The Van Buren press., 1878-08-06

}. ,is fathers store, and having "sowed hi,
oats" proposes to make man of him.
,slf. Good for jim.
IL -Down it goes! Coal oil has .had another
NJ .uat Little Rock to So cents. Now is the
lime to strike light
p Our young friend, George Gross, of Kan.
=. City, Is home on VISIT to see his venera-
O. Ia orandmothcr, the rest of the family, and
.tea shake with the boys.
' -Our old friend. Mr.. ID. c Williams, let &c
* :. hold OH the 1st Of the month, turning
b. cor lock, stock and barrel to the new firm
While regrettng to part with our good friend
G. we welcome the enterprising young
po who take his place, and wish them the
: ,ecess which has heretofore been the eXpe-
Ence Of this house.
x-Dr. John +. Shibley, and family, OF Rose
Ile. came up on the train, Friday night,
ra short visit.
I'VE like to be sacrificed on the altar Of OBJ
ration sometimes. 1t makes US wander
xay from the communion of our own self
onceit, and journey toward the realization or
nd fact that there Is somebody beside ourself,
hat should occasionally occupy place in
nr thoughts. Last Wednesday evening our
eart fairly jumped in our throats; We felt
Ike standing Oh our head for a week; joy
Went salloping and rollicking down the gold
N aises of our mind; happiness went waltz
Of No along the great ballroom of our nature !;
kweet content paved every roadway of our
hought-life, and we were the all-firedest jl,-
biant fellow that the scorching heat of Al.-
Il h,Ea In
pmi-occasionai atnosp spheric- oscillations fam
led into iusciousness. The reason why-we
I'M we're sent, by those two genial souls. Mrs.
hNlhaif and Abernethy, a basket of fine
apes and pears, for which we bow in graf
(ndc. May heaven bless them both is our
prayer. and may-may-may they do SO some
moro at the earliest opportunity.
baS~ WARD & OGDEN have the finest
ne of POCKET CUTLERY in the
own.
Judge B.J Brown and family left for
arlanele Springs. Thursday morning. Mrs
bose, his sister, left for her home at Clarks-
yilc. the same morning.
Mr.. John Morrison of st. Louis, was in
town. one day. last week.
George Wood has moved to town that he
n- may he more handy to his business.
- A telegram Monday morning, hurried
EDr Brown off to Alma. to sect sick patient.
-Berkey Neal. ESD is back from Il trip
~ Ito the mountains.
# We are under obligations to Mrs. Lizzie
- (sMe%iows Moody for a. h~h dozen or the lar
gst and finest peaches we have seen or tast-
ed. We wouldn't mind being served the same
way again Mrs. Lizzie.
Target shooting is at present the rage
lnong the youngsters.
Charlie Dickson goes to Dardancllc with
John Mcllyaigh, to learn harness and saddle
Try business. The goodwishes Of all our pco-
y pie will 20 with our little friend in his manly
determination. Be steatfy, Industrious, hon
=. land frugal, and We have no fear for the re-
suit, Charlie.
Our colored friends have stopped their
protracted meetings.
There was nothing done at the Murphy
meeting, last Wednesday night
Young George Austin is making himself
useful by occupying his time in the drug
store of Seargie Pernot.
D- WARD & OGDEN keep the best 3
CENT CIGARS in tho State.
Through the indcfatigable excrtions of
Capt. Sam. Martin, the clock is now running,
and our people realize its great convenience.
The excessive heat has prevented the hang
Inn Of ball Al. .k..I
nection. IIurrah for Sam. Martin, Alvis
Smith, and all Van Buren, thrown in.
: Mr.. Nicodemus has moved his family
into the Garrett house.
Charlie Ribling in endeayoring to solve
thequcston as to which was the most COM
pact human flesh or glass, cut his hand very
severely. AN doubt in his mind, in the mat
Ter, has been removed.
The Murphys meet In their new hall, to-
morrow night.
Steps should be taken to stop the fast run
nng of the hand-car across the Main street
crossing.
-"Whcw ~ is the way folks now express
their feelings. .f-4 a.
Mosquitoes are few. but oh. how touch :
tagy tender.
How will the transfer-boat Of the rail-
road make the trip to Fort Smith when the
river Is low, and how long will it require to
make the trip?
It- WARD & OGDEN have the largest,
ana freshest stocks of DRUGS, MEDl-
II ZINES, FINE LIQUORS, TOBACCO,
ana CIGARS ever brought to Van Bu-
II ron.
--for some cause, work has been discon,
"hued by the lar. & FS Railway, at Stone
ROAD But the company is busy all along the
Nhe, putting the road in order,
-Big barbecue at the Colony, to. day, by
the eolored citizens.
--coi. Icb. Pettigrew. Sheriff Of Washing
sou eouRty. and Col. Dick Shores, of Frank
wi eeuaty, spent Sunday in Van Buren.
n Mr.. Abe. Qnessenbury, of Mulberry
h'opped oyer, Sunday. in Van Buren,, on his
MY to the TpitaJ ato f~nurt n Fort Smif