The Van Buren press., 1894-05-19

The ladies of the Baptist Church
gave awberry and ice cream fes-
tival at the court house yard last
night.
Chas. Lehman, Tin rear of L. IL.
Boards store) Is prepared to put In
Screen Doors and Windows on short
notice.
L. H. Southmayd and Ben Decherd
are our ticket for School Directors.
Two better men for the position could
not be found.
The Salvation Army is with us no
more; but there is home army which
will hold services Thursday and Sun
day nights.
Mesdames Rossert and Adams came
up from Alma Tuesday afternoon and
spent the night in our city, the guests
of Mrs. McGee.
DR.. H. Weems returned Sunday from
Eureka Springs where he has been
spending several days recuperating
his strength.
Mr.. Lewis Bryan will occupy Mr..
Mullen's residence on Fayetteville
street during the construction of his
new dwelling.
Report has 1t that Mr.. Alex Lacy
has been greatly benefited by the
change of climate and that he il able
to move about.
Mrs. A. S. Venable and Miss Grace
Powe left Monday night for a visit to
Sherman, Texas. They will be gone
about a month.
! OUR BREAD has our name on it,
| We make the best. See that our la bel
Is on each loaf.
EDMoNDsoN & BRITT.
| MARRIED-In this city, May 13,
| 1891, Mr. John w. Hoover to Mrs Jane
Peirce of near Haroldton. A. Il. Col
grove. Esq officiating.
Prof J. G. Whitton, Of the st. Louis
Botanical Gardens, has announced his
intention to be present at the meeting
of Arkansas Horticultural Society on
the 2Sth inst.-Venture.
Sam n. Chew, the popular prosecut-
ing attorney of Logan and Crawford
counties will deliver lecture to the
students of Greenwood Normal Col
lege next Thursday, the 24th.-Green-
wood Democrat.
The Horticultural society met at the
court house last Saturday and elected
Jesse A. Bel delegate to the State
meeting to be held at Van Buren, on
the 28th.-Greenwoo Democrat.
Messrs. Jesse Turner, Jr., and d. w.
Moore announced that they would not
consent to let their names again be
put on the ticket for school directors.
Their business is such as to require
undivided attention.
Manager Hunt, of the Grand Opera
House, Ft Smith, was over Wednes-
day in the interest of DR.. TaImage's
lecture next Monday. He sold quite
number of tickets, and made ar
rangements to have special train
run leaving Van Buren, about o'clock
and returning shortly after the lecture.
| MIS- d .. DOdOI * III Iolt Oll w etlucS-
day evenings train for Ft. Smith and
Van Buren, to Weatherford, Texas. to
visit relatives and old time friends,
and for health and pleasure. She will
remain about a month.-Wagoner
Record.
Remember the Cantata of Jephtha
and His Daughter to be given at
Murta Opera House next Tuesday
night, for the benefit of The Episcopal
Church. Tickets are now on sale at
i. 5. Euper's jewelry store. Prices
so and rs cents.
The branch store established by w.
H. Terry, Of Morrilton is no more, he
having shipped his goods back to that
city. AS the Venture correctly puts
1T: There is no use for merchant to
expect 10 do business in live town
without advertising.
j. IL. Jones, who was convicted in
Logan county of murder and sentenc-
ed to hang on Friday next, has been
granted stay of execution by the
! supreme court. He was brought to
this place last Saturday for safe Keep
ing.-Venture.
Hon. John Patten, Jr., who was
elected to the U. s Senate to succeed
Senator Stockhridge, is a first cousin
OF our fellow citizen Hon. Dalsey Pat
ten of the firm of Morgan, Patten & Co.
he Is spoken of as a man who will
hohor the position as much as it will
honor him.
Mrs. !ucas, wife of w. F. Lucas, of
loli hady, died rather unSpeted at the
last Saturday morning. She has lonp
been sufferer from tumor, which
mas Tor some time been regarded as
lncurable. Mr.. and Mrs. Lucas had
but recently returned from a two
years residence in California where
they had gone in the hope that the
change would afford her some RELIEF.
iD put IN this they were disappointed
The deceased leaves a husband and
seven young children, the Oldest II