The Van Buren press., 1893-01-21

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SATURDAY, JAN. q, 1893.
Amendment No. 2 to the State
Constitution, was on Tuesday last
declared adopted by the Legisla-
ture, in JOINT session. This amend
Inent declares that electors must
pay ! poll tax before being accord
ed the privilege Of voting. There
we're 1000 votes for the amend
ment It the last State election,
sud 56,601 against.
4 member Of the Tennessee
Legislature has introduced q dog
law with the view Of protecting
sheep from canine ravages. II
may be now announced that his
pnblic carcer viii close with his
present term. No statesman has
ever survived authorship ofa meas
ure to restrain dogs in the cheer
faI pursuit Of mutton.-Gazettc.
Push the Worlds Fair bill
through vithout delay most worthy
soIons Of the Legislature. There
Il nothing that you could do that
would rebound more to your credit
Or be Of greater benefit to the
State. A majority Of you were
elected with this end in view, and
The sooner you perform this part
Of your duty, the better.-Press
Eagle.
G. d. Bullard, living near Col
bert in the Ch0ctaw nation, relates
: Singular occurrence on his farm
last week. The pasture containing
twenty -four acres sank four feet
and about forty springs Of tepid
water made their appearance on
the land. A small log house slid
dawn to an angle Of forty-five de-
gfees. Mr.. Bullsrd excavated to
the depth Of ten feet on the sunk
en- land but found It perfectly solid.
The experienced ticker of post
ago stamps will prefer the old
stamps to the Columbian issue.
The surface to be licked on the
new stamps ID . big drain on the
salivary glands, and unless the
licker has acquired an appetite for
mncilage, or 10 wholly devoted to
Christopher, he Is apt to weaken
before AL his letters are ready for
the mail. Xxx.
Editors, says an exchange, are
N . rule, kind hearted and liberal.
A contemporary tells of a subscfib-
er who died leaving fourteen years
subscription unpaid and the paper
then left In the postot1ice marked
ssRefused.n The editor appeared
ct the mineral just as the lid was
being screwed on for the last time,
and slipped in a linen buster, q
palm leaf fan aud q recipe for
making ice.
Ex-President Rutherford b.
Hayes, died at his home at FIRE.
mont. Ohio, at IL o'clock Tuesday
night, With . single exception
@ leveland-his death removes the
last Of the nations ex-presidents.
Mr.. Hayes was born at Delaware,
O., October IA, 1922; was chosen
Governor Of his native State in
1857 and served two terms as such;
Was the Republican Presidential
candidate In 1876 and was counted
in by the Electoral Commission
over Samuel j. Tlden. the Demo
cratic nominee.
It seems to be conceded on
every hand, not only IN Arkansas
but in other States of the Union,
that Col. s. W. Peel, who is clos
ing ont his 10th year in congress.
will receive the appointment of
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, at
The hands Of the incoming admin
stration. In the years of Col.
PEEPS service IN congress, he has
given the closest, most patient and
investigation OF this per-
ploxed and perplexing Indian
question. He has mastered the
5ituation-hss brought light out of
jarkness and restored order out
" confuSlon, and has placed that
lpeetion on plain, common sense |
nssis, TO he dealt With, solved and !