The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-03-05
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SOLE AGENTS.

Will Tackett has been at Ozark this
week as a witness In the case of the
state VS.. Price Reynolds and VIM Darr
for the murder of a man named Burns
near Charleston in Franklin county!
Tom Davis had the misfortune Satur-
day on returning from tour of the
country in the interest of his candidacy
for county clerk to have his horse take
suddenly ill and die within a short
time.
Thus far the weather has been excep-
tionally favorable toward keeping back
fruit trees and vines, and about ten
days more of moderately cool weather
will put them pretty safe from being
killed by frost.
THE PRESS requires all candidates for
Office to pay in advance for their an
nouncements in this paper This rule
will be found to result to the advantage
of both the candidates and ourselves.
Remember that we will make no
exceptions.
Fort Smith wheelmen are talking of
building a bike track and having
some good racing this summer. We
can assure them good attendance from
this side of the river if the scheme is
carried out.
The day for the municipal election
draws higher, and the enemy is much
more active than it has the outward APP
pearance of being and it behooves DEM
ocrats to be on their guard if they want
to elect the whole ticket.
Why can't we pave Main street,
There is certainly great need for it. -
Venture.
Because macadam will cost only
about one eighth or tenth as much and
would answer all purposes.
Brunn & Burn circus last Saturday
afternoon and evening was startling
success, especially the street parade.
The performance gave such general
satisfaction that they think of giving
other performances soon.
A new evening paper has made its ap
pearance at Fort Smith with g. r.
Williams on the tripod. The paper is
published on the co operative plan and
is named the Evening Democrat. We
wish it unbounded success.
With the first of this month the Bell
telephone company reduced the rates of
those subscribers who have been paying
more to the uniform rate of 100 per
month for residence phones and %. 90
per month for business houses.
Mr.. EDITOR Please tell your readers
that the Quaker Valley Manufacturing
Company, 319 and 321 South Canal st. ;,
Chicago. sell full line of high grade
household furniture direct from the
factory at 90 to 80 per cent. lower than
retail prices, and will send anyone a
copy of their catalogue free. 43-l7t
B. C. Convey has moved his Singer
machine agency into the Meyer build
ing, adjoining Hunt grocery, which
he is occupying jointly with j. h.
Lynch, the secondhand dealer, who
moved his stock there Saturday.
Dan Miller left Sunday for st. Louis
and other markets to purchase goods for
Southmayd Miller's two stores. Dan
is one of the best buyers in this section
and that firm will have some bargains
to offer when his purchases arrive.
Faint tinges of green showing among
the willows along the banks of our
streams herald the early arrival of
spring. All nature is waiting to again
take on new life after its winters sleep.
And then, in spring the young man s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of -
Budweiser. - and the spring poet roams
the land in search of victims and afflicts
the editor worse than does the seed tick
later in the season.