The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14

NfusHed oyster Shells for your
Poultry, at
EDMoNDsoN & BRITT Gro. Co.
Lem East returned to Huntington
Monday, after a weeks visit to
relatives in Van Buren.
Kramer & Beall have rented the room
In the Kerr Turner building adjoining
the Horse Shoe Drug Store.
Judge Burrows has moved his family
from Mountainburg to his recent
purchase on Mountain View.
Mrs. Knocker has returned to her
home at Aurora, Mo-. accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Clark.
j. l., Rea is at Hot Springs in the
interest OF case of rheumatism with
which he has been afflicted lately.
Arthur Hays and Fl. L. Fitzhugh
have received their wheels and are
regularly enrolled among the cranks.
Rich Lloyd went up to Fayetteville
Wednesday. He is thinking of taking
, a course at the Arkansas University.
Mr.. P. D. Scott was in Little Rock
Wednesday attending the meeting of the
Democratic State Central Committee.
Messrs. Ed. Trickett and Walter
Graves, of the Times force, returned
to their homes in Missouri last night.
Miss Francis Willard, the eminent
Temperance worker, is expected to visit
st. Louis the latter part of the month.
j. G.. Ferguson came in from the
speaking in the northwestern part of
the county Wednesday and reports good
crowds.
Rev. A. c. Millar, president of
Hendrix College, Conway, addressed
the pupils of our high school yesterday
afternoon.
Will Bushmaier was badly bruised up
in a runaway Saturday evening while
returning from Van Buren to his home
in Richland township.
Mrs c. H. Tuttle (nee Miss Eula
Brown of Brooklyn. N. Y, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. A. E. Menke. -
Fayetteville Sentinel.
The Republicans are getting
''scaren from the different schemes
they are concocting for carrying at
least one ward-the third.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. L. Wallace have
the sympathy of numerous friends in
the death of their little baby which
occurred last Saturday night.
Mr.. U. G.. Dunn has closed his
general repair shop in Van Buren, and
accepted position with ''The Viking
bicycle agency at Fort Smith.
J. w. Mckinney returned Wednes
day from St. Louis, where he has been
for a week past buying goods for the
Mckinney Rea Mercantile Co.
The Episcopal Church is having some
very necessary work done on it and
during its progress services are being
held in the Presbyterian Church.
The Democratic Club has rendered
the Queen City Band the free use of
their Club room in the Lynch Block,
which they very gladly accepted.
Ike Kempner came up from Little
Rock Tuesday night with a view to find
a store in which to open up stock of
goods, with Max Lyons in charge.
Mr.. H. s. LEVERS has been assisting
Sheriff Wood collecting taxes this week
during the absence of Deputy Winfrey,
who has been to see the sovereigns.
Geo. R. Michael has been appointed
as Justice of the Peace in Van Buren
township to the place made vacant by
the removal of Justice Heathcock from
the township.
''The Turkish Bath at the Opera
House last Wednesday night did not
draw very large crowd, but those that
went were treated to an evening of fun.
There is no plot whatever in it and the
only thing about it is something to
make you laugh.
Mr.. S. Collum expects to move to
Argenta next week, where he has pur-
chased a house. We shall be very
sorry to lose Mr.. and Mrs. Collum
from our city, but Mr., Columns run
being mostly east of Coal Hill he viii he
oftener at home by moving to Argenta
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