The Van Buren press., 1898-12-17

an acceptable Christmas present some
thing in that line is always welcome.
G. X. lngeberg.
Nose Miller one of the recent desper-
ate outlaws was captured Wednesday
night at dance near Braggs. l. T.
Miller killed Thomas r Madden, at
Braggs. some two years ago and since
has added two or more murders to his
list. He will be tried at Muscogee.
County Clerk Coehrane is in receipt
of a letter asking if any heirs of Lewis
and Rebeccah Yancey are living near
Van Buren,. stating that there is some
property awaiting them at Pickens, S.
G.. They are said to have settled near
Van Buren thirty or more years ago.
Our Holiday Goods are now open for
inspection consisting of the latest
Novelties of the season.
F. G. Kerr.
If you are interested in cycling mat
ters, we we would like to talk with YOU
about securing a membership in the l..
A. w. We have had number of ap-
plications sent us by Chief Consul I. C.
Whitmarsh of Texarkana, who would
like TO see the membership extended
throughout Arkansas.
Are our people going to see the doors
of the Home and Hospital closed for
want of financial support? We hope
not. This is one institution above all
others that should be literally support
ed. The condition now is that unless
it meets with financial assistance it's
doors will have to be closed.
The Fort Smith city fathers and the
fire department are at outs. The mem
bers of the department say what the
councilmen don t know about running
fire department would fill library
The whole trouble is over gas bill for
the headquarters which has not been
allowed by the council.
1t is announced that deal has been
closed by which w. G. Bostick. our
late county clerk, becomes the proprie
tor of the Palace drug store now owned
by DR.. Catlin. w. A. Bostick will
preside over the prescription case, hav-
ing had several years experience in that
line. The business will be moved TO
the Cornelius corner.
The spirit Of centralization is mani.
Testing itself everywhere. The Gould
interests are now talking of combining
under one management. Every com
bination means the forcing out of that
line Of business smaller concerns and
idividuals. The outlook for the wage.
Garner and man of small means to ever
gain an independence is indeed gloomy.
A number of subscribers Of the South
western telephone system here have had
their instruments fitted with long dis.
tance trsnsmitters and it is the intention
to supply nearly all the prominent bust
ness houses throughout the CITY with
transmitters of that kind, so as to obvi
ate the necessisty of going to the CEN
tral office when wishing TO use the long
distance line.
Before this controversy over expan.
sion is over it will be discovered that
several of our public men have been
gong about the country carrying set
OF reversible convictions. And the
president leads the van, for as is well
known the president at the beginning
OF the war expressed himself opposed to
expansion, but Mark Hanna, ct al.
willed otherwise.
b. Jones arrived Tuesday from Los
Angeles California and will spend some
time here with friends. Mr.. Jones has
been with the U. s. Surveying Corps
along the Pacific slope this season
Their work reaching from Olympia
wash, to Los Angles in southern Cali.
tornia' On account of snow in the
mountains the survey had to be discon.
tinued till spring.
A half drunk horse trader named
Lewis ran over little Eula Bradley near
the school house last Tuesday. painfully
though not seriously injurinS her He
was arrested and left his horse as secur.
ity and then skipped town. It turned
out that the horse belonged to Schnl4e
the Fort Smith liveryman, and he cama
over and claimed it, but Lewis had
taken wings Marshal Merrill. how.
ever. located him at Fort s,,;.,,