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Harper's Bazaar


: Elegant and exclusive designs for Outdoor
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These appear every week. accompanied by
minute descriptions and details. Our Paris Let
ter, by Katharine de Forrest, is q weekly tram
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to shapes, fabrics, trimmings, and accessories of
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the last half of the year. 81 -,
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Answers to Corresponding Questions receive
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Whole Army of Facts

Where their ''knov-it-alr' friend had oaly an
awkward squad" They secured Il and
then tha, innoeent.!ookIng chap you see Ia
the barrow got Into q discussion in history
with the man With the MIND
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those ayfuI warls sent froiA The "a, ssd rosy
taes botors hin:
"Oh map ,hnh you are vfoag.~
N ohea be. was made. Tbs man With ns
mind los, Of course for bis fat frIsne had
erined himself for the contest from ne hsw
up-to- GATE Encyclopaedia Britannica q set u
which ,.. buys had purchased. Tbs sss va
ea!. the following day. Just as you see IL 10
the pictarr.
This Tale Has a Moral
which those who work In stores.
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telescope.
Tho Encyclopedia Britannica In your home
will keep you from playing horse Will your
aeighbor rides. and It will cost you only 10
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Dear old Horace must hayApassed'
through, inst such spell of weather
as we have experienced when he broke
loose as follows =:
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
Found Dead,

From the Fort Smith Times.
Mr.. James johnson was found in his
room dead at ! clock Tuesday night
on Sixth street. He was found by his
brother, Mr.. William johnson. The
news spread quite rapidly and was
heard with regret by many old time
friends.
Jim was an old time Fort Smithian.
Those who saw him in his later days
would hardly have suspected what a
gay and dashing young officer he once
was. Jim was an older brother of
President johnson, of the Fort Smith
National bank. He was born at Rome,
Georgia, in 1843.
When the war broke out he at once
offered his services to the Southern
cause and served long and bravely. He
was lieutenant at the battle of Oak
Hills. He was then in Tom Lewis
company in the Third Arkansas Cavalry
and thus served throughout the
remainder of the war.
In 1860 he was married to Miss Emma
j. Rogers. He has three daughters
and one son. Miss Nina is now Mrs.
James Sparks, Miss Mary is Mrs.
Woldert, and Miss Gussie is Mrs
Pebbles. Sid is we'll known.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
Mortgage Sale

WHEREAS, Zack Williams and Lula
w Williams, his wife. did on the Goth day of
September 1892 execute their mortgage deed to
f. r. Cooper on the hereinafter described real
estate situated in Crawford County. Arkansas,
to secure the payment of their promssory note
of even date with said mortgage deed, whereby
Six Hundred and Forty three Dollars and Fifty
Cents, September %, 1872 with interest theron
from maturity until paid at 10 per cent per
annum and whereas said note has not been
paid.
Now, therefore be it known, that the under
signed by virtue of the provisions OF said
mortgage deed will on
Saturday, the goth day ofJuly, 1895,
within the hours ofjudical sales offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at the front
door Of the Court House in the city of Van
Buren,, in said County and State. the following
described real estate viz.
Lots and 2 in Block 55 of the city Of Van
Buren. L, Il COOPER,
June %, 1885, Mortgagee.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
Circuit Court.

The following State cases have been
disposed Of since our last report:
The case of Pruitt Turner (col. J for
the willful and premeditated murder of
Robert Hawkins at Mulberry, in Febru-
ary, was on trial the latter part of last
week and was given to the jury ON
Monday. After being out but one hour
they returned verdict of murder in the
first degree the punishment of which is
death by hanging.
The verdict of not guilty in the case
against Lloyd Johns for killing Ben
LaRue, rendered Saturday, prompted
Prosecuting Attorney Chew, with the
permission of the Court, to enter mol.
pros. in the case against Geo. Johns
charged with the same crime.
W. H. Babcock, forgery, two years
in penitentiary.
W. II. Peters, gaming, fined SO
Leonard Hursh and Newton James,
gaming, fined $40 each.
The Grand Jury adjourned Tuesday
morning after finding III true bills
They were in session II days and
examined 148 witnesses.
The case of Ed. Sanford, indicted for
perjury, is set for trial as we go to press,
Friday
The Judge ordered'a new Grand Jury
summoned Friday to look into the case
of the negro man by the name of Blood
who was seriously cut with a knife
Wednesday night. 1t is not known
positively who did the cutting but two
young white men are supposed to be
the parties.
The application for a new trial in the
case of Turner, convicted of the killing
of Bob Hawkins, was denied by the
Judge. The Judge in feeling and
impressive manner then addressed
Turner of the fate that awaited him,
setting the time for him to be hung as
Friday the 3Oth day of August, 1895,
between the rising and setting of the
sun.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
Electric Lights.

At the meeting of the Council Monday
night three propositions were made for
electric lights for the city The first
was from the Beatty organization want
ing to light Van Buren, from Fort
Smith; another was from D. J. Young,
of Fort Smith, who proposes to put in
an electric plant with an ice factory
attached, he agreeing to spend upon the
two plants S25, 1000, and the third from
John T. Shelton, of Searcy, Ark. who
will light our city first class with as
many arc and incandescent lights as the
city may demand, at a nominal figure.
The Council appointed committe,
consisting of Mayor Decherd, Aldermen
Montague and Merrill, to lock into the
propositions and report to the adjourned
meeting next Monday night. The
Council were safe to keep clear of Fort
Smith and its surroundings.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
The Glorious Fourth

went off in glorious manner from start
to finish. The floats and displays of our
merchants and others were beautiful.
And at the Barbecue fully 5000 mouths
were filled to overfowing. The perfect
decorum of the people was the admira
tion Of all. Provisions were on the
ground for at least thousand more.
The big rain Wednesday afternoon and
the washing away of all the bridges
between this city and Winslow on the
Frisco prevented thousand from
being present who had made arrange
ments to be here. Disorders of any
kind were not heard of. The com
mittees deserve great credit.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

Grand Jury Report June Term
1895.
| To the Hon. j. H. Evans, Judge of the
10Th Judicial District, now holding
Court at Van Buren,, Crawford
County, Ark:
We. the grand jury of Crawford
county, beg leave to make the follow
ing report: We have made diligent
inquiry into all cases Of violations of the
law that have been brought to our
attention, and have made true pre-
sentiment by indictment in all cases
warranted by the evidence.
We have examined the county Jail
and find the prisoners securely kept
and humanely treated. The sanitary
conditions of the Jail are good, being
clean and well kept.
The last grand jury having called
attention to pressing needs of additional
accommodations for the court in the
way of larger and better rooms for both
grand and petit juries, and better
conveniences for witnesses, we will
only emphasize what has been said by
again referring to this necessity.
We also think that great improvement
could be easily made in the system of
public water closets by connecting with
the sewer of the county Jail. We most
earnestly recommend this to be done
Immediately, as the stencil arising from
public water closets near the Jail is now
almost unbearable.
We know that all good citizens are
interested in the faithful execution of
the laws, and our efforts should be that
this be done with as little expense as
possible to attain the desired results.
The sessions of your grand juries are
prolonged on account of the consider
alton of many cases of simple and trivial
misdemeanors that ought to be adjudi-
Gated and settled by the magistrates Of
the neighborhoods where originating
Much needless expense is also
frequently made by taking the recogniz-
ance of a large number of witnesses in
cases bound over by a magistrate to the
Circuit Court where two or three
witnesses would generally suffice.
We hereby wish to extend our thanks
to the court and the officers of the court
for the uniform courtesies extended to
this grand jury.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. H. Shibley,
Attest Foreman
E. D. CocHRANE, Clerk,
July 2, 1895.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06


ozark, spent the 4th with her mother,
Mrs. Jones.
Juvenile Missionary" meeting at the Metho-
ais. ehufeh each ist Sunday at 3 P. NJ Special
ihVilauon to Prayer Meeting each Wednesday
night at 7So O'clock A. II. WILLIAMS, Pastor.
The rainfall Wednesday morning
amounted to $40 in., the heaviest
precipitation, for the length of time, in
years.
Mrs. w. l.. Taylor with her little
granddaughter, Lucille Williams, re-
turned from Joplin, Mo-, first of the
week.
Mr.. G. H. Hill has been elected
principal of the colored school at
Fayetteville and Mrs. E. W. Hill,
assistant.
The Van Buren, Canning Factory will
begin operations next Monday. Corn
and peaches will be the principal
products canned.
Misses Bessie, Fannie and Katharine
and Master Randolph Rogers, of Fort
Smith, spent the 4th in our CITY with
Mrs. P. d. Scott.
The ice company at Fort Smith.
which by the way supplies Van Buren
with manufactured ice, is advertising
ice at 25c per hundred.
We wish to thank Mrs. James Whit.
field for box of japanese plums. They
are large and lucious, without spot or
blemish and we should think they would
be paying plum for shipment.
AT last the necessary improvement in
the watering trough at the head of Main
street has been made and the waste now
runs down the gutter instead of the
middle of the street as heretofore.
DR.. Wilmot Price, nephew of Mrs.
Tom McGee, arrived in our city Tues
day and will make this place his
residence. He was formerly drug clerk
for DR.. johnson and is we'll known to
our citizens.
All the mails on the Frisco were
detained 4S hours this week on account
of the great rain Wednesday and wash
outs. All bridges between Van Buren
and Winslow were carried away or
damaged.
Oscar L. Miles, the eloquent Van
Buren attorney, is in the city in the
interest of the celebrated Jesse Jones
murder case, which was argued before
the Supreme Court Wednesday. Little
Rock Democrat.
Mrs 7. A. Baldwin, after month s
visit in our city, left for her home in
Arizona Tuesday morning by the Frisco
fast train. Mrs. B. is the wife of
Major 7. A. Baldwin of the U. S. x.
and sister Of Mrs. Louis Graft.
The semi annual meeting ne of the
Board of Directors of the Citizens Bank
was held at the bank on Monday, July
1 , 1895. B. j. Brown, the president,
was present and presided. The usual
semi annual dividend of per cent.
was declared and ordered paid to the
stockholders
The 4th of July edition of the Venture
under the editorial management of the
Ladies of the Columbian Club is a most
creditable one and was made, as the
ladies do with everything they put their
hands to, gratifying success. The
ladies NOW promise rest.
All of the southeast end of the city in
the neighborhood of the colored school
and Riverside addition was under water
Wednesday, caused by the breaking
away of the embankment to carry off
the water down through the ditch to
Flat Rock. A number of families were
washed out from their homes and much
damage done.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
LOCAL and Personal.

John London was out riding on the
9TH.
Prayer meeting at the Methodist Church every
Wednesday night.
Judge B. J. Brown was in the city
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Mayer returned
home Monday.
Hon. 0. L. Miles went to Little Rock
Saturday night.
Col. Bob Newell, Of Little Rock, was
in the city Monday.
Mrs. Jamison, of Clarksville, is visit
Ing Mrs. Will Woolum.
Andy Lockhart was first with the
lucious water mellon last Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Gronholt has been visit
Ing her mother at Dora the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Edmondson left
for Arkadelphia to consult a specialist
Mrs. Tanning Miles mother, Mrs
Virgie, left for her home in Tennessee
Friday
Mrs. Hayden NJ ayers, Of San Antonio,
Tex. is visiting her sister. Mrs. Buck
Williams.
Mrs. Dr.. Hynes. of Fort Smith, was
in the city Sunday visiting her father.
DR.. Dibrell.
Prof. j. G. Massie Is back from
Yellville where he has been conducting
county normal.
Andy Lockhart left us Saturday a
basket of splendid apples. Thanks, hit
US again Andy.
Hon. Jno. S. Little, of Greenwood,
has been in attendance on the Circuit
Court this week
Mrs Senator Jones, of Washington,
Ark, is a guest of Mrs. W. l.. Terry
at Little Rock.
County Judge j. E. Smith opened his
court Monday morning and after sitting
TWO Or three days took a recess.
Gen'l Moore, of Little Rock, attorney
TOT the Mo. Pacific, is in the city in
attendance on the Circuit Court.
There is no human eloquence equal
% the baby's first Papa Tanning
Miles is waiting on the anxious seat.
Col. Jas. P. King, Of Texas, former
yof Mulberry, was in the city during
s0e week. guest of Capt. Jas. T. Stuart.
sunday School at Christian Church every
sunday at $50 p. NJ. Prof Massie supcrintend-
saa Prayer meeting every Thursday night
';0nM.
Ex- Attorney General d. W. Jones,
VI Little Rock, is in attendance on the
eacuit Court, representing Mrs. Helen
Dibrell.
Inc Valley House near the Mo.
racine depot was overHown with water
Wednesday, morning and water was a
'oot deep on the floor.
Inc TO- mile bicycle race at Cy. Cor
ue1 picnic, at the Fort Smith Fair
o'ounds, which has been the theme of
sOsslp In cycling circles for some weeks
psS'' was won by Sherlock, FIT. Smith
,a'n Harry Shibley, who was Van
'afen favorite, appeared certain
.nner up to the beginning of the last
.A' mile lap, when for some reason he
~opped behind the other contestants.
rae race was entered by the following
~n an buren cyclist; Harry and Carl
~n!y l,O.ey and Wallace Daugherty. Carl
saiOley dropped out after making the
.A0uit hve times, and Wallace Daugher
aler the sixteenth lap, he having
~" .us' his knee by his wheel slipping on
~, ground and falling on him while
.'Aihg turn. Ft. Smith entered four
. I'n TWO OF which dropped out during
- ~ progress of the race. The time for
'ae zen miles was SO minutes. A large
y s.Owo went over on special to witness
The races.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
A Card.

From the Alma Leader.
The Venture has made an attack upon
Prof. Peacher, who has been conducting
the Crawford County Normal, and we
think it very unjust. We have been
with Prof Peacher in the school room
and in the social circle, and he has
proven himself gentleman and a
scholar both to the citizens of Alma and
to the teachers of Crawford county. In
our opinion the Van Buren school could
not do better than elect him as superin-
tendent A. 5. VENABLE,
Pastor Presbyterian Church Van Buren,.
J. w. HEAD,
Pastor Methodist Church, Alma.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

It may take ''money to make the
mare go, - but the mite donated was
procured through the wind referred
to. Venture.
That's modesty gone to seed. The
committees that made the calculations
of funds needed to build the fence, as
we'll as the collections, were forced to
do 50 by the wind of the Venture
and also forced contributions to the
fund.- Isnt Bro. Higgs rich in self
importance?
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
THE VAN BUREN PRESS.
VAN BUREN,, ARKANSAS.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

r..;ns 2st, 232, 233, 23i. 2i3 and 2f4 will carry
passengers GOING WEST
~. %, Arr. 80 pm. Arr. Cofieyville $50 pm.
no. 20 40 4Oam TT Smith 800 a. m.
Nl, No. 51s 51s "l 1925 am (stops at Van BUREN,
GOING EAST.
~, oso Arr l:15 pm. Arr. Little Rock SOS p m.
10 10 oo1 a 6.t0am +" " " loo b. m.
no aai aar Jy lO.55 am +" Coal Hill 3.O5 pm,
NJ trains 2sl, 2s2, 233, 2s4 run daily.
mTthro,lph trains make a stop OF minutes.
GREENWOOD BRANCH.
"a as. Arr. HES am. STOPS at Van Buren,.
~ ~ %Ss Ly. $50 pm. Arr. Greenwood 5:25 p nj.
~ A. HAYS. Agent.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
The following is the rainfall for June
as reported for the PRESS By Mr.. L.
I'VE Have Met the Enemy, and-!'

I'VE Have Met the Enemy, and-!"
The game at the ball park on the 4th
between the Fort Smith Maroons and
Van Buren, Browns was an interesting
one to the last, and the only thing that
marred the event was the bad feeling
displayed by several of the spectators
and players at the close of the game.
The following is the score and tells
it's own tale. The wind-up being what
one might style "a Comedy of Errors"
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

DENVER, COLORADO, AND OTHER PoINTs-FOr
National Educational Association, one fare for
round trip with two dollars added. Tickets
sold July 4th, 5th and 9th, return limit of July
18th.
For full particulars call on or address
C. e. GooDING,
Ticket Agent.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
Low Rates Via Santa Fe Route.

BOSTON, MAss.-For Christian Endeavor
United Socitics. one fare for round trip. Tickets
sold July 4th to 9th inclusive return limit July
9th.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
LADIES AND GENTS FINE SHOES.

N, r.; Cornelius purchased in st. Louis this
yaa; Weck the most complete stock and extensive
Eafiety y oi shoes ever brought to Van Buren,. j.
r. dooding Will be found in his shoe depart.
mene' VINO Will be glad to see all his old friends
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

BALTIMORE, MD.-For Baptists Young Peoples
Union of America Tickets sold July 18th and
10th one fare for round trip limited for return
Aug. s, 1895.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

The Venture is an 'up to date >
paper and believes in progress and push,
not in doing things as they did forty
years ago.
Just so, where some other fellow than
our good brother pays the "'spot cash
for the progress and push. - Now,
as Bro. Higgs is on the stand, how
much has he contributed of the stuff
that buys iron9 Those up ON the
record say it could all be put in a
humming birds eye.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

BosToN. MAss.-For knights Templar Tri
ennial Conclave, one fare for round trip tickets
sold August 10th to I'D inclusive, limited fol
return Sept 18th.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

The foot race for a medal and the
championship of Western Arkansas
which took place before the game proved
to be a tizzle, one of the contestants
running only few feet, so the race
went by default to the other. Honors
were, however, not destined to rest thus
easy, for during the progress of the
game the winner was challenged by a
stranger, and at the close of the game
another race was run, with the result
that the stranger won without any
trouble
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
L. ~

June 81, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention TO
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk of Crawford County at Van Buren, Ark :.
on August l6 1895, viz: Edwin N. Remage, Hd
Entry No 19430. for the NE4 of Sec r. TIP. II,
North, Range 80 West.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
said land, viz Nelson Renfro Vim. Bur, A. G.
Vaught and Tom Davis, all Of Mountainburg,
Ark.
WM Z WOOTEN REGISTER
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

For above meeting the Mo- Pacific R'y. will
sell round trip tickets 8t reduced rates. Dates
of sale July 4th, 5th and 9Th. limited for return
To July 18th. For farther information Call at
No. Pacific ticket Office.
A. HAYS, Agent
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

National Educational Association 1t Denver,
Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pueblo,
Colorado.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
Don't Forget

ludiss' 'r r rkEss goes 70 more postofilces in the
Ifihes i,gflitory. composed Of the Five Civilized
HseSs,. e. enan any other paper in the county.
"eef the Indian trade will take notice.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT DARDANELLE ARKl
June 23 1855.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk OF Crawford County at Van Buren,, Ark
on August TO- 1895, viz: Joseph F. Hooper, II d
Entry No 1873. for the So Of fthe NW'4, of Sec.
2S, TIP. IL. North Range % We t.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation OF
said land viz: John Jennings Thomas Moore,
Mathew spencer and A. Reese, all OF Chester,
Ark.
WM. p. WooTEN. Register.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06
lin
Heath
Van Buren, Arb.

means so much more than
{you 4magine-serious and
$fatal diseases result from
] trifling ailments neglected.
I Don't play with Natures
, greatest gift-health.
The Van Buren press., 1895-07-06

Think Of This. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the only
true blood purifier prominently In the puDll,e
eve today IT cures disease when all others fail,
because 1t makes pure blood.
Hoods Pills cure jaundice biliousness, SICK
headache, constipation aud all liver Ills 293