The Van Buren press., 1875-06-22

60 to the spelling-match, next Friday
night.
Judge J. ]. Burrow will orate at the Ma
sonic picnic. sG.
We are indebted to Mr.. Graf for bottle
Of native wine.
Neal & Lytle is the style OF the new meat
market firm.
John Wade is putting up new building
on Main street.
-Cravat party given by Miss Ollie Phelps.
last Friday night. 1t was merry time.
A lively dancing party at the Callahan
residence, Friday night. They had merry
time.
We hear of several townships in the coun-
ty that are going to celebrate the approach
ing Fourth.
! Mrs. Lindsey Gibson drew prize of ST.
$50 in the Texas lottery. the drawing of which
took place recently. f
tH- Five men have been convicted for mur-
der in the United States court at Fort
Smith,
| re- The citizens of Pope county, are or
ganzing an immigration society. Shall we
not follow her exampes
1t is said that Capt Drinkwater Is to
purchase the interest now owned in the Mau-
melle by Capt. Alden E. Woodruff, and will
take command of the craft.
! tE- The sale of the private library Of Dan
iel Webster. WAS begun on Wednesday. the
9th inst. Although competition was not spir
itcd the books sod tor "A fair price.
Our better half i. indebted to Wallace
Ward for string of fine fish, the result of his
own piscatorial skill,
The Colorado party have been heard from
and are wel growing fat, and getting very
| saucy.
"A dispatch from Memphis. Of the 10th,
announces a $4,000 fire at that place
A slight rain, Saturday evening, which
was very pleasurablc.
A young friend of ours. who has been in
the habit Of investing, for number of years,
in various lotteries says he never was sue
cessful bnt once in his life and that was at the
cravat drawing. when he drew Il capitai prize
"A mat.
A meeting will be held at the Court
House. next Wednesday night to make prepa-
rations for the celebration Of the Fourth of
July. Tie young men of the town are par
ticularly invited TO be present.
Go to lIayman & Sons mill and get the
best quality Of flour. See his advertisement,
in another cOlomn.
If you are going to the pic nic. take \
well ll.loadcd basket along with you You VIII
be sure of something TO eat il you follow up
this injunction.
-W,s Mcrrcll has everything nicely fixed
to keep his m-at from tainting. He has a
large boX--propcrly refligerator--lincd on
the inside with zinc. and necessarily "A right
in which lie keeps n large quantity of ice. In
this he keeps hi meat cool and fresh. and is
prepared to furnish you with nice beef
steak no matter il the thermometer is 100 in
the shade What a comforting thought to
cpicureans.
There is not much soCiablity and gallantry
aiu"ng our young gentlemen and ladies At
tic IttClll SNnI"l bl llIt it>lN Vel idH tuNlfs
Z learn that quite number of oar young
ladies were drbarred the pleasure of an at
tendance, ,bccau>c they had no company, Also
that quite q number of ladies grouped them
selves together. and went in a body. Now ii
we were young instead of All ''old coon,' We
would take eighteen or twenty of them, and
pay the WY of tho deW Stiifcs--'thcy would
tighten our pockets SO much--rathcr than
| they should have to 90 alone, and pay their
own way. But our age precludes not alone
the possibility but the opportunity. How
ever we ara ashamed of our young men, and
hope they will do better in the future. " 60
il while you're young, boys, for therc1l he a
time when you'll be out of the race
During the month Of May 1851 immi-
grants arrived at New York from Europe.
which shows falling off of 10 600 from the
number of arrivals during the same month
last year.