The Van Buren press., 1878-09-17

-lnvigorating.
Good nights to sleep.
Bad mornings to awake.
Mosquitoes don't like the change.
The cool brings the color to the face.
--Glass-ball shooting is still in ORDER
Another porker killed by the locomotive
john Wade has gone East on business
trip.
business was pretty lively in town, last
Saturday. tau
Maj. Darrow is improving slowly from
his Bruises
Large freight trains on the road are of
oft occurrence.
Tom. Davis is row clerk at the house of
.. Lee King Il Co.
Bill Orme has sold his saloon and gone
into the fancy grocery business.
Maj, Hartman has been locating the rail-
road ON the other side of The river.
A WARD T. OGDEN keep the best 5
CENT GIG AIRS in the State.
Dick Bourland. of the house Of Austin &
Bourland, has gone to ST. Louis for goods.
--School-day those frightful bugbears to
ehiidren-are drawing near.
Mrs. p. II Hillycr aud young Philo,
and Misses Williams and Hilyer, took a
drive up to Van Buren,. one day, last week.
The religious thermometer of Van Bu-
Buren, does not show very much religious
warmth. Not regular preacher in the
town at the present time.
--Traterhart, the saw-ml man, who was
located on the site of the old cotton factory.
was in town. last week He Is in the calf
trade, and lives in Oswego. Kan.
We are glad to know that our Young
friend. Charley Pape, who has been seriously
i'll, is slowly and surely recovering, and. at
present writing is able to at his daily o.cu-
patton.
Judge Huckleberry is proving the excel
lence of his qualifications as a citizen, by
the active interest which he takes in the ef-
forts which are being made to secure the
railroad crossing at this point.
The country people. we are happy to
Know, are awakening to the Importance to
the entire county OF y railroad crossing at
Van Buren. and are doing all that they can
j to aid in its accomplishment
d rF- WARD & OGDEN keep the best
q brands of KEY WEST CIGARS.
Cotton picking has commenced. and Af-
ric's sable son and daughters have plenty of
1t to do.
John Wade has bought out Bill. Orme
and is fitting up the saloon formerly occupi-
ed by him.
The supper and hop, Thursday night for
the benefit of the yellow plague sufferers,
resulted in $40.
-GIon. Gran. Wilcox delivered very in
teresting lecture at the Murphy Temperance
meeting last w sdne,day night.
Mr.. A. j. Gross, familarly cognamentiz-
ed as " Bud" has lett these parts for Kansas
City. Missouri.
Bishop Fitzgerald, of Little Rock. and
Father Lawrence Smyth, of Fort Smith, were
In town. one day, last week.
And here comes Andy Lockhart, one day
last week, with fine lot of peaches. ANDY"
That juvenile cosmopolitan, Charley Da-
Wis has wended his winding way to Van Bu-
ren, and, we hope, will make up his mind to
stay.
Our young friend. James. I. Austin, got
away with the classical shooters last Tues
day afternoon, breaking nine out of ten
balls.
1E WARD & OGDEN have the largest,
and freshest stocks of DRUGS, MEDI-
CINES, FINE LIQUORS, TOBACCO,
and CIGARS ever brought to Van Bu-
rem.
-Leonidas Neal has been appointed Post
master of Cedarvlle. in this county. vice Pc
ter Hunt resigned. "Lee" will make a good
one.
Several bales OF cotton were brought in
town, Saturday, and sold at from to 91a
cents.
Maj. A. Hood, son-in-law of lMr. Geo.
Stoneroad of this coss,sts. was in town few
days, last week. He is wellk known to many
old Confederate boys.
Hodges returned from Van Buren, Monday
She contemplates teaching music class here
and she is thoroughly competent and highly
deserving.
Ia WARD & OGDEN have the finest
line of POCKET CUTLERY in the
town.
board for students at the Univerity, at
fayetteville has gone up from Sl2 to $l5
L month
-Col. W. J. Largen, representing Stewart.
'wynne g. Co., grocers and cotton factors,
VIII, hereafter make his headquarters at Lit
We Rock, The Colonel Is No. l, and his
House ditto.
lion. W. W. Wiltshire. and Gen, j. N Sar-
pef' passed down the road Monday morning.
s WARD & OGDEN keep IMPORT