The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

first purchase of the necessary machine
"a rock erusher engine and roller
the expense would be very light and
they could then be used in improving
one street after another, instead of
spending all on Main street and running
a line of boats over the others in rainy
weather.
There is never day passes but what there
are large number of passengers come into Van
Buren, over the different roads. and the same can
be said Of departures, and yet the depot here
are more than in many OF the towns OF much
can obtain a decent pot?-Venture.
More of what? Bro. Higgs. We
should say more of sardine boxes, with
sweating attachments in summer time,
than public railway stations.
Safe breakers are also reported at
work at Sallisaw, but they must be of a
rather inexperienced kind as the safe
they blew open had been left unlocked,
but they did not find it out The deed
occurred Sunday night and the scene
was Francis store. No money was
obtained the proprietor having removed
it the evening before.
It appears as though accidents never
come singly. Another brakeman on
the Mo Pacific was reported to have
been killed near Fort Gibson Tuesday
night. He was new man named
Lawrence. From the meagre inform
alton we CLEAN that his coat caught on the
brakewheel while jumping from one
car to another and he was thrown
underneath and mangled.
We have received from the Pope
Mf g, Co. the makers of the celebrated
Columbia Bicycles, one of their pad
desk calendars. They are the handiest
calendar for the Office we have ever
seen-having a leaf for each day in the
year with a space for memoranda.
Five two cent stamps will get one by
addressing the Pope Mf 6. Co., Hart
ford, Conn.
The Merrill Bros. have been for the
past month or more fattening for the
holiday trade some of the finest beeyes
ever seen in this-or any other
country they have also been fattening
two deer, captured in the Territory,
for the same trade. Photographs Of
them will be taken before butchering
and adorn their market The Merrill
Bros. are strictly up to date.
"a pretty little Turnout that is,
carriage and horses-which attracted
no little attention on Garrison avenue
yesterday, was driven over from Van
Buren, by its proprietor little Miss
Mace, daughter of w. l.. Mace, who
bought the ponies at Shetland pony
farm in Missouri, and had the carriage
made to order at Columbus, at total
cost for team and carriage of 800. 1t
is two seated carriage and has room
for all the children. Tuesday Fort
Smith Times Democrat.
The splendid weather of the past
several weeks has been taken advantage
of by the majority of our progressive
farmers and their Numbers in this
section is growing rapidly-to pillow
their lands and put them in shape for
early planting next spring; especially
has this been the case with many bottom
farms, the heavy soil Of which is much
benefited by the successive freezing and
thawing of winter also giving the litter
which encountered the land a chance to
partially decay before spring planting
and acting as fertilizer. There is
some disagreement as to whether fall
ploughing benefits our light uplands,
but there can be no doubt that upland
which contains much clay is also
benefited, besides, as above said,
giving the litter which encountered it a
chance to rot. With fair season next
year this section should and will be
b1.asad nth abundant cro,,u