The Van Buren press., 1875-04-20
The northern mail goes to Fort Smith,

S& The northern mail goes to Fort Smith, as
IS formerly.
The brass band have entirely ceased to
practice.
81 -R,v. MIR. Kennedy has gone to the Pres
81 bvtery at Mount Zien Church. Pope county.
IL Since ting the above the gentleman has
returned home.
# Rev. McManus held divine service at the
u Episcopal Church. Sunday.
q Some of our pie have fine looking gar
s dcns
81 Mr.. Frank Adams is living in the Stewart
s# House.
# Thursday was warm and beautiful
day.
# What has become of our military COM
# pany?
81 When arc we to have the spelling match
SD we should like to know?
# -Nought in the amusement line in town
&during the week.
~ Mr.. Lyue Is living in the Bearden
House.
IN The weather Las been quite cold during
the week.
z8 The trees are getting very green, and na-
tnre is donning her holiday attire.
& -Vegetatio~ is coming on finely. and with
# good weather. everything will do well.
W We had little frost during the week.
but We have not heard Of any great damage
done.
f,lt- al, .iI,1 far
q: their next performance.
Mrs. England is having a new fence put
# around her garden.
81 The Wallace boys have the freedom Of
81 with them.
"a Are we to have spelling match or not?
n That's the question.
$ What has become OF the Confederate
"a grave e-lecoration matters
-Improvem' nts going ON slowly and
s& surely.
Il Hob. Larger. at TIE spelling match. at
q Fort Smith. slipped up on the word Gro.
"a sier," spelling it " crosarc.- The papers say
81 the mistake was received with bursts of APP
plsusc.
"a We look far a change Of weather. when
II 3thc moon fulls We hope so. tor we are tired
Hor wt"tcr.
Near time rsr pic MICS. fishing parties.
and sich like things.
n George Austin says that there are only
y two kinds of balls he likes, b-a-w-l-s. aud fish
4 balls. We have a hunkering after the latter,
q zoursclf
n One extreme follows another. 4 short
N time ago We had plenty of rain, and a super
N abundance of mud. Now We are nearly
n blinded by dust
g The boys and girls PLAYED croquet by
n moonlight, last Thursday night.
Corn and corn meal bring 81 25 per BUSH
\ el, and not plenty At that.
q "A considerable freeze, last Friday night /;
havn't heard whether any damage was
4 done.
Col. Georg +. White has gone to Fayettc-
Il willie to attced court.
n The latest Ia Wood & Brodie, Attornies.
a Their first case was the State of Arkansas VS.
d negro boy for stealing, before Justice Burrow.
N Jury case. Boy acquitted.
N Mayor Neal, and the new board Of Al
u dermen, have the affairs Of the city In hand,
"A now.
N The city council should make small ap-
N preparation for the burying ground. Let us
not forget the dead.
n The Odd-Fellows celebrate the 54th
anniversary of the order In the United States
II on the 10th, by apic mic, and other amusc-
" ments.
The Wallace boys were given sociable
q at MIR. Grady's, Wednesday night.
q Friday was a clustering day; more like
March than April.
81 Some one has intimatcd that the flower
stand that AL Ward has been making for
& short time Is to hold the flowers sent to jim.
n Faralee.
-" Blackfoot" was in Saturday with
! keg) to draw rations. They seem to be some
thing OF RATION -alists.
-BrOthcr Wheeler has belched forth a few
idictic sentences. In his last, but he never an
swcrcd our question as to how much 1t cost
the people of Fort Smith to establish the
Dutch Mil road route. We are anxious to
know Judge.
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