The Van Buren press., 1894-07-28

~...sS D. Mills, OF Little Rock.
|rna |Rsasea up the road to Fayetteville
George Wood made . canital sna.ch
g the Lees Creek Picnic-one Of the
Miss Zula Ribling returned Mond. "
from lengthy visit with her sister
IN Chicago. ''s'''
Mr.. Jas. A. Scott, of Muskopee T
III, II, was In the city Sunday, guest Of
Assessor Reed is at the Court
mouse TO make assessments and will
remain all of next week
Work was started at the Lono.Rall
lnliis Inufsday morning, after shut.
down Of more than a month.
Miss Mamie Williams left Wednes
day morning for Mount Nebo. where
she Will spend the heated term.
We learn that the Confederate re-
union al Hot springs in September il
OH. 1t WIS too BIZ job for that city
Mr.. Jas. Huckleberry, editor of the
journal, was q delegate to the Repub-
ltcan State Convention at Little Rock
The ball game on the Goth between
Van Buren aud rOrt Smith. in this
city, resulted In favor of Van Buren
IA tot.
Miss Maggie Foster, of Little Rock
who WAS visiting relatives In Van
Buren, returned home Saturday
morning.
Mr.. Sam Steward, of Lancaster
was one OF The guards that went to
brooklyn, with the U. s. prisoners
Every body and his brother went
up to w Cordell's picnic Thursday on
Lees Creek. Hot aud dusty was no
name for it.
The Alma band furnished music for
the Lees Creek picnic, and made very
credltable music for being only
lately organized.
DR.. and Mrs. o. M. Bourland, Mr..
and Mrs, John Brown, Percy Allen
and Will Bostick. returned from tn cir
weeks camp Monday.
Our good friend w. c. Lea left with
US Thursday box of nice Perkins
grapes. Grapes have never been
better or more plentiful.
Miss Lucy Allen, who has school
at Cross Lanes, came home to spend
Sunday. She is much pleased with
her school and scholars
Capt. II. B. Allen returned Tuesday
from Lite Rock, from a pleasant
visit with his son. Mrs. Allen re-
manned for further visit.
DIED-In Van Buren,, OIL the MORN
ing of the 10Th inst: Mrs. Mary
Adds. Her remains were taken t.
Lebanon, Mo-, her old home, tor in
terment.
Judge Hucklebcrry begins to look
weary and the canvass only Just
begun. The Judge will be led a
merry dance before the month OF
August closes.
Henry M. Steele left Wednesday
night for California where he goes to
accept the agency of the National
Fruit Association with headquarters
at Sacramento.
The Lawn party at Mrs. Jessie
1 tialley's, for the benefit of the VI, f.
Church, Tuesday night, was de.
lightful one, rs We'll rs financial
success for the church.
J. r. Bryan, of Washington county
GRATED tor the p. P's Saturday night
in Van Buren. Hon. Sam Chew and
Sam Miller had the pleasure of taking
his hide of-and they did it well.
The Van Buren, Foundry has just
completed some extra large casting:
for store front for the new COnatseI
building at Ozark. They are the
largest ever before turned Out by iJ.
One of the Republican speakers q
the Lees Creek Picnic, advised repub
licans to vote for H. l.. Remmel fOl
Governor, after that to vote the DEM
ucratic ticket, as the republicans had
no candidates in the field.
DR.. J. A. Dibrell was called t.
Winslow Wednesday,, to attend Mrs
P. d. Scott's little daughter, Caroline
who was turned over In q wagon anC
considerably bruised; but we are glac
to know met with no lasting or very
serious injury.
Mr.. Frank Ibbottson, formerly II
the newspaper business In our city
and other parts of the State, bu
more recently III Ohio, has returned
to Arkansas better satisfied than eve
that this is the State for q poor man
We wish Frank success.
Jesse H. Jones, sentenced to deatf
for the murder of the Hibdon brotheri
In Logan county last February, wa'
granted new trial by the supreme
Court on the ground that the evidence
introduced against Jones was circum
stantial and not sufficient to convict
Hon. o. l.. Miles represents Jones.
Deputy Sheriff J. +. Ledbetter, o
1 Johnson county, shot and killed Jo'
| McNally, q gambler, at Fort Smiti
Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock In Docl
Rogers saloon. Both men fired abou
the same time. McNally fell dead
Led better gave himself up and Is II
Jail.
xuod,osdov throuuh Chief Dis