The Van Buren press., 1896-02-01

of P. Temple has been completed and il
will be ready for occupancy before
long.
Rev. Men. Mckay will preach al
the First Presbyterian Church next
Sunday evening at 7:15. All are
invited.
The reported kidnapping last Friday
turned out to be nothing. The parties
arrested were discharged after being
examined.
Mrs. j. d. Knowlton has gone to Hot
Springs in the hope of beneftting hel
daughter, Kate, who is suffering from
rheumatism.
Fresh Rye Bread, Home Made Quaker
Bread, French Bread, Vienna Bread
Cakes and Pies every day at
EDMoNDsoN & BRITT Gro. Co.
Hon. Reece Hogins, of Pope county,
candidate for secretary of state, was in
the city the first of the week and left for
Sebastian Wednesday.
E. F. Barry, for some time past
employed as clerk in Mr.. M. Roberts
Office at Barring Cross, has been
transferred to Van Buren,.
Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Ora
ham Flour, Maple Syrup, New Orleans
Syrup, Home Made Sorghum, at
EDMoNDsoN & BRITT Gro. Co.
A very silly report was circulated on
our streets the day after the hanging
that Ward had come to life again while
being carried to Evansville for
interment
Van Buren, was well represented at
Fort Smith on Monday night. The
occasion being the appearance of
Alexander Salvini in THE Three
Guardsmen.
DIED-In Van Buren,, on Sunday
Jan. 25th, Myrtle, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Benson, aged years. The
remains were taken to Mulberry Mon
day for interment.
SEED FOR PLANTING PURPOSES
Cotton Seed, 90day Corn and Oats
for sale, or exchange for stock, hogs or
Bliss Triumph potatoes.
VIM. L. TAYLOR.
Mr.. T. J. Rogers has bought the
residence of j. P. Macarthur, east of
the G. P. Church. The place will soon
be vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Macarthur,
when Mr.. Rogers family will move in.
Russellville Democrat.
The depot and postoffice at Lille were
burglarized Tuesday night. The
burglars are thought to be the same as
those who robbed Mrs, league at Rudy
the same night. Uncle Sam will take a
hand in catching them.
A fire alarm sent in from Pickering
Lumber Co. s mill in Riverside caused
some excitement Tuesday. No damage
was done and few buckets of water
extinguished the blaze which had
started around the fiue.
LET those now wheel who We never
wheeled before,
And those who We always wheeled now
wheel the more.
And as they wheel the road along,
Let this still be the burden of their
song-good roads.
One of our citizens suggested to us
the other day that it would be a good
plan to apply top dressing of Joplin
gravel-such as was used on the Frisco
track for ballast near the Union depot
on top of the macadam now being put
on. 1t would act as a cement in binding
the rock together.
Work was again resumed at
matchmaking Main street Tuesday.
What is the use of wasting breath about
regularly paving the street, when it is
well known that the property owners
will not hear to being taxed for it.
Better have the next best thing-a good
macadam pavement.
Van Buren, should have rock crusher
for street work. The present way of
breaking rock for that purpose is not
only very expensive and slow, but also
unsatisfactory. as the rock is not broken
fine enough. Why could not the city
and county pool and buy crusher and
engine-it would soon pay for itself.
Mr. Dan Allen, formerly of Van
Buren, and Miss Kate McIlroy, of
Fayetteville, were married at the home
of the bride on Thursday morning. The
bridal party arrived on the Frisco
accommodation that noon on a visit to
the groom s parents and leave this
morning for Little Rock. THE PRESS
extends congratulations.
A bold robbery occurred at st. Paul
Junction, this side of Fayetteville,
Friday night between 10 and II o clock.
Conductor Newt. Horne, with through
freight going south, stepped off to
register at st. Paul Junction and
was held up by two men and robbed of
hie watch and pockat hook containing