The Van Buren press., 1878-08-27

Our young friend George Whites symp.
toms are much better. He'll pull through.
The old man knight. who committed Q
rape OH his grand daughter, causing death
was brought in.Friday night.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith railway
!. now receiving freight for st. Louis.
j. Paul Jones, New York drummer, is
auaranti1cd on the steamer Maumclle, at
Wells Ferry, below Little Rock.
Slime. Thruston, the popular telegraph
and station agent OF the Little Rock and Ft
Smith Hallway, ut Cherokee, took a run down
to Van Buren,, Wednesday morning, to take
shake with Little Rock visitors.
seIr WARD & OGDEN have the finest
line of POCKET CUTLERY in the
town.
Twenty Little Rockers were sweltering
at Alma, Tuesday night and Wednesday and
Wednesday night, waiting for transportation
to Fayetteville. We suppose they enjoyed
q themselves.
The weather continues extremely hot, and
is almost unbearable.
Why was our town, a Willie ago, like a
widow? Beeaus it was in its weeds.
IT you want to have good { p time, Just
Z go to Cherokee on the train, and take your
! chances to get to Fort Smith by midnight.
We think the ferry-crossing, at Fort Smith,
4 i, stupendous and outrageous fraud. In "A
little while, unless there should be rain, the
4 river can be easily forded at Fort Smith. The
i railroad Ia sengers can then save time and
money by wa!ling into Fort Smith. Such an
! act would certainly De preferable to the pres
ent manner of crossing the river.
Mrs. Dave. Brodie ana child, and Miss
Maggie Tobin, of Alma have come up to Van
Barren, to recupcrate. Always glad to have
our sons and daughters come home.
Gs- WARD q OGDEN keep the best
brands Of KEW EST CIGARS.
AT the present time Van Buren is at the
Esandb bar above.
Had another glass-ball shooting for sill
|Zycr cup, and Tom. McGee was the winner.
n County Clerk Scott has taken possession
Eof his new Office in the new Court House
#huil,ling We venture to say that there is
8not better, more substantial. or more elc-
giant Court House or public building in the
state
% Constable Pevey captured the Old man
3inight, who commiti.,.i rap. on i.i- grand
thHd at Cincinnati, and lodged him in Van
B0rcn Jail saturday morning
# The Board of Health are hard at work
Eclcaning up the town. In week Van Buren,
Sill be looking as nice and clean US Il new
pin Let everyone use lime and other disin-
|Stcctants, that there may not be Il bad smell
Ring spot in the whole town.
81 -Kimcs will have his wool-cardlng ma
Kchinc in operation in few days.
ID N. +, Cornelius has gone to st. Louis on
E business.
ID DR.. Pornot, Chairman of the Board of
|2lieath, is giving his personal attention to the
Esrenoyation of the town, and deserves the
Estlanks of the citizens of Van Buren,.
There lisa large pile of old clothes back
Wv WV b'hN hNhi 'Nl tlilNt, NHlSII
be removed or destroyed.
# One OF the features of tho Agricultural
@ialr viii be grand glass ball shooting
4natch for $40 silver cup.
III Saturday was lively day. Lots of the
] 81 horny handed" in town.
"A new meat-markct talked of in town.
Had delightful rain, Sunday evening,
Flnd Monday was considerably cooler.
III a shhmish between two colored citizens
John Hays and Pete Mars. resulted in John
Frttihg severe beating at the hands ofPete,
9''oWed up by beating by Constable Pevey.
IA" hlskey and women the cause.
III The picnic at White Springs was wcllat
aended, and passed off tremendously. Spca-
alhg' dancing, and plenty of everything
good to cat, made the day one to be long and
apply remembered. Lees Creek citizens
fan't be beat
Col. Geo, T. Sparks one Of the solid mcr-
aahts of Fort Smith, passed down on the
rain, Thursday morning.
Our friend Col George r. White has had.
"ohtcIHplat10n, Tor some time, Il "TRIP 10
noSton, his eastern home. In some way, the
Pact leaked out. and some one, supposing that
Gorge would shake off the Van Buren, dust
from his feet, yesterday, Monday, morning,
1se1ermincd that there should be something g
80 pehlhd him as a rcmcmbrancer, to call
9'is GENIAL self to mind when land and sea do
III f'tch between him and his southern home.
- tue east side, and near the front of the
IE"ndlh@ where our good friend dormitorial-
- thcfe declines bulletin board just
II The dawn Of dar, when one by one the
- had twinkled out before the golden col
Ill Oh approaching dawn, slyly and with
u plscless footsteps, young man with a huge
'oe OF chalk in hand, approached the black
f3Neo board, and after few minutes work
III Tile white material. as cunningly and
''ctiy rctreated. The sun had climbed well
E%p Che sky, and here and there n ringing
I sent quivcrngly upon the morning air
I Il oreakfaSt-summons. Our friend arises
q ','' MS bachelor couch, and prepares for the
meal As he passes by the corner he
'''ceS something on the bulletin board. II
81 "eaFicaturc of himself en- route for Bos-
| - lie is upon the back of n hog. and /,
III presented as yelling "Farcwell. yellow
- south of him is Van Buren. ami nortl,
49, NJ him Boston the city of refuge. Our