Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas January 14, 1879 TO BE SOLD OUT From the following, which we find in the Cherokee Advocate, it will be seen that the property of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway, at Cherokee, is to be sold out at auction, it having been confiscated by the Nation: Notice!- Whereas, the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company, have been declared intruders in the Cherokee Nation, and whereas, the said Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company, intruders in the Cherokee Nation, entered within the limits of the Cherokee Nation; One depot, one cotton platform and one stockyard, whereas said improvements are confiscated under provisions of Sec. 120, Article 25, Chapter 12 of New Code. Therefore, I will offer at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, National warrants or registered certificates, the above mentioned improvements. The above improvements are situated opposite Fort Smith, Ark., on the improvements of old John L Vann claim, now in possession of Gibbon Morgan and others. Sale to take place on the 22nd of January, 1879m at 12 o'clock. John E. Gunter, Sheriff, Sequoyah District, C. N. Fran Alverson Warren