The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
Fresh Oysters and Celery
First of the season, at
Edmondson & Britt 8 -.

10y AoA ooloreu cake walkers ap
pear at Murta opera house tonight.
! Comstock Bros, brought in another
consignment of cotton Wednesday.
R. J. Mcintyre has rented G.. C.
Montague s cottage in the East End.
The proprietors of the st. Louis store
will ship their goods to Chandler, Okla.
II. c. Wood reached Van Buren, with
his sample trunks in his rounds Thurs
day.
Judge B. j. Brown came up from
Little Rock Tuesday for a few days
stay.
Miss Ouida Jarvis, to the delight Of
her many friends, is able to be out
again.
Mesdames Mary Wilhauf and J. l..
Rea took in the st. Louis excursion
Thursday.
Prof. and Mrs. J. B. Paine left
Wednesday on few days visit to rela-
tives at Ozark.
Edmondson & Britt shipped between
400 and 1900 loaves of bread to Clarks-
vile this week.
John Covey, Othneil Miller and Rob
Chew took in the cheap st. Louis e1-
cursion Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Siegenhain have
returned to Van Buren to reside, after
an absence of year
The Arkansas division Of the United
Daughtery of the Confederacy will
meet in annual session Nov. TO- II 10 at
Hot Springs.
Mrs. F. D. Houck has vacated the
Broadway Hotel property and has rent
ed the England House, facing the Mo.
Pacific shops
Judge Cain evidently put his foot in
it when he acknowledged judgment
in the Mulberry bridge matter in the U.
s. court at Fort Smith.
Remember a special train will be run
from the head of Main street to Fort
Smith at o clock this evening. Go to
Ringing Bros. circus on it.
The question of better sidewalks is
receiving the attention of property
holders and we hope something sub
stantial will result from the agitation
1t appears to us that when man
stamps another on the face and head
after knocking him down. it is more
than simple case of fighting. The in
tention is there to do serious injury.
A new light, the base of which is
gasoline. has been introduced in our city
this week. 1t gives very brilliant
light, is exceedingly cheap, and as it is
said to have the approval Of insurance
companies must be entirely safe.
E. c. Pickering left Saturday for
Springfield, Mo-, from where, after
spending few weeks with relatives, he
will 60 to his new location, Pickering,
La. Before leaving here he had the
degree of Knight conferred on him by
the K. of P. 3.
Sam A. Miller has purchased the
interest of W. j. Martin in the Van
Buren, Brokerage and Commission COM
pany and has assumed the management
of the business, they will handle, as
heretofore, -four, feed stuffs, berry
crate material. etc.
Kirby Robinson was Tuesday morning
sentenced by Judge Rogers to four
years Imprisonment and to pay $1,000
fine for the postoffice robbery at Shibley.
Thus one of the most persistent violators
of the law will be removed from his
scene of operators for some time to
come.
Mr.. J. T. Huggins and Miss Winnie
Winkle were united in marriage at Alma
on the evening of the 5th instant. While
both are comparative strangers in our
city, they have made numerous friends
during their brief stay, who extend
their congratulations and best wishes
for happy union.
WHAT HIGGS SAW. We saw a
woman turn somersault out of wag-
on yesterday. She was sitting in chair
in the rear end of wagon when the
team started suddenly and out she
went No serious injury. Little Rock
Gazette.
OF course, if woman was standing
on her head, Bro. Higgs would see
it.
Senator Jas. H. Berry was in Van
Buren, Thursday on his way to
Dardanelle, where he has been invited
to address the citizens of Yell county.
The senator has also consented to de-
liver an address at the Pine Bluff state
fair on Old Soldiers day, Thursday,
October 81. J. Ed Murray camp have
invited him to address them on that
day and the invitation was accepted.
Col. Sam r. Chew had narrow es
cape Monday evening from a serious &C
cident While driving home just be-
fore the storm he was met on East
Broadway by buggy driven at furious
.-aoa nnd tho driuar althnugh shnuted