The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-23

ram YET how long, oh Lord, how long.
Mrs, @. W. Bush has returned from
hussellville, her sister is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. N. w. brewery ,eft
sunday for = visit Of sight seeInr NJ
the great Fair. s ~
The apple crop Of Washington cou..
y VIII bring 500, 0eO. Arkansas CAN'T
% beat for FRUIT. A
Ms. Geo. Austin and Mlss Ii,.,a
OieEg returned from their summers
visit In Canada last Friday.
Mr.. Earl Witt, of Little Rock rail.
toed service, has been transferred =.
the office here In Van Buren,.
Billy Ksrsands with his fsmous kar.
NOUN Will be ct the Opera Hone
next Tuesday night. Sept. Is.
;, The military company 10 . ,uooe...
Every person whose name 10 enrolIed
should attend the next meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. D. Scott and Ma.
ter Durham left Monday noon tn ~
In the sights Of the Worlds Fair.
, Nj. Max Lyons and family went to
Fort Smith Tuesday to keen Wednes.
dsy the Hebrew Day OF A tenement,
Camden's base ball team cla,ms tn
90 the champions Of Arksnsas and
Louisiana. Where are the Browns?
The United Confederate Veteran.
reunion to be held ct BirminSham
Ala.' has been indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Robt. Brown, Cashier Of the
Citisens' Bank, took the Valley Road
tuesday to Welt the great Expedition.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Rogers loft Tues.
Gay morning, over the L. r. 4 TT. g.
hoad for Chicago, to visit the Worlds
Fair.
Drill Master Mcdowell, has been
doing some good work drilling SQUAD
on nights other than the regular drill
night.
Mr.. Charles Norman and mother are
visiting the Exposition. Mrs. Norman
will visit her home In Illinois before
returning.
The ladies Of the Christian church
will have q lunch counter on Main
street to-day, Saturday, at same place
a. last Saturday.
II the Cherokee Boomer" CORES.
pondent Of the Republic tells the truth
the only robbery intended ct Lille
was to steal ride.
Hicks foretells long hard winter.
II he would cause 1t to rain, every
citizen Of Crawford county would rise
up and call him blest.
Rev. Slaug Of Eureka Springs,
who has been helping In the protrsct.
ed meeting ct the Baptist church has
returned to his home.
The Iron Mountain Route will sell
excursion tickets to tho Ex-C0nfedsr-
ate Reunion at Birmingham, Ala, for
one fare for the round trip-$l7.l5.
Twenty awards in the educational
department have been given to Ar.
kansas at the Worlds Fair, and we
have q chance to secure other awards.
Mr.. J. J. Gentry, of Spsrtanburg, =.
c., has been visiting the Exposition,
returned this way home to see his old
friends, all had hearty shake for
him.
The remains of ex-Presldent Polk
and wife, the tenth President Of the
United States, were removed Tuesday
Sept. 10th, to the State Capital Of
Tennessee.
Tho fare to Chicago and return 10
getting lower and lower ~ tho time
for closing the Exposition comes near.
Probably the poor "print" can 20
after awhile.
Gov, Fishback will speak Of the
Rogers Fair on the "ResOurCes of Ar
kaneas, Its Future, &c." The day has
not yet been decided on which he will
make his address.
Great preparations are being made
for tho Elk Confederate Reunion 1t
Bon t0nville ON q, q and % inst. Every
ex-confederate soldier In Crawford
county should attend.
Mr.. Avis Smith has won the eternal
gratitude Of the military company BY
letting them have the unoccupied
room In the Smith Wallace block, rent
freq, until Il was rented.
Rev. Adams announced ct the Pros
byterian church last Sunday that he
would preach ct that church to-mor.
row Sunday, but on account Of un.
fOreseen circumstances tho appoint
ment has been cancelled.
Tho Famous Georgia Minstrels will
be at Murta's Opera, House Tuesday
night. The noted Billy Kersands,
the great colored comedian 10 with
this company. A grand Cake Walk
after the performance.
'All 10 not gold In the Strip The re.
turned Boomers say they are glad to get
back, tive honestly would not take .
claim In the Strip a. . gift, no sour
grap pes In 1t either" Tho trains all
crowded with the returners.
Quite . blaze Monday noon from the
sharks of the north bound Frisco train,
the whole hillside was In blaze the
sparks set fire to the dried grass and
II rot inside of the yard Of Mrs. Gar
rett's house before 1t was put out.
The venerable Aquilla Hutchins,
who IL 90 years ofage, was baptised Dy
Immersion In the Primitive Baptist
Church last Sunday, ut his home near
Brentwood, Rev. }. r. Loving per
forming the ceremony.-Fayetteville
Sentinel.