The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07
REV. Mr. Grenada tho now proa;a

Kew Mr. Grenade, the new Presid
ing Elder of the NJ F. Church, South
for this District, filed his first appoint
ment at Van Buren,, on Saturday ant
: Sunday. He is one of the best men il
the conference, and he will do sooc
} woik. Rev Mr.. Grcathouse, the station
preacher, is also here, aud arrangement.
are being made for himself and his fami
ly. 'aa
Henry Glass has received the lar
gest and best assortment Of PAPER HANa
mos brought to Van Buren, for Ions
time ii t'
--SIessrs. Qucssenhury and Halle
were up from Pleasant Hill, Saturday
night, and left for home, yesterday, b,
rail fHfz& tr
Col. j E. Cravens was in town, Sun
day, aud left for below, Monday morn.
ing.
Judge John Mcclure, of Little
Rock, has been in this part of the State
several days. interviewing, and getting
straight the leaders of the radical for.
ees, We believe he has the rank and
file about all in line. All the re.
publican votes that Mr. Rice will get
III this county, you may count on your
fingers. s===.... ......=#=s
DR.. Wynne, Of Alma, was in town,
Saturday. s-s ...--y. @s
DR., Pove and Fred. Bushmire took
in the circus, etc, Saturday. ,EF
Attached to Coles circus is "side.
show. y Connected with II is gamblihg Q
machine, where the softs - are taken
in. 1t is a disgrace to the company, and
should be broken up. siii azT
Mr.. Charles Drennen, and Will Ea
kin returned from Little Rock, last week.
Had a hard thunder storm, Sunday
night. s
Mrs Nettie Schaurte and daughter,
of st Louis, are visiting their old home,
in Van Buren,
L Graf has moved his shop to op.
posite the Court House.
The Mayor of Gum Town came up
to the Circus, Saturday.
Jake johnson, who is in the Jail for
stealing Nathan Binghams horse, got en-
overdose of chloroform Sunday, and
liked to have gone ny the spout.
sE Cash pal for FAT HOGS, by
e. b Hit
Office at Mckbben's Store.
They mus be a tootAless people, at
Alma, or else have never known the de-
lIuiousness Of first class tooth ache, as
DR.. Yarbro made but short stay, there.
The Doctor, will 60 down agair in few
days. and will cary along to make the
teeth of those who may call upon him,
ache in the most approved manner if
they do not, or stop aching if they do,
few true and tried samples
Movers, going to, and from Texas,
pass through town, every day.
Our friend Hill went fishing the 9TH
er day, and caught two minnows. He
says the fish ought to have better man.
ners than to treat a stranger in such u
shabby way.
- Cash paid for FAT HOGS, by
G. b. HILL.
| Office at McKibben's Store.
Our grist mills are sending away Il
great deal Of flour
The enterprise of Gum Town is
boundless. We learn that they offered
Coles Circus $75 ifthey would stop there
and not come on to Van Buren,. Sorry
they did not accept the offer, for we find
our town this morning, as empty of
small com, as contribution box is. usu-
ally, of Sunday morning.
Through Joe. Peevey, our efficient
township Constable, we are possessed of
the following information. He made the
attaches of side-show of w W. Coles 8
circus, disgorge the following amounts of
money robbed from the persons here ma
med Old man Morgan, $50, James Sher.
man, $40, Wees, $40, p. May field, S.,
an old negro, $40, and person whose
name he had forgotten, $500, making, in
all, Sill.
In family who live near town,
there are quite number of boys. In a
stones throw of the house there is a
cotton gin, and at that locality the young
sters often spend the night in the cotton.
1t was the circus nigh, and the boys
were in town quite late. One by one
they came home and went to bed, until
all were safely housed but the oldest,
John. Midnight came, and still the boy
had not put in an appearance. The ma
ter familias tried to turn out the pater-
familias to make the search for the alb
sent one, but the efforts with her drowsy
lord were irnitless. Then she tackled