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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23

BAD PLACE FOR TRAMPs.-A tramp
passing through Hubbardston VT, few
days ago, met young man on the side
walk, and accosted him, with the follow
ing result: "What accommodations has
this town for travellers ?" "Two good
hotels" was the reply. "Yer-yes but
what accommodations for poor travellers
that cannot pay for lodging? ?" "Very
poor the cells in the lookup are not as
comfortable as our horse stalls" 81
should think a person would be liable to
take cold," unused the tramp. "Take
cold" replied the young man "why,
two tramps froze to death tnore one day
last week." 81 should think it would be
for the interest of tho town to furnish
more comfortable accommodations it
must be great expense to bury the bod
les this cold weather." "Oh, no." saws
the young man con the contrary, it is
very profitable they send the bodies to
the dssectng-rooms and receive $40
apiece for them" The tramp inquired
She distance to the nearest town.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23

GEN. DIAz is very unostentatious
man, and lives within his moderate means.
The White House at Washington is a
palace compared with the simplicity Of
his surroundings. 1t has, like all Mexi-
can houses, large courtyard, and is two
stories high. There are no soldiers nor
funkies to bar the way. The General IS
a man Of fine presence, every inch a
soldier, tall and straight, rather spare
than corpulent. He wears his thick, dark
hair closely cut, medium sized nous
tache overshadowiDg clean-shaved chin.
He is a man of about forty yeras OF age.
His manner ia cordial, and bears, like
his face. the impress of boldness and
frankness. In fact, there is a magnetism
about the man which, perhaps more than
anything else, has raised him to his pres
ent eminence, and is the cause Of his great
popularity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23
Weaverville, March %, 1878.

PURCHASED SERMoN-PREACuING.-
The danger of preaching purchased ser
mons has had q very remarkable and
curious ILLUSTRATION recently in a small
town in Sussex. The curate had been
absent for week or so, taking his hol-
days. The first Sunday after his return,
he took the morning service, while the
rector otficiated for friend in neigh
boring church but the rector was pres
ent in the evening to preach after the
curate had read prayers. The sermon in
the morning was considered so good that
the congregation congratulated them
selves upon the effects which the change of
air had on the preachers style and power
generally. In the evening the rector as
cended the pulpit, and gave out the same
text which had formed the subject of the
curate's discourse in the morning. Very
soon, however, those who were there in
the forenoon found that it was not only
the same text, but the same sermon, and
their faces assumed q variety of expires
sions. There were not many placid
countenances in the whole church, with
the exception of the preachers, who went
on quite unconsciousy. There was one
face that bore upon it a painful expression,
and that was the curate's. The more he
tried to appear severe and indifferent, the
more he looked abashed and intensely
horriied. In short, the two worthy per
sonages had, unknown to each other pur-
chased copy of the same sermon, and
they had the ill luck to deliver it without
communication with each other. Moth
ing, it is said has come of this little mis-
adventure beyond harmless joke or two.
How the rector and curate got on is not
stated, but the villagers are good natured
people, and the sexton-of course a regu-
lar attendant at church-declares that the
oftener he hears sermon, the better he
likes it,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23

A CONSCIENTIOUS WIDow.-A poor
man on his death bed made his Will. He
called his wife to him and told her OF its
provisions. 81 have lett" he said, my
horse to my parents, sell it and hand over
the money you receive. l leave to you
my dog, take good care of him, he will
serve you faithfully. The wife promised
to obey, and in due time set out for the
neighboring market with the horse and
dog. GLOW much do you want ryour
horse?" inquired the farmer. 81 cannot
sell the horse alone, bu: you may have
both of them at reasonable rates. Give
me one hundred dollars for the dog and
one dollar for the horse" The farmer
laughed, but as the terms were low he
willingly accepted them. Then the wor-
thy woman gave the husbands parents
the one dollar received for the horse and
kept the hundred dollars for herself.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23

Mr.. A. K. OUTERBRIDGE, JR., Of the
Philadelphia Assay Office, exhibited be-
fore the Franklin Institute some thin films
of gold obtained by electric deposition
Upon copper, and afterwards detached.
These pieces of gold leaf were transpar-
ent, and gave green color 20 transmit =
ted light. Mr.. Outerbridge has thus pro-
duced films of gold so thin that one grain
of the metal would cover nearly four
square feet. This is 600 times thinner
than ordinary paper, and 2,7OS,O0O of
such films together would only make one
inch in thickness.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23
MY NEIGHBOR.

Love your neighbor as YOURSELF
Thus the Good Book rcadeth; ;
And | glance across the way
At my neighbor Edith,
Who, with garden-hat and gloves
Through the golden hours
Of the sunny, Summer-morn,
Fits among the flowers.
Love your neighbor as yourself
Winsome, blue-oyed grille,
Golden CLEANS Of sunny hair,
Dimpled, pink and pearly.
As lean upon the stilo
And watch her at her labor,
How much better than myself
Do l love my neighbor !
Love your neighbor as yourself
How devout Pm growing
All my heart with fervent love
Toward my neighbor glowing.
All to keep the bleSt command
Were the sweetest labor,
For with all my heart and soul
Do | love my neighhor i!
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23
DIR. ]. F. GRADY,

DENTAL AND MEDICAL GRADUATE,
CO Has returned to Weaverville and re-
&fTYH sumed the practice of DENTISTRY Y:
Special attention paid to the treatment OF
Sensitive Teeth.
OFFICE:-In the Theater Building up
stairs. 55-u'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERNISi

rict Court-Second Monday in April,
august and December.
Unity Court-First Monday in anu
g.,,, ,' march, May, July, September and No
""ate COurt-(same as County Court }
n hoard of supervisors-Firs Monday
Uary' May, August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23

WOMEN are not very proud OF their
ancestry; not nearly so much so as men.
You will find thousand men named
Adam. but where will you find one wo-
man named after her illustrious grand
mother Ever
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23
Mtekly Vrjnjty 9uuvnal,

re The "J0UR.N:sA'' has no .Fs.eass
the Publisher prefsrrims' TO do bnsiness
tCffh .fdreriiSsrs direct. .fdpsrtisins.
Rates fHrnfshsd on application.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-23

Two card sharpers unwittingly picked
each other up in train from Bath to
London and played eearte. "Its very
singular" observed one, "that / haven't
seen king yet." Not at ALL" replied
the other; you have hin your sleeve,
and have the other three in my boot. :"
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
The Northwestern Railroad.

Tho building of this railroad is still
being agitated. The Pierce City Record
Of the 30th ult says
New YORK. Nov. %, 1878.
CAPT. J B. PERKINS, Pierce City, Mo-,
Dear SRI have just succeeded in ar
ranging for sufficient OF aid to build
and complete forty five miles OF the
Northwest Arkansas Railroad, provided
you people can secure me the right OF
way for fifteen miles, mud pay 81 200, in
GLIDING the $500 from the Pierce City
Land Company. and the other points
slang the line give Il reasonable amount
Of ail, aud the right Of way. | will
leave for st. Louis, to night, and will be
in Pierce City about the lst of Decem-
Der. -E. Respectfully,
J. W. MCCARTHY.
1t s unnecessary for US TO comment on
the above, MS we stated tie facts and the
terms of this proposition week before
last. Our people must act. The Joplin
and the Gulf road are in debt, IN the
hands of receivers, and they are work
Ing to get this extension OF their road to
get them out Of their strait by securing
a subsidy. Mofit, Nett eton and Brown
have been down to Arkansas, and was at
Fayetteville. They told the people that
if they could secure the charter that
Maj. Mccarthy now holds, they would
begin to build the road ight away. They
have selected rs their route, line com
mencng at Joplin, and running south
east % miles to Neosho, from Neosho TO
CRANKY S miles, from CRANKY to Newto-
mia miles, from Newtonia to Corsicana
Is miles, from Corsicana to Washburn,
% miles, making y miles of road to a
point on the line of route that is only
81 miles from Pierce City, so that the
route from Pierce City is actually Al
miles the nearer. In fact, the Joplin
people will have to build so miles Of
road to get ten miles south OF Pierce Ci
ty before they can start to Bentoaville,
when by the Pierce City route it is only
Al miles from Pierce City to Bentonville.
Yet, although it is u fact that it is almost
double the distance from Joplin to Ben
tonville that it is from Pierce City, the
Joplin people, with Girurd, FIT. Scott,
Ka sas City and Chicago, want this con
nection, and wi aid it. The only thing
that can make them hesitate is the dis
lance OF forty miles to be built to get
ten miles south of Pierce City. AS aoy
road that is built through Missouri 10
Bentonvlle, must cross Oliver Prairie,
we have the advantage in distance, bit,
unless we aid the enterprise we wi lose
that advantage. We are only asked to
aid this enterprise to the amo mt OF SlO,-
900 to secure at least As miles Of this
Southern road, which will secure US the
termlni of the best Southern route in the
State, and our citizens ought to secure it.
Should we not. we will lose all the Sou
them trade on which our city depends
for lis support
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
The Republican Programme.

Tho Washington correspondent of the
st. Louis Republican, OF the 9th, fore
shadows the Republican programme for
the next Presidential campaign:
Enough is known to make it certain
that the Republican leaders have about
completed the arrangements for care.
fully organized effort to launch the bloc
dy shirt issue with all the force possible.
They have divided their leaders into dis
eiplined divisions in the collection and
preparation of so-caled facts in support
of the issue. At the Republican caucus,
two days since it was delegated to Blaine
to open the fight. Since then lie has
been preparing speech, which has oe-
casoned his absence from the Senate and
the failure to call up his resolution TO
investigate recent Southern outrage sto-
RIGS. One Of the features Of this cam.
paign is a national convention cf colored
men, and already petitions to this end,
are circulating in South Carolina aud
Louisiana. The convention is to pro-
duce memorial to congress asking
decrease in the representation of the
Southern states in congress, under the
provisions OF the fourteenth amendment,
which gives the power to congress to re-
duce the representation il the right of
my voter to vote is any way abridged.
This convention, according TO the pro-
gramme. is to be called directly upon the
opening of the debate in the senate.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
DIR. RAYMOND'S WARNING.
The Danger from Yellow Fever that
he says Might Follow ~ Mild
Winter,
From the Now York Snn.l

Sanitary Inspector Raymond OF
Brooklyn, who attended the meeting u
the American Health society IN Rich
mond, has made a special report ON the
subject OF yellow fever to the Brooklyn
health boald in which he says that the
epidemic this year atlacted 125,O00 per
sons, led 10 1900 deaths, and cost th2
couarty 100000 600 The city Of New
Orleans was in its usual sanitary eond,
ton on May %, 1873, but the next day
the brig Emily B. Souder arrived from
Havana, with her pursur, one Clark, sick
on board. The vessel had passed quar-
antine because Clark reported that he
was sick of neuralgia. From this vessel
the epidemic started, after Clark S death,
on May 20. DR.. Raymond makes the
following assertions +: Q) Ayellow fever
ship is foul ship: (2) A clean ship
will not get yellow fever in infected
ports: 49, rhc disease may be shut in a
vessel by battening down the matches
and keeping the crew on deck at all
times; a. yellow fever may be carried
from an infected ship one to the zee
ward (5) Ar infected ship must be ex'
posed to extreme cold before she is
safe; C. The poison of yellow fever is
a living gern,. The Snsqnehana had
yellow fever cupboard, AID lay for three
years in the new York York harbor 1t
of commission. One month after she
was put into commission yellow fever
although she had not been in
an infected port.
DR.. RAYMOND adds, imprcssively
" Should the present winter be mild
one, the germs OF the disease will not be
destroyed, but will, with the approaching
summer, gather new force and continue
their devastating march north, east and
west. The coming SIX months should be
looked upon AS the golden opp lrtuaity
in which to put our house in order " AS
to Brooklyn, he says: " 1t is not impos,
sible that an epidemic, which i'll 1856
prevailed at Bay Ridge and in 1870 at
Governors Island, may again return to
us, bringing death and desolation. When
| think OF Gowanus canal, Newtown,
Bushwck and Walanout creeks, and the
slip OF the otfal dock can but be renn-
ded of the Bayou Grayoso of Memphis
and tho sewer Of Grenada p He asks
whether the vaults and cisterns of Mem
phis and Chattanooga are worse than
the $4,000 eobble-stone vaults and 25O
street pumps of Brooklyn.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10

ET The Charleston News and Courier
calls upon those who are charging that
frauds were committed by the Democrats
1t the late election to submit their accu-
sations to a judicial test. 1t says:
The courts are open in South Caro-
lima. All the officers are Republicans,
and the assistant district attorney is as
bitter as gall. They can arrest whom
they please, for they can get what afiida-
Wits they want. The accused are ready
10 stand their trial. They rely on
their innocence and an impartial jury.
What we demand for them is, that, when
they shall have been tried and acquitted
in the courts, they shall not be arraign-
cd again, at the bar of Northern public
opinion, shaped by sensational and
prsjudiccd press
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
The Proposed 0uachita Valley Railroad
Reviyed-NeW Management.

The article of incorporation were filed
in the Office of the Secretary of State on
the q OF last month.
The first ticle states tho purpose to
be to construct and maintain a railroad
from Arkadelphia to Camden.
Article second provides for building a
telegraph line along the road to be OWL
ed by the company.
Article third says "for the purpose of
constructing, owning maintainiug and OPP
Grating line of steamboats, on the Qua
chita river as auxiliaries to said rail-
roads," etc.
Tho provisions are that 'said railroad
shall be as near as may be on direct line
between the towns aforesaid, distance
OF about forty five miles, and run on the
eastern side of the Ouaehita river The
capital stock shall be S500,0 divided
into five thousand shares of 500 each
Until an election is held the directors are
as follows: John I. Dewcse, Newman
Erb. NJ. Summerfeld, J. 7. Brown, Jr.
A. A. Pennington and C. A. CAN'T. The
directors are to act as commissioners tc
open books of subscription to the capita
stock.
The stock subscribed, is as follows
Newman Erb. 10 shares, 81 900 Jno
T. Deweesc ITO shares, 200 NJ
Summerheld, ITO shares, 81 | 900; j. I
Brown. ir, Ito shares, $1,000; A. A
Pennington. shares, $500; G. A. CAN'T
5 shares, $780,
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10

Little Rock Gazette We have no adj
miration, personally or politically, for
Mr.. Tilden and, as we have a fashion
of expressing our opinion on men and
measures in plain and emphatic way,
we chose to speak Of Mr.. Tilden as we
did. We can easily forsee that n tremcn-
dous effort is going to be made to again
toist Mr.. Tilden on the democratic party
in 1880, against what we know to be the
will and wishes of the people, and We,
intend to combat the movement from tie
very start, with all the force and empha,
sis we can command. If to say that Mr..
Tilden is politically dead and damned,
be treason to the party. then those who
think so, must be permitted to make the
most Of it they can We have, howcv-
err, made no personal assault upon the
private and personal character of Mr..
Tilden. We associated his name with
that Of Boss Tweed, as is plainly evident
from the context, simply by way of ex-
pressing our idea Of the hopelessness of
his nomination.
In answer to our structures OF the Ga
zotte's uncalled-for abuse of Gov. Tilden
it makes answer rs above. If Gov. Til.
den has done anything, since his election,
1876 to the Presidency to call down the
abuse which has been heaped upon his
head, by the Gazette--we should much
like the editors to show it to us. Until
that is done, the OLD adage will be too
applicable, that it is q dirty bird that
fouls its own nest
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10

A sensible man is Mr. Frederick Doug
lass, United States MARSHALL of the Dis
trict of Columbia. When asked by the
Washington correspondent of the Even
ing Post what he thought of the condi
ton Of the South, he admitted that the
coored people OF the Cult states We're
subjected to terrorism, but added that
the remedy was time, not bayonets."
He would have measures taken to enforce
the laws even it they fail, because the
proceedings twill attract attention" and
"public opinion will be educated" There
is no doubt that wrongs will be rigbted,
and there is no doubt about the means
by which they will be righted New
York Witness.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
Tribute OF Respect.

At the regular meeting Of the independent
Order of the Knights of the Horse. of Craw-
ford county, at their Lodge. the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted.
WHEREAS. 1t has pleased Almighty God. In
His infinite wisdom, to take from our midst
our exalted aud beloved brother r Cox,
therefore be it
husband and ihinlgent parent, ana TO them.
in this lite, an irreparable loss.
BE 1t further resolved. That this Lodge OF
the independent Order of the knights OF the
Horse. hy the death of our exalted and b.rlov-
ed Knight. Worthy Brother 5. r. Cox. has
lost one OF its wi>est councillors, and yirtuous
minded prcceptorS.
BE it further resolved, That the community
prived Of one of ts most useful and best citi-
zrns, and the church OF one OF its brightest
ornaments
BE it further Resolve That in this. oui
dire calamity, we most sincerely aud deeply
! sympathi,e with the hcreaved widow and hen
orphaned children. and drvotedly pray tina,
the Almighty may rcplenish their hearts will
| that Christian foritu1e requisite to bear then
! through these their hours OF trial. And tina
! in respect to departed worth that this Lodge
shall be clothed in mourning. and the mem
beers thereof shall wear mourning for the tern
of ninety days.
Be it further Resolved, That the widow
and family Of the deceased be presented wit
his entire regtlia and gloves and copy o
these resolutions. and that the Van Blrel
Press and Van Buren, Argus be furnished wit
a copy of these resolutions, with request TO
publication of the same
X. b. CARSON. President.
JOHN FLANNIGAN, See. pro TEN.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
Administrators Notice,

A THE OCTOBER TERM of the Probate
"A Court OF Crawford County. Ark. The fol-
lowing administrators filed their accounts for
settlement. to-wit:
j. Z. Bullock Ith annual account rs admin.
istrator of estate of Richard Bi>wcll, deed.
ufC II Conradt. lst annual account as admir-
oil A. NJ. Callahan. decd
Also the final accounts current of the fol-
wing guardians. to-wit:
John ilatley. Guardian of Joseph England.
James NJ. Hatley. Guardian OF Cynthia A.
Sherman.
All persons interested in the above settle
Iuents. are hereby notified to file their objee-
tons. ifhny they have. on or before the Sec
ond day of next January term OF said court.
or they viii be forever barred from excepting
to said account. or any item thereof
~ In witness whereof have here
!, 4 unto set my hand. and affixed
f'N the official seal, this Noyem-
Is, 1873.
l.. C. SOUTHWARK. Clerk.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10

t% If, as the Gazette says, Mr.. Til
den is "entircly out Of the question" as
a Presidential candidate. what is the use
and where is the policy in berating him,
when his name is mentioned And il
democrats, who carried our banner sue
cessiully through the last campaign, are to
be villified and cIasscd with one who died
in villains CELL without any provoca
ton, other than that his name has been
mentioned as a candidate for re-nomiua-
ton, then we say the Democracy might
~ we'll give up, at once, all hopes of ever
again having a national victory.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10

EF- We notice, in the Senate procee-
diugs Of Thursday, the following; Mr..
Dorsey (Ark.) called up Senate bill for
the relief of Jesse Turner and others,
sureties on the official bond of Geo. W.
Clarke, formerly Indian agent, which
was discussed at some length and passed
yeas, 43 ; nays, 7. To Mr.. Dorsey is
due, in great measure, the stay off PRO-
ceedings, aud the relief of several OF our
citizens in this old, long standing detail
cation of Geo. w Clarke. No Senator
has been more ready than he TO render
assistance in any business with the De,
partments. ...
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10
JUDGE U, NJ. ROSE.
VAN buren,, Dec. 2, 1878.

EDITOR Press:
The idea, suggested by some parties,
that Hon. u. NJ. Rose should be the com
promise man Tor the United States Sena
tor from Arkansas, finds. many warm re-
sponses in this part Of Arkansas. We
believe there is hot man in the State
who would be so nearly acceptable to the
friends of all the aspirants as Hon U.
NJ. Rose, if he will accept it. Judge
Rose has never been an aspirant for pub
lie positions, yet his abilities i'll every
respect place him the peer of any man
now in United States Senate, and supe,
rior to many. j.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-10

Forest City Courier Had we our
choice, we would nail to our mast head
the names, Tilden and Hendricks, as our
candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent in 1880. They whipped the Radi-
cal crew in 1875, and they can do it
again. They can carry their respective
States, and it looks as though no other
men can. With New York and Indiana
against us we are defeated, but if they
are with us. victory is certain. We may
~ well abandon any idea we have hith-
erto entertained of consolidating De
mocracy and Greenbackism they are
two fractions that cannot be brought to
n common denominator The South,
with New York, New Jersey, Conncc-
ticut. lndiana and Oregon, renders the
election Of the Democratic candidates a
certainty, with New York and Indiana
Republican we are defeated. We can.
not cipher it up otherwise.
Justice to men detranded out of their
rights, demands, at the hands of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, a recog-
milton and re nomination. And this
matter can be safely left with the people
But one thing is wrong-the I'M ust and
unmanly abuse of Mr.. Tilden, at the
hands Of some so-callcd leaders of the
Democratic party, is outrageous.