The Van Buren press., 1878-12-24

EE A Christmas dinner would hard
ly be complete without a bearsteak.
Step in at McGee & Meyers Market
and get it.
Christmas trees at the Episcopal and the
Methodist churches, Wednesday night Eve
rybody is invited.
The election of school directors, Satur-
day, went by default-no election held. The
Board will, consequently, remain as it now is,
Messrs. Moore and Southmayd holding over.
@- Egg-nog- foundation, pure bran
dy, old Jamaica rum, whiskeys, wines,
&c., tor Christmas, at WARD & OGDEN's.
Masters Chas. f. Brown. Bean. Winfrey
and o. Echols. students at the Arkansas In
dustrial University. at Fayetteville, came
home to spend Christmas week.
Jim. Steele got bone in his arm broken
Saturday night, in scuffle.
w In order to give their customers
something rare tor their Christmas din
ner, McGee & Meyer kill fat bear
tonight, and will deal it out to them in
the morning.
The Methodist theatrical netted about
$50.
Albert Logan and Alice Crawford jump
ed the fence, and were married, Sunday.
Bay For a substantial and handsome
Christmas gift, why, just drop in at
WARD & OGpENs.
The Sun lay School of the colored NJ. f.
church North. will give an entertainment. on
Wednesday night, the 2Jth--Christmas night
gramme abounds in good things, and our col
ored friends may look for Il crowded house.
The Missionary Baptist church. colored,
of Van Buren, give supper at Robinson
Hall, Thursday night. There is no use of
telling them all to GO for their faces are set
that way already, and the house " i'll be owe
run.
EE In PURCHASING Christmas oft
don't fail to look at the FINE CUTLERY at
WARD 4 OGpEN's.
Ep A very large supply of elegant
CHRISTMAS and HOLIDAY PRES
ENTS, at very Low PRICES, at the Gen.
tral Store, opposite the Court House.
The death of Mrs. Forester, mother-n-
law OF Col. John b. Luce. took place at Fort
Smith on Thursday night last.
-Messrs. VIII Cravens and others, will
please accept our thanks for an invitation to
a holiday ball, at Fayetteville, on the 9th
inst. Our day" has passed, but thanks for
The remembrance.
LADIESt
N. +. CORNELIUS has Just received
large lot of CLOAKS, and would like
TO have you look at them. They are
the LATEST STYLES just out.
Coils. Sargent and II. H Cloud, in the
interest of the Kansas City and Joplin north
western railroad. were in Van Buren, seve-
raj days, last week. and started back, Sunday.
They came down what is known as the Alma
route and returned by the Cove Creek route.
Several of our citizens met them and gave to
them all the information desired, in regard to
the various projected lines to connect with
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway.
IS;s- A beautiful line of SHAWLS,
DRESS GOODS, EMBROIDERY and
generally, at AUSTIN & BouR-
LANDS.
pSy- For handsome pARLoR ORNAMENTS
for Christmas present, drop in at
WARD & OGDENs.
The Rev Dr. Kregel, the new Methodist
clergyman, arrived on Thursday, and, Sun
day morning and night preached his first
sermons.
Several bad boys went out to Flat Rock,
skating, Sunday. One of the worst of the
party broke through the ice, and got good
wettipg all over. If this is not lesson to
him he will get one not put down in the
books.
fgBear meat at McGee and Meyers
Market, tomorrow morning.