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The Osceola times., 1886-01-16
GOOD PHILOSOPHY.

The following extract from the
Jackson County Ucrald's "New
Year." is just about as sound philos-
ophy as we have read in many a
day:
rs there among our readers a man
who talks necessarily about the
~ good old timesT' Ii so let tins
wear have rest. You are living in
the grandcst age of the world, in per-
feet liberty to seek whatever way
ya may labor to produce comfort
and happiness to yuirs'lf aud fam
lily. True, times are tlcgenerating
in year opinion; but say, old fellow,
Just bold on minute and think lit
tie. Now answer this question:
" Was there not in your day the
same corruption in office and the
sainc loosencss in moials:" You an
swcr yes. Well, is no; the weakness
of humanity Il e same the world over?
OF course it is. Then how far have
YOU advanced in ciUililation? Do
you feel more enlightened than you
felt forty years ago. DO your chill
dren grow up uneslucated now as
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Corner Mam 4 Merchant street. Oscrola. Ark

Congress is at last showing dis
position to take hold Of the Indian
question in earnest. There can be
but one solution Of tins question.
Every foot of American soil must be
opened to American enterprise, and
soon as possible the Indians must
take their places and their chances
as citizens. The policy of treating
the little Indian tribes as nations on
one hand and paupers on the other,
must be abanduued.-L. II. Gazette
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TuOnorGuLY PREPARED.

\ Suabiau village clergyman was
cNhorting - young couple who had
come to ask him to put up the banns:
60 So, then, my dear young friends,
you wish to enter the holy estate of
matrimony. But have you thorough
ly prepared yourselves for the i'm
portant step you are about to take"
I'VE have that" replied the damscl; ;
we've stuck pig and Killed a doz-
en- chickens, and we've baked tarrs
and cakes enough to make the ta-
blcs bend with the weight. That
ought to be sufficient
The Osceola times., 1886-01-16

eg- Advertisers by the year VIII lerestFicleo
10 tl.air legitimate business
tS"Yearly advertiser ent..may be ehansed ol
reset four times during the gear iree oil eharsc'
.r-Parties contracting for yearly aiNeitise-
snents and disseminating ts0ulany cause. VIII nc
charged snort time rdter, Ne per time mseite"'
SEE RATES
sy-Foreign advertisements, sent through
Adycrtisng Agencies, uiust he pald Tor IN hd-
vance. or a depastt made with some one wh"m
we NAV designate.
cs- Marriages and deaths, n9t teSceedlng zen
hines will be published AZ news, iree ofcn'IEe
ANT obituaries tributes III respect Milerai hntl-
..s and invitations charged n advertisements
,e- Ali personal matter, letters or comm UNI
ca,inns setting forth ind iysdasl schemes or IN
srrrsts to be promoted, enshauug lFHn par!
ar partier gautzkt.ous er societtcs. Will n'
charged for as other advertisements
sr,m all Legitimate demands OF the demo
cratic or Conservative party, or 'ih'r' Ettal ~
ferr,ts nf the general public upon osi c"i"h'ls'
he TIabs VIII not iail Uf iis dhly
The Osceola times., 1886-01-16

TnE following from the Cleburne
County Bulletin applies with all the
force of law and gospel to Mississippi
County. The only observation III it
open to criticism, Is the small amount
allowed for teachers salary. Cheap
men are generally the dearest in the
long run. No school district should
eNprct to run school for six months
for less than $500. You should en-
pect your teachers to buy books and
newspapers and attend the State
Teachers Institute, and keep up
with the "procession" in the grand
progressive march Of this cnlighten-
ed civilizations:
"What we need is more improve.
ment in our school system. The day
has past, or more truly never was,
when common subscription schools
proved to be success ia general
over the euuntry. We need good
school ia every district in the coun-
ty, aud schools of as long terms as
possible. aud as we cannot afford in
every place a school all the year
round, let us say that six months
each year is as short a. we can afford
to make the terms. 1t will only re-
quirc s225 to $40 to run school
this long, and way to raise tins
cash and make it ready money for
teacher is she only way that we can
ever hope t. secure teachers who are
frst-class aud fit to take charge of
school. We do not mean to say that
no good teacher ever takes charge
ola subscription school, for there are
some exceptions, but it is evident
hat no good teacher will take hold
where he sees that not more than
half his patrons are able or willing
to pay him. The common free
school system is good and Is the one
we must all come together on IN or
der to build up good schools and
keep up with the procession. We
know there are few who oppose
special tax, but if they will weigh
tbs n.atter all around, they are
obliged to see that it is our only
means, and not bad one either, of
securing what we mostly need
good schools and lengthy terms.
When a tax is voted it is only a
small amount to each taxpayer aud
many non-rcsidcnts who own prop
erty in our county and hold it from
our grasp are obliged to contribute
to our school fund. Occasionally a
citizen who has no children TO send
to school has this tax to pay, but if
he is poor it is only liltle mite,
and if he is rich he is able to afford
it. and it all goes to the building up
of our country. The tax is never Il
loss to any one, for 1t comes back in
many ways indirectly. To educate
brings prosperity aud prosperity en-
hances the value of property and
/ lessons taXation;s prosperity also
bring in more good citizens to help
US work, and not. a cent is ever lost
by special taxation. II another ycaf
could but find at least IA good six
months school IN every district in
Clcbmn county aud be continu' Il
for few years, the result wW.ld be
; wonderiu, and fathers wolild he
! smiling at the honors their children
would bc rolling mp to them and
would be' glad in their hearts to
know that they had done duty God
( has ,njoined upon them and blessed
their efforts with sweet consolation
of joy. Ii is wrong Tor parents and
guardians to work their children as
they do their horse OF their OK, and
only give them from the time they
lay by crops till fodder pulling or
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Official Directory.
COUNTY OFFICENS

COUNTY OFFICERS;
coupty and Probate JudHr-E It-yea
Circuit and County clerk Hugh u McN elSh
>b,titl and Cour0,r W. u. lla-kins.
uunty LSMnincr- Leon Ruu-sat'
tnnuty Trrasur r-Jamc, Li~iun
tounfy surveyor Ihumas u. Mn grave.
county coroner ). NJ. lA-w
t.uunty ssessor-J. Il & s.,anr
MONROE 10 n N>ul'.
Justices of The peaoe--A j. LNnch, NJ, Z,
Iaudy
tunstzbls-John hddic
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
MaNor-Iohn q BiEoavu al.
IccOrdcr-M Heinz.
Aldermeu--Jan,cs LisioL., Jas. NJ Hamilton
Is IL bacohns, W j. Jones, \. u. lcl"s
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The Lcsal(.uardian Ofihe
Peoples Interest Does
His 3Duty NObIy!
Taxpayers, Read and
Ponder.


W b HAsKINs, against Mississippi County,
Arkansas Jail Account
Oct. p Can Lye. . 70.
4" prs Shoes, prisoners. $50
~ / Mattress. 100
- blankets, 800, Shirts,
800 prisoners IL o..
Nov 3 Atomic Is. 6. -. shoes 1 20. 10.
" Tobacco 10, 80, = pr Pants so 1880,
" Washing Blankets 4,0, Lye
25cts pas 80
Dec g. Ornamental Trees. 2lm
/" II 2Galvan' zed Buckets, 1000.
" II. 10 Mattresses. 400.
g. Freight 200, drayage too 800.
al. 81 Blankets 5000, Dorble
Mattress go, 600.
a" 2pr Handouts, 1900.
" 81, 5pr blankets. 20,0.
" Guarding jill . No 27t days, $40. 90.
oct. II. shirts 800. Washing 400,
spapI,O s,Oo.
-. Cloth / 90. Matches 90,
Ontmeut 100. 800
Il pr Pants 90, shirt 2,C0,
pr shoes 2l1, prisoners, 80.
Nov. 1. shirts 10 .OC, Matches 90,
5prs Draws 800, 1900.
" 3 cloth 81, soap 81. > shirts 81, 1890
" s. 5prpants $, soaps, oist-
mcni 90. 1900.
. I. Washing 800, 2 pr shoes 800.
Hats 800 lG.00
II. Coal oil %, I wash-tub 200,
Wa b Board 30. 80
" % Tin ware %, 2Lante-ns 500,
Needles and Thread / 90 800
=" Towels ., 90. 1 Brooms 10.
sporgc 1jc 5,25
a. scrubbng Brushes $50,
Mops 200, 90
80 % Stationery 81. matches ~, 200.
" Cloth 2,t0, 3 shirts 100, 600.
'' Dislnfeciing 100 2 shirts 81, 4.W
' ~Clothes Line 81, Tin bucket 81 500.
" Spoons and plates s., Needles
and Thread 90, 600
& u Med cine %. soap 90,
Meuding clothes. 2.oo, 800
" lpr snoes 800, Matches 81,
Lye.l.DO. 500.
2spades 800, 2 Hoes. 2,0,
Quilt $50, 500.
4" lCoat 400, Coal oil 200,
Washing so. 100.
= 25 yds sheeting O), Coppera-
iOcts Combs 100, $50
" 1Wcl Bucket ? %, krg 90
- Dippers 90, i,W.
4" soaI 90, Washing $50, cCal
oil 90, l2,O
80. 2>hirt, 10, Dippers 90,
soap, % 600
" cloth Tor Jail 90, Needles
aud THREAD o.. Mop. 10, i.oJ
Ointment 90, Towels | ~.
Hendng clothes ~. 400.
" 2lIats3 NJ. Z Lanterns 20,
sponge 1jcts, 5,1j.
Dec. /. 2Water Bbls ~. Nails 81.
iSh0vrls s 90 IL 90
Bbl Lime VI, Rskcs , 90.
Locks o., 800.
&C, % Lanterns ) M, Coal oil
20, Matches o., 1890.
Cloth ior cleaning %, 2pr
shackle- 5 o. lI,G.
" ?. Chains aud Locks 500,
Il oOms 30, 900
:" 1. 2Bickcts 0o. 4Lamps ~, $50.
81 Cleaning Jail months 40 90
" sSpittoons go.
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OsCEoLA, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1G 1856

they used to do! Are we not the
foremost nation Of the world at pres
cnty BE cheerful, readers, be cheer
iul, and if You follow out your in
clinations under this temperament,
that rickety old shanty You live in
will have new roof; the rain will
fall on the ground instead of beating
in the cracks of rotten shiugles; the
gate will right itself; your barn will
be full of gram; your jeaI jngling
with "cart wheels" :" your home bright
and happy, and next year when you
come to town YOU will call on the
poor greaser of this county's expo
nent Of enlightenment and roll in the
juicy hams of freshly killed hogs and
place upon our press bushel of
hominy, aud with the joyons, happy
tears rolling from your old, cheerful,
good natured face, you will thank us
and thank God for needing our adj
vice and wishing YOU the returns of
a happy new year.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-16

The residence Of Mr. b. G.. Cow
ington at Somcrville, Tenn, was the
scene of happy event last Wednes-
day night, the marriage Of Mr., j. 7.
Rodgers, with the well-known firm
of the Milburn Gin and Machine
Company Of Memphis, and Miss
Mollie Carruth, of Shawnee, Ark.
The happy couple were surrounded
by host of relatives and friends to
congratulate them on their de-
but in nuptial life. The happy pair
left on the morning train, to be
greeted with sumptuous reception
given them by Mrs. +. +. Rogers,
the mother of the groom, at 6l9
Shelby street, this city.-Memphis
Appeal of the 9th.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-16

cotton picking time to get an educa-
ton. They are not dnmb brutes,
but are the topmost species ofGod's
creation and are endowed with
faculties, or have talents given them
that should he improved.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-16
Important.

when yOn visit or leave New York, say,
Baggage EXprcssage aud CairlSge lllr' and
sIop ~ the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand
central Depot.
Elrgant rooms fitted upata cost Of one mil
lion dollars, reduced 10 Leo aud upwards per
day European plan. Elevator Restaurants
supplied with the best. Horse ears; stage aud
elevated railroad to an dcput- Families c;f,l
live better for less money ~ the Grand Union
Hotel Than at any other Grst-class hotel in the
city.
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Masonic.

The stated communications OF ''s"''ola i.cdE'
No Il, AZ \ \. NJ. viii be held the hon-
dnys ON or next before each lgll Huvu i'
mrmbers are uriu~cd to attend promptly.
All Ma ter Masas in good standing are
,corlia is invited to- attend m ,
Ey order OF pErEg BitlCkEl, ". NJ
HuaH Il MCNsIOu SccIJlvY
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Total, 81 tD3 OH.
= TATE OT ARKANSAS. A-iiIavit to County
County o NJ sSis,ippi Account
|, !. +. Felt, Deputy, do slrmnly swear that
the ah,vr and foregoing account is just aud
correct; that the services charged for or matte
rial furnished were actually reIder.d and iurn-
ished, and that IN. charges made therefor do
not exceed the amount allowed by law or GUS
tomary charges for similar services or material
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, and that the sum OF
81 ,O Oj IL justly due, and that no part has been
paid So help me God. (signed)
J =. fEITS, d. S.
Sworn to AID subscribed before me on this 9th
day OF January, 1856.
HUGH X McNEIGH. Clerk
Endorsed thereon; Filed January G, I6s6
Hugh X. McNeigh. Clerk
And also Examined and allowed for si053 Us
T. BENIL. Co Judge.
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
County Of s-isSippi,
I, Hugh u. McNeigh. Clerk oiihe Circ nit Court
and TX -Offco lerk of the county Court, fui
the County aforesaid. do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing il u true and perfect
transcript Of the account therein s,t forth with
the endorsement thereon AZ the same appears on
fc in my oflice.
Witness my hand and ancial seal. this l.
day ot January lss6. HUGH Il McNElGIi.
Clerk
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UIIMmorr money than at any yilnW else by
Nh IN taking an agency for the hest selling
w slifhnuk out. beginners succeed grandly
None fah Tcrms free llALLErr Book so. +,
Portland Maine.
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No1IaE.

All persons indebted to the Es-
tate of w. +. Moss, decd, are here
by notified to pay their Indebtedness
to &. w. Thomson, Esq, within the
next QO ten days, or suit will bo
brought Immediately thereafter. So
pay up and thereby save cost.
Respectfully,
JAMES lLsToN,
Admir-. Est. of W. +. NJ Jss, deed,
Jan'y. -. 1856.
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VOLUME XVII.
THE OSCB0LA TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
editor and Propri ct o r

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, On ndvance)
For a Torm Of one year. ar..,...........'.'Sl W
s,x Mouths. ...,. --.....' 20
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Notices underthis head giving name. occupa.
tinn, business or profession, and Location. VIII
be charged 81 per anntrn.
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RATES OFADVERTGSING;
,on TRANsiENT AND LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES.

LEG Al NOlIGES.
one dollar per square OF one mon fuhnhe
, .a.,,re. or space often liaes OF this type lOl
r II It insertion, and seventy -hVe cents ioI eaoi
e. d useqIent insertion.
CARDS AND ADVEHllsEMENTs:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-17
MIR. CURYIYS QUEER Defence.

Mr. Garland's case must be terribly weak, if
his defenders find it necessary to suppress the
most important facts. What vapid apology
Mr.. George Ticknor Curtis's letter proves to be I!
Distinguished advocate as he is he is compelled
to beg the question at every stage, and to pass
over In silence the vital issues. He represents
his client as acquiring as an original incor-
porator So 90, 900 of Pan Electric stock, paying
$500 on subsequent assessments, receiving not
more than $4,000 as his share of the profits,
and having no reason to suppose that his in
vestment of a few hundred dollars an unde
veloped property would in any way become
subject of legislative action. AS counsel of the
company he allowed it to make use of his legal
opinion that the Rogers inventions did not in
fringe the Bell patent, but he did not question
tho validity of that patent When he became
Attorney General he declined to interfere IN
the interest of the company. He said nothing
to Mr. Goode about Government Intervention.
He did nothing except to take his vacation at
the right time. Mr.. GOode acted independently
OF him and did not know that he was interested
in any telephone company. Nobody knew that
anything improper was going on and everybody
was innOcent-as matter OF TACT, very lnh0-
cent. Mr.. Lamar's decision, as Mr.. Curtis is
forced to admit, is very astonishing as legal
argument; but, of course, it was perfectly
proper and well-meant. and there were one or
two presidents for it, and in any event he was
not striving to protect his colleague-and for
very good reason. Mr.. Garland hadn't done
anything naughty. Nor has anybody else
Everybody connected with the Administration
means we'll!
This Is fair summary of Mr.. Curtis's plea
for Mr.. Garland Now let us glance Mt few
of the details which he has not considered it
prudent to explain away. This 100000 of
Pan Electric stock, the assessments on which
were $500 and the profits S2.000-how did Mr..
Garland get it3 The privilege Of being
assessed $500 and deriving $4,000 from the
sale of few licenses was apparently valuable
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come convinced that You are going to require goou
many bypodermc injections of sand before you VIII
agree to follow my wishes in regard to that ran
Electric hardware" At which he hared up anu
the firm went to pieces.
rs. Z. G. o. REFORM
To Whom it May Concern: The Star-Eyed
Goddess of Reform having ordered her trunk re-
moved from the White House, give notice that
will no longer be responsible for any debts OF her
contracting Her conduct in regard to the ran
Electric goods forces to believe that she Is hot
one of the virtues that bind society together.
G. CLEVELAND.
To Whom it May Concern g. Cleveland having
abandoned me. | decline to indorse for him any
longer. | can get along without hi m much easier
than he can get along without me and he knows IT,
caution the public against putting faith IN CleVe
lands Public Observation-Disclosures Soothing
Syrup. 1t bears my name on the wrapper DuV Is
bogus. 1. ,. H. u. w. hbfoh''
The undersigned cheerfully-also gratefully
recommends to cabinet-makers and Others the new
brand of Soothing Syrup with which G. Cleveland
is now supplying tho market. 1t Is the incest thlng
of the sort ever tasted. No Department OF Justice
should be without it. A. II. OAKLAND
Mr. Cleveland has forwarded to me for analysis
quart bottle of his Public trust
Soothing Syrup. find that 1t is just the thing LOT
shattered constitutions cheap and easy to take
PROFESSOR JACOB SHARP, Pr. ID.
Inventor OF Sharps Anti Memory Milkl
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| one. How did he obtain it'll The Rogers
family owned the inventions. Did they act
from disinterested motives in admitting Mr..
Garland into pool where $4,000 would be
given for 5000 Did they distribute stock In
blocks of $500, 900 and when the Tennessee
Company was formed add an additional
| 81 100000 to each lot-one of the details Mr.
Curtis enores-solely from philanthropic con-
sideratons They made MI Garland an IN
corporator-that is, gave him Sl,oOo'ooo Vi
telephone stock Why did they single MN out
Were there no INDECENT relatives dependent
upon the bounty of Parthenon Heights, 10
whom stock paying $1,000 for an outlay OF
$500 could be given? Why did they confer
this great favor upon Mr.. Garlandf Not surely
for the legal opinion, which Mr.. GURUS con-
sders so unimportant. All! the truth must
come out 1t could not have been for any
other purpose than securing his Influence as a
member of the Senate and leading Demo-
cratic statesman.
But Mr.. Curtis insists that the stock was
taken without any idea on Mr. Garland's part
that it could become the subject of legislation
Let us see. February, 1888, is the date Mr.
Curtis mentions in connection with the organ
izaton of the company. Well, on December
II, 1888, Mr.. Vance (nOw Assistant Com
missioner of Patents in Mr.. Lamar's Depart
ment) introduced in the House of Representa-
tiyes a bill relating to ltigatOns respecting
the validity of patents. This was referred to
the Committee on Patents, which subsequently
through Mr.. Vance reported a substitute. This
passed the House. II virtually proposed the
same course of procedure which Mr.. Goode
and Mr.. Lamar have followed in the telephone
case That bill designed to promote the secret
purposes of the Electric spectators, went
to the Senate Committee on Patents a few
months after Mr.. Garland acquired his GIFT
stock. What has Mr.. Curtis to say on this
branch of the subject Not one word.
Is it not a strange coincidence that the De-
partment of Justice. soon after Mr.. Garland be-
came its head, should have attempted to carry
out in practical administration the purpose OF
the special legislation which was introduced in
Congress soon after the telephone stock was
distributed among the speculative statesmen
Let Mr.. Curtis look into this matter and see if
he can explain it. Then let hun take DR..
RogerS's account of the consultations between
Pan Electric stockholders and Mr.. Garland and
Mr.. Goode and note the extraordinary facility
with which the application for a Government
suit was granted in the Acknowledgements
absence. lie knows how few preccdrnts there
were for that unusual proceeding. How does
he explain the abrupt action of the Solicitor
General and the prompt use made OF the
Memphis suit by United States district court
in the Baltimore injunction proceedings
There are good many crooked tunnels in this
telephone scandal which Mr. Curtis has not yet
explored. We beg him TO try again and by all
means to argue the case seriously-and not to
beg the whole question by the bareiaccd
assumption that everybody is as innocent as
baby with it's first toy rattle.
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