The Van Buren press., 1897-09-11
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Ton Nznsksr : 1zek from visit Z
friends At CozeyTiIIe.

Z. c. Permit mzfe short busi1ess
visit 70 Little Rock tEis week
Il hard. ard what looked 20 be gen
eEzl. rain began falling yesterday fgre-
Noon
Miss Nellie Constant. Of ST. Loais.
i visiting her brothsr. Engineer Ton
Constant.
VIII Peel wzs vRzting relatives II
Missouri first q tie week, returning
Wednesday.
Miss Msud Mace iefF yesterday nom
ing for Arksdelphiz 70 enter the Baptist
college there
/ The improvements On the Valley
Hotel building are about completed and
il will soon be occupied
Mrs. J. Z. Britain and Eou lett foF
Little Rock yesterday morning after an
extended visit in onr city as guest Of
Mrs. J. ". Higss.
y. r Cornelins Is hack from the
markets and will soon have on ex-
hihitiCn one OF the best selected stocks
Of dry goods. etc. in the city.
D. J. Young. Ct Fort Smith. has
donated cup 70 Be played for by the
Van Buren and Fort Smith clubs in
their i've game series Of baseball.
Messrs. Colgrove. TaIlman and
Clearer hare returned from a pearl
hunting expedition in Ferdigris river
They returned with about 100 small
pearls
Frank Steward has nearly recovered
from the beating he received at the
hands Of Wiley Maddox ten days ago.
For 3 time it was thought that ne was
dangerously injured
J. L. Edrington has purchased the
HaymAn mill and will replace the
Touring machinery with complete up
todate set Of ginning machinery and
expects 10 have It II operation in about
. week or ten days.
The waste pipe leading from the
watering trough 81 the head Of Of Main
street Is at last being opened again. This
has been nuisance for ten days or more
and il should not have been allowed 70
overflow as long as il has.
Rev. Flowers, OF the Charity Home
and Hospital, is desirons Of finding a
home for a young babe. Anyone
desiring to adopt q child. or who can
give any information that will enable
the Hospital management to find it a
home, is requested to call on Rev
Flowers.
Suit has been brought in the sum of
80 600 against the Iron Mountain R R
By the relatives for the death of
Brakeman Gabe Gillette on the Green
wood branch nearly year ago. The
case is being tried at Greenwood. Col.
Sam R. Chew is attorney for the
plaintiff.
C.. E. Gooding left Thursday for
Springfield and Kansas City. He
carries with him the best wishes Of a
host Of friends he has made in Van
Buren during his stay as Frisco agent.
1t is said that he has been offered a
position on road running out of
Kansas City.
A broken axle caused wreck Thurs
day afternoon just this side of Dyer
which ditched two grain cars. No one
was injured but business was delayed
for several hours The wreck occurred
On small trestle and eye witnesses re-
port the ditch underneath completely
filed up with shelled corn.
VIM. P. Sadler, Of Van Buren,
visited his brothers, II g. and r. A.
Sadler, this week. Mr.. Sadler's many
Logan county friends hope TO see him
elected circuit clerk Of Crawford county
at the next election. Paris Express.
A better or more competent man for
the Office could not be selected than W,
P. Sadler. His nomination would be a
deserved recognition Of very worthy
gentleman.
If you own lot in the cemetery go
to the mayor 8 Office and subscribe 80
cents to the fund to lay service pipe
there from the water main. The Water
company signifies its willingness to
furnish water free Of charge if our
citizens viii pay for the laying Of the
service pipe, which will cost between
80 and go. Quite number have al
ready subscribed.
Herman Rausch, whose leg was
crushed while coupling cars at Inola,
/. T., one day last week, died at the
No. Pacific hospital at st. Louis Sun
day. On arriving there it was found
necessary 10 have his leg amputated
above the knee and it is supposed that
either blood poison had set in or the
shock was too great for him to survive.
His remains were taken to Jersey City,
n. J. for interment.