The Van Buren press., 1894-07-07

,... ~. AploWH CaSHl6F OF the
Oltlzehs Bank, was in Little Rock this
week, attending the drill.
For SALE-Devonshire Cows with
young calves, by J. X. P. Douglass.
""o iiii'e oouIn OF Alma. At.
Miss Fannie Scott and Master Dun-
nam Scott, went to Little Rock Mon.
day to see the "Soldier boyso
Judges Rogers and Read, of Fort
smith, We're In the city Thursd ay. In
attendance on the Circuit Court.
Jacob Blass has purchased the stock
OF the New York Store aud will sell
1t at sacrifice Tor short time.
Misses Annie Boiling and Louise
Floyd tf Alma, are in the city this
week, guests of Miss Lou Wright.
A. J. Lockhart. of Van Buren,. was
visiting his wife's father, Ed. Larkin
Scott, last week. -Bentonville Sun.
Miss Eula Edmondson, of Dalton.
Ga, Is In the city visiting her cousin
Col. Sam Edmondson.-F. S. Record.
Mayor Hawkins, returned from
Winslow for a few days Thursday
night, and is looking and feeling
much better.
The unsettled condition of railroad
travel has prevented q good many
from attending the drill ut Little
Rock this week.
Miss Mabel Miller, of Van Buren,
spent several days last week with the
family Of Prof. J. e. Massie.
vile Sentinel.
Mrs. Senator Berry and Mrs. Carter,
sisters of Mrs. DR.. o. M. Bourlapd
were in the city Sunday on their way
to Eureka Springs.
Misses Maud and Pearl Farrow, ac-
companied by their brother, Harvey
Farrow, left Monday morning for a
visit to relatives in Little Rock.
Engineer David Eakin, of the Fort
Smith Road, was badly burned by the
bursting OF water gauge on his en-
gine near Gala Creek saturday even
lug.
Misses Lydia Stewart, Renna Byars,
Lula Caraway and Mary Norfleet of
Alma, were guests of Mesdames
Frazer and Hfggs and took in the 4th
at Mansfield.
Frank McKibben. son of F. r. Nc
Kibben, of Van Buren,, graduated
with the highest honors at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, of
Boston, Mass.
Hon. ]. l.. Tullis, of the Hope
Gazette, passed up the X. & A. V. last
week on his way TO the Indian Terri
tory, to fill commission rendered
him by the President.
Miss Eula Peirce, returned home on
the 10Th from six months session at
the New England Conservatory of
Music, Boston, Mass. Miss Eula will
find warm welcome from many
friends.
DIED.-At the residence of his
father in Var Buren,, Friday night
June 20 1894, w. NJ. Young. Deceased
has long been sufferer of that dread
disease, consumption. Funeral Sat
urduy at o'clock under the auspices
of the Knights of Pythias.
We very much doubt the justice or
proprety of the ordinance, recently
adopted by the City Council, for the
better Improvement of the streets and
alleys of the city of Van Buren. We
believe the greatest burden should
fall on the property holders.
H. A. Britt, for the past year or
more maEager of the Famous Furni-
ture Store, has severed his connection
with that establishment and accepted
a.position with g. J. Murta & Co.
Henry will have charge Of the furni-
ture department.
Miss Belle Robertson, of Dallas, Tex,
arrived in our city Saturday and is
the guest of her aunt Mrs. j. M. Har-
shaw. Miss Robertson, in company
with her cousin, Miss Dora Bourn,
went to Little Rock Monday to wit
ness the military exhibition. After
Miss RS return here and her visit
over, she will 60 to Eureka Springs
for the summer.
Five men are in Jail charged with
assault and robbery. The injured
man was supposed to have had con-
siderable money at the time ne was
assaulted. The parties are all track
men, employees of the Frisco, and the
assault was committed ut Chester.
The Injured man it Is thought, will
die from the effect of the brutal beat
ing.
The following members of the Queen
City Rifles left Sunday morning for
Little Rock toparticipate in the Inter-
State Drill: Capt. H. g. Pernot, Lieut..
w. S. Mcdowell, David Moore, Chas.
A. HOFFMAN w. Ii. Evans, Guy Bur-
son, Albert Williams, w. H. Delvin,
Tom Manscar, Alvin Nicodemus, Ulis
Carson and Victor Bruun.
Fred Britt has gone down to Texas
to visit his parents incidentally, we
are informed, to scour the prairies OF
Texas for wife. Our informant states
that Fred has got so old that the
girls are all onto him and he has got
to 90 away from home, where he, no
doubt, will pass himself OIL as a
"spring chicken"
On Saturday night Sam s. Collins,
a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific
railway, who lives here, was shot by
a crowd of tough negroes who boarded