The Van Buren press., 1897-07-24

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Mrs. q. C. Hayman has been quite
i'll the past week, but at last reports |
was said to be improving.
Henry Britt has sold his residence in
the eastern part of town, j. H. |
Childers- being the purchaser.
Mrs. J. NJ Baxter was in the city |
during the week attending the bedside
of her father. Mr.. Henry SHIRLEY.
W. 7. Johnson, of Chattanooga,
arrived in the city Thursday on an ex-
tended visit to relatives in Van Buren,.
Miss Lille MCGEE has been retained
by the directors of the Mulberry school
district as assistant for the ensuing
term.
W. A. Briscoe has disposed of his
entire business interests at Fort Smith
and there is prospects of his return to
Van Buren,.
Conductor Knowlton and H. H. Dill
returned Thursday via the Mo. Pacific
from the meeting of Republican League
Clubs at Detroit.
F. R. McKibben is in Washington
looking after his interests in the con-
test for U. S. marshal of the northern
district of the L. T.
Engineer Harris returned Wednesday
night from Tennessee, where he went
to place his children under the care of
their grandmother.
Capt. r. B. Allen left Thursday for
a stay at Winslow. His health has
been not of the best of late and he will
try to reeuperate some up there.
Hot Springs seems to be as badly out
classed in baseball by Fort Smith as
Fort Smith is by Little Rock. Thurs
day score was 10 to Z in favor of Fort
Smith.
1t seems strange that a man should
lay off white man and give his position
to negro, when there are hundreds of
competent white men anxious for a
position,
A great many of our merchants had
business at Fort Smith Thursday after
noon. Incidentally there was ball
game on tap between Fort Smith and
Hot Springs.
On next Thursday the Goth inst. ,
there will be an annular eclipse of the
sun early in the forenoon. The eclipse
will be only partially visible here 1t
will begin about 8 o clock.
The brickwork on the electric power
house is completed and the roof and
other portions will soon be finished.
Preparations for placing the boilers are
now going ON and everything looks to a
| speedy completion.
The 40, 900 candle power searchlight
to be put on top the court house for
illuminating the night of the electric
| light celebration should prove great
attraction. A searchlight is something
but comparatively few of our people
have ever seen and should prove an
object of great interest.
The Waters Pierce oil wagon and
team created considerable havoc with
awning posts during runaway Thurs
day. One of the iron posts at South
mayd Miller S corner was torn out and
badly bent and wooden post was torn
from under Cornelius awning No
other damage was done.
An excursion for clean people only is
on tab for next Sunday from Fort Smith
to Winslow, says Rainey Williams of
the Times Democrat. The price is
fixed at 75c. for the round trip. All
the 'unwashed will have to stay at
home. He says there will be no
booze as on the former Fort Smith
excursion.
Our boys won two out of three games
of the series played by them with the
Fort Smith nine. The third game was
played Monday and resulted in a score
Of to in favor of Van Buren,. Six
runs were made by our boys in the fifth
inning and the Times Democrat says
there was no telling how many more
they would have made but for the fact
that the umpire called out one of our
boys at the homeplate by mistake.
One of the buildings of the old Mat
lock homestead at Dripping Springs,
which had been used as a kitchen.
dining and storage room. was destroyed
by fire Monday night. The loss is
estimated at $500, $40 of which was
money. The other and newer portion
used as sleeping and sitting rooms had
been built some distance from the older
and in that way escaped destruction.
The fire was not discovered until the
roof had begun to fall in and therefore
nothing could be saved,