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Washington.

Warrington.
THE SEWARD INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, December 21.-The Seward
investigation committee to-day examined
A. r, Lewis, consular clerk at Shanghai
He testified that during his service there
five per cent. was added TO the dsburse.
lnents out Of the seamen's fund, and
charged against the Government in accord.
ance with the instructions OF Seward, who
said the percentage was to cover loss BY eX-
change, although witness, while aware that
S20,O 900 stood to the Governments credit.
could not tell how the general accounts OF the
office balanced. He stated that Seward bad
two mortgages aggregating $4,000. which
amount Seward had taken at the time the
seamen's fund was the largest; that Seward
owned forty or fifty Chinese houses in
Shanghai, the aggregate cost Of which was
So, 900. Seward leased aud sub-let the Con-
sular building to the Government at an an
commodious building could have been
obtained for less. He proceeded to
describe the books containing the daily
transactions, which were not among those
transmitted TO the State Department, but
before he could finish the story (Which
would have heen that the books were taken
to Pekin BY Seward) he was interrupted by
the counsel for the defendant, who said the
testimony was hearsay, and therefore in
competent. The chairman overruled the
objection, assigning the reason that there
| had been bad faith on the part OF Sew
ard and his counsel in withholding these
books. Counsel resented the charge OF bad
faith, claiming that the books were private.
An appeal was taken from the decision OF
the Chair, and the committee refused TO
sustain the decision whereupon the chair.
man modified the offensive remarks, and the
reporter was directed to omit from record
any allusion to the unpleasantness. Adj
iourned.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTS APPROVED.
WASHINGTON, December 21.-The Presi-
dent to-day approved the following acts OF
Congress: Providing for the deficiency for
the transportation of mails by railroads
making an appropriation for paying the eX-
penses OF the yellow-feyer investigation
authorizing the donation OF twenty con-
demned bronze cannon to aid in erecting 4
monument to General George A. Custer;
changing the time for holding the United
States Circuit Court OF West Virginia; eX-
tending the time for the joint commission
on the transfer of the Indian Bureau to re-
port the result Of their investigation to Feb.
ruary LIST.
THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, December 21.-The select
committee OF the Senate charged with in
vestigating frauds under the Blaine resolu'
ton adopted resolution to-day requesting
Senator Thurman to furnish the committee
with any facts in his possession relative to
matters mentioned in his amendment to the
Blame resolution.
On motion OF Senator Bayard it was
agreed to hold the future sessions Of the
committee with open doors.
The committee adjourned to January 9th.
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My TLAIN CANDY. which manufacture with
especial care from the best standard sugar, Is IA
vorcd with The purest oils ana choicest fruit-ex-
tracts, and is warranted to stand in any climate.
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Having bought for cash from first hands, cspe-
cially for the HOLIDAYS. can
OFFER INDUCEMENTS
which cannot he surpassed any where. A call, or Or
der is respectfully solicited.
ANDREW ANTONI,
Wholesale and Retail Coniectioner,
MI
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have on hand the largest stock Of FRENCI
CANDY, BON-BONS, CHOCOLATE, &C., tina
was ever offered TO the trade, manufactured eN
prcssly for me by S. f. Whitman & Son. celebrate
confcctioncrs. 10 whom the grand prize At the Pari
Exhibition was awarded.
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La,GER BEEk.

STATS assAYEH AND CHEMISTS ORfiSE
RIcHMoNp. November I, ISIS n,
The LAGER BEER manufactured ny ar; w. W. wv:
pobinsoa nj the EaSe Brewery, Ia THIS Guy, nts
b.en chs,aieally examissd by me- the Sanpsss .es,r
ed having been collected BY myself as.d ioSna "a
"a Inediciue O. beverage In full assurance OF
us pS9rnna On - -t sra. . Chemist.
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IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CONNECTION
FRIES, FRUITS, NUTS, CANDY-FRUIT,
AND TOY-CANDY, FANCY BOXES
AND BASKETS, DOLLS. FIRE
CRACKERS AND FIRE
WORKS, &C., SC.
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CRYSTALIZED AND GLACES FRUITS. such
as Aprco,s, Cherries, Figs, Prunrs, &C., imported
directly from France which, for looks and quality,
are uneQualleG.
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Young gentlemen will find 4 large variety o
FANCY EMPTY BOXES and BASKETS, suitable
for PRESENTS, which will be filled with th
CHOICEST CANDIES and FRUITS 1T the short
est notice.
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NUTS of all kinds, FIGS. RAISINs, CITRON
CURRANTS, PEUNES, LEMONS. ORANGES
GRAPES. BANANAS, CALIFORNIA PEARS
CANNED GOODS, JELLIES, PRESERVES, &c.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29
VAN BUREN,

The County-Seat of Crawford County,
and also the principal town, is a thriving
and improving town, pleasantly situated
on the north bank of the Arkansas river,
100 miles west of Little Rock by railroad
and $50 miles from the same point by the
river. It's population numbers 1880 to
1000 There Is, in successful operation
here three steam FIGURING Mills, which
manufacture as good flour as is made any
where, which is shipped in large quanti-
ties to Little Rock and other points be-
low here, IL steam saw and Flaming MN
to which is attached machinery for max
ing mouldines and scroll work; wagon,
buggy and carriage mandatory; three
steam cotton gins a Broom Factory
which ships brooms to ST Louis, New
Orleans and other places, The Prcsbv.
terrain, M. f. Church South, Episcopal
and Catholic Societies, all have good
churhes in which services are regularly
held The Masons, Odd Fellows and
Temperance Societies ali have organiza-
tons. There are, also two weekly news
papers published here. Van Buren, has
many buildings, both brick and frame,
that would be an ornament to q much
larger place her merchants and profess
ional men stand high in their several ca
pacities; and her citizens, generally, for
hospitality, etiquette and intelligence,
will rank with those Of any country.
Van Buren, in consequence of her heal
thy location, her facilities for receiving
and shipping, both by rail and river, and
cheapness of all the necessaries of life,
presents great advantages for manufact-
uring.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29
SONY a Railroad Man."

An engineer named Edward Osmond
was recently running passenger express
train through from Philadelphia to Jer
sey City. 1t was one of those swfftest
and heaviest trains, which are only il :
trusted to the most experienced engin
GERS. The train was making sixty miles
an hours, when heavy connecting rod
OF the driving wheel on the right of the
engine broke, and one end of it, swing
ing upward with terrible force, struck
and shattered it into thousand
pieces.
Osmond fell seIseless on the engine.
He was both burned and scalded, and
the pain quickly restored consciousness
The engine, with its open throttle, was
rushing forward with frightful velocity
to certain destruction.
Inside the long train of cars men were
talking, smoking, laughing, women
playing with their babies. The fireman
let himself down from the tender and
escaped. Osmond might have done the
same Instead, he crept along the side
Of the engine, carefully let himself into
his place, and with his badly burned
minus he ieNeISed tue engine and aD
Piled the air brake. The train stopped
People inside the car went on with their
reading and their gossip. and the chill
dren played with their mothers, who
wondered, indiifnrentl.p porhapa, why u o
train was stopping again. They never
knew how, in one brief minute, they
passed over the very mouth of the grave,
and were snatched back by the quiet,
high courage of one poor workman,
To our minds there is something finer
in the calm integrity to duty in the face
OF danger and death which is so often
seen in the lives Of obscure American
mec ianlcs who fill posts of responsible
ty, than in the dash and sudden courage
OF many daring soldier on the battle
field -~Phi!a Press.
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A Profitable Business.

In 1866 Edward and Caleb Brown
brothers, Connecticut, entered an agree
ment to buy fifteen good Cotswold ewes
continue in partnership in handling then
ten years, retain the eve lambs and sell
the wool and ram lambs each year. The
fifteen original ewes cost them S15S ir
cash July 10, two years ago, they had
sold $4,000 worth of wool and sheep
Last year they sold $500 worth ant
this year 5000 worth, and now have OF
hand i23 head Of sheep, worth 49,
Their profits on their original investmen,
have been equivalent to loaEing none,
at the rate OF over GOO per cent per an
mum. This shows what enterprise ant
good management will do in raising fin,
stock. Yet, how many farmers are ther,
in Minnesota who have as many sbee,
as dogs on their farm ?--St. Paul Pionec
Press.
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Is Il most eligible natural mill -site, and an old
mill has been run for many years. Rich aud
vide ,hottom-lands lie around Il and its
neighborhood springs are frequent and the
timber fine; coal shales are disclosed in many
places; it Ii distant from Van Buren, eight
cen miles nortbward
On Lees Creek. still northward from Van
! Buren,. is fine coal bed. of the thickness OF
twenty-cight to thrty-two inches. Coal has
been tried by smiths, and by them termed fine
II Is easily quarried and In quantity. lt Ii
known as the Nooten bank. This coal, like
all t4S cGai IN saj e,u lpptSGe' IN a""'S
Near Robert sutherlands on Lees Greek, S
LIT II, r, - isa coal bed. which has been
worked. its thickness we do not know. The
bottom and uplands here are fertile Grapes
ahonnd ON the hillsidcs ms thrv do elsewhere
| in Crawford. The water IL abundant and
rood. sbnles occur from this TO Joseph Bry-
| ants on Lees Greek, Mt the foot of Boston
Mountain. s. 30, T. ~. II. 81, with occasional
outerop of limestone, Great bluffs of sand
stone rise nm. and are full of iron, and Weld
n good building rock. The timber is excel
lent white oak being among the prevalent
oaks and nine being absent \ short distance
from Brvant's. from the Boston Mountain,
runs the ekburn's Fork of Lees Creek rich
in coal banks. This is a good workable coal,
exposed for thirty inches has been used by
Smiths FOR wears and into which have been
sunk fourteen pits. This coal, like the great
body of the coal so far used in this valley, is
eml-bituminous Coal has also. Tor years,
been quarrled and transported from pits on
Cove Creek a tributary of Lees Creek, in the
north west corner Of Crawford; it has been
hauled by smiths forty miles, This coal is
very good. its thickness is about twenty seven
inches. Boston Mountain is famous for it's
very rich benches, hillslapes and table land,
the soil being enriched BY the limestone and
there frugenous earths therein; it is covered
with bottom growth of TIMBER such as ash,
walnut pawpaw, oak, rich underground. vine
"na shf"o. fef7 peculiarly adapted for srrPo,
TOBACCO ana pastures, the numerous springs
aHofdlhG plenty OF water. in early times
cane (feeoS) gre" on theif tops IL produces
eNtfaofdlhafly OIL al me grains, corn ana
Stass9s'
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Waking up the Baby.


just at dusk the other dismal dav, tn
children, the Oldest of whom did nc
seem over ten years old, were huddled o
the rickety steps of an old house o
Beanhien street. A pedestrian peepe
ell over their heads to read the numhc
OH the door, and the children looked $
frightened tina. he asked:
Children, where are your father ant
mother Z"
Fathers been gone away oil for eve
SO long, and mother goes out to wasl
and hasn't got home yet, answered TIL
el lest. girl.
"And you are all alonei'
"Yes, sir, but the baby is on the bed
He's been asleep an awful long time
and we can't wake him up, If we conll
we'd play hide and seek and let him fine
us.
SIS the baby SEX? inquired the
man.
1--WE don't know, sir, but we can't
wake him up; touched him and touched
him, and Charlie tickled his feet, but little
Sandy never moved once. guess he is
awful sleepy, Don'tyou think you could
wake hlm mp!
"I'll try" replied the map as he went
in, and when the girl had lighted the
lamp he followed her into bed room in
which there was neither carpet nor fufEi,
ture. Pushed back against the broken
wall was poor oil straw tick and sin
gle quilt. He bent over to look at the
child, and the first glance showed him
sase tses.e Sssas',- sse,,ei. .a- tho min
dow sill were some pieces of bread and a
cup of milk which the children intended
to feed him. The dead child hand clasp
ed rag doll made of an old calico apron,
and its thin little feet and pale face were
evidence that it had known sickness and
and hunger throughout its brief life
While the children waited for him to
open his eyes aud romp with them and
drive the gloom out of the house. the
angels had whispered to him and his eyes
had Enclosed to behold the splender of
heaven.
"Won't he wake up 2" asked one of
the children, standing back in the shad
ow.
Children, You must not come in here
until your mother come" he said as he
left the room.
"Won't he he afraid to wake up in the
dark, they asked.
He will sleep long limo yet" he
whispered, not daring tell them the truth,
and as he went out they put the light in
on the bedroom floor that Sandy might
not find darkness around him when his
sleep had ended. Poor things They
knew not and they could not see the
crown of glory or the dead ehild's brow
a crown whose light all the shadows of
earth can never darken in the least.--Free
Press.
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THE. SUN
1878.
Me II DIRK i.
1878


As the time approaches for the renewal OF
subscriptions. THE Sun would remind lis
friends and we'll Wishers every where that it
is again candidate for their cons liberation
ana support. Upon It's record TO- ..i.- ,ast
ten years it relics for a continuance of the
hearty sympathy and generous cooperation
which have hitherto been extended to it from
every quarter of the Union.
The Daily Sln is a four page sheet Of >
columns price by mail. post paid. IS cents d
month, or $3.50 per year
The Sunday edition Of The Sun Is an eight
page sheet Of SO columns. While giving the
news of the day, it also contains Il large
amount OF literary and miscellaneous matter
specially prepared for it,. The Sunday sun
has met with great success. Post paid 81 20
Fne Weekly sun.
Who does not know The Weekly Sun? 1t
circulatcs throughout the United States, the
Canadas. and beyond. Ninety thousand fam
lilies greet its welcome pages weekly, and re-
gard it in the light of guide, counselor, and
friend. It's news, editorial. agricultural and
literal departments make it essentially Jour
nal for the family and the nreside. Terms
ONE DOLLAR a year. post paid. This price
quality considered, makes it the cheapest
newspaper published, Fol clubs of ten with
so cash, we will send an extra copy free.
Address,
PUBLISHER OF THE SUN,
nov 20 New \ DIRK CITY.
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How PETER RESISTED TKurTArroS.
A colored brother whose eyes were waite
~, and who had evidently been imbihino
experience whisky, was telling his Young
friend George that be ought TO cine too
SAID George, 81 would, but de temptation
to do wrong is too strong for me-
"Whar's yer backbone dat We can't rare
up and stand temptation, p exclaimed
brother Peter Il was dat way myse
once. Right in dis yerc town had !
chance to steal pair of boots-might,
fine ones. too. Nobody was dar to sec
me, and reache | out my hand and d,
debil said take 'en. Den good spjrir
whispered for me to let dem boots alone >
"An' you didh's take EN- p mo sal
rot much. Itouka pare cheap shoe.
of de shelf / left dem boots alone y
Iichmond IVA J Wing.
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van Buren
STEAM FERRY
u ). MAIL ROUTE---QUICKEST I'm
BEST CROSSING ON THE
ARKANSAS RIVER.
'THE well-known and long estb

fSNHE well-known and long estb Il
1 at Van Buren,, Arkansas, is now nab.
charge of the subscriber The proproto,. lAs
ing recently put on large New Steamhna,, NV.
with careful and experienced Ferrymen, thew a. aaa
confident that they can give universal sat;.s lFeg
to the travelling public THAR aim will, '
meetthe increasing demands of the lar
grant travelto Texas.
The St. Louis and sherman. TEXAS II !,
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which Is ~ VS.
guarantee that it Is the shortest as well a. II.
best route for travel of all Kinds. N'
This Ferry has the largest and best bost.,t
river, and can cross 200 wagons and team. NJ u
day and no detention ON either bank need h. ~
peeted. Enclosures for stock and sheds for ,,.'
eers are being built on both sides the river ~
n pains will be spared toaccommodate the ppif.
Weshali strive to continue tomake this the no,'
ularrouts to and from Missouri and Texas. ut
N. Berry Accounts must be settled Monn
| ly. No deyiationfrom this rule.
WILL EAKIN, Superintendent
| Van Buren,, Feb 4, '73. II
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A In A

Is new and fast improving town, nine
miles east Of Van Buren on the line of
the L. X. & f, S. Railway, and is the cen
ter of good neighborhood, and com
mands large trade. There is q steam
FIGURING Mill and Cotton Gin in opera
ton; several stores. hotels, weekly
newspaper, and all the various kinds of
business usually transacted in country
towns, have their representatives, in this
place.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29

An old granger, who came into town
to purchase a piano tor his daughter,
asked the agent of he hadn't one with a
handle in the end $50 We can all give it
turn once in a while
A clergyman who was recently called
up to hold services in the state prison at
Sing Sing, prefaced his remarks to the
prisoners by saying that he was glad to
see so large number present
Gentlemen who won't and don't 90
home till morning, till daylight doth APP
pear, are strangely subject to attacks of
malarial fever at this season of the
year.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29

A lady who had refusal to give aft ,r
hearing charity sermon, had her pocket
picked as sic was leaving the church
On making the discovery, she said =.
"God cnud not find the way into my
poke blt il seems that the devil
did."9
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29
CEDARNILT,E.

Ten miles north of Van Buren,, on the
stage road to Fayetteville, is a place of
considerable business. there being a
steam FIGURING Mill and wool carding
machine in the vicinity.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29
CRAWFORD COUNTY

Asks the attention of all who are seeking
homes, to the attractions offered in the
way Of fertile lands. to her facilities for
manufacturing. to her climate unsnrpass.
cd in heathfuness, and TO the cheapness
of all the necessarigs of life.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29

On the Fayetteville road, is Is miles
north Of Van Buren,, and has steam
mill and cotton gin, and is good bust
ness point.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29
ARKANSAS STATE GAZETTE
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
Oldest Best, and Cheapest Paper in the Ian
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A live State paper, liberal and progressive.
Active canvassers wanted. Liberal com
missions allowed to good men. Address,
BLOCHER & MITCHELL,
Little Rock, Ark.
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'ARKLOE,

In the western part of the county, is the
location of steam FIGURING Mill and
Cotton Gin and two stores.
The Van Buren press., 1878-10-29

BELMONT in the eastern part of the
county, and MOUNTAINEERING in the
NORTH. western part, have post offices,
stores and mills.
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