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The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
New York Appointments Again.

From the Washington special of the
st, Louis Republican, of the 18th, we
see that lively time was had in Sc
cret session of the senate:
The senate had long and secret ses,
sion, this afternoon, and unusual secress
as to its proceedings being observed by
senator's. 1t is known, however, that, as
one senator remarked, there is music in
the air. Conkling is after the admins.
tration, again, on the New York appoint.
ments. At the beginning Of this session
Cohkling's commerce committee sent a
request to the administration for the rea-
sons on which Arthur and Cornell were
removed. Instead OF sending the reply
to the committee the president sent il
addressed to the senate. This aDgered
Conkling, and he was further angored at
the nature and character of the re-
ply, which gave very short and general
reasons for the displacement OF Conk-
ling's pets. They were that the admin
istration desired certain reforms in the
New York custom house, and believed
the old officers, while not bad meD,would
not bring about the desired reform. Con-
killing got off great effort, and the de-
bate was at times highly personal and
bitter, and at times great excitement in
the senate.
II is learned that tho particular points
of the report which set Conkling on his
feot, was that Sherman who is the head
Of the treasury, makes the administra-
ton intimate what Merrctt and the pres
ent officials in New York charge-that
there was corruption in the former man,
agement of the office. Conkling said
that Mr.. Sherman's honesty was well
judged by the country and that Chester
Arthur's would not lose by the compari-
son. Conkling also abused Hayes, and
Thurman half jocularly said, as Sherman
and Hayes were Ohio gentlemen, he felt
called upon to defend them, and alluded
to Hayes as happening to be president.
Conkling said he did not refer to the
president but to Mr.. Hayes This start
ed Mr.. Edmunds to his feet, who wanted
to know if Conkling intended to say
that Hayes was not president. Conk-
ling replied that whatever confession he
sho1ld make, would not be tor the SEN
sibilities and nerves of the Vermont Sen
atOr
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
4'-- -
NJ A X r lie ID.

KlNG-LOVE-ln Van Buren, on the 10th
inst at the residence of Mr.. Green Decherd,
by the Rev. Mr. Kagler, Mr.. o. LEE KING
and Miss MAUD W. Love, second daughter of
Mr. Robert Love.
We wish the happy pair all the happiness
that can possibly bespread the rugged road
way of human existence, May each recur-
ring anniversary of their marriage, find their
happiness undated and heart united to heart
may they successfully battle with the stern
realities of every day life
"'Twill not always be sunshine,
For trouble will cloud DER the sky;
But smile, not frown may o'erlift it,
And the gloom before it may fly.
Your lives will eer be as you make them,
All joy, or all sadnesss, you know,
In your hearts you may be very happy.
II your love on each you bestow."
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

E a Charlottesville, N. G., dispatch
OF the 18th says: In response to call
issued some weeks since, Northern men,
who have settled in the South, since the
war, assembled here, to-day, from four or
five states, and held convention in the
opera house. A series of resolutions
were introduced, setting forth the advan-
tages OF the South to persons seeking
homes, declaring that in this section the
laws arc equally enforced, that North,
ern settlers are not ostraciscd, but well
come, and that in no section of the Coun-
try do all classes enjoy larger measure
of liberty. The resolution passed unan
imously and amid applause.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
A Washington special of the ST, Iol

A Washington special of the ST. Lou
is Republican of the l4th says
There are now in the city, delegates
from Creek, Choctaw and Cherokee In
dian tribes to fight the proposed corpo,
ration of the Indian territory into the
territory of Oklahoma A grand pow
WOW was held to day, and very incendi-
airy speeches were made. 1t was decar,
ed, and vocterouSly applauded, that if
the government undertook to deliver
them over to Il territorial form of gov
ornment, for the benefit of the railroads
and spectators, that there would be an
other Indian war, which would only end
with the death of the last Indian. The
Seminoles are to send a delegate here /;
those already here, speak good English -;
and are busy lobbying to prevent the
passage of the territorial bill,
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
The Army Bill.

Buffers happy faculty of hitting the
nail on the head, is happily displayed in
the following brief letter on the army
bill
"BosToN, Jan. 2, 1879.
"Dear Sir--I am so pressed Tor time
that | can not say but word about
army reorganization, In the first place,
it is bill to abolish the constitutional
Office of secretary Of war.
".Second-It is bill to make the gen
cralin-chiet the despot OF the army.
"Third-Itis is bill to enable the Prov
idence Tool company to sell a large
number of muskels which they have on
hand to the United State government.
"Fowth--It is to turn over the arm
ing of the militia Of the United States
to private contractors, without any uni
tormity of guns equipments, or ammun-
ltion, leaving that to be settled by the
caprice or fancy of each state.
81 don't 60 into other demeits of the
bill, because | have already stated
enough to insure my hearty opposition
in congress and out. Yours truly,
BENJAMIN f. BUTLER
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
Please Stop My What ?

Times are hard, money is scarce, bus
mess is dull, relrenchment is duty, please
stop my y-beef7 Oh, no, times are not
hard enough for that yet But there is
something that eofss me a large amount
of what | wish to'ssave. Please stop my
tobacco, cigars and snuff? Oh, no not
these but | want to retrench somewhere.
Please stop my-ribbons, jewels, orna
ments and trinLets Not at all pride
must be fostered if times are so hard,
but believe | can see IA way Of saving
in another direction. Please stop my
tea, coffee and needless unhealthy lux
uries No, no not these | connot think
of such sacrifice must save some
thing else. All | have it now, my paper;
| must save that. | will stop my paper;
that t,oo dollars pH take me through the
panic easily. ! believe in retrenchment
and economy, especially Of brdi"s-Ex.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
A REMARKABLE RESULT,

1t makes no difference how many phys
icians, or how much medicine you have
tried, it is now an established fact that
German Syrup is the only remedy giving
complete satisfaction in severe cases of
Lung diseases. 1t is true there are thou
sands of pesons who are predisposed Of
Throat and Lung Affections, Consump
ton, Hemorrhages, Asthma, Severe Colds
settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, Whoop-
ing Cough, DC, who have no personal
knowledge of Boschee's German Syrup.
To such we would say that so 900 dozen
were sold last year without one com
plant. Consumptives try just one bot.
tie. Regular size rs cents. Sold by
Ward d Ogden, Druggists. If
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ A Dennison, Texas, special of the
81. Lonis Globe Democrat Of the Nth
says: at ia rumored that at Sherman a
gambler, named Harrison Thurman, got
into a difficulty with Deputy United
States Marshal Walter johnson. There
had becn previous Misunderstanding.
They, it is reported, met on the streets,
drew pistols, and the gambler, getting
the drop on Johnson, instantly killed
him." Mr. Johnson will be remembered
in Van Burcn, as the husband Of Mrs.
Sam. Hnnley, and who moved to Sher-
man, Texas, about two years ago.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
&~~->$-

Es-Thos Lord, a millionaire, Of New
York city, who created such sensation
a year ago by marrying Mrs. Ann W. W.
Hicks, is dangerously i'll. There is very
little pope OF his recovery, as he is eigh-
ty-fve years old. For two weeks he has
taken no nourishmcnt, and has been kept
up solely by stimulants which will scarce
serve him longer. His wife is constant
ly in attendance, no one but herself and
the physicians being admitted to the
room. Mr.. Lord was married to Mrs.
Hicks on December 81, 1877, by Cardn-
al McCloslioy. He had been a widower
for SIX or seven years, and the marriage
caused the greatest surprise. He is re-
puted to be worth Sl,500,000, and there
are six sons to inherit his large fortune
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ Mrs. Catharine Malford has
brought suit against PaIey Smith. de-
putty sheriff Of Woodford county, Ill
charging him with seduction and breach
of promise. Mrs. Malford is the widow
OF Capt. Malford, at one time provost
marshal of Little Rock, Ark, and who
lost his life in the army. Smith is worth
considerable money, and will fight the
case to the bitter end, denying all the
charges set forth in the complainant S
bill.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

rE The law passed by the late Cher
okee council, known as the white-man
law, requires any Cherokee citizen hir.
ing white person not citizen Of the
Nation, (school-teachers, preachers, and
missionaries excepted) to pay tax to
the Nation of s25 month, during the
time such white person may bc in his
employ. Failing to do this, he is liable
to fine of $3.50 and Imprisonment for
not less than three months nor more than
. year.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
Adm Illustrators Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That appli-
~ cation will be made, by me. as commiss-
ioner of the estate of Augusta.L Shaber, de-
ceased, for the sale of the
Southeast quarter of section ~, in town.
ship 8, north of range 81 west containing
100 acers of land,
situate in Crawford county, State of Ark
ansas, to the Probate Court of Crawford
County, State of Arkansas, to pay tile debts
OF said deceased, on the first day of the next
April term, a, d. 1879 of said court.
JOSEPH WINTERS.
Administrator of said estate.
Van Buren,, Jan. q, 1873, 4w,
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
A Washington telegram of the l3t

a. '"S'o 'oh eoiNSi"Hi VI tho Ioll
says:
The case of Benjamin Scull and 9TH
ers against the United States, in which a
claim was set up under special grant
to 900 square miles of land, embrac-
ing IA counties in the states of Missouri
and Arkansas, was to-day decided by the
United States supreme court adversely
to claimants. 1t is held that no ade-
qnate survey of the alleged grant ever
has been made, and that no survey can
be made which will correspond with the
terms OF the concession, owing to the
erroneous ideas which were entertained
at the time it was made as to the course
and direction of the White river, by ref
erencc to which it was intended to be
located.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
Copartnership Notice,

II MILLER, ono of the firm of f. Miller
4 Bro. of Van Buren,, Arks., having
died, the undersigned desires TO settle up ali
business of the firm. All persons who are In
debted to said firm, or have claims against il,
are requested to Immediately settle, and pre-
sent their accounts for settlement with
Charles Miller, the surviving partner of said
firm, who will continue the business of the
firm at the Old stand
CHARLES MILLER.
Surviving partner Of the firm off. Miller & Bro
Van Burcn, Jan, Sth 1879. In
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

| Thomas l.. Fuller, of Paris, Lo-
gan county, hote-keepcr, in the Enter
prise of the I'd, goes for "four distin.
guished gentlemen" of Fort Smith. One
Of them was Gallagher, of the Herald.
Bro. G. has an opportunity to "gct up
and explain"
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

The Chicago Telegraph.-His associa-
tes on the Supreme bench die off; but
old Nathan Clifford. of Maine, evidently
intends to keep good his word, that "hc'd
be id if he would die or resign until
there was a Democratic President"
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
IE The son of King Th

Es- The son Of King Theodore Of Abb
yssinia, who was taken to England after
the fall Of Magdala, is being educated
for the British army lie is u slender
and dusky youth, and naughty ard
shrewd as becomes descendant of tie
queen of Sheba. lie likes MS English
life, admitting that a spring mattress
and ulster in Lon4on ere preferable to a
mat and bare .sgs and blanket in Alb
yssima.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

EE Commodore John Guest of the
United States navy, who died, on Sun
day last, at the Portsmouth navy-yard,
was native of Missouri, and entered the
service from Arkansas, in 1887. One of
his sons is lieutenant in the Sth cav
slr,,
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

The Washington Post favors the abol
ishing of the secret service bureau. 1t
apprehends but very few counterfeiters,
and such as are convicted are parioned
out by Mr.. Hayes as fast as he can reach
then. The service swirdle is both
swindlc and Il fraud,
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

RI The President has nominated
Hon. W. Ii. II. Clayton as United States
Attorney for the Western District of Ar.
kansas. Col. Clayton is the present in
cumbent, and is said to be the best attor.
ney the district ever had.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

The Boston Post has found out. and
without much trouble, that some men
who, Mt the close OF the war, advocated
negro suffrage at all hazards, now are
ready to admit that the right of suffrage
is something that needs regulation accor-
ding 10 the requirements OF society and
civilization.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

1t is ascertained that the net proceeds
of the late fair at the Catholic cathedral
in New York city, were Sl75,0o0 The
total expense was only $4,000, nearly
everything having been contributed.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Es- An exchange says that the manu-
facture OF cheap buggies is now n prom
intet Cincinnati industry, 10000 being
made. They are sold for $40, or three
for 500, and are principally bought by
young farmers to go courting in. The
courtship has to be very short or it will
out last the buggy.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ Gov. Vance was nominated for U
s. Senator, from North Carolina, in the
Democratic caucus, on the first ballot,
Senator Merriman withdrawing his
name.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ A young son of Hon. o. p. Sni.
der, OF Pine Bluff, a student of the A. |.
U, at Fayetteville, died Of pneumonia,
on the 18th inst. Death seems to be
rcaping harvest Ut this University.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ An Illinois man, writing to the
clerk of the supreme court Of the state
for license to practise law, said: "If
y,n hayc two sizes, send me the largest
onu."'
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Efs- The great American public uses
annually seven hundred million postage
stamps. The New York post office or
dcrs twice month-an order for about
3 100000 each time.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

r. Marshal McMahon's term in the
Presidency of the Frenhc republic will
expire in 1880. With Republican ma
jority in both branches of the National
legislature. that party will have no diff
Guilty in controlling the succession.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Miss Anna Il Dickinson announces
through the New York papers that she
is about to take the platform again, and
that from thence she will return to the
stage to present q new play of her own
writing and in an engagement already
made.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

gagIf the state debt of Tennessee is
adjusted on the basis proposed by the
bondholders-dfty cents on the dollar OF
principal aud unpaid interest-tho face
of the new bonds will foot up S12,l97,-
600
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

EF A delegation of the society of
friends. OF Pennsylvania, called on the
President, on the 10th. The President
indicated that he did not think it at all
probable that the control of the Indians
would be given to the army.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

ss3s" Hon. Geo. c Vest was nominated
by the democratic caucus, on the second
ballot for the u. S. Senator from Mis-,
souri,, for the long term, and Gen. James
Shields for the short term.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Es- The Little Rock Democrat re-
minds the members of the Legislature
that they are letting off buncome"
speeches, that cost the State 1925 per
minute"
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

EF" The First Prayer meeting in
He'll" is the somewhat striking title of a
sermon preached by the Rev. Mr.. Jones,
. Methodist clergyman, of Providence,
Ri.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ Over $4,000, 900 year is paid in
New York city for municipal salaries
alone. In 1860, the amount required for
the same purpose, was s3,S00,000.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Rs- Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles,
one of the lioosier poets, and an indus
trous newspaper writer, is a candidate
for the office Of state librarian of In
diana.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ The republican legislature of Col.
orado have nominated Prof. N. II. Hill.
for United States Senator. Tom Bowen
didn't make the trip.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

GS' A Baptist preacher in North Car
olino has read the Bible through fifteen
times, by torch light. Last year, besides
raising with his own hands two bales of
cotton, fifty barrels of corn and 200 bush
els Of potatoes, he travelled 1000 miles,
preached l20 sermons and received for
his ministerial services sl20.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

r. II. p. German has retired from
the Forrest City Courier, and Prof.
james w. Stuart becomes sole proprie-
tor and editor.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

The Atlanta Constitution pertinently
asks: Do the American people need
the Connecticut Jewell in the senate
while Voorhees, is there with his magni-
gcent carbunclc
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ A bill will be brought before the
Legislature of Indiana, this winter, pro-
viding that no person shall be sent to an
insane asylum without trial by jury.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Eg' The judges of the United States
surromc court, with their families, it is
$50. tH-~ ...~--.-ihT--. rcDruary IN
pleasure trip to Galveston, Texas.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

EI The Tennessee river has risen 38
feet, and is still rising There is no dam
age in Chattanooga but small losses up
the river
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

e@- Mr.. Henry N, Word has succeed
cd the late Mr. Prewitt as editor of the
Mariana Index.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

~ Mrs. Matilda F. Fulton, consort
of Gov. w. S. Fulton, died at Little
Rock, on the 18th, in her 18th year.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

pag~ 1t is estimated that tho church
property in the United States amounts
to S500,000,000 and is increasing very
rapidly.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

Es- Gov. Hampton has been steadily
improving. His physician visits him
only once day, and his crutchos have
been ordered.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

The above includes the direct line
around the world. There are any num-
Der Of detours that can be made if the
traveller has the time, money, patience
and endurance to make them.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

After all the $4,000 suits of Myra
Clark Gaines, she is said TO wear the
simplest sort of a wardrobe, not over
$500 year.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
D i + ID

SHOEMAKER-In Van Buren township
on the 18th inst Mr. HENRY SHOEMAKER, the
eldest son of the late Mr.. Frederick Shoema-
ker, aged p years,
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
Distance Around the World.

A table of distance around the world
the world may not be uninterestiug,
and SO We append it;
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

BY the SlectiSn OF Hon. Jno. Ii. Cochran
Speaker.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-27
Evolution.

In 1924, Daguerre commenced ex
perimeniing. In 1886, he gave to the
world the process OF making Daguer
reotypes. By patient Industry, the
art has evolved into the perfect pie
lures OF the present. He who views
the fast fading pictures OF his ances-
tors, and compares them with the al
most living aud lasting photographs
OF to-day must acknowledge an ad-
vancement. II an advancement has
been made in photography and other
sciences. is it asking too much. simp-
ly becaus, it cannot he ocularly de-
mOnstrated, that the doubts and un-
certainiies OF Sir Ashley Cooper's
time be set aside, and an equal i'm
provement granted in the science OF
medicine? Must the ability of the
studious and experienced physician
be doubted, simply because the neg
ligent and inexperienced fail? But a
few years since, the diseases and
weaknesses peculiar TO women were
regarded incarable. Now Dr.. Pierce's
FavOrite Prescription is sold under n
positive guarantee To cnre. Ladies',
il afflicted, and wish to avoii painful
examinations anl useless local treat
men:. anil employ m ,dicine that IL
scientifically prepared. that Is chemi-
calIy pure u at is regularly graduated
in strength and that will n"vcr dis
appoinr : OH in It's ac ior, us' DR..
Pierce Fav,ri,e Prescription.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-27
The Measure ola Man.

Under the abovs caption, William
Page, the artist contributes TO Serb
neT for April an account OF his redis-
covery Of the ancient proportions OF
the perfect human body. The tn aory
is elucidated in the magazine by dia-
grams. Mr.. Page says:
an Rome, in the year 1853. having
been engaged for some months in
carving wooden figures for manikins
artistic purposes, was impressed
with the fact that OF nearly one hun
dred and fifty different measures OF
the human figure. not one was adapt
ed TO popular use. Some are appli-
cable to the front, some 10 the hack,
others to the bones, and all i'm gener-
alleading from lesser TO greater Parts.
Something more universal was need
ed, and so external that If one path
Il measure is lost in particular at
titude. another corresponding one
may remain practicable, as, for 10
stance: il The figure inclined forward
thus lengthening the back and con-
tracing the chest, that the sides
might shcw line unchanged in length
though curved; or, il inclining 10 one
side, as in the Tissue" making one
side long aud the other short, that
the back or front might show points
to fix the exact division in the chest.
While seeking for truth OF form and
adjusting the proportions of my man.
ikins, n remarkable statement in the
Revelation ngaged my attention.
"And he measured the wall thereof
an hundred and forty and four cubits,
according 10 tie measure Of man,
that is, of the angel. - Revelation, xxi
(see IL II inclusive.)
thought would take the writer
at his word, and ask the unit OF meas
ure OF his golden reed. The Golden
Rule OF life being the real mean pro-
portional OF morals and religion,
might not hope to find the mean
common ground OF art and science,
ofnature and humanity. in the Meas
ure OF Man." the highest work OF
nature and the most perfect image OF
his Maker which the Supreme Artist
has left us?
In other words. my own impulse.
with these hints was to try and dud
out IL these seemingly cabalistic
words might be capable of of "a prac-
tical artistic Interpretation.
10 measuring my little Egyptian
Water Carrier lound it plain as a
! foot rule-the figure in hight and
breadth is dirided by ticelue. Being
satisfied in this respect. / measured
+ myself and friends by Immediate
actual measurements OF the Egyptian
standard in the Vatican, and OF tho
casts OF the "Theseus" and Tissue"
at Rome, and afterward of their mar
bles, and the @Fates" at the British
Museum, considering these to be the
highest "angels" or sculpture that
world has known. Other famous fig