The Van Buren press., 1897-10-02

After a vacatl0n OF bnfee monbns
during the hot summer weather the
Ladies Literary Society resumed their
meetings Yesterday. Yesterday s
meeting was held at the residence of
Mrs. Max j. Mayer on Fayetteville
street.
A man named Campbell, we'll known
in Sebastian county, and heretofore re-
garded a good citizen, was arrested
Wednesday at Jenny Lind on charge
of rape sworn out by Mrs. Hall, lady
of Jenny Lind. Fort Smith Times
| Democrat.
A card from Henderson, KY, an
nounees the safe arrival there-his
future field of labor-of Rev. S. l.. c.
Coward, recently pastor of the East
End Mission. THE PRESS extends its
best wishes to Bro. Coward in his new
| field of labor.
w. H. Hayman, Tim Ross, Chas.
Drennen and Fred Britt returned from
their outing on Illinois river Thursday
evening and all are loud in recounting
the pleasures incident thereto. Squirrels
and fish they say were abundant, and all
were in the best of health throughout.
w. H. Hayman reports that the
Indians are poisoning all the holes in
Illinois river from Tahlequah down
with Buckeye roots and are exterminat-
ing the fish in shameful manner. The
river is very low-scarcely running
this making the work of determination
much easier.
The friends of Mr.. Tanning Miles
will be sorry to learn that last week
while getting off steamer at Boston he
fell and dislocated his right knee joint
causing very painful injury and as a
result he has been unable to move
about. His physicians state that it
will be several weeks before he will
have full use of the injured limb.
The ordinance to prevent the jumping
on and off of moving trains within the
city limits is dead letter and not
worth the sum it cost to publish same.
Not a single conviction has been had
under it and yet it is being violated
dozens-yes, hundreds of times each
day by gang of boys who lay around
the Mo. Pacific yards That none of
them have been killed or manned is a
miracle.
So far from being crowded to the
wall by its new morning contemporary
the Fort Smith Times Democrat is
improving every day in its local and
editorial columns under the able leader.
ship Of Prof. Morris and and Capt.
Skinner. Prof. Morris with the able
assistance of Frank Parke is making it
first class local paper, while Capt.
Skinner sees to it that there is nothing
lacking to make it specimen of neat
Typography and good presswork.
The recent heavy rain has again put
the roads leading into Van Buren, into
bad shape and this leads one to again
see that as at present constructed we
will never have road worth calling by
that name. With the quantity of fair
road material to be had on every hand
there can be no excuse for the almost
impossible condition our roads are in
during the season that the most hauling
is done. 1t would be to the interest of
our business men to look after the re.
pairing of the main roads leading into
Van Buren in business way.
Chew g. Fitzhugh brought to sue.
cessful termination number of
important damage suits against the
Frisco railroad in the circuit court at
Ozark last week. One of the cases will
be appealed to the supreme court.
They are: George Fitzpatrick VS.. San
Francisco Railway Co., Judgment for
sl2,O 600; May Rankin VS.. same. iudg.
ment for $500; B. f. Simms VS.. same
Judgment for 1923; d. b. Gallawav vs
same, judgment for $3.50. They were
also attorneys for the Beebe stave
company in its action against the Alma
Potato Growers Association and cot
Judgment in favor of their client in the
SUN Of si37,