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The Van Buren press., 1878-05-14
The Blue Ribbon Movement.

Last Monday night after nearly two weeks
meetings. resulting in the pledge-sgning of
$50 names. a large assemblage of people gath
cred at the Presbyterian church. for the pur-
pose of organizing the temperance recruits
into company in order to make them bet
ter able to cope successfully against the adj
vancing hosts of the arch-enemy of man :
kind-drink. The movement, in its extent,
has far exceeded our expectations. 1t has
outstretched its charitable arms, ana pressed
to its kindness fraught bosom many in our
midst who had taken many long stride on
the roadway of intemperance. The good &C
cruing from this movement can only be writ
ten in the shadowy yet-to-come, Young
men have said farewell to their cups, and thus
sent flashes of delight to the hitherto Woe
begirded hearts of loving mothers who.
through their scalding tears, have watched
the errng footsteps of their drink-wander-
ing boys Wives, whose prayers and tears
have left unmoved the dissipation hardened
hearts of husbands, have beer transported to
an earthly heaven, when pledge and ribbon
both have said, Dear wives, we drink no
more" A new atmosphere seems to pervade
the entire community. Young and old have
alike caught the disease, and the good that
seems 10 overspread our moral sky promises
happily for the future.
The meeting was called to order, and after
a short address by Mr.. Wilson, in which he
returned his thanks to the citizens OF Van Blu
rem for their kindness,'a constitution and by
laws were adopted, after which the organiza-
ton was perfected by the election of the Off
GERS:
PREsIpEST-W. II. Il. SHIRLEY.
BrXs wn and fr. :. A. Dibrefhlli lavender Dr. G
RECORDING SEoRKTARY-Geo. Wood.
CoRREsPoSDING SECRETARy-J. A. Lockhart
FINANCIAL SEcRErARY-Miss Mary Fundcnburg.
TREASURER Gussie Scott.
MANAGERs-T. M. McGee, Lilly McGee. Minnie
Pernot, Dr. Bourland and Dr., White.
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PASSENGER AND EXPRESS

Passenger and Express Train, leave for
Little Rock, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. at 700 A. NJ. making close connections
with trains for st. Louis and Memphis.
Trains arrive, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 5-l5 Pm.
Trains run by st Louis time. which is 20
minutes faster than Van Buren, time.
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Raitt's New Meat Market.

Is the place to get good Roast,
Steak, Chop, etc. Butter and all
kinds of Country Produce. His
motto is fair, square dealings with
everyone. Try his Bolona Saus-
age. Market at Miller's old stand
The Van Buren press., 1878-05-14
Stove Wood.

For Sale Is inch Stove Wood,
split fine, one dollar per load. Sat
isfaction to any reasonable person,
guaranteed. Leave orders at AL
Wis Smiths Store, or apply to.
f. B. WARREN.
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Total

~" . These gins are in franklin. but the cotton Is
from this county.
Just half Of the gins IRE run by horse pow
er, and the others by steam.
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DIR. Ii. +. HANCOCK.

We were much pleased, a day or two since,
to receive a call from this gentleman. and to
make his acquaintance. He brings with him
the highest testimonials from gentlemen in
Indiana and Tennessee, of high social and
official position-Gov. Hendricks. j. &. Den
ny. Attorney General, and ex-Gov. John G..
Brown, of Tennessee. now Vice-President OF
the Southern Pacific Railroad. Dr. Hancock
is Southerner by birth, but has resided in
Indiana, for the past eight or ten years. He
is, by profession, dentist, and has visited all
the towns on this railroad, and has select
ed this as a location. lie will remain here a
few days, and then go down the river as far
as Dardanelle, to finish some work he has
engaged. and return here in June. Though
not dependent on his profession, will prac-
tice 1t as a matter of choice. We trust that
our people will extend to him every courte-
sy. We need iustisuch men. Let our peo-
pie make his acquaintance; let them show
him the superior advantages of our soil and
climate, and we venture they will be profit
ed, as we'll as he. Below we publish, by per-
mission, some of the letters in possession of
Dr. Hancock. They should be endorsement
enough. coming, as they do, from a high
source:
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb IA, 1874.
have been intimately acquainted with the
bearer, DR.. b. +. Hancock, for many years,
and know him to be highly skilled in his pro-
fession; and reliable, courteous gentleman
ncfb In oh rc,,ll
mend him to those with whom he may come
in contact John b. GLOVER,
Treasurer of the State of Indiana.
PULASKI, Tenn, Dec. 81 1876.
Learning that DR.. B. F. Hancock purposes
visiting the State of Mississippi in search Of
a more genial climate. and to prospect for a
permanent location, take pleasure In COM
needing him AS a gentleman and a thoroughly
skilled dentist. He is OF Southern birth, and
in full sympathy with our section. Mr.. Han
cock has resided here for several years and
has practised his profession with great sue
cess. and has the entire confidence of his
goes further south solely as . question of
health. l invoke in his behalf the courtesy
and confidence otany ofmy friends to whom
he may present himself.
Respectfully, JNo. C. BRowN.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb, 18th, 1874.
The bearer, DIR. B. F. Hancock. a citizen of
Indianapolis, intends going to Decatur, Ala.
to practice his profession, is regarded as
irst-class by our people. and a worthy citi-
zen He has. by his skill aeeamulatsd con-
siderable property. is not dependent upon
his profession for support, but desires to con-
tinue the practice Of his profession. there
fore commend him to the confidence and es-
TEEN of your people.
Respectfully, j. G. DENNY.
Attorney General of Indiana.
take pleasure in concurring in the above
statement Of Judge Denny.
7. A. HENDRICKS.
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. -
Er McKIBBEN is selling PARA
SOILS, Ladies and gents HATS, at full
ly one-half lo,cer, than any other House
in town.
Col Slack, General Land Agent of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railway, and his
daughters, came up. Friday, on the express,
staying over night, and returning the next
morning leaving No. 3, as guest of our little
friend. Lille Brown, for few days.
Mr. j. M. Wilson left for Alma, Saturday
morning where he will try the g blue-rib-
bon" moyement. We recommend him as a
gentleman highly worthy of the proverbial
Inequalities of our friends at that place. He
has done much and great good here, and we
hope he may be equally successful in his la
bors there.
Ig- WARD Il OGDEN have the largest,
and freshest stocks of DRUGS, MEDl-
CINES, FINE LIQUORS, TOBACCO,
and CIGARS ever brought to Van Bu-
rem.
1t rained and Numbered and lightened
and hailed, and blew blusteringly last Tues
day night.
The weather, for few nights, last week,
was peculiarly chilly for May.
-Piscatorialists now bend patiently over
the placid rivulet. at the end of Il pole, hung
ering for bite.
There is nothing more sacred than MEM
orv's "reminiscences. As the ivy climbs the
oak, and twines around it for support and
protection, so the heart winds itself around
localities made tender by association The
workman tearing down MIR. Turner's old res
i1ence. suggested the above thought to our
mind, ... .sa.. .-...a-o
Ladies have you been to Nc
KIBBEN'S Store, if not, don't
delay longer.
The clock, they say, is on its way, and
we soon the time of day from the tolling of
the bell and the pointing hands that tell of
the hours that have fell in the grave of menu
cries gone. Yes, the clock is now on its way
and in a short time, " we can watch the mo-
ments' fight, here its toll from morn to night,
as its drge so holy bright it sings for min
utes fore'er gone.'
The colored people have seized the blue.
ribbon" movement, and " North Carolina
saloons are losing their main channel of
patronage We are proud TO be able to chron-
icle this meritorious action on the part OF
our colofcd friends. As u class, they have,
generally degraded themselves with drink,
and rendered themselves unreliable, impeding
their progress as race, and depriving them
selves of the benefits which should have re-
suited from their slavery -unshackling. While
they have been unmanacled in the one case
in the other they have willingly fettered
themselves with the chains of a terrible bon
dage. We hope they viii all prove true to
the color they wear, and to their pledges.
A debating society has been formed, and
in the future will wake the echoes of the ole
Bostick House with the vigor of their dispu
tations,
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Mr.. Charles Blanc Of Paris has discov-
cred mode of giving plaster the consis-
tency of marble, and of bronziag it.
The town Of Wales. in Maine, by no
means remote from civilization, has man
aged to get along for fifteen years with
out doctor, lawyer, minister, or pau
per.
Tho Philadelphia Times tells Of bar
Der who advertiscs "silent shaves,' and
whose shop is, in consequence, crowded
from IN orning until night.
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$1,000,
Total,

Please enclose the amount. and send by the
bearer, and, If you think the account Is ex-
in its charges. just send your next
business to some other Judge. e..
The money was sent and no more questions
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little Rock and FIT. Smith Railway
Timetable.

Freight and Passenger Trains leave Van
Ruren for Little Rock, daily, Sundays except
ed, at 40 IN.
Trains arrive at Van Buren,, from Little
Rock at 6-35 p. M, daily, except Sundays.
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Summary Justice.

They have verv dextcrous manner ofgct-
ting rid of horse thieves, in New Mexico and
Texas. The following Is true copy of a let
ter, written TO secure the reward offered for
the apprehension Of II horse thief who had
eluded the grasp Of the authorities. What
became of the migratory thief may BIO very
readily inferred:
Ma. HENRY G. LAMBERT, Cinnaron.N N. NJ,
You are indebted to me the sum Of seventy
dollars, and for fear that you may ask furth-
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wooDRuFF's
ADVERTISING AGENCY.
Little Rock, Arkansas.

General Agency, corner Main and Elm SITS.
Merchants Planters Cotton Warehouse.
Produce, Commission and Storage. Con-
signments solicited. Collections made. Adj
vertisements and subscriptions solicited for
leading State papers.
Manufacturers Agency for Printing. Writ.
ing and W Wrapping Papers, Agricultural and
other Machinery. Also, Agency for Field
and Garden Seeds, Blooded Sheep and Cat
tie.
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re- All Job Work, cash on deliv-
~.
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New Orleans Trade.
The new and elegant Arkansas River Steamer
FLORENCE MEYER.
JAMES NICHOLS, AAsteE

QUILT expressly for the New Orleans and
ID Arkansas River trade. Orders promptly
and carefully attended to and satisfaetiOn
guaranteed.
FreigLts solicited at rates to suit the tinse
GEO. 4. WHITE, Agent.
oct. soft
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-10
BISHOP M'COsKRY PENsIoSED.

The Michigan Diocesan. Courentio,, G~a,,t
Him Fifteen Hundred Year "Uat.
Further Orzers.'
The debate in the convention of the do
cese OF Michigan, on Thursday, on the sub
]ect OF granting yearly allowance to Bishop
McCoskry, was as follows:
II. ?. Baldwin offered the following:
The bishop of the diocese having RESIGNED
his jurisdiction and his office, 1t IS hereby
Resol.ed, That the of $1,000 per annu1c
pc ana Is hereby appropriated to Bishop Mo
Coskry, from and after the LIST day of univ
proximo, for the remainder of his life. AND
the treasurer of the Episcopal fund is hereby
authorized to pay the same in instaliments Of
$l25 each at the close of each calendar month.
Hon. G. G. Irowbridge, in supporting the
resolution, stated that Bishop McCoskry ia
very, very poor, and that though Mrs. Nc
Coskry has been left an annuity of $4,000.
81 600 of that has been forestalled, so that
her income will be but $500 wear. and
that will die with her. He earnestly urged
the passage of the resolution.
MI. Baldwin said it was due to this con-
ventlon that it should, after the bisbop's
forty-two years service. vote to him an an
nuity of 1,5O0 during the few wears that
remain to him on this earth.
John Poland, of Pontiac, did not think il
incumbent Oh the convention to pass this
resolution; he did not think there was any
obhgatlon whatever to pension Bishop Nc
Coskry under existing circumstances.
Rev. II. j. Brown, of Dearbon, said he
favored sympathy, but that he thought more
OF suffering church, and if this annuity
should be voted it would cripple the church,
and would interfere with the procuring OF
another bishop during the terra of Bishop
McCoskry's life.
Charles W. Rogers, of Ann Arbor, referred
to the dellcacy of the question, and said that
harmony should be observed. The bishop
has not been tried, and all should be careful
not to prejudice his defense. Every man is
presumed to be innocent until proved guilty.
Applause.
tuting the words "until the further order of
the diocesan convention," for the words
''for the remainder of his life'' in the resoIu-
ton offered by Mr.. Baldwin.
Ezra Rust, of Saginaw, favored immediate
action, as he could see no use in keeping
the question open.
Mr.. Baldwin opposed delay on the ground
that as much of the matter in question is
now known to every member of the conyen-
ton as can be known without opening u,
the whole matter, which the standing com
mlttee does not wish to do.
Rev. Mark Lane said he looked upon the
motion OF Mr.. Rogers in the light of a COM
promise, and hoped that it would be adopted.
Mr.. Baldwin accepted the amendment.
and the resolution passed, after debate
winch from first to last was marked by
determination on the part of its friends not
to allow adverse debate, or to permit any of
the facts IN reference to the bishops resig-
nation, to be discussed or brought out.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-10

The Weekly Times is new Democratic week
" paper which MIR. T. II. Perry has launched
at st. Peter. It is. six column folio sheet
well filled with local news, neatly printed, and
giving indication of healthy newspaper.
The Morrison County Banner is banner
which MIR. A. J. Clark filings to the breeze at
Little Falls, Minnesota. It Is Democratic, of
course. Mr.. Clark always makes lively
paper, and his present Ba,1ac,' will be no ex-
ception.
Mr.. VIM. Lewark has become associated with
Mr.. Walton in the publication of the Waba-
shaw Herdld ~
MIR. G. L. Bailey, of McGregor, lowe, has be-
come associate editor of the LeRoy Independent.
The Polk county (Wis.) Press at Osceola
Mills, has been enlarged to a seven-column
4 gu and CLAIMS to pc the largest paper in
Wisconsin. The publisher, Charley Means, is
full Of enterprise, and deserves the success
with which he is meeting
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fSpiRu
t"nd'd"tc for State Auditor, Makes Ga.
Onslaught on FHitcon,b--W ore Music -.
the 4ir.
Red Wing Republican.
A fair need of praise was justly awarded
the State auditor for his share in the CON
struction of the tax law of 1874. 1t is proper
that he should also take his share of blame
for the hap-hazard arrangement of dates and
times when certain acts are to be done under
the new law last winter enacted.
Observe. On the first day of June the
county treasurer returns the tax lists to the
county auditor.
On or before the 18th day of June the
county auditor must file list of the delin-
q9ent taxes on real estate.
The clerk shall, within fifteen DAYS there
after, make copy of the list and deliver it
to the county auditor. That is, he shall do
it on or before the 3Oth of June if he re-
ceiyes it on the 18th.
The county auditor shall have it published
two consecutive weeks, the first publication
to be within ten days after the copy is re-
ceived by the auditor. That gives newspa-
pers printed Thursdays four days this year
to get out the list, the only Thursday within
the first ten days of July, falling on the 4th
day.
After the two weeks publication expires.
the clerk of the court must yet give twenty
full days to answer before he can enter uf1
Judgment of sale. He may safely enter
Judgment this year, where the publication is
on Thursdays, on the It'll day of August
The clerk shall then forthwith deliver his
tax judgment book to the county auditor.
The county auditor must publish the sale
two weeks in some newspaper. the first pub
LEGATION to be at least fifteen DAYS before the
day of sale.
In county where the Judgment is enter
ed on the 7th of August, and the notice of
sale is published on that day, the fifteen DAYS
would have expired before the 23d dav. The
law fixes the day of sale on the third Mon
day of September of each year. This year
it IS the 10th of September. There are
three weeks from the time the forms
OF law are properly complied
with to make a valid sale before the lands
can be sold. What was the necessity of re-
qulrlng the printer to do his work in ten
days at the longest, four days at the shortest.
When, everybody else having ample time for
every duty, there will remain two or three
weeks every year before the sale? Mr..
Whltcomb was strenuously in favor of re-
curing the list advertising to be put up to
the lowest bidder. He was strenuous to fr
maximum of ten cents description for
the work. He was strenuous for the exac-
ton OF bond of the printers. Why he
could not have given them reasonable time
for their work, time which no one else
needs. is a mystery.
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4 German Opinion of Kaiser Wi1he1u.

= w "e77e OPHHt0HU " NU1YFT lINCZWt.
Hon. Fred Hassaurek, editor of the lead
ing German paper of Cincinnati, says that
the Emperor William has always been op-
posed to the liberals and the people. When
he was prince he was leader against
popular liberty. and once was obliged to
leave the country. From his advising the
harshest measures against the populace in
the revolution in Berlin in 1S4S, he was
nicknamed by the people :.The grape and
canister prince" In le49 he was the
leader of the Prussians sent to Baden to
crush the struggles Of the people
there for freedom, and he carried
things against the people with an iron hand.
and it was by his orders that many of the
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THE REVOLUTION BOSH.

The wild talk about revolution by the
Republicans is scare-crow which frightens
no one. The scoundrels who stole the Presi-
dency have no defense for their crime.
Nothing which they can do can atone for
their offense. They see in exposure their
descent to the infamy which they deserve,
hence they below revolution hoping by
creating alarm to divert atten-
ton from their own scoundrelism.
The people understand the situation too
well to be alarmed. They know that no
revolution is proposed or even thought of
by the most radical. It is not proposed to
interfere with Hayes title. He is fraudu-
lent President installed under the forms of
law, and President he will remain until re-
moved under the forms of law. The crime
which was committed in 1876, must not be
repeated. It is due the country
that the manner and nature
of that crime should be fully
laid bare, and that is what this investigation
is doing. If it is revolution to expose fraud,
we had better have multitude of reyolu-
tioHs.
Mr.. Hayes can be duly and legally reached.
he is clearly 2'a1tsceps crineinis. Grant,
if you choose, that Hayes did not participate
III the fraud originally, he has used the gov
eminent patronage to execute the contracts
made by his friends in order to secure the
Presidency. He has given appointments
knowing them to be rewards for
fraud in the contested States. He
has ratified the bargains of John
Sherman and Stanley Matthews, and in SO
doing has rendered himself liable to in1-
parchment. There is nothing revolutionary
in that. When our Republican friends i'm
peached Andy Johnson they did not regard
that procedure as revolutionary. There is
no necessity for a revolution to relieve the
country of Hayes. It can and will be done
decently and in order. When impeached
and convicted, he must step down and out.
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Sumpter. There was man in the Presiden-
tial chair, ready, upon the slightest pretext,
to have seized the reins of government and
declare himself dictator. He stood ready to
use the army and did use the army to retain
political power for his party. The country
stood upon volcano. If Samuel j. Tilden
at that time had said:
have been elected President of the United
States by the people Of this country 1 stand
ready to take the oath and serve the people in
the position for which I have been elected.
ask the people to stand by their right to a free
ballot and an honest count, and will dis
charge the trust they have repcsed in me-
If Mr.. Hlden had made such an utterance
at the critical moment, he would have been
in the White House to-day. It is not likely
he would have been placed there peaceably.
Grant would not have quietly retired to give
place to a Democrat. Rioting and out
breaks, if not actual civil war, would quite
likely have followed, but in the end the
right would have triumphed. The contest
would not have been confined to sections but
would have been universal from one end of
the land to the other. Mr.. Tilden was too
patriotic to pursue such course. He
sought, rather, to obtain his rights in a
peaceable and legal manner, but failed. The
outrage was not upon him personally, but
upon our very principles of government, and
though he may have erred in quietly sub
hitting, it was an error which saved the
country from serious disaster, and should
stand to his credit instead of being the cause
OF cowardly abuse. Certainly, the Republi-
| cans who committed the crime should be the
last to murmur because they were not glib
| beted as they deserved.
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formers experiences in] Paris have con-
WINGED him that the French are not such a
wicked people after all. He finds little
drunkenness, little public vice. The Sab
bath is day Of recreation, and Forney is
obliged to confess that their mode of obsery-
ance is far more rational and productive
of as little immortality as the strict church
going and bible reading of the Puritans. He
therefore advocates an open Sunday for
America SO far as the opening Of public
libraries, museums and places of recreation
are concerned. 1t is very apparent that Mr..
Forney is more than half right.
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Capacity Not Limited IN Sac.
st. Peter Tribune.1

A remark of James Il. Gray is too good to
keep. He was alluded to by the GLOBE in
connection with the Hospital III not very
complimentary way, and speaking Of it the
other day he said he should just like to take
the editor of the GLOBE by the collar and
shake him up. AS Mr.. Gray is very large
and powerful man physically, bystander
SAID it would hardly be fail, as the editor of
the GLOBE was very small man. 81 don't
care, said Gray, she can tell just as big u
lie as if he weighed three hundred
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-10

HE Republican papers, with characters
tic fairness, assume that the proposition
which Judge Levissee claims was made him
came from Tilden. Levissee's own testi-
znony shows that if the offer had any foun-
<aation whatever (Which may be doubted) it
came from one Hernandez, broker, and
Others who had bet heavily on the election.
That is the mares nest over which Repub-
lcan prints are cackling so loudly.
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Too Nnch of az. Incubus.
[Braiuerd Trihnne.1

Bralnerd Tribune.
The st. Paul GLoBE, we are surprised to
observe, is, of late, endeavoring to hold the
Republican party in this State responsible
for the vagaries of the Pioneer Press and is
giving that paper the prominence of being
the exponent of Republican principles.
This is unfortunate for the GLOBE, as petit
Jogging is for lawyer. for the reason that
the political status of the Pioneer Press is
SO well known, or we might have said so
vague, that the object of the GLOBE in en-
deavoring to nail SO ponderous an incubus
to the dominant party is too obvious to re-
suit in aught but evil to the champion of
the effort.