session, the president defers until
that time further reference to subjects Of
public interest.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
Hon. Jasper Dunagin.

In tho last Bcntonvillc Advance we
find an account of an interview of the
the editor with Hon. Jasper Dunagin,
member of the present Legislature from
Benton. In giving his opinion, Mr..
Dunagin said:
+" l am utterly opposed to repudiating
the just Indebtedness OF the State, as
much 50 as | am to paying the unjust in
dehtedness. ] have always favored re-
pudiation so far as the fraudulent debt is
concerned. If now, however, we can
settle all our debts for the amount we
honestly owe, am certainly in favor of
such settlement" In reply to the ques-
ton as to what he thought the action OF
the present Legislature on the Adams
Redfield proposition would be, if called
together, Mr.. Dunagin said : "All those
who opposed the constitutional amend
ment repudiating fraudulent bonds,
would probably favor the scheme, and
many of those who favored the amend
mcnt, if they discovered the proposition
10 be within the limits of the Just in
dcbtedness would also favor it."
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
John Crawford.

Commenting OH the letter Of Auditor
Crawford, answering certain inquiries in
regard to the bonded Indebtedness OF
the State, as it appeared in his office,
the editor of the Argus says:
at does not sound much like the tone
Of Bro. Crawford, when he was around
soliciting votes. Getting into office and
into the wrong crowd, often changes Il
man wonderfully. The captous and in
dependent tone OF this letter sounds more
like Gazette editorial. than II letter
from John Crawford He virtually tells
the people that he has thrown an apple
of discord among them, and they must
do the best they can with H."
To this, the Gazette says;
The petty criticisms which the Van
Buren, Argus attempts on the letter Of
Auditor Crawford will not be sanction
ed by any true Democrat. Col. Craw-
ford has not mingled in the finance dis
cussion, nor attempted, in any way, to
influence the opinions of any one. lie
was asked to give tabular statement Of
the debt--al Of it--good, bad and fraud
ulcnt, and did so. He was asked to give
his reasons forincluding certain portions
in his statement, and gave them, in a
plain, straightforward, business ike way.
There has never been an officer in the
State, who filled the requirements of his
Office with more integrity and fidelity
than John Crawford, and the attempt OF
the Argus to discredit him with the peo-
pie will be in vain Gazette.
John Crawford is too well known in
this part Of the State, TO suffer any harm
at the hands of the editor of the Argus.
The great fault of Crawford seems to be
that he did not want to get into Office
with the right "erowd," ie. Granville's,
who is haunted with the idea that he is
pure, aud ALL others, who do not choose
to follow in his wake, are impure, or
have sinister motives in all they do.
John Crawford has nothing to fear
in the west.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
Seven Of Family Fatally Poisoned.

From the Charleston Journal Of Com
merce, we get the following: The late
Judge Graham family were all poisoned
yesterday. Mrs. Graham's sister dwells
on the borders of North Carolina her
daughter, Miss Mccall, Mrs Graham
niece, deciding to visit the Graham fam
lily in this city, her mother desired her to
take with her to Mrs, Graham some coun-
try delicacies, such as swcetmeats, pies
and eight fine chickens, which she had
roasted. In the preparation ofthese pies
and chickens, dressing salt was used
which was purchased the day before from
the country grocers and this salt, it is
now supposed, was poisoned, having
been part Of a cargo of salt that was on
it's voyage either to this port or Will
mington, with a number Of casks OF ar
senic. The vessel h al rough passage
it is said to have been wrecked Oh her
voyage. Water got to her sarge some Of
the salt was melted and the arsenic casks
were injured by the water also. And it
is conjectured that the salt lying at the
bottom was well saturated with arsenic,
poisoning it. At seven o'clock last even
ing seven of the family lay dead and
Mrs. Graham and her little boy lay at the
point of death.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

nay A Paris dispatch of the 10th,
speaking Of the late elections.in France,
says !; Complete returns, except from the
colonies, show that 314 Republicans and
20i Conservatives have been elected.
Fourteen second ballots will be necessa-
nv. The Conservatives retain l42 seats
" 1853 held BY them in the late chamber.
The Republicans retain 207 seats Of the
3BS who voted Tor the order of the day
oensaring q dissolution of the chamber.
.Ariioug the prominent Bonapartists cleo
ted Is Robert Mitchell, and among those
defeated are DcMampas and Prince De-
Arenberg. The Temps, Republican,
whose returns are reliable, says tho mi
pprity il, composed of so Bonapartists,
~ Mas Mahon5tes, A Legitimists, and II
Oricanists. ~
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
'" Rock

Hon. NJ. l.. Rice, left for
Saturday morning.
The call for n meeting, Friday night
of the citizens Of Van Buren,, to organ
ize literary society, was well respond
to, considering the stormy night. A
committee was appointed to prepare and
report laws, at the next meeting, for the
government of the Association. Let
there be a full meeting, rain or shine :"
at the School rooms Friday night at I
o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Quosenbury of Null
berry, spent Sunday in Van Buren,.
Sheriff Winfrey and Deputies, left
yesterday morning for Little Rock, with
the four prisoners sentenced to the peni
Tertiary at the term of the Circuit Court
just closed. Among them was the noto-
rous Ben. Taylor, whose shackles, when
they got to the depot, were found sawed
into. The slightest attempt on the part
of Ben. to get away, will hasten his
steps to 60 and meet his brother.
Remembering, with a vast deal of
pleasure, our acquaintance with the Rev.
Mr.. Sandels, of TT. Smith, it is with a
feeling of pride that we are allowed to
chronicle the appearance, for the first
time, in our courts, at the recent session,
of his son Monte. Clear-headed, and
sagacious, and possessed of more than Or
binary legal ability, we deem him one
of tho most promising young men in
this part of tho State, and, if we are not
woetully misled in our conjectures, will,
ere long, play an important part in the
affairs of our commonwealth. We wish
we had more of his kind.
The infant son, of DR.. J. NJ. Yarbro
died yesterday morning, the 22d.
Capt. Yerkes' new boat, the Rose
City, to run above Little Rock, passed
Cairo, last Thursday, and may bo looked
for here the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. J. Brown, go to
Little Rock, this morning.
DR.. White has the handsomest Drug
Store, and the best and most complct
assortment of Drugs in town, just open
cd at his old stand.
Mrs. General Thomcrson and Mrs.
Faber, left for Little Rock, yesterday
morning,
Hon. Gran. Wilcox, left on the train
this morning, to take in the fair at Little
Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
NOTICE..
GAINESVILLE, October l,

GAINESVILLE, October l, 1877.
There will, on the 18th day of Deem.
Der, 1877, at GAINESVILLE, before board
composed of J. +. Mitchell, M. D., J. W.
May, attorney at law. and Prof. Row.
land Doggett, be competitive examine
ton of applicants from the Third Dis
trict-of Arkansas, for recommendation
and appointment in the corps Of cadets,
of the United States Military Academy,
at West Point. Appointees must be be.
tween the ages of seventeen and TWEEN
ty-two years, to be well-versed in read
ing, writing and arithmetic. and to have
a knowledge of the elements of English
grammar, of descriptive geography, par
ticularly Of the United States, and ofthe
history of the Tilted States.
JORDAN X. CRAvENs.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
GF John Wesley, the great founder

GF John Wesley, the great founder
Of Methodism, having to travel some dis
lance in stage coach fell in with pleas
and tempered, well,informed officer. His
conversation was sprightly and entertain
ing, frequently mingled an oath, When
they were about to take the last stage
Mr.. Wesley took the officer apart, and,
after expressing the pleasure he had en-
joyed in his company. told him he was
encouraged to ask of him very great
favor ~ would take pleasure in oblig.
ing you said the officer "and am SURF
your request will be reasonable. Then
said MIR. Wesley, " as we have to tra,e
together some time, beg that if should
so far forget myself as to swear you will
kindly reprove me-" The officer saw tn,
motive, felt the force of the request, and
with a smile thanked Mr.. Wesley.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

,E 4 St. Louis Republican special
from. Mexico, Mo-, of the 18th, says
James Berry, the Pacific Railroad rob
bir, died there, to-day, at o'clock, from
wounds inflicted, Sunday morning, by
Sheriff Glasscock, while attempting to
arrest him. His dying confession is TO
the effect that he was one of the men
who robbed the express car at Big
Springs, and he said that Collins, who
was killed in Kansas, planned the rob
berry that the names OF the other men
were correct as known to the Express
Company, and that they all travelled 200
miles together, and then separated in
squads of two. Bcrry's partner came
here with him, and went to Chicago.
Berry leaves wife and six children.
He was very respectfully connected in
Galloway County.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
What RandaII's Victory Means.

A Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, writing under date of
the l4th, says
1t seems now to be generally conceded
that while Mr.. Randalls victory is one
of the most overwhelming ever achieved
in our political history, it is also one of
the cleanest. He goes into the chair
hampered by no private engagements of
any kind. He has entered into no COM
binations and made no pledges, and it is
asserted that no living man can rise up
to claim the performance of any prom
Use with regard to the distribution of the
Speakers patronage. A Senator caused
Mr.. Randall to be approached early in
the summer, with II proposition that he
could be given certain votes on condition
that be would promise to make single
appointment on an important committee,
the appointec to be named by the Sena-
tor; but the Senator was informed that
Mr.. Randall had made no promises to
anybody, and did not intend to make
any; and he has, ever since, bitterly OPP
posed Mr.. Reudall's election. The truth
is that Mr. Randalls candidacy was the
one that had ideas, principles, and party
policy behind it. His nomination by
such a tremendous vote on the first bal
lot means simply and only that the
Democratic party is not going to abate
its opposition to standing armies, extrav-
agant appropriations, and the corrupt
republican system of subsidies to corpo-
N
posed by all these interests, and by all
the rings and organized Hobbies repre-
scented here, and his triumph is the tri-
umph of the better elements of the party
and the country.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

ny A special Washington correspon-
pendent Of the st. LOUIS Republican, of
tho 10th, says: An Indiana gentleman,
Of prominence, who arrived here, says
that Senator Morton can never again
Come to Washington. He gives the fol-
towing description Of his condition
With the exception of slight activity in
IN arms, Senator Morton's body in prac
tiealiy dead, below the chin, and 1T is
with difficulty that nourishment of any
kind can be administered to him. One
Of the consequences Of lying in bed SO
long, is that he is terribly afflicted with
fever sores which still more weaken his
already enfecblcd system. His nervous
prostration is great. lie gives way to
fears mt the least mental excitement.
Notwithstanding the symptoms, his
family still cling to the hope that he will
rscover, and his son, within day ortwo,
has said that he was still confident that
his father would be in Washington in
December
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
Road Notice.

N matter of the petition for public
l. road from the middle of section s,
township 8, north of range 80 west and
along the middle of said section due north,
to where it intersects section 49, town
snip ., range 80 west, thence west or
northwest on most practicable route, to
range 81 west, thence due north. along said
range line to where it intersects road leading
from Van Buren, and Little Rock, where it
crosses Frog Bayou creek. To be acted upon
by the Court at the October term A. d., 1877.
JAS. IL. HUCKLEBERRY.
Sent, Is, 1877
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

NOTICE is hereby given that letters of
v administration have been this day grant
ed to the undersigned, upon the estate of A.
NJ Callahan, deceased by the Honorable
Court of Crawford County. All persons hay
ing claims against the Estate of said deceas-
ed are notified to exhibit the same to him as
such administrator, properly authenticated,
within one year from this date. or they NAV
be precludcd from any benefits In said estate !;
ana u such claims are not so presented with
in two years from this date. they will be for
ever barred and precuded from any benefit
in said estate.
All parties indebted TO said Estate. will
come forward and settle.
G. II. CoNRADT. Administrator
of Estate OF NJ. Callahan, decd.
Van Buren, Ark, July9, 1877.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

81 Sr The President sent to the Senate,
last Wednesday, the nomination OF John
n Ifnsian af. u ~ iissJt,',staeebf,uhrc tre
Court. Also large number of appoint
,nsnts made during the recess of the
Senate. The selection of Mr.. IL. is an
excellent one, and will have the hearty
appreciation Of every one who has tho
conntry's good At heart.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

sH Pros. Attorney Little of Logan
County, writes that the Court House OF
that county and ali the records and pa
perss therein were. destroyed by fire,
Saturday night. The Circuit Court for
that county was to have convened yes,
terday. The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incondiary. Logan, being
recently, a new county, the loss is not sc
great as was ours, but is almost irrepara
he.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

l. weeks from Monday the l5t, to
Monday, Oct. 29th. 1877.
The Justices of the Peace of the County. are
requested to be present, as business of inn
portance comes before the Court at that
time.
By order,
J. c. CHAPLIN, County Judge.
Oct. Il, 1877.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

ESr The trial of the noted Texas des-
perado John Wesley Hardin, for the
killing. of Webb, at Commanche, resulted
IN his conviction and sentenced to the
penitentiary for twenty five years. He
has taken an appeal.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

What is the matter with the people
up in Crawford County? Only six di-
vorces granted ut the last term of the
court, and five more pending.-Bateseiue
Guard
Just "cutting for new DEAL" Bro.
Denton, that is ALL.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

EY The test vote, in the House of
Representatives, stands, 149 Democratic
and 1872 Republican votes, with several
contested seats, to be disposed of, which
lisa Democratic majority Of II to start
In with.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

IL was Boston man who went home
early in the morning, and meeting the
sad rcproachiul eyes of his wife, apollo.
gized, My darling, you'll be sorry for
this when you get sober"
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

4EE The Fayetteville Democrat, is in
dignant that the st. Louis Commercial
Agency should report eight shakoy
business houses in that town.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
COTTON MARK EFT.

E4r The Cinnamon who have for five
years been in the employ of Sampson, the
North Adams shoe manufactures, are now
out of work through his suspension of
business. They are preparing to return to
China, although many Of them have be.
come pretty throughly Americanized, and
have joined the Christian churches
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

re California hop growers are en-
ploying boys and girls as picAeis in the
place of Chinese, and report that the ex-
pertinent is a success.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

Bar Tho name of Hon. G. d. Royston
of Hampstead County, is spoken of as a
candidate for United States Senator from
Arkansas.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

~ Gov Miller addressed the eolored
people of Pine Bluff, last week, while on
his way home from the Drew County
Agricultural Fair.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

ET- The strike of the Now York cigar.
makers has become general. The mum
Der of men and women now idle Is est.
mated at $4,000
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

l. ES>" An honest confession is good for
thesoul'.s The Cleveland,.Ohio, Herald,
(Rep9 says, speaking Of the late cleo
ton:
:. Iii thing is worth doing at all, it is
worth doing we'll. The democrats hav-
ing sci about the work of defeating the
republican ticket. in the state, and con-
siderable portion Of the republicans hay
iag concluded to help them, or, at least,
to offer no opposition, the job was most
thoroughly performed. There is com
pleteness and artistic fiaish about the
completed work that cannot fail to , ell9't
admiration, No ragged edges OF doubt
were, left, but everything was rounded
of, and the finishing polish rubbed III so
that not,a flaw was left visible"
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

ES- Pretty heavy frosts have fallen
over the State of Kentucky generally, but
owing to extreme dryuess, no great harm
was done.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
CIRCUIT COURT.

The following windsup the cases dis
posed of ut the session of the Circuit
Court which closed it's labors Saturday
night:
Austin x Ward VS.. J. p. Grady and AL
Wis Smith interpleader-Jury trlal--ver'
diet for Austin and Ward.
d. e. c. Williams VS.. J. d. Madden
appeal from j. P.-judgment for Will
Jams.
II. P. King VS.. G. N. Barnes-appeal
from ]. P.-judgment for King.
D. Butts VS.. l.. r. and F. S. Railway
Co.-appeal from J. P.--dismissed for
want Of prosecution.
Wheeler & Wilson Sowing Machine Co.
VS.. A. N. Haight-appeal from }. p
Judgment for Haight.
Trmble a. Chaplain VS.. J. W. Bell and
Jno. IL. Page interpleader-j judgment
against Bell-judgment for interpleader.
William Whitfield VS. John Marzoll-
judgment for Marzoll
Sarah Dyer VS.. L. r. and +. S. r. Co.
continued by consent.
Berry & Malidon v Roe vs.. Joseph
Chitwood-continued by consent.
George Keiier VS.. Ed. Stewart ct. al.
demurrer to deft's answer filed-argu-
ed-taken under advisement-causec con-
tinued to next term for want OF time to
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

pAs- Speaking Of the captious opposi-
ton made to Gov. Miller, and his policy,
txdemagoguing politicians, the TeNar-
kaua Democrat, has this to say:
1t is petty in spiteiulness, unfair and
not generous in spirit. But we tell them,
from the highest to the lowest that the
people bet higher on Gov. .Miller's opin-
ions than on all the slang they can throw
Ut him for lifetime. Gov. Miller is
true to Arkansas, her people, her inter
ests; and we, are entirely content to
abide by his conclusions on this noted
quest. on"
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

j. w. Wilson VS.. Sanford FOSTER ana
George P. Morris-continued by consent.
Nath. A. Roe VS.. Joseph Chitwood-
continued by consent.
h. P. Hall VS.. VIM. McCurdy-appeal
from J. P.-continued by consent.
State VS.. Jas. d. Hawkins and James
Okane-contempt-- So each-fne
RENTED and discharged on payment Of
costs.
c. f. Brown VS.. w. A. Britton-judg-
ment by confession.
State VS.. A. j. McCormic-continued
on account Of misplaced indictment.
We were of the opinion, when Judge
Mansfield, through the result of an cleo
ton, was nccessitated to vacate the Of
flee of Judge of our Circuit Court, the
County being included in another Cir
cult, that his like would never grace our
judicial bench. A man of spotless in
tegrity and blameless life, he was highly
respected as man, and was expeditions,
dignified and courteous as a Judge. But
we were to be pleasurably disappointed
in Judge Rogers. We did expect, from
what we knew of the gentleman, that
he would fill the position with credit, but
we did not believe that his extraordina-
~ magisterial ability would bring down
upon him such universal and enthusiastic
encomiums. A man of naturally great
frmness of mind, he allowed no useless
waste of time, and in some fine points Of
law, upon which his opinion was requir-
ed, surprised every one by the clearncss
and conciseness of his decisions We
would not disparage the merits of his
predecessors, but, in the language of one
OF our best citizens, say of Mr.. Rogers,
he is the best Judge ever on this cir
cult" We, and all our people, have cv-
ely reason to be proud of the elevation
colculoftdt i,o''an to position he is SO well
w. and adorn.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23

Ls- Wheat west of Omaha averages
about SO cents a bushell to farmers.
The Van Buren press., 1877-10-23
COMMERCIAL.
VAN buren,, Oct. 90, 1877.

VAN buren,, Oct. ~, 1871.
CorroN has been brought in freely the
past week, and in the early part OF the
week sold ut 9 to 81 cts; but for the
latter part of the week sales were mostly
made at 0 and 81 cts.
Sales of Produce from wagons, were
Wheat 81. Flour, $50 to $500 per sack
Oats 25c. Corn soc. Green apples Az
to 75c. Irish Potatoes 6Oc. Sweet 20
tatoes 4Oc. Chickens Sl,5O per dozen.
Butter, zoe. Eggs l5c.
State Scrip, oO to ooc.
County Scrip, 4O to QUO.
Van Buren, Town, 60 to zoe
COTTON MARKET.
St. Louis, goth, middling, 10y
New Orleans, lo3
New York, III o-lo
Memphis, III!
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STALLION. 20 + SALE.
0RTRAnlE:r.s. .

AkThorough: Bred Morgan Stallion to.seI OF:
named JACK SHEPARD is well kn0Wn iii rolgl,-
ont the country from here to tile Mississippi
River. He Is famous as 4 trotter and has thus
Parties desiring informant ION may inquire Of
D. Shell, at the "orti!ington Hotel Or address
the undersigned at Spirit Lake. &c. iowa.
rr;s:su =, IL .''-.@ NJ. W. :LEAies:r
sSo-l5-lm.I PrOprfsof'
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Millinery and Fancy Goods,

MRS. M. j. DENSMORE.
las opened store for Millinery and Fancy
Ill Goods In Methodist Block on Tenth Street
Worthington, MINI. Ladies invited to call.