The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-11-26

we regretted to learn, yesterday morn.
ing that our old friend, Col. George W
Stoneroad, Is seriously sick, and that DR.. Per.
not had been sent 70 to see him,
The river rose about two feet, last week
but is now falling. Weather cloudy and cold
enough to snow.
Judges Turner and Brown and Capt. E.
G. Whitesides returned from the State Fair
Saturday night.
~ WARD L OGDEN keep the best
frauds of KEY-WEST CIGARS.
John Glass, one of the best me n In Alma
was in town. Saturday.
Alma has a wide-awake Marshall in All
Bst'ck' lie was in town. Saturday. still
hunting.
Tom. Poe put head on ex-deputy sher-
III Kunnett of Alma. Friday. The ex-depu.
WAS taken away from him. lie was inter.
viewed by the Mayor, with costs and fine on
lay.
--SLY 4 SKINNER have opened Bank In
the rear Of the Mayors Office, where deposits
can be made at all hours of the day, and par
tcuarly at night. Careful attention given to
Aedgings.
Had Il very consolinx little rain. Sunday
evening.
No religious service In the white church.
es. Sunday
" Just Received Krvut, Pick
les, Pigs Feet, Raisins, Currants,
Thanksgiving and Christmas, at
EDMONDSON'S
Passenger and freight trains on the L. X.
& F. $. Railway, leave Van Buren, in the NOR
ming at 6 40. and arrive In the afternoon at
4 :47. making connections. as usual, with the
St. Louis and Memphis trains.
Cold, A. Iockhart took the first premi-
UNI OF $40 for his Jack. at the State Fair, and
afterwards sold 1t for $3.50. He reports 1t 4
very creditable Fair. taken altogether.
Thursday Is Thanksgiving Day.
nUr WARD 4 OGDEN keep the best 3
CENT CIGARS H. the State.
There ARE IL ia the history of the
poor type--et, he is supremely hap.
py-wheb TIE Iup'i 81 dust that arise from
the case" to settle in his optics. and worry
him and colocate in his nostrils and Cypress
him, are scattered before the mind-prese nee
of pretty face, and the glistening Of pair
of intelligent bla,k eyes-when the monoto.
nous click, click" of the dumb and sense
less type is drowned In the sea OF gratitude
flowing from an act Of girl.kindness. We
are happy. A fountain of bliss Is throwing
the spray VI an intoxicating delight over the
dry and thirsty soil of our nature. A gor.
gcous smile has, ever since Friday, thrown its
beautiful shadows across our face. dis placing
for while the dark lines Of care that forty
summers have traced there There is one. at
least who remembers us. What an angel Is
that thought-remembered What a deliri-
um Of delight environs us, when we are ad-
viscd that" Mem'ry's weaving round with
garlands, thoughts ofus in some girls mind
Two splendid apples, as rosy as the fair cheeks
of her who sent them; as mellow and sweet
as her nature and disposition. and as luscious
rs the stream of benevolence that flows from
the fountain OF her own pure heart. were
laid upon our case. Friday morning. rs the
gilt Of Miss Fannie Warden. of Dripping
springs. More than once have we been the
recipient Of similar kindnesses from this girl
friend. and we hope she will never have rea-
son to regret them. May she be as happy in
the future. as she has made us, In the present,
by her gifts, Is our earnest PRAYER.
f. WARD l. OGDEN have the largest
and freshest stocks of DRUGS, MEDI-
CINES, FINE LIQUORS, TOBACCO,
and CIGARS ever brought to Van Blu
rem.
Trinity Church Sunday School Teachers
have. in contemplation, a Christmas tree for
their scholars.
Go to Nicodemus ami see the new tricks
he has got for the kitchen.
The new Methodist preacher Is looked for
the LIST of December.
~ Attorney General Turner of the
criminal court of Memphis, who was
elected, last August, on the National
ticket, has appointed Frank Cassels
(colored) assistant, This is the first in