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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-26

precedent in the history and traditions
OF the democratic party. 1t promises a
new dispensation in monetary science
never dreamed of in the philosophy OF
its great leaders.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-26
The ALTERNATIVE.

Pater-Yes, it's hard to make both
ends meet with my family of six grown
girls.
Sympathetic Friend-I suppose you
have to husband your time?
eyes, until husband some of my
daughters. ."-Washington Times.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-26

A certain man had the good fortune
to possess a goose that laid him a golden
egg every 1ay. But, disappointed with
the income and thinking to seize the
whole treasure at once, he killed the
goose, and cutting her open found her
just what any other goose would bel
Much wants more and loses all.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-26

The water pump of today is an i'm
provement ON an invention which first
came into use in the year 283 B. O.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-26
Mothers Friend

system JnaC Ch1lo-B1rth Is made
easy and the time Of recovery
shortened-many say stronger
after than before confinement"
It insures safety to life of both
mother and child. All who have
used Mothers Friend" say they
will never be without 1t again.
No other remedy robs confine-
ment Of its pain.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-26

sss,hE Man. e.esips e spes l.e PER BOTTLE loek.
TO "RxPEcTANr MOTHERS" mailed Tree e0nialnlnl
yntuahie lafofnafi0n and voluntary tss,imoaiais.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-29
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The fac n
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The street gang has been at work on
the street between the Crawford County
Bank and Southmayd Miller's this
week tearing it up. There are many
streets in Van Buren, on which the
amount expended there would have
done more good.
Messrs. Morgan and Ayers, of Butler,
Mo-, have leased the Home Steam
Laundry and on Monday took charge of
same. They are experienced laundry
men and will employ skilled labor.
Van Buren, can and will support a
laundry that turns out good work.
Ben ASKING, who was brought in
from the northern portion of the county
during the winter charged with assault
and who was later released ON bail, was
Tuesday surrendered by his bondsmen
to Jailor Yoes. They wanted to make
sure he would be here to stand trial.
Mrs. B K. Field and mother, Mrs.
A. NJ. Bourland, and Miss Kate left
Wednesday for Berlin, Conn. Mrs.
Bourland and Miss Kate will spend the
summer months with Mrs. Field in
the hope of improving Mrs. B s health,
which has been very poor for some
months.
The Mulberry Leader reports that
that town is in a fair way of getting a
new depot. A new one at Van Buren,
would not hurt and it seems somewhat
strange that the company has not
erected a nice depot at this point in
which all the different offices could be
accommodated.
The officers are doing good work in
breaking up the illegal fishing that has
been the cause of our creeks and lakes
being SO destitute of specimens of the
finny tribe. Two more violators were
brought in last Friday named Geo.
Logan and S. Sykes and they were as
sessed fines and costs amounting to
80 20 each
A fire which had every indication of
being of incendiary origin occurred on
Pickett Hill early Saturday morning.
The building three room house-and
its contents were destroyed. 1t had
been occupied by loose character and
it is thought that it was burned to keep
her away from there. If this is the
case it should be investigated. There
are other and legal means of Kidding a
community of such people.
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Golden Medical Discovery for sale at
JOHN O. KANE DRUG STORE.
Matinee this afternoon.

Mdtlnee UnlS AFTERNOON.
The l. o. o. F. excursion is settled
fact.
Mrs. Sanford left Thursday on visit
to relatives in Iowa.
Mrs. Eichenberger is up from Poteau
visiting friends in our city.
d. 7. Goldsmith is in Missouri buy
ing berries for Pittsburg firm.
Miss Josie Draper has opened a
private school near Long Bell mills.
The Star House is making arrange
ments to leave Van Buren, about July /
The Crawford Couty Medical Society
held a meeting in our city Thursday
morning.
The Claxton Shirley company will
give ladies and children's matinee
this afternoon.
o. L. Miles left Wednesday for
Topeka, Kans. to argue case before
the Kansas supreme court.
Ajax hose company has offered its
services in furnishing portion of the
entertainment on July 4.
Editor Higgs left Friday morning for
Texarkana, being called there by the
dangerous illness of his brother.
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Senator Douglass on Thursday intro
dueed senate bill No. 70 to establish a
railroad commission. 1t met with the
same fate as the others. 1t was tabled
by vote of II to 10.
From what we have heard the Fourth
will be celebrated in glorious style in
Van Buren,. Already number of our
wide awake citizens are working up
attractions for that day.
Mrs. Dunn, who has been the guest
of Mrs. Jesse Turner for some months,
left Thursday for her home, Allegheny
City, Pa. Hon. Jesse Turner accom-
panied her as far as st. Louis.
Decoration day will be observed at
the national cemetery at Fort Smith
today. Hon. H. F. Auten will be
orator of the day. Hon. Jos. NJ. Hill
will deliver an Grafton on the part of
the Confederates.
The question Of early closing is again
being agitated among our business
men. If all will agree TO this there can
be no objection raised and it would
prove blessing to the employees during
the hot summer evenings.
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GIVE US AN ORDER when in need of Job Work
The |. y. o. r. Excursion.

A meeting was held on Wednesday
night by the committee appointed by
the Odd Fellows lodge to make arrange
ments for an excursion. Arrangements
were perfected for one of the best
excursions ever given in this section.
The Mo. Pacific offered very liberal
rate for train of one baggage car and
five coaches to Wan, l. 7. and their
proposition was accepted.
The people of Wan promise to furnish
all the fish necessary for mopstrous
fish fry, while the lodges at Fort
Smith, Muldrow. Hanson, Sallisaw
and other points expect to be well
represented.
If arrangements can be made our
band will accompany the excursion.
and there is LIKELIHOOD that the Fort
Smith mandolin club will accompany
the Fort Smith delegation, thus assur-
ing plenty of music.
The date set is June II next. Com
mittees who have the different details in
charge were appointed at Wednesday S
meeting and they will see that every
thing requisite TO make the occasion
a success will be done.
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Mr.. D. E. King, of the Mo. Pacific,
came back to Van Buren, Thursday to
superintend the shipping of the potato
crop.
Jno. P. Stafford, of the Springdale
News, was in the city Wednesday in
the interest of the st. Louis Printer
Supply company.
The rain for which our people had
been praying arrived Thursday night.
The amount of precipitation during the
night was 0. 40 inch
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Conkling have
the sympathy of their friends in the
death of their infant child, which
occurred Wednesday night.
Miss Alice Cornthwaite, of Kansas,
representing the Mid Continent Co
operative Loan company, has been in
our city during the past week.
Everything did not go off as smoothly
at the band concert at Fort Smith as
advertised and considerable complaint
was heard on all sides from citizens as
well as visitors.
WANTED-An energetic, reliable
lady or gentleman to take travelling
agency. Terms $50 per month with all
expenses paid. Recommendation re-
quired. Address J. MoNFoRT,
Van Buren,, Ark
That there is class-and they do not
belong to the genus tramp either-in
Van Buren, who would rather gather
the fruits of other people s toll is proven
by the number of gardens that have
been robbed of vegetables of late. A
good application of shot to these
marauders would be the best way of
stopping this business.
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Forger Caught.

VIM. Watkins, alias VIM Reed, is
behind the bars charged with forgery.
On April 25 Watkins presented note
at the Crawford County Bank for pay
ment with the name of Monroe Com
stock as endorser forged to it. Cashier
Pernot suspicioned that all was not
right and refused to cash it, He wrote
to Mr.. Comstock in regard to it and he
confirmed Mr.. Pernot s suspicion.
Last Friday Watkins again came to
town and this time got blank note
from the Citizens Bank, no doubt in
tending to repeat his former operation.
Before he could accomplish it, how
ever, Mr.. Pernot recognized Watkins
on the street and had Deputy Sheriff
Lockhart arrest him. He was bound
over and on the way to Jail chewed up
the portion of the note he got from the
Citizens Bank which contained the
signatures. This action would go to
prove that it also contained forged
name.
Tuesday morning Reed, as was the
name given under which he was held,
was taken before Esq. Michael for pre-
liminary examination. Mr.. w, H.
Neal, as attorney for the defendant,
stated that Watkins was the name of
the prisoner and that Reed was an
uncle who had raised him. He then
waived examination and was bound
over in the sum of $3.50 to await the
action of the grand jury. While en-
route to the Jail Watkins concluded it
best to give "leg bal" and started on
a run toward 1.-The Hollow with
Officer Lockhart bringing up the rear.
Watkins was something of sprinter
and Lockhart resorted to his gun to
bring him to halt.
The second shot took effect in the
man thigh but he did not stop until
three more shots had been fred at him.
The wound was only through the feshy
part and is not serious, though quite
painful. Watkins will explain his
operations to the grand jury.
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The new tuba purchased by the band
with the funds raised by the entertain
ments recently given by them arrived
Monday in time for the contest at Fort
Smith.
Rev. H. A. Tucker and wife left
Wednesday for Eureka Springs. Mrs.
fuckers eyes are severely affected and
it is hoped that treatment there will be
of benefit.
DR.. H. C. Norton, who is well known
to many of our people, having praeticed
his profession here some years ago, has
had constructed for himself boat with
which he will visit all the towns along
the river to bring relief to the afflicted.
His boat was moored at the foot of
Main street during the past week.
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Mr. Moreloek s residence on East
Broad street is nearing completion and
makes quite an elegant addition to that
part of the city.
Capt. Jno. Steward returned from
Lancaster Saturday where he had been
for some weeks experimenting his
farming operations.
Guy Burson 8 many friends will be
pleased to learn of his embarkation in
business at Fort Smith and wish him all
the success possible.
Mrs. Tom Prather and children
returned Tuesday to Fort Smith after a
week visit in Van Buren, as guest of
Mrs. j. M Weaver.
Mr.. J, E. Jarvis received his com
mission as postmaster last Saturday and
Immediately made out and forwarded
his bond for approval.
The Van Buren, and Fort Smith boys
had an interesting ball game here
Saturday, resulting in score of 10 to ~
in favor of Fort Smith.
Everybody who could went to Fort
Smith Tuesday to take in the concert,
races, etc. and for time Van Buren,
had quite deserted air
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Editor Renfroe was up from Alma
Wednesday.
Everett Cain returned Monday from
his visit to Indiana.
A good many cherries have been on
market the past week.
Hon. Jesse Turner spent several days
this week in st. Louis.
Rev. w. H. w. Burns has been quite
i'll during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. p D. Scott returned
Saturday from Hot Springs.
Blackberries are ripening and large
shipments will be made soon.
s. M. Dyer was up from Dyer Wed
nesday renewing acquaintance.
Mrs c. Rose left Saturday on an ex-
tended visit to relatives in Nebraska.
The o. K market has been supplied
with fans to be driven by water moter.
Mrs. c. r. Cordell was visiting A
Kramer family near Lille this week.
Two of the Fort Smith journals are
having red hot newspaper war on
tap.
Chief of Police Merrill is sporting a
superb shield which he had made in st.
Louis
The first car load of new potatoes left
Van Buren, Tuesday billed for St.
Louis.
Mrs. F. l.. Snodgrass, of Bengal, l.
T., was visiting relatives in Van Buren,
this week
Mr.. J. N. Brown has &C cepted
position with the Fort Smith Ice
company.
The storage house having been filled
the ice plant has been closed down for
the present.
The Jail is veritable hospital these
days, about half of the inmates being
on the sick list.
Epworth League meeting each Sun
day evening at $3.50 O. clock at the
Methodist Church.
W. c. Cornish and family, of Ozark,
have been visiting Col. Sam Chew and
family the past week.
Mrs. Hayden Mayors, of Muskogee
was the guest of Mrs. Buck Williams
during the past week.
Jno. Hays left Tuesday for Little
Rock for course of treatment at the
Mo. Pacific hospital.
Tailor Yoes has had some of the
prisoners at work tn is week cleaning up
the court house square.
Taylor and Arthur Reynolds, of
clarksville. are in the city visiting their
cousin, John Woolum.
Ed. Lahr, of South McAlister,
occupied the pulpit of the Christian
church Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl SHIRLEY are visit
ing the Nashville exposition, having
gone there last Sunday.
Newland Callahan s new residence is
oeing pushed by the contractors and is
rapidly assuming shape.
mr., Morelock got up steam for the
aist time Thursday morning at his new
ofiek plant in the East End.
Dad Rose, after a visit of nearly
syear with his son in Van Buren,, left
'Or ualesburg, ILL.,, Wednesday.
S4O0 fine was assessed by a Fort
smith jury against the proprietor of a
ssioon for operating a faro bank.
uamolers, in general, are receiving a
Rorongh shaking up there.
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self strongest Achilles never thought
he would turn his heel to an enemy, buk
1t was in that unarrnored place the fatal
arrow was planted. 1t is usually the organ
in his body that a man thinks strongest,
that disease assaults and batters down.
Caution a man about neglecting his
health and mention consumption, and he
will pound his chest and laugh you to
scorn. He does not realize that COIL
sumption beats down this defense inper-
ceptibly, inch by inch. The lungs once
attacked the only weapon of defense is
the right remedy.
90 per cent. of all cases of consumption
are cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t eorrects disordered diges-
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petite hearty and assimilation perfect,
fills the blood with the elements that
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all impurities and disease-gerIns from the
blood. All druggists sell it.
II have used DR., Pierces Favorite Prescription
and Golden Medical Discovery In my faniilys
writes Mrs. G. A. Conner, OF Allegheny Springs,
the best medicine that 1 ever used have also
used his Compound Extract of Smart Weed
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they are recommended to do
The newly welded wife, above all other
women, needs good medical book. DR..
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
fills this want. 1t contains over 1000 pages
and 900 illustrations. Several chapters are
devoted to the physiology of the organs dis
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a cloth binding is wanted, send 10 cena
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Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson came down
from Springdale Monday morning to
visit their daughter, Mrs. j. E. Jarvis
Roy Campbell has been down the
Mo. Pacific the past week looking after
the fruit business of the A. R. T.
company
high mass was celebrated at the
Catholic church Thursday morning.
DR.. kAhlman last mass in b fat was
rendered.
Harry Wood is in Nashville to take in
the exposition and attend the meeting
of the Southern Wholesale Grocers
Association.
Miss Nonnie Lawson came up from
Little Rock with Mrs. G. G.. Scott
Saturday and will be her guest for
several weeks.
Miss Mary Lusk, after couple weeks
in Van Buren, as guest of Mrs. T. B.
Coppage, left Wednesday for her home
Hustonyille, Ky
Judge Colgrove is the champion
cucumber grower of Van Buren,. He
has been making a number of ship
ments this week.
The first crate of blackberries to be
shipped from Van Buren, was Tuesday
morning 1t was grown on the farm of
Andy Campbell.
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Convenes Today.

The Womens Missionary Society of
Arkansas will convene at the First
Methodist church in this city Saturday.
May 30 today, and continue until
June 1. Mrs. J. Is. Stevenson, presi-
dent Of the Van Buren, Auxiliary
society, is anticipating a good attend
ance. An interesting program has
been arranged.
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Married

At the home of the bride parents, two
and half miles northeast of town, Mr.
Robert Williams, of Irondale, Ala. +,
and Miss Belle, the accomplished
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Bushong, Rev. r. B. Prather official.
ing, Thursday, May 81.
Miss Bushong is a highly accom-
plished lady, recent graduate of the
Fort Smith Commercial College, and
was the belle of her neighborhood. Mr..
Williams is to be congratulated on win.
ming such charming bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams left Thursday
afternoon for Irondale, Ala. where the
groom is prosperous planter.
TIE PRESS congratulates.
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A meeting Of our business men has
been called for Wednesday night.
June 2, for the purpose Of making
arrangements for a Fourth
of July celebration. The meeting will
be held in horticultural Hall.
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Spring Humors, eruptons. hives. boils
pimples, sores, are perfectly and permanently
| cured by Hoods Sarsaparlla the best Spring
Medicine and One True Purifier
Hoods pills act easily and promptly on the
liver and bowels. Cure sick headache. 23,
Van Buren, should at least have a
semblance of park and few seats
placed in court square would to a
certain extent fill that want.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rube Hewlett, who
were the guests of DR.. and Mrs. H .
Weems last week, left for their home at
Bonham, Tex, Saturday night.
Conductor Matt Wallace has relieved
Conductor Harvest on the Greenwood
run. Mr.. Harvest has been compelled
to lay off on account of i'll health.
Arch Jarvis came up from Huntington
Sunday to see his friends, and went
from here to Kansas to attend the bed
side of his brother, who is very i'll.
w. H. Bushong has been in the
neighborhood of Sarcoxie, Mo during
the past week getting pointers on how
they grow and handle berries there.
The store of L. S. Appleby at SHIRLEY
was broken into Saturday night and
Appleby S room robbed of trunk con
tanning clothing and $500 in money.
Mrs. Page Huckleberry and family
left Friday to join Mr.. H. at Thomas
vile, l, T. where he is connected with
the Long Bell company s new plant.
Those who attended the band tourna-
ment Monday intending to return on
the midnight train had a good wait.
The train did not arrive until daylight.
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G, :. MrRrA & co,
UnteTiakers and Funeral Directors.
If You Want....

to Buy, Sell, or Exchange Lands
or Town Property, give me num-
bsrs,. improvements and price,
cash or time. II you want to
purchase let me know what you
want. ! will sell on reasonable
commission.
VIM. L. TAYLOR.
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Program of Women's Missionary
Society Meeting.

>e5' et''' VI "OHlef1S missionary
Society Meeting.
Below is the programme of the meet
ing OF the Women s Missionary Society
which eonvenes in Van Buren, this after
noon. The programme outlined is an
Interesting one, and the members of the
local socity have spared no pains to
make the occasion pleasant one for the
visiting delegates
SATURDAY.
Arrival of delegates and assignment
to homes
At P M, a preliminary meeting of the
officers and delegates will be held.
AT 8 P.M.-Address of welcome by
Mrs. Ratterree, and response by one of
the delegates, followed by annual ad.
dress of president and reports of CORE
spending secretary and treasurer.
SUNDAY.
IL A.M.-Annual sermon by Rev. F.
S. H. Johnson of Fort Smith
3P. M.-An address to the young
people and children by Mrs. J. B.
Crump and others.
SPIN. -Address and reading of pa
pers by Miss Laura Haygood of Pekin,
China.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
Business sessions and transaction of
routine work.
All ladies of other churches interested
in this work are cordially invited to
attend.
Miss Annie Leaning, who has held a
position as assistant in our public school
during the past year, left Monday for
Fort Smith where she will make her
permanent home.
MARRIED Sunday, May 30, 1897,
at the residence of the groom 8 father,
one mile east of the city, Mr.. Foley
and Miss Alice Clawson, Justice J. C.
Moore officiating.
All interested should attend the meet
ing at the Horticultural Hall next Wed.
nesday night. The object is to perfect
arrangements for grand Fourth of
July celebration.
Work is in progress on DR.. Dibrell S
new dwelling. The old brick Office
building which had been landmark
for many years has been removed to
make place for the new structure.
A large number of Van Burenites
went to Fort Smith in conveyances
Tuesday night to listen to the band con.
cert and the ferry boat was kept run
ming until after ~ o clock for their
return.
J. M. Harshaw was visiting Sarcoxie,
Mo-, this week. He has brother
living there whom he has not seen for
upwards of thirty years and he thought
this would be an opportune time to pay
him visit.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
give dinner today in the Brisco build
ing next door to the mayors office. |
They are trying in this way to raise
money to help in paying off the in
debtedness of the church.
About $50 was added to the funds of
the Queen City Band by the entertain
ment given on the grounds of Capt. H.
A. Meyer last Friday night. The
as rendered was an excellent
one and the attendance was quite good.
Sheriff Pape reports the collection of
over 80 per cent of the assessed taxes of
Crawford county. This speaks we'll
'or our county and shows that for this
section, at least, the tax extension was
lot necessary, if not positively harmful.
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THE VAN buren, PRESS.
VAN buren,, ARKANSAS,
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
MISSOURI PACIFIC.

MISSOURI PACIFIC
Trains 23l, 30, 233, 234 243 and pa will carry
passengers -
GOING WEST
No 231. Arr 2:45 pm. Arr. Coffeyville $50 D. m.
No 239 8" 3:30 am. &" Fl Smith 400 a. m
No. 243 :" 1l:25 am. Stops at Van Buren,.
GOING EAST.
No 2s2. Arr lis pm. Arr. Little Rock 7:55 p m
No, 234. 100 am. e" 2:l5 pm,
No al Lv. 1915 pm. g Coal Hill 1876 b IN
Trains 23l, 232 233. 234 run daily.
Trains 243 and 244 do not run on Sunday.
Through trains make stop OF minutes.
GREENWOOD BRANCH
No $780, Arr lbs I'm. STOPS at Van Buren,,
No 203. Lv. 1850 pm Arr. Greenwood 500 D m
~ Daily except Sunday.
A HAYS. Agent.
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Palestine Drops best known remedy for the
cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Chronic Con.
stipaton, Flatulenee, Collie and all stomach
bowel and liver diseases. Being specific for
these, 1t is sure cure for La Grippe.
For sale at Dr. Johnson's Drug Store
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Trains 30 aud 81 run daily except Sunday, bal
ance run daily.
Pullman sleepers and reclining chair cars on
all through trains. Through tickets on sale to
I'LL points.
For full information call upon or address
c. f. GooDISG, Tiki Agt