The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-08-21


ION trip over the mountains.
ID We regret to learn of the death Of a
D ery interesting boy Of Mr.. Ak. Good
y, two weeks since.
Mrs. James Lawson and family, of
tile Rock, who have been spending the
inner with her mother in Van Buren,,
h for. their home Thursday morning,
VI -Paymaster Gay, Of the L r Il F S
ilvay, was up over the road Wednes
v, settling up the Indebtedness Of the
mpany This COMPANY :. f"-s"n-te !"
selection of Mr.. Gay for this posi-
pn.
The colored excursionists from Lit
Rock, numbered over two humid ed.
eduesday. Had q brass band along
ID we're enjoying the nselves hugely.
n Twelve U. S. prisoners, one Of them
eelored woman, passed down on the
lain Wednesday morning, for Detroit.
ichigan, to serve out their sentence.
|udee Parker OF the Western District is
aking quick work of the offenders OF
be law.
a The picnic at Prairie Grove School
ouse on Wednesday. although not as
! krge As sometimes, was one Of the best
cid this summer. They know just how
% do it and never fail.
Coils. j. A. Lockhart and Geo. E.
White, are administering justice, as U.
Jurors AT Fort Smith, to the transgress-
Srs of tue law.
II Hon. Logan II. Roots, wife and
Shild, passed down on the train Wednes'
Day morning for their home, Little Rock.
they have been visiting a week or two
" Fort Smith.
4 1t was Capt Jim Mathew that led
5he colored troops" Wednesday. When
1he train passed Van Buren, Capt. jim"
Fas lying across cake of ice, and SO
Dick
Conductor Buckner is back to his
pos. on the l.. Il. Il F. S Railway. after
months absence at the sick and death
bed of his wife, at her home in Tennes-
bee .
IL you don't believe the drummer"
!, N ~. land. atop down to the depot
hbout train t,mc-coming or going-you
kill find them in force.
Father Smythe held service in the
Catholic Church Sunday.
C. r. Horton, matchmaker and jew
flcr, at Mrs. Fitchner's Millinery Empo-
fium, Fort Smith, keeps constantly on
band fine assortment of Clocks, jew
elry, etc. Watches sent to him from
heighborirg towns for repairs, will re
k:elve prompt attention. may %
If il was no. for oar "better halt -"
Ewc don't know what we should do---for
grapes She is again indebted to Mr..
Louis Gratf tor basket of various kinds
Chat are superior to any thing in tn
Igrape line We have seen this season. As
the season is about over, now is the time
No leave your orders tor his choice grapes
Our friend brewery is burning brick
for the repairs Of the Court House, as
it requires brick little smaller than
those now used for building purposes,
The L. r L. F. S. train was late p
hours Thursday night. Engine disabled.
Some Of the Little Rock colored
brother excursionists, got by the wool
on their return trip between Fort smith
and Van Buren,, Thursday. There was
= music in the hair for while.
Misses Eta Wynne and Maria Watt,
and Messrs. Locke and Watt OF Alma,
came up on the train to attend Miss Rose
Williams Musical Thursday night
There was general hugging, kiss
Ing and congratuln.ion in the rear of our
Office on the arrival Of the colored excur
sion train from Little Rock Wednesday.
Old Aunt Fanny had daughter arrive
that she had not seen for over twenty
years. "Aunty" was happy for one day
The new steamer Katie Hooper,
named after the daughter OF DR.. Hooper
Of Little Rock, and built for the Arkan-
sas river, is It's feet long. So feet beam,
with 81 feet hold in the clear. The boil.
ers, three in number. are OF steel, double
rivited. ~ feet in length, 36 inches in d.
ameter. The engines. l3,inch cylinders,
with five feet stroke, we're made by Capt
Jas. Rees. The driving wheel is 10 feet
diameter with buckets 26 feet in length
She cost $4,000. She will be in the
river in few days.
DR. Pernot Of Van Buren, was called
to consultation with DR.. Wynne of AL
ma last Friday. The young daughter o.
A. B. Howell was very low. We are glac
to know she is much better as we 60 te
press.
Col Rob Newell rep~esents the wei