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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-02-06

Ilamamos Ia atencion de los Sres. Oomerclantes
os siguientss
TIpOS REDUCIDOS DE TZFTES.
Mercancias Sacos vacios. Papel.
Perfumeria. Juguetes, Velas,
Cuchilleria Drogas VivereS sot Por tonela-
Jarcla Jabon. Vino. Ltcores ~" Ja da naso 4
espirituosos, Aguas minera-
les, vidrio de ventanas. medida
uuincalerIa aiamDre; t1 SpO5e, nra au opcion do
gas ferreteria. pintura, acei- '' yapor.
10, pailAs para azucar. ........J
Loza, yidrieria cerveza .......... oOl.
Arroz. hierro calderos ogones 45I da de nrscio
Todo con FL 10 pa de edpd.
Maouinaria Il otras mercancfas segun cenvenio.
Iss hetes seran patgaderos ass la I.
Por cantidades de consideration. de no menos de
80 toneladas de carga. por un solo vapor Sc hara
sonyepio especial con los senores que las compro-
metan.
Sirioir los Sres. White, Forman c., 81 James
Street Liverpool; los Agentes Sres Latimer Ca.
San Juan p R. Sres Llauri, Borda y Ce Mayagnez;
Nres Wie.hers c. Ponce.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-02-06
IIJIl DI VlPORIS ISPAI0LES
.NTRE LIVERPOOL Y PUERTO. RICO.

Los vapores Puerto Rico, captain Izaguirre:
P,ace CAPTAIN Portuondo Mdydgdez. captain Ctrion.
seRutran hacienda sus Wages como hasta aQui.
saliendo de Liverpool 81 dia 20 de cada mes
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Divorced and Married Again.

A St. Louis correspondent of the Gin.
cinnati Commercial, of the 10th, writes:
The upper crust of St. Louis society
will be electrified tomorrow by the pub
LEGATION of the fact that Mr.. J. B. G Luc.
as and his divorced wife have agreed to
again live together and document to
that effect, attested by the Rev. Charles
M. Filling, of the Roman Catholic Church
having been filed at the Recorders office.
Thereby hangs tale of scandal which
once shook the fabric of our best society
to the very foundations, and the sequel
of the case, as stated above, is far more
remarkable than the features of the ORR
ginal developments j. B. c. Lucas is the
ID ~ Of James II. Lucas, one of the pio-
neors of st. Louis, who died few years
ago, the wealthiest family in the Missis-
sippi valley. The family is one of the
most respectable in the city. About two
years ago young Lucas married Miss
Cummings Morton, well-known belle
of Louisville. The wedding was attend.
ed with great eclat. What the astound-
ing shock to the young husband and his
aristocratic people was, when four
months after the installation of the beau
tful bride in her st. Louis home she gave
birth to a child, can perhaps be better
imagined than described. OF course q
rupture ensued The husband buried
himself in the forests of Minnesota, and
sought to drown his sorrow by hunting
and shooting.
The mother and her illegitimate off,
spring disappeared from St. Louis, and
the husband on his return sought di
voree. No resistance was offered, and
his petition was granted. 1t was claim.
ed by the friends of Mrs. Lucas that he
knew of Miss Morton's condition when
he married her, however, in view of his
subsequent course, would seem wildly
improbable.
After the scandal had blown over,
which was not long, for it was not pub
lished here, Mr., Lucas apparently began
to yearn for the woman who had SO en-
thraled his affections, The. lapse Of
time healed his wounded pride in meas
ure, and his deep, unseltsh love for the
woman, subordinated every other con.
sderation. He was ready to receive and
protect the social outcast whom he had
resolved never to see again. Although
the civil law had divorced the parties,
the church to which they belong had not,
for it recognizes no such practice as di'
vorce, through it often assents to separ,
alton. Under the canons of the Church,
then, separate marriage was unnecess
airy, and the couple simply agreed to ter
inmate their separation and resume the
relationship of husband and wife.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
A Brilliant Number of an Excellent
Magazine.

Month by month it is our pleasure ta
give our readers brief notices of the sue
cessive numbers of Frank Lcsie's Pop.
ular Monthly, magazine full worthy OF
the continued praise accorded it by the
Press and the general public
We fluid most excellent display of ar
ticles. stories, and miscellany in the May
Number, now ready, the chief article be.
ing contributed by Hon. G p DAILY
"Stanly's Explorations on the Congo,
profusely illustrated. and giving full
and detailed account of the discoveries
and adventures of the great American
Explorer. Then following articles on
1.-The Gorilla, and other Acts" by Il. A.
Proctor (several excellent engravings)
The Art Of Ventilation" by Prof Chas
A. Joy, Ph d. numerous cuts and dta
grams) "CIeopatra's Needle, and other
Monoliths," by Basil Cooper. Geo illus
tions) "Toledo,' Spain, by N. Robinson
~ views etc. The stories are all cap.
tivatng; "Allan Gray's Mistake" Sc
cret at Garthwaite Park" The Amer
lean Countess, (continued), by Amanda
NJ. Douglas, Eta W. Pierce, anu othel
popular novelists Some excellent mi
nor and less, interesting Anecdotes, Par
agraphs of Natural and Political Histo
ry, Scientific Notices, Poems Fan, etc
complete the Number. 1t co tains LIS
quarto pages, and over 100 engravings
including beautifully colored Frontce
piece, accompanied, with interesting de
scriptive matter, entitled, "A Clutch 70
Dear life"
Single copies Of the Popular Month";.
may be ATTAINED for 20 cents, pric,
which is low indeed, considering the
sterling quality of the publication. An
nual subscription price, 80, postpaid
Address, FRANK LEsLIE's PUBLISHING
HOUSE, SO, IS and 81 Park Place, corner
of College Place, New York
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Easter Services.

The Episcopal Church was beautifully
decorated with flowers, and the beautifully
touching service of Easter was impressively
read by DR.. Strong. The music was most ex-
cellent, especially that sublime Duet Holy
Mother, Guide His Footsteps" which Yves
sung at the Ofertory" The sermon was
excellent and appropriate to the occasion
Rev. Mr.. Ferguson preached an Easter
sermon, Sunday morning.. at the Methodist
Church, to a large congregation. Sunday
evening, Easter-eggs were distributed to the
Sundayschool children.
The Easter Sunday service of the Catholic
Church is more grand, because of the impress
sive solemnity with which she observes the
Lentcn fast which precedes it. She takes
everything from her affairs indicating joy
She stops upon the lips of her priests and her
choirs the jnblant Gloria in Excelsis." She
robes her priests in mourning robes, and all
hermnsc tells of sadness Maunday Thursday
shetakes the sacrament from the altar where
it has been for the year. and that altar is
shrouded in mourning for the death upon the
cross. Good Friday the sacrament is taken
to the high altar again. Easter Sunday. the
altar is bespread with flowers. The extiffant
Gloria goes sounding down her aisles. al
lelulas" sound from prize is and peoples lips
All around seems catching the inspiration of
the scene. There was a very large audience
at the Catholic Church, to witness the Eas-
ter services.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
The Original Cardiff Giant.

This wonderful curiosity was discovered
October l6, 1869, near the village of Cardiff,
twelve miles from Syracuse, in the State OF
New York, by a party of laborers while cut
ting ditch to drain a marsh on small farm
belonging to Mr.. Newell. Scientific men of
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and all the
leading scientists Of this country and even
Europe, having examined him from the
crown OF his head to the sole of his feet, pro-
nounced him petriTaction that belongs to a
race Of people that inhabited the earth be-
fore the flood. This wonderful curiosity is
now on exhibition in this city, at the store
formerly occupied by the late John Austin +.
Admission Csc. Clergymen free.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Crawford County Bible Society.


The annual meeting at the NJ. L. Church In
Van Buren, on the evening of April 10Th, for
reports and election of officers.
Rev.J. c. Kennedy in the chair.
The following is a list of officers elected for
ensuing year.
DR.. j. A. Dibrel. President.
Rev. j. G. Kennedy. Viee-President.
l.. c. White, Recording Secretary.
G. +, Harvey, Treasurer and depository
The following named gentlemen were APP
pointed to be the Executive Committee, to-
wit:
w. H. H. SHIRLEY. james Austin, j. NJ
Wood, NJ. w. Drewrey and jesse Turner.
The Rev. Mr.. Wilbanks, Superintendent
for Arkansas, on the part of the American BIZ
bic Society, gave an interesting address with
II statement of his labors throughout the
state, the past year.
On motion it was Resolved, That the Pres
ident and Nice-President of this Society, to-
gether with the Rev, sam White, and the SUI
perintendents of the several Sabbath schools
in the county be requested to procure mem
bers for this society, with subscriptions in aid
OF the Bible cause, and report to the Treasurer
Adjourned sine die.
l. C. WHITE, Rec. Sec,
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23

THE l. PRESIDENTIAL BARGAIN,
Expressions of Senator COnkling Isc
garding the Matter.

The New York World of the 18th con.
tanned long important letter from a
Utica N. Y correspondent, being the
sum Of u series OF interviews with Senator
Conkling at his home in that city, at in.
tervals during the past few months The
relations between the correspondent and
senator, the World says, were such as
made entire frankness necessary on the
part of the latter, and the w orld adds tina,
the correspondents name will be forthco
ming, if the slightest occasion for its
publication should arise In these inter.
views the senator spoke with the utmos,
freedom about the successive steps thai
led to the formation of the ELECTORAL
commission. the part had in it by promi
nent Democratic and Republican mem.
bers of congress and by President Hayes
and his friends, In the course of the
interview the World correspondent,
asked:
"Well, senator, would like to know
whether you think the true history of the
Louisiana ELECTORAL business will ever be
told III congress, and fso how soon"
Mr.. Conkling: Eyes, think it will.
do not see how it can be kept down
There are too many avenues of informa.
ton op ned to-day to allow concealmcnt
Of it much longer, No reasonable mar
can doubt that there was some kind of O
bargain between the friends of Nichols
and that man Hayes, and that Stanley
Matthews and Sherman were privy to it
A very great many people have become
exceedingly curious to know precisely
what the bargain was, and exactly how il
was carried out, and Yankee ingenuity
will be sure to find some means of get.
ting at the information. Cannot say how
soon the facts will come out for some.
thing may occur any day to force them
to the surface. twill probably be best
to let them come out naturally"
THE RESULT.
"What will be the result 2" 1.-THE re.
suit will be that the whole country will
be appalled, by the dishonor of this adj.
ministration tell you, sir, that never
in the history of this nation has there
been in the entire four years of an admin.
istration SO much corruption, bartering
of Offices, rewardng of political favor,
ties, traffic with political leaders and bar
gain and sale OF the ELECTORAL franchise
as during this past year. People will
not believe it until the proof is shown
them. But the proof will be forthcom-
ing. People say that Hayes is good
man and means well, but they do not
know what they are talking about When
the factsare known about this administra
ton. no one will attempt to excuse the
man on the account of his supposed good.
ness nor because he means well and is
ignorant The acts that have disgraced
this administration have all been done
before the open eyes of the president"
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
RAILROAD MATTER.

Bentonville Advance of Saturday goth
says: Gen G. A. Meyer came into
town last Monday evening. accompanied
by Mr.. McCarty. a railroad contractor
of Leavenworth, Kansas. and Mcssls
Perkins and Alexander, of Feirce City
Mr.. McCarty went down to Fayetteville
Tuesday morning and returned in tn.
evening. He was making general sur.
vey of the country with reference to the
construction of the road.
General Meyer says he has the means
to build the road, aud that work will be
begun at once. He proposes to build to
the state line on Sugar creek by the first
of November. Then, if our county has
raised the amount agreed upon as don
alton to the enterprise, the road will be
pushed at once to Bentonville. If the
$4,000 should not be forthcoming, the
general says he will stop at the state line,
and build the "ten miles in the state"
necessary to hold the land grant of over
100 900 acres, from Alma northward.
This is certainly fair enough, and no body
would have any right to complain.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
A Suicide.

Friday afternoon, at ! o'clock, the board
ers and guests of the Planters House were
shocked to learn that young man by the
name of Andrew J. Whitaker, who had arri-
we'd on the Little Rock train, Wednesday
night. had committed suicide by shooting
himself He was sick with high fever when
he arrived, and, the next morning, he went
with Mr.. John S. Brodie to DR.. Bourland's Of
flee where he was examined. and was prescri-
bed for by the Doctor. He had high nerv-
Gus fever, all day Thursday, and night, and at
times was wandering in his mind. Friday
morning the Doctor pronounced his sylnp-
toms decidedly better, and saw no reason why
he should not be in his usual good health in a
few days. Friday, about / o'clock. from the
evidence of the servants at the hotel, pistol
shot was heard and talked about, and the con
cuson Of the servants was that it was fired
on the premises. next door. Nothing more
was thought of it until dnner-time, when
Mr.. Brodie directed the table boy to go to the
sick mans rooT and see that y $50 '..,ie
On dinner e6is nd lS"Jls on COMMISSION, a
ment, the lad found the man lying back on
his bed dead. Upon examination it was found
that he had deliberately killed himself by sit
ting on the side Of the bed and putting the
muzzlc of pistol in his mouth and firing.
The ball, which was from small Gveshooter.
passed up into the brain, causing instant
death.
On the floor, in front Of the bed, was his
memorandum book, opened, with his pencil
lying in it, with the following note. evident
ly written just before the commission OF the
act:
Send money and these things to my faith
er and mother, Andrew j. Whitaker Eure-
ka. Galle County, Ohio. Good bye"
He gave his name to DR.. Bourland. as A. J..
Whitaker, and was probably named for his
father. In hight he was feet 2 inches, aged
about 80 years, and has evidently been hard
worker. He had come to look at the country
for the purpose of settling. Sickness and
high fever had unsettled his mind, and death
was release from the troubles Of this world
He had $40 in greenbacks and $3.50 gold
button. A coroner's inquest was held, and
verdict in accordance with the facts stated
rendered. Mr.. c. F. Harvey, Justice of the
Peace, took charge of his effects, and had him
buried, paying the incidental charges of the
funeral. He has also addressed postal card
to the Postmaster of Eureka. Ohio, for infor-
nation in regard to the disposition of his re-
naming effects.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Ancient Castles.

What appeals to the Imagination and
ruins of some ancient ivy covered and
forsaken castle2 Poets have invited the
muses. to help them weave into verse the
legendericlk chiva.dry and bravery that
history accords to their former owners
and occupants. Painters have We'd with
each other in portraying the grandeur
of their solitude and decay. But it is
not the premature and social wreck OF
thousands of young people, annually, a
theme that should appeal much more
keenly to the reflective faculties of man ?
DR.. Il. V. Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. Y, pre-
scrbes his Golden Medical Discovery in
such affections with the most gratifying
results. No known remedy equals or
compares with it in purifying and enri ,h-
ing the blood. strengthening and invigor-
sting the nervous system. If the bow
els be constipated, use his Pleasant Pur-
alive Pellets. In the more complicated
cases, Or. Pierce may be consulted by
letter, and will generally be able to pre-
scribe medicines especially prepared for
each individual case that will speedily
restore the nervous vigor and perfect
health.
The following parties, among thou
sands others, have either been cured by
the use Of DR., Pierce's Medicines or have
observed their wonderful curative proper
ties on friends:
J. r. Seitz, Caro-, Ky; Mrs. A M
Williams, Claverack, N. T. C. Il. Hubs,
Rondolph, Pa, j; c. B. Garfield, Chuthan,
Four Corners, N. Y. John B. Ledterman
Pekin, H.; r. A. johnson, Buffalo, N.
Y; A Mcclure, Albany, N. r.: l., W..
Grisweld, Brackville N Y: J. w. Bay
err, Vermlllion, Ill. For further particu,
lars see "The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" an illustrated work Of
over 900 pages, sold post. paid, for $1.50.
Address the author, R V. Pierce, NJ. d.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Ladies have you been to Nc
KIBBEN'S Store, if not, don''
delay longer.
Come Up Higher.

The Dardanelle Immigrant says The
Arkansan cannot support Judge Mans
field for Associate Justice upon the SUI
preme Bench, because the 'people want
ed Judge Mansfield for Circuit Judge,
again" Yet the Arkansian would sup
port Judge M. for Governor or U. s.
Senator with all its might, if he would
offer for either Of the positions, the wish
es of the people Notwithstanding. "a
little too thin, we think" and as for the
people of the fifth judicial Circuit, we
know that they are not in accord with
the Arkansian, in wanting to confine
the splendid talents Of one Of the most
gifted lawyers Of the south or west to the
Circuit Bench, simply because he has
made good Circuit Judge. Such is not
the rule of universal recompense. Abe.
Lincoln was a good rail-splittcr. Andy
Johnson was good tailor, yet they
were rewarded by grateful people with
the highest Offices in the gift Of the
public, apd at the coming election, the
people of the State of Arkansas, will
say to Judge Mansfield, "weil done,
thou good and faithful servant, como mp
higher"
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Decoration Day,

We are authorized to announce that the
Decoration Services will take place at the
Cemetery, Thursday, the 9th of May. We
have been promised the programme of exer-
cscs for our next issue. Persons who have
flowers. are requested to save them for this
occasion. We have been informed by the
President of the Society that there has been
a lamentable lack of that interest which has
heretofore characterized its meetings. Mem
bers who had hitherto taken an active part In
the affairs of the Society, have become de-
ploredly Indifferent, and have, in some cases
thrown obstacles in the way of its success
The commemoration services of the 9th of
May will be due, almost entirely to the indie.
fatgable efforts of the President of the Soci-
city and one or two other ladies.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23

DIR. Thomas, of Conway county was ta-
king look at our town for the purpose OF
locating his family, and establishing still
He was well-peased with the situation, and
will, most likely, make Van Buren, his future
home.
We have been requested to say, by those
having the matter in charge. that because OF
the incemeut weather, the " Pound Party,
which was appointed for last night was post
poned, and will take place to morrow
wednesday, night or the first suitable night
thereafter The end sought is a laudable one
and we hope that our citizens will, with their
us ual liberality, respond to the call.
Our Alma friends were up in force, yes
terday in attendance ON the Circuit Court and
the Collector.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
THEY ALL DO 1T.
Certainly all close, cash buyers, 90
to McKlBBEN'S for their Sum-
MGR Hats, Parasols, Fans and nice
white Dress Goods,

We are requested to say. by authority of
the street committee, that the order for Mrs
England to make brick sidewalk in front OF
her residence, is not an exception. but is one
of a general order for repairing walks. No
one thing speaks more for our town than
good sidewalks, and most all property hold
ers on the principal streets are required to
make some sacrifices in that direction.
The Fisher stage-ine is taking passen-
gers from Alma to Fayetteville and return
for IS. This has been the fare, by the Wool
um line one way. Opposition does 1t.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Circuit Court.

The April Term Of the Circuit Court fol-
Crawford County, assembled at Van Buren,
yesterday morning, Judge John IL. Rogers on
the Bench. and John S. Little. Esq. Prosecu-
ting Attorney, representing the State. The
Grand Jury were sworn in, and ably and
clearly charged by the Judge.
The Grand Jury sworn in are rs follows
William Stills, Robert Snodgrass, John W
Miller, X. NJ. Littlejotn, NJ. F. Locke
W. r. Boiling, Robert Ibbottson. Hem
ry Remy, w. r. Ivey, w. A. y. Davenport, NJ
Lynch,J j. w. Sangster, +. II. Robinson, John
l.. Landon, A. j. Ward, Chas. ii. Drennen.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Astonishing Success.


1t is the duty of every person who has
used BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP to let
its wonderful qualities be known to their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Cough, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia, and
in fact all throat and lung diseases.
No person can use it without immediate
relief Three doses will relieve any case
and we consider it the duty of all Drug
gist to recommend it to the poor dying
consumptive, at least to try one bottle,
as 900 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case where it failed
was reported. Such a medicine as the
GERMAN SYEuP cannot be too widely
known. Ask your Druggist about it
Sample Bottles to try sold at 10 cents
Regular size Is cents. For sale by f.
WALL. tt
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
pay- The Cherokee Advocate of tn

Dks- The Cherokee Advocate of the
18th, has the following items
Cold snaps, Wednesday night, Jack
Frost nipping much of the vegetation,
and it is feared the fruit crops has been
injured, as ice was found Thursday NOR.
ming l-6 inch thick.
The penal law, prohibiting persons
from transporting timber Or sawed lnm-
beyond the limits of this Nation, went
into effect on the 18th inst.
The penal law, prohibiting citizens of
the United States from killing game
within the limits of the Cherokee Ma
ton, approved December S, 1877, after
publication for 80 days in the Advocate,
has become law.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23

ED The Fayetteville Sentinel of last
Thursday says : OF the candidates for
governor, Hughes is the best looking,
and wears the best clothes---his age ii
about As Tom. Fletcher is the oldest
about 60, and tho ugliest Miller is the
smallest--only throws shadow in the
middle of the day, and is about 30
Churchill is shade larger than Miller
about SIS years old, and ii Billy Wood
ruff is somewhat deaf is likely to make
that gentleman hear something about the
4th of July.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23

s1. The Pierce City Record of the
18th, has the following Last week we
accompanied Gen. Meyers and Capt
Perkins over new route for the propo
ed Southern railroad. The route select,
ed was splendid one, of easy grades
and very little cuts, all very short, and
none supposed to be over six feet. On
examining the Sugar Creek hills, there
was a practical route found down what
is called the mail-hollow, at grade OF
about 40 feet to the mile. Gen. Meyer
expressed himself as highly pleased with
the route, as being in every way practi.
cal, and he thought it could be graded at
cost of less than 81, 500 per mile.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
RIVER NEWS,

The River Is rising slowly, with between 4
and feet on the bars,
The steamer Ashland, Capt John Williams
passed up, yesterday morning. and returned
!, fAme evening, and left for New Orleans.
4 The Rose City arrived Monday morning,
early, and goes down. day
! The Manmele. from Little Rock, arrived
Ftlday and returned the same day.
The Van Buren press., 1878-04-23
Itey nOlds' Tobacco Company.

This Company, having been thorough
ly recognized, and having added new
machinery, and made complete over
hauling of the factory, are now manu-
featuring various grades of Tobacco, and
solicit the custom and patronage Of the
Arkansas river valley. d. C. WILLIAMS
of Van Buren,, is their authorized agent,
and a stock may always be found at his
store. ii