The Van Buren press., 1896-01-25
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! Commissioner Vincenheller passed
through the city Monday on his way to
Little Rock.
The beautiful snow tried to spread
itself over mother earth the latter part
of this week.
Epworth League meeting each Sun
day evening at 6 O'Clock at the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. A. B. Sloan and Miss Maud
Bryant, of Alma, were guests of Mrs.
j. W. Higgs first of the week.
Rev. s. s Key, presiding elder of
this district, was in the city Sunday and
filled the pulpit of the M. E. Church.
j. R. Philips, editor of the Spring
dale News, was in the city Friday for a
few hours. We acknowledge pleasant
call.
Mrs. J. e. Jarvis returned Sunday
night from Springdale, where she had
been called by the serious illness of her
mother.
A. A. Clinkscales, who has nbee
making his home in Kansas for some
years past, is in the city on visit to
relatives.
Mrs. w. L. Mace left Wednesday on
an extended visit at Hot Springs, to
which place Mr.. Mace had already
preceded her.
We were mistaken in our statement
of the location of McClain S barber
shop. 1t is next door to Edmondson &
Britt store.
Mr.. J. E. Jarvis has decided to
establish branch house at South
McAlester, I. t, and is having a
building erected for the purpose.
Deputy Marshal Bras Parker passed
north over the Frisco Tuesday with
forty U. S. prisoners destined for the
U. S. Jail at Fort Leavenworth.
Work on the K. c., Pittsburg & Gulf
bridge across the Arkansas at Red
Land has been much delayed and it is
doubtful if it will be finished before
May or June.
From the Argus we see that the total
valuation of real and personal property
in Crawford county is So, 157, ,O47. on
which the taxes, inclusive of poll tax,
are S54, 671. 70.
T. J. Kelley. chairman of Grievance
committee of the Central Division, left
Tuesday for st. Louis to attend the
annual convention of the Grievance
committee of the Gould system.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot
be cured by local applications. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is a constitutional remedy; it cures
catarrh because 1t purifes the blood
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable and do not
PuibCI Pttth VI BlipS. DOlu w ull uIubBlbts.
A special train will be run from Van
Buren, to Fort Smith next Monday eve
ming for benefit OF parties wishing to
see Salvini in THE Three Guards
men. Train leaves head of Main
street at 7:15 p. NJ.
Marshal Houck was out killing dogs
yesterday afternoon. He was few
minutes late or he might have tried his
gun on a rat, but the train had
departed. Venture Sunday.
He must have gotten a large dose of
Rough on Rats.
Messrs. NJ. V. Sexton and II. G..
Faber are having a patent plow on
exhibition in the storeroom recently
vacated by the Racket Store. The plow
is patent of Mr.. Sexton and will be
manufactured by him in quantities
shortly.
Jno. L. Sullivan will appear at the
Fort Smith Opera House on Saturday
night, Feb. list, in "The Wicklow
Postman. Joe Choynski, who fought
three desperate battles with Corbett and
Paddy Ryan, Sullivan s old antagonist,
and others are with him.
To ease the mind of our good brother
of the Venture we will state that we do
not propose to run Fort Smith depart
ment-certainly not on the plan of the
News Records Van Buren, department
Our only aim will be to publish such
items as we think will interest our
readers.
On Monday Judge Smith let the con-
tract for the new bridge across Big
Mulberry to the Canton Iron Bridge
Company-the same firm who put up
the Lees Creek bridge-they being the
lowest bidders. This bridge will be of
great benefit to large number of people
who live in Maxey township and fulfills
the promise of our people made to the
residents of Maxey township at the time
of its annexation to Crawford county.
The price is $S. $40.
Awarded
Highest Honors-World's Feif.