The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-18

from wagons, $3.50 to So rs. Corn
meal 40 to As cts. Oats 90 cts. Prairie
Hay, S. 80 per ton Irish Potatoes sc
cts. Sweet Potatoes so cts. Chickens
sl.25 per doz Coal, from wagons, %
cts per bushcl. Cabbage 5 cts.
IT. Austin s. Bourland are the
Agents for the " Cream of Craw
ford County Flour the. very best
Flour in the State. $3 25, pres
ent price. wi
Major Whitfield, of Tennessee, is
prospecting through this part of Arkan-
sas, for home to emigrat6 to. w c
think we have got just the country to
suit him, and we want just such an adj
dition to our population as this gentleman
would make.
The second number of the Western
Immigrant, published at Dardanelle, un-
der the new regime, is ON our table NJ
l.. Davis, Esq, is its editor. II is, as of
old, ably edited. and has healthy look
We wish it that success that energy and
j taentis sure to command
Capt. 4. G. Whitesides ginned the
first two new bales of cotton, and D. G.
Williams shipped it Thursday. They
were raised by Anderson Graves and
Warren Davidson, both of them being
of our best colored citizens.
We enjoyed pleasant call from our
! old friend, w, J. Remey, Esq, of Pleas
I ant Hill, Friday He spent few hours
! in the cabinet of curiosites of DR..
j Bourland, and then went out to visit rel
/ atiyes at Dripping Springs.
4 We omitted, last week, to call at.
u tention to the new advertisement in our
] paper of the " National Bank of Fort
n Smith, This is one of the best manag-
4 ed banks in the United States, and does
1 large business. Mr.. p X, Roots, the
Cashier, is an affablc gentlemen, with
whom it is pleasure to do business
The nalEc Of b. Baer, the President, is a
/" household word all through Western
Arkansas We don't think it best to
have too much to do with banks, but if
you choose to do so, the National Bank,
Of Fort Smith, is the one.
Miss Mcbride, formerly Superinten-
dent of the Van Buren, School, has
Rohnron nf tho High School. Mt Pima
Bluff. as Principal, at 500 per month,
and her sister, as assistant, at $50 per
i month.
i Our thanks are due Prof Bryan, the
Superintendent of the Van Buren, School,
\ for synopsis of the proceedings Of the
Teachers Institute, held at Fort Smith,
4 last week.
4 ~ The F." Cream of Crawford ;"
] Flour, made by the Callahan Mills
I can always be found at Austin &
Bourland's. They guarantee every
\ sack. If not good it can be return
n ed. wi
4 Maj G. A. Mayors, of St. Louis, is
n in town for few days.
II Mrs. Ella Newell, left for Brooklyn,
II New York, and Mrs. James Whitfield for
u Bclot, Wisconsin, to spend the winter
u They go with the best wishes of many
n friends for pleasant visit and safe re
N turn.
Miss May Walker, of Memphis,
" who has been spending several days with
II Mrs John Gardner, of Fort Smith, took
n the train. at Van Buren,, yesterday morn
n ing, for St. Louis, on her way home.
n Miss May is charming young lady, and
II will be very much missed by her friends
n in Arkansas.
"A. Wallace Ward returned from his
n Memphis trip, Friday night.
n -Messrs Quescnberry and Locke took
in Van Buren,, Sunday.
Mr.. Charles e. Isham is back from a
three months trip to the east, recuperat
\ cd. and looking tirst1ate, and resumes
his old place on the Press.
Mr.. J. +. Quailc, Of Ozark, came
up on the train, Saturday night, and took
\ the stage acting as escort for Misses
Mary Mansfield. Sue Qualle, and Alice
Il Moore, to The Industrial College at Fay
ettcyille.
Van Buren'a eye-sore has returned,
4 and is located on the steps to the Court
House. s4
Time on the l.. r. and F. S. Railway
has changed, the train leaving Van Buren,
going down, at 1905, instead Of 1880.
and arrive at $50. Travellers will take
notice.
Col. John G. Wheeler, of the Fort
Smith Independent, wife and children,
n passed down on the train, Monday on
ihelr way for q visit to Mrs. w leeler s