The Van Buren press., 1898-12-31
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A. L. Mcleod came in Saturday from
Iowa to spend Christmas with hi
family. He left Wednesday for Stan
berry, Mo. His family, we learn, viii
follow in spring.
The city is accumulating a rock pil,
and no doubt some of the Dust,
Rhodes will thereby be afforded
chance to obtain some much needed
muscular exercise.
DR.. M, A. Simmons Liver Medicine
has since 1910 steadily risen in public
favor, and the demand for it far ex.
cells that of any other Liver Medi
| cine. dec
W R. Burn who has been for severa
months past assisting in surveying the
| line for the new Choctaw extension
came in last week to spend a short va
cation with his family.
G. L. Lewis, brakeman on the east
end, let one of his feet slip while jump.
ing on moving train near CONWAY
tuesday and it was ground off by the
wheels. He was taken to st. Louis.
Frank R. Clark, son of the veteran
editor of the Arkadelphia STANDARD
was In to see us for a few minutes
Wednesday. He states that his father
will be in the race for secretary of state
two years hence.
Mrs. N. G. Wells, Ravenden, Ark.
writes: Have used DR.. NJ. A. Sim.
mons Liver Medicine IL years. 1t cured
me of Sick Headache, my son of Torpid
Liver, and my daughter of Bad Colds
| think it great deal stronger thar
Zeilin S and Black Draught. dec.
The Argus last Saturday com
pleted the twenty second year of it,
existence. and we wish to congratulate
its proprietors upon the fact that as il
grows in age it increases in strength
and influence.
The 'holier than thou art air some
people put on is generally viewed rather
suspiciously. In spite of protestations
to the contrary human nature is human
nature. Protestations alone do no
make the TRUE Christian.
The Episcopal Sunday school children
were given Christmas tree Wednesday
evening in the building recently y'occu
pied by 1.-The Times, and happy
faced lot it was that assembled there t(
do homage to Santa Claus.
La Grippe has made its appearance il
the East in epidemic form and appears
to be spreading to this section, a nun
Der of what appeared to be cases of tha
disagreeable visitation having mad,
their appearance here this week.
Charley Arkebauer came down from
st. Louis last Friday to spend the holi
days with his parents here. He returns
tomorrow for a final course at the Mis-
souri, Medical College, from which in
stitution he will graduate in March.
Elder d. G. Yeargin, at one tim,
pastor of the Baptist church here, anC
later located at Oak Grove, and who
went from here to South McAlester
died, according to the South McAlestel
Capital, recently in southeast Mis-
souri,.
The Scott home was the scene Tues
day evening of very delightful enter
tainment and reception given in honor
of the Allen Meyer wedding party. The
hours until IL O. clock were devoted tc
dancing, after which an elegant repast
was served.
Monday was more generally observed
as holiday than is usually the case
here. But few stores made any pretense
at keeping open, and they did but little.
Arkansas has few enough holidays and
the general observation of them would
harm no one.
Messrs. Lem and Harry East OF
Huntington spent Christmas with their
parents here. The occasion was made
something of family reunion By the
arrival last week of another son, Mr..
Hugh East, who had been absent -four
years in South Dakota.
Quite a disastrous freight wreck,
from financial standpoint, occurred
on the Mo. Pacific Monday morning
near Spadra; fortunately none of the
trainmen were injured, A broken axle
on a box car caused five others to go ir
the ditch, while running at full speed
and it required eight hours to clear thu
line.