The Van Buren press., 1875-08-03
Pleasant weather.
Items are very scarce

I Pleasant weather.
II Items are very scarce.
u Mosquitoes are humming merrily,
The wicked flea" hereabouts doth much
bbound.
-Pennywit Spring is beseiged by pretty
] girls and tired boys
Weeds are good crop on our streets, and
Ire thriving admirably.
The town is very quiet, and there Is moth
ling new under the sun.
! Hon. Jesse Turner is making preparations
Ito build new dwelling house, in the rear OF
his old one.
n Mr. d. C. Williams spent day or two at
the Pennywit Springs.
q Capt. w. h. Shoemaker. of Lees Greek,
espsssed through town, Wednesday.
81 Our better half is indebted to Mr.. Daniel
|hfichael for a basket of excellent apples. Mr..
M is one Of the best and thriftiest farmers in
4he county. And the female portion Of the
kamily are fully equal in their department.
N Mr.. George E. Jameson, assistant editor
III the Clarksville Van Guard. spent a day
Or two in our town. during the past week.
Nv. we're glad to take him by the hand.
ID Nj Lynch is clearing up about his cotton
|asA#Gin, preparatory to the coming OF the new
Sbfop
8 The Maumelie lay here all night, Mon
Alay, taking on -four.
81 Our millers are payiny the highest prices
s3or wheat, and will continue to do so. If the
market is not crowded. Our farmers will d o
well to hold back their wheat.
n Mrs. B. J. Brown, and family, are back
from the Pennywit Spring
u Miss Mamie Wright is home again. from
Der trip to Clarksvlle, and our "good-loek-
sack cloth and ashes
81 Col. Bob Newell has been "under the
Ewe4ther,' during the past week.
y Callahan & Co 3 mill have shut down. for
"a short time Want of cotton Is the cause. 1t
will resume. again, as soon as the nsw crop
Ebegins to come to market.
H -hubIlu MaTClll ~ NdTu HANc TciHOfSu W
the store recently occupied by Capt. II. C.
RoBards.
-H. c. RoBards is doing busiacss at the
llsk son 4 old stand
The coiored barber-ous gentlemen have
disappeared.
Misses Mary Fundenbcrg and Mary Robin
bon, went out to the Pennywit Spring, Fri
Day.
ri --Ckcuit court of Crawford county holds
Ms next session on the Goth Of september. and
3hen follows the franklin circuit court on the
T3st Monday in October.
m - Judge Wheeler, Of the Independent,
kas over. Saturerv. We were pleased to see
3im looking so well.
Sd "A big river, at this season OF the year. Is
hn item OF news. For two weeks the river
has been up and down from three to ten feet.
But Friday night it took start and rose from
that time, in thirty six hours, twelve feet,
making at least seventeen feet Of water by the
EE&auge on Monday morning, aad still rising
lowly.
# Had drenching rain storm, accompani-
Hfd by a violent wind. Some peach and other
frees were blown down in different parts Of
Abe town.
" -ltlsoks strange to see standing water on
tic streets.
81 Col. Geo. Z. White is now the Agent Of
5sfhe Arkansas Stage and Express Company
Tickets for lie to all parts Of the country.
"a The ST. Louis mail, due Friday afternoon,
||afid not get in till Saturday morning, on ac-
HFount of the rain.
~ DIR, Z. Wall had valuable horse stolen
from him Thursday night
81 j. s. Brodie has had a relapse, and his
|bheumatism Is as bad as at the first The wet
|aand damp weather has probably hol its effect
bon him.
II Late information from Guss. Ward re-
him in very poor health, and not bcne-
Efttcd any BY the trip to Colorado.
q Sam, Dauxherty has been down the Lit
ue Rock road prospecting during the past
Eseek.
The first of the season. G. G. Watrous
Eleft on our table two Cuba yam potatoes, of
very good size.
Most of the mail by the Little Rock route,
Eeamc in very wet, Saturday morning.