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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
Republican Senatorial Convention.

The Republicans Of the 9th and Goth
Senatorial Districts of Ohio, will meet
at a delegate convention on Wednesday,
August 9Th, 1879, at Ashland, Ashland
Co., Ohio, to nominate two candidates
for State Senator. The basis of repre-
resentation in said convention will be
one delegate for every one hundred
votes, and one for each fraction thereof
over fifty votes cast for Milton Barnes
for Secretary of State in 1873, and on
that basis the counties will be entitled
to representation as follows:
Ashland Co., 2ss5 votes for Barnes as Delegates.
Lorain Co., ss79 votes for Barnes - Delegates.
Medina Co., 2soe votes for Barnes, 26 Delegates.
Echland Co.. as2s votes for Barnes. - Delegates.
- Total number Of Delegates l22
w. s. BRADroRD,l
r. w. BELL,
w. A. RoLLKN,
f. I. DAYTON, Senatorial
s. L. DYER, Committee.
j. H. GREENE,
/. A. WEBSTER,
j, G. HILL.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
PreposterOus and Foolish.

Kansas City Times Gov. ST. John is
still begging for contributions to sup
port the exodizers. He says that the
northern cities do not respond as gener
ously as they ought to. Cleveland has
contributed 81 600, but the city of New
York has not given a cent. Comment
ing on this, the Chicago Times scnsibly
saws d" No more absurd inlatuation ever
possessed large numbers of men than
that which has directed the migrating
negroes to Kansas and the persons
who advised these unfortunate people TO
90 to that state, were not more mallgnly
idiotic than the governor and others who
are endeavoring to keep them there.
The call for assistance in this fool work
is prcposterous. If the blacks can be
persuaded to move on or move back to
some country which needs their labor OF
has the means to support them, there
would be genuine benevolence in help
ing them on their way. As for Kansas
her safest course would be to summarily
squelch her asiuine governor, and estab
lish shotgun quarantine against any
further Senegambian INVASION
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
PARTICULAR NOTICE.

There will be q competitive oxamina
ton held at Ozark, beginnining on the
18Th OF September, 1870, for the select
ion of cadet TO the West Point Militia
ry Academy, from the 3D. congressional
district of Arkansas.
The following persons will compose
the board of examiners
Prof. II +. Hooper, Prof. w II. Mar
tin, +. NJ. Blackburn, NJ D., ii. II. Tur
ner NJ D., |. l.. Fielder Esq, Hon. J.
j. Walker C. c. Colburn, Esq.
Appointees between the ages ofscvon
teen and twenty-five years only will be
admitted so tho Academy, and are re-
quested to be well versed in reading,
writing and arithmetic, and to have a
knowledge of the clements OF English
grammar, of descriptive geography, par
ticularly that of the United States, and Of
the history Of the United States.
The appointee must be at West Point
not later than juno 18th, 1880.
JORDAN E. CRAvENs.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

st. Louis Republican The news of
the death OF Mrs NELLIE GRANT SARToR-
IS will not only be received with intense
regret by the many friends of the fami-
", both here and aboard, but will arouse
the sympathies Of the entire country for
the father and mother whose distant
iourneyings TO be broken in upon by It'd
ngs of the great afiiietion. The deceas-
cd was the presidents only daughter,a
lady Of much amiability of character and
quiet domestic inclinations. Her marr-
age to Mr.. Sartoris took place at the
White House, in Washington, on the 2lst
of May, 1874, the ceremony being per
formed by the Rev. Dr. Tiffany, and a
fc ~ days afterwards Mr.. and Mrs. Sar-
toris sailed for England. They both re-
turned TO this country the following sum-
mer and visited Gen. and Mrs. Grant at
Long Branch, since which time they have
remained in happy retirement at their
English homo in Hampshire,
LATER.-The announcement of the
death of Mrs. Sartoris, daughter of Gen
Grant, is not true The mistake comes
from the death of Mrs. f. w. Sartoris
formerly Adelaide kemble
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
More A ssurance Than Good Taste.

Conkling displayed more assurance
than good taste in domieiling himself at
the house of Gov. Spragne after all the
attentions that he has paid to Mrs. Spra-
que in Washington, and the public com
ment they have called forth. OF course,
gossip is disposed to magnify trides and
give scandalous turn to pure and in
nocent friendship; yet we believe it would
have seemed better if Conkling had been
looking after his own family instead OF
Mr. Sprague's Boston Post.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
A Prediction as to Memphis.

st. Louis Globe Democrat Memphis
will, very possibly, be, within two years,
the central point of big speculations.
Real estate will decline to almost no
value. 1t will be bought up quietly by
capitalists, who can afford to lose much
more than they can pay for it. Yellow
Jack will surprise everybody, by going
to Canada, or by mysteriously disap-
pcaring from the continent. The reac-
lion in Memphis will be greater than her
decline. Al sorts OF business will ex-
pand beyond precedent. Houses and
lots will appreciate in value SO rapidly
as TO eclipse the widest mania for Chi
oaso land Size viii pay off her debts
and become a bona fide city again be
fore the head boards in the graveyard
become old.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

Quito commotion was created at Ft.
Smith, just before night Thursday. by
tho falling down of the large two-story
stone building, known as tho Dodson
block, occupied by Kaufman 4 Black.
1t was occasioned by Mr.. McKibben dig
ging down to near the foundation to lay
the walls for new building, which is
contemplated, by the side. No one was
injured in person. X. 4 B. moved out
their goods. There is material Tor an
interesting law suit.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
MRS. .SPRAGUE SPEAKS.
She Says She Has Been Slandered.

A special from New York Of the 10th,
to the Republican, says: :
The Suns special from Narragansott
says that, in an interview, there, to-day,
Gov. Spraguc denied that he had depri-
we'd his wife Of her liberty. He wished
her to become quiet after the exciting in
cidents of the week, and told the CORE
spondcnt in proof Of his Willingness
that he was at liberty to see Mrs.Sprague.
Others, however, say that Mrs. Sprague
has not been permitted to see visitors or
to communicate with the outside world.
Many callers have been turned away,
and many have not been PRINTED to
send in their cards. Be this as it may
Mrs. Sprague received the correspond
ent in an apartment of the famous man.
sion. She said that she had been mis-
represented in this, and that she was In
noccnt Of any relations with Senator
Conkling that were not consistent with
her duties as u wife. In the strongest
language she denies all rumors to that
effect. She says that Sprague came
home late, Wednesday night, unllnown
to them all, and then disappeared. On
Thursday. he came in again, and he and
Conkling had words which she did not
hear, but the tones of their voices at
tractcd her attention. Mr.. Conkling
then approached her, and said for toal
of consequences he thought he had bet
ter quit the house, and he went away
Mrs. Sprague was very severe on hel
husbands course. She denied that the
German professor had anything TO dc
with the affray.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
YELLOW FEVER AT MEMPHIS.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 19.-Thirty-one new
cases and four deaths, yesterday, show
ing pereeptble increase OF deaths
Thirteen were colored.
A Memphis dispatch of August l7th'
says Twenty-Five new cases were re-
ported to the board Of health, to-day,
fifteen of whom are colorcd. Four
deaths have occurred.
Memphis Aug. 20, twenty new cases,
fifteen of whom were colored, and four
deaths were reported to tho Board OF
Health at this date.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

Actin g-Gov. Witt, of Louisiana, has
issued his proclamation for state cleo.
ton, to be held on tho first Tuesday in
December, at which time governor, Il
t-governor, secretary of state,
attorney general, auditor, superintend
ent of public education and members OF
the legisl lature are chosen also the new
cons titution and the state debt ordinance
to be ratified or rejected.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

st. Louis Republican: Gen J. c. Tap
pan of Helena, Ark, who passed through
ST. Louis last week on his way to Chica
go and thence to the meeting of tn,
American Bar association at Saratoga, il
extensively talked of by the Ark state pa
pers as a candidate for governor. He is
representative OF the progressive Dem
ocracy, stands high at the bar aud enjoys
the reputation of being 'the only man
who ever whipped GRANT" which he did
at Belmont.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
Tie Solid South.

Boston Post: The South is more sol
id than any time since the war. She will
raise this year about 5000, 900 bales OF
cotton, 100000 hogsheads of sugar, and
very nearly 60o,oo0,000 pounds of tobac-
co. This will be half million more
bales of cotton, twice as much sugar, and
100000 more pounds Of tobacco than
she ever raised before.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
Helena Does the Generous Thing
with Her First Bale OF Cotton.

A Helena, Ark, dispat ch of August
10th says:
The first bale of now cotton, received
to-day, from Burres u Cant, sold toI
800 The purchasers, Messrs. Jacks 4
Co, Major Arnot, Harris, Berton a
johnson, Mckenzie & Hornor, Harry
Grinder, J. C. Barlow, King Il Clopton
shipped the bale to the st. Louis Mer
chants exchange for the benefit of af
fictcd Memphis.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

The Littlc Rock Gazette will notice
and reflect upon what tho edtcr of the
Bontonvillo Advance has to say
.sThat Tildon will be the nominee
seems to be an almost foregono conclu
sion, and in taking up an evil report
against him, some of our brethren of the
democratic press are furnishing cudgels
with which the radicals will beat out oui
bluins."
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23


The following good one, which we find
in the Little Rock Democrat, from the
Dardancllc Western Immigrant, escaped
our observation. Some OF the best
things ahoat falls from the pen Of Bro.
Davis:
Editor NJ. i. Davis, in his issue of Aug
ust l4th, published an excellent article
on "IIomo Papers," 1t contained much
truth, and the prosy facts were woven SO
pleasantly and wit was SO plentiful, that
even the most confirmed delinquent or
sordid miscr would be forced to confess
It's justness. We extract as follows
'Let town acquire n reputation for
starving out newspapers, that town is
about finished, and had just as we'll be
fenced up, for among the great bustling
world of other towns contcndng for the
lead, tho newspaperlcss town stands in
about the same attitude that deaf and
dumb man would in singing match it
is voicoless and mute if it has advan-
tages ard rights they are ignored and
forgotten. for it has no advocate to as.
sert them. 4 y
Your home papers do an immense lot of
work for nothing; if your mothcr-in law
dies, you expect q handsome tribune to
her memory if your daughter marries,
the occasion must be graced with a halt
column or so of orange wreath or rosy
rainbow literature, while baby wouldn't
be more the than half born if its debut
was not duly announced in the local pa
per. If church undertakes to raise
money with which to tatten up lean
preacher, or to send psalms to the Siam
ese, tho country editor is expected to
brush up his bump OF reverence and star
tie the world with beautiful article Gu
titled:
Come one and all,
And ill up the hall!
We are expected to die with
the dying, sigh with the signing, lie with
the lying, cry with the crying, and to
dance Whenever the fiddle jinglos." Tai
ly for Davis.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

As nevs-paper, the Cherokee Advo-
cate don't amount to much. Three
weeks ago an election was held, in the
Cherokee Nation, for national officers.
But, up to now, not u word in that paper
to date, could be found, indicating what
the result was
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

We have, on our table. the second
number OF the Falknor County Demo
crat, published at Conway, by Messrs
Bruce 4 Bradfield, and edited by Mr. r.
G. Bralfeld. The Democrat makes a
good appearance, and we wish it that
success its merit forshadows it will re.
coive. 1t is, as its namo indicates, dem
Ocratc.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

Official returns from the Kentucky
oection-with the exception Of one
coun,y-Blackburn's majority is put
down at $4,000.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
Floods in Texas.

A Galveston dispatch of August 10Th,
says
The News has received specials from
the southwestern part of the state, that
report heavy rains in that section, ihc
telegraph wires are prostrated, mails
greatly delayed, and great damage to
to stock is apprchended.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

The first bale of cotton brought to
Little Rock, this season was on Saturday.
1t was raised by a colored man by the
name of Sam. DeSha, and was sold at
Auction for 2lt cts per pound.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

different to the wants and necessities of
others is to make ourselves just about as
truly miserable as We have the capacity
Of being.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

Matt. III. Carpenter to Senator Conk-
ling Il always told you, my boy, that
if you wanted tc bo happy, you must be
virtuous.'
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

Senator Voorhees, of Indiana will open
his Ohio canvass at Hamilton, Butler
county, on the 18th Of September and
close at Columbus on the 9th. He has
consented to fill eight appointments.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

pY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE
- PROBATE COURT of Crawfrod Coun-
ty Arkansas, made at the April term. 1879.
will be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder. at the Court House, in the County of
Crawford, State of Arkansas,
Monday, October &, 1870
within the hours of Judicial sales, upon II
credit of three months, the following desert
bed real estate belonging to the estate of A.
H. Shaber. decd to-wit;
S. E. ! of sec. q, township 8, north,
range 81 west, less 10 acres here.
toforc sold,
situated in Crawford county, State of A rkan-
sas, containing 100 acres ofland, partly under
fence, good farm dwelling and other outbuil-
dings GO acres in cultivation, and a well OF
pure, wholesome water.
JOSEPH WINTERS,
6w Administrator.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

The New York Democratic State Con-
vention will be held at Syracuse, on the
10.h of September, to nominate govern
or and other officers.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

The Salem, n. G., Press, says: Gov.
Vance thinks chat Ewing will carry Ohio,
and Garceioa Maine, and that Iiiden
leads the field for the Presidential can
di a.efv, .s q ngs leok ~.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

AT meeting of the old settlers Of
Grayson county, it was decided that eve
ry citizen who has been in the state for
twenty one years will be considered AN
old TcxaIl
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

New Orleans Times According to the
New York Star, Cyrus W. Field tells some
pretty hard stories about Samuel D. Iliuep.
Ii Fields stories are to be relied upon, iideh
is not to be relied on in any business Trans
action. Field relates that the stockholders oi
the New York elevated railway, made up a
pool of the stock of the road. which was To
be Aoated on the English market at about @
$500 per share. Tilden put in about S2tooo'-
00e in shares, and Field was choscn to 20 to
London and dispose of it. 1t was understood
and agreed that none of the stock was to be
put upon the market until the TRANSACTION III
Lordon had been completed, Almost the
first news that greeted Field, on his arrival IN
London was that Iilden had disclosed oil the
greater portion of his stock In New ork. VI
course Fields efforts in London proved futile
and he came back without having disposed OF
a share. Field tells some other stories equal
" damaging to Tilden. Great men are not
always as great as they seem.
Hot Springs Sentinel: The Little Rock
Democrat will, of course denounce the above
as u slander on Il great aud good man. Ill
den is the Democrats patron saint.
Cyrus w. Field denounced the above
ktory, in the New York papers, as an
lsmitigatcd falsohood, without sem
Glahcc of truth. And il the Sentinel
sas as eager to do justice to an honorod
hnd leading democrat, as it is to circulate
malicious sIandors about him, it would
not have becn so slow to ascertain that
the charges were without foundation.
Like all the stories set alloat against
Mr. Tildcn by radicals and democratic
croakers and soreheads, to prevent his
Nomination, h ends in disgrace and con
fusion to its perpetrators. Mr.. Field
stated that he went to Europe for no
other purpose than to meet member OF
his family, and returned Immediately in
the same vessel he went out in.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
VAN BUREN MARKET.
CORRECTED wREKLy BY
SIIIBLEl, MOORE Il co.

Coffee. 3 to pounds for Sl.00.
Brown sugar tbesD l0pounds for LOO.
Rice, 10 pounds for 100.
Salt 81, ,25 per Dbl.
Nolasses and syrup 80 to 75e per gal.
Brown domestic, best yard wide, q &C.
Calico G14ca7.
PRODUCE MARKET.
Flour, So 25 to $500 per sack.
Potatoes, Irish) 75c to ST.
(Sweet) 75c to Sl-noDe.
Corn In ear. 35 to t9c.
Corn meal. 35 to 40c.
Oats, zoe.
Wheat, 70 to 80.
Bacon. 61ac,
Chickens. LOO per doZ.
Butter l2la to l5c.
Eggs. Sc
Cotton, * to 1Oc.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
Notice..

Is HEREBY GIVEN, That VIII, on
MONDAY, August cath, 1879.
at 10 O'Clock a. m, at the court house, In Van
Rurcn, purchase from the lowest bidder.
Crawford county bonds OF the issue of 1867
to the amount In my hands appropriated for
that purpose.
y. j, WARD, Treas. OF Crawford Couutv.
Van Bureu, July 10th, 1879, sw
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23

Doctors Brcysacher, jennings and
Dibrcll, compose the executive commit
tee of the State Board of Health.
The Van Buren press., 1879-08-23
Homestead Notice,

LASp-OFFICE, pARDANELIE, ARK"f
August 18th, 1879
NOTICE Is .HEREBY GIVEN. nav ,iia tin
~ follow lng-named settler has flied ho't
OF his intention TO make final proof III ntrv sar
port of his claim, and secure final ens1 tronl
thereof at the expiration of thirty days rble
the date of this notice, viz: James w Of
Homestead entry. No. 9s72. for q c NV and
nwl4 of sec a. town. 1t, range 81 Wet ,is
names the following as his witn'sVii las,
Marion I. West, of Cedarville, Ark, anu
per Narblc of Cedarville, Ark. ..ryn.
L, NJ. GIBSON, ELeIsEi"
aug l9,w5
, 1879-04-20
MUSIC.
AT HOME.

THE TWO SERIES or SYMPHONY CONCERTS,
announced last fall by Mr. s. G. Pratt and
Mr.. Ziegfeld, have been closed during the
mast week. From q musical point OF view,
they have been interesting, as they have given
us the opportunity Of hearing SIX symphonies,
the Fifth OF Beethoven, the Unfinished Of
Schubert, and the Italian OF Me1Gelssohn, by
the orchestra under Str. Pratt's direction, and
the fiat minor of Schumaun, the symphony
m. IL by Burgmul1er, and the "Pastoral Of
Reethoycn, by the orchestra conducted by
Mr.. ,Rosenbecket. Mr.. Pratt mas also given
us the Mendelssohn concerts for viosin IRE
neuyi;, and the flat mai OF Beethoven,
for piano Miss Fay); and Mr.. Rosenbecker,
the violin coucerto Of Raft {Wilhelmj}, the Hem
kclt CONCERTO for piann (air. Liebling), and the
Hitler concerto for piano {aliss Wishard), be-
sides several lighter works On each set OF
programmes. We have, therefore, to thank
botn conductors for the efforts they have made
to produce these important works, and the
thanks are due without any reference to the
manner in which the music has been per-
formed.
Both orchestras, though they are substantially
the same orchestra under different conductors,
have made progress. The last concert Of each
series was better than the first. In TACT, we
have not had such good PLAYING for a, long time
as both Mr.. Pratt and Mr. Rosenbecker gave III
| last week, and thus far the outlook is encouraR
| ing. Though neither came up to the standard
| he should have reached, they showed the 70
| suits Of hard work, and that Is the essential d
| success
| It ONLY remains, in forecasting the futurs, K
| look at things in practical way, and the prac
, 1879-04-20


Miss Gcnevieyc Ward left New York Tor Eu-
rope yesterday on the steamship City OF Berlin'
Roland L., son Of Mr.. Clifton ". Tayleu1e,
made his debut in Brooklyn last Monday night.
who saws this is backward spring: when the
country is full Of Little ButG<rcz.pss-Ne1o YORK
Evening Post.
The Rev Edward Egeleston has dramatized
the stPilgrim's Progress" for the amusement
Of his Brooklyn church.. It will make very
mellow drama
A San Francisco paper alfudes to Boucicault;'s Il;
reappearance in this way: ''That plratlcal olo
craft, Dion Boucicault, will commence oucca-
neering campaign in series Of his most famous
plagiarisms."
Miss Fanny Dayenport's California engage s
mcut begins on May 5 in San Francisco. one
nlays two weeks and her season ends IN sep
tembcr next she speaks Of opening in Ne" YORK
in new piece.
Laura Don, who is a very. good marksT oman,
RECENTLY shot an owl, near Boston, with re-
Yoiyer. II is very large specimen, and hllst
Don viii present It as souvenir to the OH
Clnb Of Chjcago.--.Dransatic Wars.
| England is outdoinf, Us in sensation Real
+his rom a theatrical poster in Barnsley: .En
g.gement m for This night only Of Willie Ward
, 1879-04-20
EDWARD coNNE1L ON THE wAR-pATH,

Special Correspondence Of The Trtbuns-
New YORK, April 16.-Edward Council is the
name of person who gets through the baritone
parts IN the alleged comic opera company now
playing at Hayerly's Lyceum Theatre under the
guidance Of Col. r. E. J. Alphabetical Miles.
And Edward Connell is baritoue-more bare
o'-tone than anybody ever saw. Edward is
also frisky, skittish yourh-fcels his oats, as it
were.
Skittfshness and friskness are not exactly the
qualities you would expect to find hanging
around proportions like those of Edward Con-
nell. But they are there. Let me begin by e1-
planning that he is the prize idiot who filled that
St. Louis newspaper man go full. awhile ago
told him that Mrs. Oates WIS wildly, madly,
howlingly in love With him, and that he was
just as muchly ditto with her.
That occurred, too at about the time Miss lDez
Sexton, member Of the chorus, burst forth
with her woes in another st. Louis or CiDcin'
natl paper. And when SAN those two cases Of
slop-over printed side By side, one day, began
to imagine that possibly the members OF the
Oates ''comic opera" company were choser
more With ylew to breadth Of beam thar