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Acunnlne Raboon.

Many are the anecdotes related Of the
baboon. An Indian chief possessed
tame baboon. which in sommon with all
the monkey race. entertained dread of
snakes; its master, from mere wanton>
ness, forcibly entwined q dead snake
round the baboon's neck. when the ami
NAL sat motionless for upwards of an
hour. stupiied with fear, and. on the
snake being removed, stole timidly into
the hut of the chief. After short time,
the baboon was, according to custom.
called on by his master to scratch his
head; but although summoned several
times in an angry voice, it refused to
move. The chief arose and struck it
with a stick, and Immediately the enra-
ged and aggrieved animal sprang upon
him; the neighbors. hearing the scuffie.
ran to see what was the matter. but
could distinguish nothing through the
dust raised in the interior of the hut.
except hot cinders, which were kicked
about in all directions from q fire. place
in the center of tho abode. The screams
of the man and the baboon we're inter
mingled, till at last the latter dashed out
through the bystanders, and escaped to
some mou ntains., Tho chief had been
seriously injured in the encounter. and
Was some weeks in recovering; but ulti>
mately regained his strength. and. bent
upon revenge. secured the mountains il.
search Of his antagonist. He At length
deserted his baboon ,whidh he could dis.
Germ from any other. pseping over .
crsg, and lsveled gun at him; but the
animal instantly withdrew his head, aud
held forward one of his companions "a
a target. instead of himself. chatteripe
loudly ~ in defiance-so that the man
was compelled to return foiled and dis
appointed.
, 1878-05-25

MORTUARY STATISTICS. Mr.. Thos.
Russell, the present Sexton of the
County Cemetery. furnishes us with
the following figures From May
26, 1876. to May 26. 1877. the num-
Der of deaths in the county was 98;
and from that date up to the present
the number has been "a. OF these
last, % were from diptheria, 3 sui
cides. 8 murders, 1 hanged, 3
drowned and four were accidentally
killed. Seven of the "a died at the
county farm. The death rate of the
county for the year has been to
1873, or very nearly that. =
To VIcToRIA.-Quite . large
crowd went over to Victoria on the
North Pacific. accompanying the
baseball nine and rifle team. The
following are the names Of the
gentlemen composing each of these
organizations: Baseball nine--F.
A. TreeA, Gee. D. Snow, James
Warren. S. W. Percival, Fred. Dun
ham. Mr.. Jacobs, s. G. Lowe, A. j.
Spencer. S. L. Crawford. Rifle
tsam-Geo. Hall, Kirk C. Ward, A.
81. King, N. Glore. Joseph Symonds.
WIN. Clark.
A PARTY of the young bloods who
we're on q "toot" last evening,
amused themselves by knocking
dowI and splitting up the sign of q
poor widow woman who takes in
washing for a living. They also
daubed paint over her front door
step and over the door knob. 1t
seems to us that q party of Young
men might find some more reputable
amusement than destroying the
property Of helpless female, de-
pendent entirely on her own ex-
ertions for her support.
The s. F, Cal of the 14th has
the following: Ex-Minister E. B.
Washburne, in company with N. D.
Bishop, president of the New York
and New Haven railroad. started for
San Francisco in special car yes
terday morning, for six weeks
trip in California, Oregon and
Washington Territory. This is tie
first visit Of Mr.. Washburne to the
Pacific coast"
A CURIOSITY. "A remarkable look
ing sea monstrosity was captured By
one of our local fishermen. It is q
thin snake like fish, entirely scale.
less, about foot in length and with
mouth like a birds bill. 1t has g
fin Oh the back and one On the end
Of its tail, but otherwise the body
perfectly resembles that of snake
ACC1DENT.--W While OUT riding or
Tuesday last, Mrs. VIM. Pickering
of Squak, was thrown from hel
horse and quite seriously injured
DR.. Bryant, of Newcastle, was sum
moned to attend her.
, 1878-05-25

When a young man in Pata-
goni& wants wife, he rides out
and lassoes one, and in the
more civilized United States Of
America when q young man
wants = wife, but does not come
to time, the las soes him for a
breach Of promise.
, 1878-05-25
LIEUT.. MooRE's DEArH.-The

LIEUT.. MooRE's DEATH.-The
death Of Lieut.. Moore in Fort
Creek near Fort klamath recently,
has caused much comment. His
body was found lying in the creek
where the water was net over eigh-
teen inches in depth. He was lying
on his back, with one hand under
his head and the other upon his
breast. No marks of violence were
found upon his person, and it is
considered certain that he either
drowned himself Intentionally or
fell into the stream and persisted
while under the influence of some
intoxicating drink. To the people
of Lake county. who have long
known Lieut.. Moore, both as a
capable officer and genial, whole
souled companion, this announce
ment has caused feelings of peculiar
sadness. Standard.
FIRE. stray sparks from
an adjoining chimney caught in the
dry moss on the roof of McAleer's
tin store this morning and a small
blaze started. catching the shingles.
A boy that noticed it gave the alarm
at once and it was promptly extin-
guished with buckets. A few
minutes moro and there might have
been q serious fire - the building
is right in the heart of town. To
prevent such IN occurrence in
future would it not be advisable for
property owners to clean the dry
moss off tha roofs Of their build
ings, as it il Just like 20 much
tinder.
Hrs Own ApPR1C1Ar1oN.-Col.
Bob. Ingersoll has petitioned Con
grsss to repeal the statutes fer the
suppression OF obscene literature,
On the ground that the prohibition
extends T. his Published lectures on
religious subjects. Comment is un-
necessary.
The Otter brought the mail down
from Tacons. arriving here early
this morning.
, 1878-05-25
on the Daily Of Thursday.

VALUE OF IMPROvKD BREEDS OF
SHEEr.-At this Springs clipping
on Col. Larabee's farm On WILDLY
Island, the difference in results was
of q very marked character between
the ordinary Southdown grades and
full-blood Cotswolds and Spanish
Merinos. 165 Southdowns sheared
G66 TBS; trife over TBS each. II
Cotswolds, belonging to Mr.. S.
Baxter, sheared 129 lbs; a little over
y. Tbs each. Two thorough bred
Spanish Merino ewes. purchased in
California last October at 500 each.
saearei 13 TBS each, and one Merino
buck, pith six months fleece.
sheared II TBS. Had the Colonel's
flock been all Cotswold. he would
have had 1,196 TBS, as against 666
Tbs. Had they been Spanish
Aerinos. he would haye had 2, 145
:b>. The Cotswold and Merino
aools, when supplied in quantities,
are worth from 5 to Is cents per
p more than ordinary grades, say
al average of 10 cents. The cost
CT rearing and keeping the best
bloods is no more per head than
that of the others. The different
results in dollars and cents are as
follows: G66 lbs. at 25 cents. $l6G.-
50; 1.1G6 TBS. at 35 cents. S41S.G0;
2,145 TBS. at 35 cents, $740.75. The
difference between Southdowns and
Merinos. $594.25. on flock of 165
sheep-$3.54 a head. besides the
very great difference in value Of the
increase.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.-We have
lately seen various newspaper ac-
counts Of visit to Mexico by the
late President of the Southern Con-
federacy, and how he was lionized,
and how he attended military re-
view in full uniform. 1t turns out
to have been Gen. jeff G. Davis, U.
S. A.. who visited Mexico on a trip
for the benefit of his health, he
having suffered from yellow jaun-
dice. While there, he became quite
intimate with President Diaz, and
was treated with the most distin-
guished courtesy by that potentate.
Diaz invited him to be present at a
review of the troops, but Gen.
Davis declined the invitation, not
deeming it proper for him to accept
it in view of the fact that the Unit
ed States had not recognized the
Diaz government. Diaz, however,
sent his carriage for him and after
wards induced him to mount fine
Kentucky bred horse, saying that
the general could witness the review
better on horseback than he could
from q vehicle. The steed was auch
a good one, and the politeness Of
Diaz so pressing that he finally con-
sented to take part in the review in
the character of one Of the presi-
dents staff. The similarity of the
name to that of the President of the
late Southern Confederaey gave rise
to tho report which has since gone
the rounds Of the newspapers, that
sx-president Davis was at the re-
view, when. in fact, he was not
within five hundred miles of
Mexico. General Davis has been
much benefited by the trip. He
says that Diaz like Juarez il An
Indian with possibly some Spanish
blood in his veins. The report Of
the Generals declination to review
tho troops as an American officer
caused him to bs iionizsd during
the remainder Of his stay. During
his journey through the South .
good deal Of interest was taken in
General Davis by the people on ac-
count of his name. and he was fre-
qusntly asked what relation he was
to the ex- president.
, 1878-05-25

Passengers from Portland and up-Souud ports
will take Puget Sound Mail steamer .nd make
connection with "Ci!y of Panama" at Victoria
Steamer "rakoa" goes through to olympia.
These steamers leave Victoria at nom OF the
dav advertised Ticke.s are good cnly on the
steamer for which they are purchased and are
not transferable. For freight or passage apply
on board. CT TO II. L. TIBBALS,
General agent for Puget Sound,
Port Townsend.
, 1878-05-25
DENITI9TRX.

DR. ]. G. GRASSE, DEN
TIST. Once in Stone /
uQ0b Burnett's new building on
commercial street. AL work vafrsn1.
80 oot.A'w
, 1878-05-25
FITS EPILEPS
T aEsing Sickness

PERMANENTLY CUREh-NO HUMBUG-BY
One Months Usage of DR.. Goulard's celebrated
Infalliable Fit Powders. To convince sufferers
that these powders will do all we claim for
them, We will send them by mail, post p"id,
Free TRIAL Box. As Dr. Goulard is the only
physician that has ever made this disease a
special study, and as to our knowledge thous-
;.ilds have been permanently cured by the use
these Powders. we will guarantee permanent
euro in every case, or refund you all money
expended. All sufferers should give these
Powders an early trial, and be convinced of
their curative powers.
Price, for large box, So 10, or boxes for
$40 90, sent by mail to any part IF the United
States or Canada on receipt Of price, or by ex-
press, c. o. D. Address.
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ONE OF THE MOST RENTARKA-
BILE OF MODERN BUR-
GLARIES
over Two Million Dollars in Bonds
and Money Carried on.

New YORK. Oct. 2T.-Between G and
y this morning, masked burglars entered
the Manhattan Savings Bank building,
corner Broadway and Blocker street,
and, after Handwriting the janitor, made
him, under threats of instant death, re.
veal the combination of the safe to them,
and deliver up the keys of the bank.
They ritled the vault of presumably
large amount of money, as twenty tin
boxes known, to have contained bills,
were found on the floor quito empty
The building is six story one, the bank
occupying the ground floor with entran.
ees on both Broadway and Blocker
streets. Wendell hoffman keeps bar.
Der shop in the basement under the
bank, and the janitor lives on the see
ond floor. The barber opened his shop
thlrty-tive minutes past six o'clock. lie
says there was nothing unusual in the
bank at that time. At twenty minutes
past nine O o'clock he was startled by the
appearance, at the head Of the basement
stairs, Of the janitor, Louis Wertcl,
white with fright and excitement, with
his hands handcufed tightly, and the
key Of the bank clutched betwecn them
He was only halt-dresscd, and gasped
5" Thieves! Robbers Come, and see ?
The barber accompanied him into the
bank, and saw the doors of the great
vault wide open, and the floor Uttered
with tin-boxes, all ,empted of their con.
tents. Burglars tools were scattered in
every direction. The barber notified the
police and Superintendent Waling, In
spector nilks, Capt. Byrnes, and Capt.
Kelly, were soon on the scene. The
doors, windows, and all means OF access,
from without, were found intact, and ii
was evident that the thieves had entered
By means Of keys.
Dan. keoly, night Waterman, said he
left his post at 6 o'clock y. m and arou-
sed the janitor, as was his custom, and
left the building, locking the hall door
after him. left the corner at Clio o'clock
II, M, and then everything was right
and quiet. \ photographer, who does
business uponan upper iloer, says that,
at O'Clock he arrived at the building,
and found the entrance opened, and
wondered at the carelessness of the
Waterman. lie passed up stairs, and met
nobody, and heard no noise or disturb
anco. The officers of the bank are Ed
ward Schell, vice president and treasur-
err; c. f. Afford, secretary The fol
lowing is the bank officers statements
The Manhattan Savings institution was,
on the morning of Sunday, the 9th OF
October, 1878, robbed Of securities to the
amount Of S2,757, GOO, of which $685.
700 were registered in the name Of the
institution, and are not negotiable, and
sl6S,000 are made payable to it, and
$4,000 are in coupon bonds, and 81,
600 in cash. For the purpose Of proven
ting loss to dcpositors, it is deemed advi.
sable that no payments be made without
60 days notice, as provided by the laws
of the institution.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-11-05
The Cat--Natural History Series.
+" w hat is this p

"What Is this p
"This is cat. Do you see that beau
tiful curve to bis back IL you contin
ne to be good boy you shall somcday
have q Thousand cats"
care cats useful animal p
Yes, very. If it wasn't for the cat
every house would overrun with canary
birds"
"Are cats very brave?"
Yes. They'll hang around corner
for four hours to get their claws into
poor little mouse, not one forth part their
size"
"What food do cats prefer r
IA $50 mocking bird is their first
choice. II the family are not able to
keep a hooking bird the cat must put up
with an oriole or German canary.
l is only when suffering for food that a
cat will accept of a sirloin steak"
Cats can't sing, can they ~
"No, but, bless 'em they keep trying
to learn how They have got so they
can sound the first note on the scale, and
they are determined to get the rest
What time do they sing the sweet
est ?"
"At night, between the hours Of IL
r. II. and 4 m.~ You have probably
read items about bold bad men ninging
boot lacks. sticks of wood and other mis-.
sls at singing cats. Don't ever associ
rte with such people. Cats have as much
right in America as anybody else, it is
only the meancst kind Of folks who
will try to keep EN- from rising up in the
world"
GLOW long do cats live p
Nobody knows, as no cat ever mad
fair show to see how many years he
could put in. After he has hung around
one nc hborhood for fifteen or twenty
years some one murders him in cold
blood"
docs the fur of the cat contain cleo
tricityT
"les, and it is great wonder why
some Of those scientific men did not
make use of the fact in searching for the
clue to the telephone. There isn't much
doubt that the day will yet come when a
cat in Detroit connected by n clothes-line
with one in Chicago, will form perfec,
telegraph line
"Do cats suck childrens breath I"
"They do. Mothers should let their
children eat Onions as preventive, Plug
tobacco will answer the same purpose. -
Free Press.
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-f---a----s--- . ps--------
AN ASTONISHING FACT.

A large portion of the American peo-
pie are to-day di ing from the effects of
Dyspepsia or disorlered liver. The re
suit of these disc SEES upon the masses Of
intelligent people is most alarming, max
ing life actually butden Instead of II
pleasant existence of enjoyment and use.
fumes as it ought to be. There is no
good reason for this, if you will only
throw aside prejudice 4 skepticism, take
the advice Of Druggists and your friends,
and try one bottle of Green's August
Flower. Your speedy relief is certain.
Millions of bottles Of this medicine have
been given away to try its virtues, with
satisfactory results in every case. You
can buy sample bottle for 10 cents to
try. Three doses. will relieve the worst
case. Positively sold by all Druggists
on the Western Continent.
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THE TICHEN0R AFFAIR.
Gold Mines that Didn't Pan Out Well.

The Little Rock Gazette says E" III
I---r,--->.~.o-- NV cncnor anair TO some
extent discussed in business circles OF
this city, at present, the Chicago Times
y
A man known as "Colonel" A. c.
Tichenor, hailing from Little Rock, Ark,
who has been operating in this city, tor
over a year, has Just been detected in a
system of stupendous frauds upon vari-
Gus parties here. He pretended to own
a couple Of gold mines in Arkansas, oil
fabulous value. lie exhibited ore OF
great richness, said to be the product OF
these mines. SO successful was he in all
the incipient stages Of his scheme, that
various parties who went to SEQ the
mines came away, fully impressed with
the truth of his statements.
He sold an interest in the mines to
Thomas ID. Randall, Matthew Latin,
Cornelia II Smith, Grace G. Fahnes-
stock, Il. d. Hammond, G. II. Weaver,
and n. b. E!dridgc, receiving about 40,
600 therefor. These parties were just
on the point of putting 100000 in,
W hen the explosion came. 1t is found
that there is no trace OF gold in the rock
that really comes out OF those " miues,"
and that the specimen palmed off on the
too credulous capitalists who were so
thoroughly fooled, had been carefully
" doctorcd" for the purpose by the swim
dler. Considering the length of time
the operations have been going on, the
number Of the victims, and the opportu-
mites they have had for discovering the
truth, this is ono Of the most remarka-
BILE cases of the kind on record. 1t was
only few days ago that the swindle was
discovered. The alleged Colonel has
"gone West"
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ut nroceeflcll.

Dut pfoceeucu
Yes, Teller citizens, I'm proud Of hav.
ing risen by honest industry, proud OF
appearin' to solicit your suffrage as a
true representative &C labor, as one who
has contributed to build up this commu
nifty by the sweat Of bis brow and the
work of his hands, fAppiause As |
were saying, I'm brlekiayer by trade.
I've worked To raise more than half the
palatial mansions, and magnificent com
mercial structures, aud heaven pointing
spires which beauty and adorn our town
iGreat enthusiasm. And here, right
hero gentleman. are the identical tools
with which have carved out my way to
prosperity"
Here the orator examined a trowel and
hammer amid deafenng plauaiIs.
" Pass m this way said an excited
listener, evidently belonging to the work
ing Glass Let mo gaze onto them
relics
The tools were handed to him, and he
scru,inized them with deep interest.
:" You say you work MS bricklayer z"
aid he, tnrniag sharply to the orator.
/" Yes
"And with them tools y
9 Yes, sir /, those are the very tools |
bought when | made my frat start as a
journeyman. To them owe all my
prosperity,
swell, then, must say you deserve
great credit, SO does any man that could
lay bricks with such weapons Gentle
man,' turning to the audience, ''just look
at EN-. Its gardeners trowcl and a
carpenters hammer -
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Too Much physic.

1, napv nshfnl lac iliiae a \, !,
miniature drug shops of thei stomachs,
Pills, calomel, and blue mass are taken IN
quantities for constipation, billiousness and
headache The vital organs become over
powered and paralyzed by the use of strong
drugs, the designs Of nature become fru-trat-
ed. and disease Is the result Constipation
cannot b cured by the use Of drastic purga-
tiyes-it may give relief. to-day. but the COM
plant will return tomorrow. Mild aud plea
ant remedies are best for constipation and
biiliousness dyspepsia. etc, aud for this pur-
pose nothing equals Bailey's Saline Aperient.
1t acts speedily and etleetually; il cooling,
pleasant and sparkling, and can hardly be
called a medicine. Large bottles. so cts.
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Bay A New York dispatch of the LIST,
says According to adispatch from Port
Jervis, the people around Thompson,
Pa, are earnestly searching for two
tramps who entered the village school ,at-
ter the children had been dismissed, sciz.
cd the teacher, Alice Konnctt, and gross
y assaulted her, and then, to prevent her
from telling the story. cut out her
tongue The young woman managed to
reach the blackboard, and wrote the cir,
cumstnnces Of the terrible affair, and the
descriptions of the seoundrels, and then
died
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swamp Chills.

This species Of ehills are generally more
difficult to eradicate than any other. The
miasm is of n more yirulent character, pro
ducing more billiousness, with q tendency to
congestion. The whole system becomes al
fected, the bones and joints ache, and there
is high fever, and rapid prostration. Qui-
nine will seldom cure such cases; the relief
1t gives Is only temporary. powerful veg
etable tonic remedy has lately been introdnc-
ed which does not contain quinine or other
poison; never affects the head. ears or nerves,
cleanscs the stomach. opens the bowels and
relieves the congested liver The article is
known as Days Ague Tonic. which never
fails to cure the worst long standing cases,
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GF- The kind and complimentary no
tees by the press, generally, OF our en-
tcrprisc, in tho commencement OF the
publication of paper at this place, have
been received with many thanks, and
will be appreciated by us for many days
to come. As to our friend Durham, OF
the Van Buren, Press, We will merely
cav that we have no crop to pick with
him as YETI Fort Smith Elevator.
"As YETI! We don't like that " As
vot" II looks as If the Elevator had
something in store for us,
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Thursday Night, November 7tb.

we wish to direct the attention of our
readers to the advertisement appearing in
our paper of the entertainment to be given
by the Sunday School of Trinity Episcopal
Church. next week Thursday night. In ad-
dition to the quartette, the school will pre-
sent Tor the entertainment of the audience
the operetta, Grandfathers Birthday.n
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st. Louis Republican The States to

st. Louis Republican The States to
keep an eye on, if you want to know
who will be the next President, are Cal
ifornia, Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Now
York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. If
the Democrats elect Il majority Of tho
congressman in any one Of these States
it may be set down as moral certainty
that n Democrat will sit in the White
House from March 4, 1881, to March 4,
1883.
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TT TIC LTEtlU H0VN
Friday, says that the following officers
elect took charge of their offices on the
1st Of November d. w. Lear, State
Land Commissioners vice J. N. smitheo !;
III. Denton, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, vice G. W. Hill; d. W.
Carroll, Chancellor, vice J. X. Eakln F; D.
w. Callaway, Chancery Clerk, re elected
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|. R. 4 f, S. Railway.

On and after the 2lst of October trains
wifi run on this road, leaving and arriving at
Van Buren,, as follows:
Express and mail trains arrive at Van Blu
rem ut ) 80 p. m, and leave for Little Rock
at :35 II. IN. Arrive at Argenta ut 5 80 D.
m and leave att :i5 a. IN.
Freight trains arrive at 7 :05 p. M. and
leave here going to Argenta, at G 40 II. N.
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Boston Herald; The often discussed
question whether the rifle ball can be
seen as it flies from the gun, was settled
at Springfield, Tuesday, for in the latter
mart of the afternoon the rays of the
declining sun, almost parallel with the
path OF the bullets, revealed near y CIV
crv one of them to the interested specta'
o's.