The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
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fTOI. LeSlle MdfIHduuke, tue prluCl-
pal of the Marmaduke Military
Academy, located at Sweet Springs.
Mo-, was in the city Monday and was
in the hands of his friend DR.. F. G..
Kerr, who was introducing the
Professor to our citizens, for the
purpose of presenting the claims Of his
Academy for students.
The sale at the Boston Store which
the ladies of the Columbian Club had
charge of amounted to about hundred
dollars The Club getting 10 per cent.
Miss Grace Powe was the most popular
saleslady cashing $40. The Racket
Store turned in to the ladies about as
much, without any effort on their part,
from per ct. of one day s sales of that
house.
DIED-In Van Buren, Ark. June 20,
1895, Miss Eta Lille.
Miss Lille was neice of Mrs. H. S.
Levers, where she was taken sick and
after long illness died. Her relatives
were devoted in their attention to her
and no efforts spared to make her
illness bearable. Her remains were
taken to her home at Senatobia, Miss. ),
for interment.
Quite delightful hop was given at
the Van Winkle Hotel by Mr.. and Mrs.
Menke and Mr.. Harold Brown in honor
of their young lady guests, Miss Emily
Roots, of Little Rock, Miss Jessie
Cravens, of Clarksville and Miss Mamie
Buehrman, of st. Louis and of Mr..
Brown birthday. 1t was one of the
most delightful affairs of the season.
Mr.. R. E. Brown, the Ward McAllister
Of Van Buren,, was present to assist his
cousin in making the affair a success. -
Fayetteville Daily.
Now, now, Robert.
Mr.. J. M. Baxter saw a reporter of
the Democrat yesterday and denied
emphatically that Mrs. Baxter took
morphine with suicidal intent, as
reported in these columns last Sunday
The Democrat does not wish to injure
Mr.. Baxter or his family and therefore
gives the denial the same publicity that
it did the original report Mr.. and
Mrs. Baxter s friends will be pleased to
know that she is rapidly improving and
that it was an accident. Fort Smith
Democrat.
The programme for Cordell s carnival
at Fort Smith the 4th of July is the most
| interesting one ever put out in the State.
| 1t is filed with novelties all the way
through. Pony races 12 1-2 hands high
and under, IA hands high and under,
blooded races, thoroughbred horse
races. No horse on earth barred.
Jackass race; TO- mile bicycle race, 800
cash prize for first man; 5mile bicycle
race, Van Buren against Ft. Smith
$50 prize; man on bicycle against
thoroughbred horse, 1 g mile. Six brass
bands. Three ball games. Electric
light races. Van Buren, ferry runs till
midnight. All trains stop at the race
track. The races begin at clock
and run till midnight. No stop fol
supper. Admission to night races 25c.
Ten mile bicycle race comes off at $3.50,
after which Mile. Corrinne, the greatest
living aeronaut in the world will ascen6
1000 feet in balloon and leap in para
chute. This all can be seen at Cy.
Cordell' S carnival at the fair grounds
Ft. Smith July the 4th. II
Policeman j. E. Hatfield made ar
important arrest last Monday night. A
stranger-a white man--gave negro {
dollar to buy him some cigarettes from
Joe Torrent. The dollar proved to bt
counterfeit, and the darkey turned i
over to Chief of Police Houck. Officer
j. E. Hatfield being informed of thu
matter started out to run down the maj
who gave it to the darkey, and succeeded
in finding him at the patent medicine
show near the Missouri Pacific depo
and lodged him in Jail. Upon the
person of the accused was found a pisto
and 50. so in counterfeit silver coin
dollars and halves together with -. Y
in good money that he had evidentl.
received in change for his spurious coin
The counterfeit coin was CAREFUL.
wrapped in three separate packages il
paper, the whole tied up in an old dirt.
handkerchief. The arrested mai
refused to give his name, but stated h
was from beyond Fort Smith. - H
made some show of resistance when tn
iail was reached, but Policeman Hatfiel
soon persuaded him TO enter. Their
was no writing or memosanda about hi