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THE COURT OF SESSIONS.


bfleI NOteS W. D6yS
The Court OF General Sessions was opehed
In the Court Room last Monday at 10 o'clock
Present:
w. H. Wallace, Judge.
NJ. +. Ansel, Solicitor.
Wyatt Aiken, Stenographer.
w. r. Bullock, Clerk.
Joe E. Jones, Assistant Clerk.
F. w. r. Nance, Sheriff
j. H. Simmons, Deputy Sheriff.
II. w. Bowie, Court Crler.
GRAND JURY.
The Grand Jury was called and the folio W.
Ing answered 10 their names:
Tom Ferguson. |. N. Alexander,
j. II. Edmunds, John Puckett,
W. N. Calhoun, J. w. Sign,
T. w. Pace, H. :. Ellis,
Samuel Agnew, Edgar Blake,
a. b. WOodhnrst, j. Evans Gordon,
W. p. McCarter, d. l.. Haddon,
j: e. Weir.
a fter being charged by his Honor. the Grand
j Jury retired.
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nVERCOATS at sl2, which
" bought to sell at Sl6.
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NVERCOATS which we're mark
" ed slS, $40, $3.50 and $25, all
now at $15.
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4 TREMENDOUS lot OF PANTS
"A ut Sl.25 and sl.50, worth more
money.
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WE have many genuine bar
w gains In SHOES. A look
through will convince any one OF
this fact.
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PETIT JURY.
AN RXTRA yENIRE'

AN RXTRA VEN1RE'
1t appearing to the Court that there was a
deficiency In the number OF Petit Jurors the
Court ordered the drawing of al extra venire
composed OF nine jurors from the Tales Box.
The following are the extra jurors:
w. C. Mcmillan, ]. G. Miller,
p. A. Roche, viii Graves,
w. Il, Ellis, Joe Bolts,
George s. Wilson, J. G. Walken.
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h1S BUYS the choice Of any
ID Id OVERCOAT In our house.
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Iawaon's ginnery was not started THIS year
until MOL day evening, OCTOBER z.
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SHIPMENTS OF COTTON FROM ABBEvILLE.
For the convenience OF the reader we give
the total shipments for the years and months
az Indicated below:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11

I'M PAIR I.ANTS, special val
1OO ues, worth from 1915 to
$780, at $3.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

blood and carnage and gloom.
Twenty.elght years, since you re.
turned to the des0late homes and
broken families. Twenty-eight
years, since In the face of most
disheartening circumstances, you
took up the task Of mending bro
ken fortunes, of rebuilding farms,
and business houses, of rehabili-
tating our beloved S0nth.
And now we must meet to grasp
hands again; to talk over the des.
olate past; to think of the pros.
porous years; to enjoy the happy
present.
We will talk of those who gave
up their lives in sanguinary con.
test for q cause we loved; of those
who have fallen by the wayside
since; of those whom We have moi
seen for many years but who still
live. Gallant deeds will be re-
called. Deeds of unselfishness
will be fondly remembered. Oh
the many memories that will be
rekindled; the kindly greetings
Tears will spring ''to eyes unused
to weep,n and they will be manly
tears
In days Of bloody conflict yor
have made q record of splendit
heroism and dauntless courage
that has filed the world with ad
miration. You showed powers o
endurance that have never beer
excelled. As soldiers You have
earned undying fame.
But it is in peaceful conficti
that you have shown q sturdinesl
and manhood that commands tn,
respect of the world to-day. Yo,
began with fortunes lost, farm
and buildings destroyed, institu
tons overturned aud all the dis
couragement that can come Il
any people. You have rebuilt
your homes and fortunes, rehabil
itated the South, aud attainet
an honorable place among tn.
nations in the peaceful arts
All honor to the heree in war ant
in peace.
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To Rescue Starr,

Denison. Tex, Sept. 25.-It il
reported here that the United
States officers have been informed
of q plot to rescue Henry Starr
and "Kid" Wilson, members Of
the Starr gang, now confined al
Fort Smith for train robbery, muir
der and other crimes. It is said
Mrs. Starr has offered the Dyel
gang, which has headquarters al
WOodville. l. T., a handsome re
ward if they will rescue her son
The officers at Fort Smith have
been advised of the plot.
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be at any time prevented her from
going abroad or from entering up.
OH any career that the plaintiff
desired to enter upon, or that 1t
was through any protestations, in
tiuence or request of the defend
ant that the plaintiff failed either
to go abroad, or to enter upon
any career she desired, and he de-
MES that there was at any time
any agreement, contract, or I'M
derstanding Of marriage between
the plaintiff and the defendant, and
the plaintiff knew during her entire
ACQUAINTANCE with the defendant
that marriage between the plain.
tiff and defendant was impossible"
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1t is reported that an attempt
will be made to rescue Bandits
Henry Starr and "Kid" Wilson
from the Federal Jail at Fl. Smith.
As we'll talk about getting a Re.
publican out of Fan Office protected
by the Civil Service Commission,
The Fort Smith jsil was built to
hold prisoners in the greatest Sc.
curly, and the Civil Service law
was passed to keep Republicans
in office. Both can be relied upon
absolutely for the purposes for
which they were cOnstructed.-L
X. Gazette.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Tell us not in idle jingle, mar.
riage is an empty dream for a girl
is dead that's single and things are
not what they seem. Life is real
life is earnest; single blessedness
a fib; "Man thou are to man re.
turneth," has been spoken of the
rib. Not enjoyment and not sor-
row is our destined end Of way;
but to act that each tomorrow
finds US nearer marriage day. Life
is long and youth is tleeting and
our hearts though light and gay,
still life's pleasant drums are beat
ing wedding marches all the day
In the worlds broad fields of bat.
tie, in the bivonac of life, be not
like dumb driven cattle-be a
heroine, q wife. Trust no future
how'er pleasant; let the dead past
bury it's dead; act in living pres
ent, heart within and hope ahead
Lives of married folks remind us
we can live our lives as well; and
departing leave behind us exam.
pies that "tell"-such examples
that any other, wasting time in idle
sports; q forlorn; unmarried seeing
shall take heart and court. Lei
us then, be up and doing with 8
heart on triumph set; still contriv
ing, still pursuing and each one q
husband get.-Ex.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30
Greeting to Ex-C onfedeates.

The following greeting to the
ex-COnfederates at the Benton
Vile reunion is taken from Ben
ton County Journal of the 9th.
is a fitting tribute to the veter.
ans Of the lost cause:
To-day Bentonville and Benton
County open hOspitable doors to
you.
Twenty-eight years have come
and gone since the canse in which
you east your lot went down IN
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Lately compiled statistics show
that from January l, to Sept. l,
$50 State and private banks in the
United States failed, seventy-two
Of which have resumed business.
During the same time 155 National
banks failed, seventy of which
have resumed. Of the total mum.
her Of bank failures only four &C.
Cured in Arkansas, and they were
comparatively insignificant insti-
tuti0ns.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

A Little Rock girl is said to
knead bread with her gloves on,
That's nothing strange-we need
bread with onr shoes on, with our
pants on and with our clothes on,
We need 1t badly, too, and iftimes
don't get better p. d. q. we are
likely to need it without any
clothes Ut vii on. Now is the time
TO subscribe.-Ex.
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Arka nsans have q right to b

Arka nsans have q right to be
proud of their state no matter
where they are at. We only seek
to be rated and known as we are,
and when that if accomplished we
shall stand at the head of the col
un.n. This is granted everywhere
by those who are acquainted with
the true condition of things IN our
state, but unfortunately all are not
properly inform cd, and the occas-
ion frequently presents itself
where we may do effective mission
ary work by educating other peo-
pie to know Arkansas aud Arkan-
sans IS they really are. No such
opportunity should he neglected
by those who wish 10 advance the
interests Of the state.--Little Rock
Democrat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Through the courtesy Of Com.
missioner Vincenheller we have
received q copy of the Hand
Book of Arkansas. Alabama
South Carolina and Virginia, the
proceeding of the Southern Gov
ernor's Convention held at Rich
mond, Va, on the 10Th. and 18th
of April, 1898. This book will be Of
great benefit to the states named il
making their resources known tG
the world If it is widely distrib
uted and we have no doubt that
the spirit of enterprise which
prompted the movement will
carry it out to the best advantage
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

"Oh, come on; Jones; have a
drink with me-"
"Can't. old fellow; haven't had
dinner yet"
swell, come and have an ap.
petizer."
"Appetizer! Great Scott, Sch.
war;! since the bottom dropped
out of the street ] can't feed the
appetite 1 have. Do you want to
ruin meP
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30
Line Of Action.

Senator Cameron of Pennsy
vania is entitled to the gratitude
Of the country for several acts. He
voted against the Lodge Force
bill. On other occasions he has
asserted an independence Of party
dictatlOn which entities him to
consideration at the hands OF
Democrats.
But the most signal public ser.
vice the Pennsylvania has rcn.
dered 10 in exposing the line OF
action on which the tariff barOns
propose to perpetuate their mono
poles. In his speech in the Sen
ate Monday Mr.. Cameron indicst-
ed clearly that the high tariff Sen.
ators are willing to give the silver
Senators what they want IN ex.
change for their votes against the
repeal or amendment of the Nc
Kinley law.
It is well known that the 6her.
man law was passed by the Re-
publican votes in the Senate in
order to secure the passage Of the
Mckinley law through that body.
The silver Senators forced it's
adoption with the threat of defeat.
ing the pet measure of the tariff
protected industries. Having Sc.
cured McKinleyism by saddling
the bullion purchase law upon the
country, Republican Senators rep.
resenting high.tariff interests are
doubtless willing to keep the bull
lion purchase law in force rather
than surrender any part of the
bounty of McKinleyism.
The Pennsylvania Senator is en-
titled to thanks for his candid
admission. More candor of this
sort is desirable from the Republi-
can side of the Senate. Let lis
know how far the tariff bar0ns are
willing to go in the effort to keep
their hands in the peoples
pOckets.-Ex.
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A Tremendous Saving.

The Washington correspondent
of the New York World sends that
paper some very interesting news
as indicative of the policy OF the
pension bureau in wedding fraud
out of the pension list. 1t goes to
explain fully the purpose of Secre-
tary Smith and Commissioner
Lochren. 1t has been found that
Raum, when at the head of the
bureau, granted claims to the num-
Der of 3O6, 900, and of these 90 per
cent were illegal. This came about
through Raum's interpretations of
the act of 1890. With these illegal
pensioners dropped from the roll,
as they may be by the mere revO-
cation of Raum's orders, there will
be saved the immense sum OF
e125, OOO, ! 900 to the people, accord
ing to Expectation Of life" or
about &12,OOO,OO a year. This
saving will be accomplished with
out jeopardizing the pension Of
any worthy man or woman who
may now be enjoying the bounty
of the government. 1t will be i'm.
possible, in face Of the clear de-
monstration of illegality Of Ranm's
rulings, for any one to assail the
administration as being hostile to
the veterans of the war. When
Raum made his rulings, % years
after the war had closed, resulting
in such an extraordinary increase
of the pension expenditures, the
people felt there must be some.
thing wrong somewhere, though
they were unable to comprehend
how it all came about. They knew
that the liberality of the govern.
ment had already been Overtaxed,
The explanation now comes.
though it would never have come
under . Republican administration.
President Harrison was derellct
in permitting the robbery. Az
Commissioner L0chren proceeded
in investigating the crookedness
which marked the work Of his pre-.
decessors, he may find grounds
for undertaking prosecution Of
Raum before the courts. He has
not been long in Office, and if he
is able to discover o stealage OF
$l2S, OOO,O 900 by merely superficial
observation, there is no telling
what he may find when he ge.s
under the surface of things. And
yet the Northern Republican press
complains because Southern con
gressmen have at last shown some
disposition to check the outflow Of
money from the treasury, through
the pension office. If Commission
er Lochren does nothing else dur
ing his administration toward rec
tifying the pension list than the
elilnination of the particular fraudf
to which we have referred, he will
have endeared himself To his cOun
trymen.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Woodruff's trial is set for this
term Of the Pulaski circuit court,
and the general desire 10 that 1t be
either tired or dismissed. We
know of no reason why it should
be dismissed unless ell hands
agree to another continuance, and
III that event we are of opinion
that it would be useless to furthul
cucumber the record.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Mrs. Newman: l have so much
trouble in keeping matches away
from my little girl!
Mrs. Elder: And 15 years from
now you may have 80 much trou-
BILE in finding one for her!
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WARNING ORDER.

The Missouri Trust Company 81.
H. Clendening Trustee, Plaintiffs.
vs. IN THE
Alice y. Rudy personally and as CRAWFORD
Administrative of the estate of Geo CIRCUIT
II. Rudy deceased Leila Thrash, ], COURT
NJ. Rudy, Mrs. M. Rudy Ollie I
Patterson, Ella Rudy Annie Rudy, STATE
Earle Rudy, Bessie Rudy, George OF
Rudy and JnO d. White and Jesse ARKANSAS.
Turner, Jr., Executors OF the Els.
tate Of L. c. White decd, Defts.
The defendants Leila Thrash, J. N. Rudy, Mrs
J. NJ. Rudy, Ollie Patterson and Ella Rudy are
warned to appear III this court within (3U thirty
days and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs
the Missouri Trust Company and j. H. Cienden.
ing Trustee. II. s. LEVERS Clerk.
Sept s, 1898. BY W. +. SADLER. b. c.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Arkansas has nothing to lose by
comparison with other states. On
the contrary we have much to gain
aud are anxious to have the com
paris0n made. The exhibition Of
our resources ut the Worlds Fair
furnish s q means of comparison
through which we may profit III
the end. Everything is in our
favor and we are receiving the
proper recognition.-Little Rock
Democrat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

A young lady wants to know
how to make mot enough" out OF
the word "enough." That is very
easy. It is done by transposing
the letters and arranging them i'll
to two words. Take the third,
second and first letters for the
first word and the sixth, fourth and
nth for the second and you will
have something that is not enough
for the average girl.-Ex.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

A Kentucky contemporary warns
the members of it's State Legisla.
ture against allowing the chaplain
to pray for them, because "it
would he better for them not to
have the Lords attention directed
to their doings." There is some
thing in this.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Gus de Smith: l don't think
you ought to talk about Jones
that Way behind his back.
HOstetter McGinnie; Well, I
do. If talk that way about him
before his face he will pound the
life out of me.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30
Cleyela.d's Views On Finance.


Clevelasd's Views On Finance.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 27.-In re-
ply to v letter from Gov. N0rthen
asking the President to give his
position on financial matters, Mr..
Cleveland has sent the following
Ieply:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, September %.
To Hon. w. J. Northern:
MY DEAR STR hardly know
how to reply to your letter Of the
18th. inst. It seems to me that !
am quite plainly on record con.
corning the financial question.
Ny letter accepting the n0mina.
ton of the Presidency when read
in connection with the message
sent to Congress in extraordinary
session appears to me to be very
explicit.
II want q currency that is sta
BILE and safe in the hands of our
people. will not knowingly be
implicated in condition that will
Justly make me in the least degree
answerable to any laborer or farm.
er In the United States for 9
shrinksge in the purchasing power
of the dollar he has received for q
full dollars worth Of work or q
full dollars worth of product Of
the soil. l not only want our
currency to be of such charac.
ter that oil kinds Of dollars will be
of equal purchasing power ct
home, but l want it to be of such
character as will demonstrate
abroad our wisdom and good faith
thus placing Us on q firm founda.
ton and credit among the nations
Of the earth. l want our financial
conditions aud laws relating to
our currency so safe and reassur.
ing that those who have money
will spend, and invest it in bust
ness enterprises instead of hoard.
ing it. You cannot cure fright by
calling it foolish and unreasonable
and you cannot prevent the fright
ened man from boarding his mon.
ey. l want good sound and sta
BILE money, and a condition of conf.
dence that will keep it in use.
Within the limits of what l have
written am q friend of silver,
but / believe its proper place in
our currency can only be fixed by
a readjustment of our currency
legislation aud the Inauguration
of consistent financial scheme.
/ think such q thing can only be
entered upon profitably and hope
fully after the repeal of the law
which is charged with all our f.
nancial woes. In the present
state Of the public mind this law
cannot be built upon or patched
in such q way as to relieve the sit.
uation.
am, therefore opposed to the
free and Unlimited coinage of sill
yer by this country alone aud in.
dependently, and am in favor OF
the immediate and unconditional
repeal of the purchasing act ofthe
so.called Sherman law.
/ confess | am astOnished by
the opposition in the Senate tn
such prompt action as would re-
lieve the present unfortunate sit
ustion. My daily prayer is that
the delay occasioned by such dis
position may not be the cause
Of plunging the country into
deeper depression than it has yet
known, and that the Democratic
party may not be justly held re.
sponsible for such q catrastophe.
Yours, very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
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nu.laiv Canosucker,

Dudley Canesucker: Life is
not worth living. 1 am tired of
life, and if knew of some easy
death I'd commit suicide.
Mr. Phoneyboy. Have You tried
10 read Il copy of Judge9
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30
Col. W. G. r. Breckinridge Denies the
Charges Of Miss Pollard.

On Saturday last Congressman
w. G. P. Breckenridge filed his an.
swer to the charges of Miss Made.
line Pollard in her now famous
SUIT for $4,000 for breach Of pro-
mise. The following, in answer to
the third count in the plaintiffs
declarations, puts an entirely diff.
ferent aspect upon this unfortun.
ate affair, and we donbt not that
when the case is brought before
the courts, which will hardly be
before next spring, Col. Breckin.
ridge will be fully able to substan.
tiate his statements, and relieve
himself from the unjust criticism
to which he has been subjected
for some weeks past:
"That in the spring of 1884 the
defendant being on the same train
from Lexington to Frankfort, was
accosted by young woman be.
tween 20 and % years of age, who
introduced herself to him as Miss
Madeline Breckenridge Pollard,
saying that her father wac such
an admirer of John G. Breckin.
ridge that he named her after said
Breckenridge, that subsequently
the defendant received q letter
from the plaintiff, saying that she
was in great distress and desired
his legal advice, and asking him
to see her at tho Wesleyan College
in Cincinnati, to which the defend.
ants answer was ''incOnvenient,"
upon which she notified him that
the matter about which she was
distressed was an engagement to
marry which had assumed a con
dition worse than a divorce suit,
and reiterating her request to see
him personally that the defendant
did see the plaintiff at said college
and she gave him full recital OF
her relations with one j. G. Rodes
thereupon the defendant advised
her to consumate the contract be-
tween her and said Rodes by mar.
rage and subsequently after full
conversation with said Rodes, the
defendant renewed his advice,
and the defendant denies that he
theu, or at any other time or place
by wiles or articles and protesta-
tions of affection, or by any other
means attempted to take adyan.
tage of the y outh and inexperience
Of the plaintiff. He denies that
he then, or at any other time, &c.
duced the plaintiff, aud he denies
| that the plaintiff was at any time
pregnant by the defendant, or that
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Senator Stewart is still talking
and says he can stand 1t six
months II necessary. A majority
OF the Senate is in favor of repeal
and the vote will not be changed
II the Senator should talk q year.
It has to come at last and why
not now.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Bheriffs Smith and Reinhardt are
settling with the State. Smith owes
$aO0 and Reinhardt 81 ,5S8. Werner,
and another defaulting sheriff have
paid nothing to the State ~ yet.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

Tho Cherokee Shippers are return
ing-stripped. Franklin Co. News.
Stripped - to their pocket bo.k,
but what q vast amount Ofexperience
they have gained.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30

A Tennessee man proposes q safe
and car charged with electricity as .
preventive for train robbers.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-30
Real Estate Bargains.

Real Estate Bargains.
Up. MULLEN, offers for sale 50 acres OF land in
small or large lots, situated northeast Of and adj
jacent to the city of Van Buren,. Ark
Eight lots unimproved. and 2 lots improved
with good houses on them.
All of the lots situated in block Drenncn
Addition to the city Of Van Buren,
Lots and q block 80, in the city of Van Buren,
both lots have tenant houses on them. good
cistern, etc.
Any person wishing to buy land for actual set
Element or for speculation will do well to call on
ING before purchasing elsewhere. All the above
property Is offered for sale and at such prices
that will insure the purchaser big bargain,
Warranty titles will be given to any purchaser
Of the above described property. Examine the
property and If you want to buy all or any part
of 1t call on me or address me at Fort smith, Ark.
and will give such bargains, that no one want
ing to buy real estate will failtO purchase.
Yours respectfully Up MULLEN.