The Van Buren press., 1896-07-11
The Worlds Fair Tests
showed no baking powder
so pure or SO great In Ieav-
ening power as the Royal

Arnold Daniels room was entered by
a sneak thief Thursday night and his
watch and quantity of wearing
apparel stolen.
Col O. L. Miles and son and Judge
S. R. Coekrill and two sons, Sterling
and Garland, of Little Rock, left
Thursday on a months hunting trip
IN the Petit Jean mountains. Bear is
their objective game, but should occa-
sion arise, we surmise, few squirrels
would not be despised
The New York buyer of the New
York Store recently purchased a large
stock of Wash Goods at 40 cents on the
dollar. The goods have been received
and will be offered for sale beginning
Monday. Some rare bargains will be
offered, and intending purchasers
should not fail to attend early.
A mortgage for So, 900, 900 was
recorded in the office of the Crawford
Circuit Clerk on Wednesday last, given
by the st. Louis, Sloan & Southern
Railway to the United States Mortgage
& Trust Co. The mortgage was given
to secure the money for building the
new air. line railroad from st. Louis to
Van Buren,.
Now that the council has passed an
ordinance prohibiting bicyclists from
riding on the sidewalks the officers
should also make it their business to
enforce the ordinance, already on the
books. prohibiting the throwing of
glass or trash into the streets. The
cyclists also have the right to demand
some protection.
Bill Decherd, the "only'' camp cook,
accompanied Col. o. L. Miles and
party on their hunting trip to the Petit
Jean. Bill has promised US bear S
claw as a trophy of his prowess, but
we fear that he will in his excitement
kill hog for bear-as he did once
beforehand try to palm off one of the
hoofs on us for genuine bear claw.
The past week has been one of great
belligerency and fights of one description
or another have been on record nearly
every day. 1t almost appears as though
such things occur in the form of
epidemics. Perhaps some learned
fighting microbe, when incubation
of habitual subjects may decrease the
income of the mayor.
While the ordinance requiring
bicyclists to carry lamps and bells is all
right, that section requiring the latter
to be rung at each street crossing is a
folly, as it destroys the value of the
bell as an alarm to pedestrians, by their
becoming used to the sound and not
noticing it. This is something not even
required on crowded thoroughfares in
cities.
The small boy und the deadly
cigarette furnish good combination
for fire, as was proven Tuesday morn
ing by the burning of Sheriff Wood s
barn. 1t is to be hoped that the next
legislature will pass the bill-or one
similar-that was killed by the
cigarette trust in the last legislature.
The cigarette habit is running the health
of more boys-and men also-than
perhaps any one other agent in
existence.
Ajax Hose Co. No. 1, of Van Buren,
won first money, $4,000, in the fire
men contest at Fort Smith on the 4th
of July. The prize in the coupling
contest was won by Van Buren,, Chas.
Breslin being successful. In the two
mile bicycle race there were six entries,
two from Little Rock, one from Hot
Springs, one from Fort Smith and two
from Van Buren,. The first and third
nriZes in this contest were also won by
Van Buren,, Smith being the
winner of the first, and Wallace
Daugherty of the third. AS a
CELEBRATION of the 4th of July it was a
fat affair.