The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-07-02

The Mo. Pacific dispatcher Office
has finally been equipped with electric
lights to the great satisfaction of the
personnel.
An arc light has been placed in the
the court house yard for the conven
fence of the band in giving open air
| concerts.
Joe Barnes holds the Van Buren,
record for selling scissors. Since start
ing in business six months ago he has
sold over 200 pair.
Tom Edmondson was one of the at
PENDANTS at the cornerstone laying of
the new Catholic cathedral at Fort
Smith Wednesday.
Harry Pernot has announced that he
intends going out of the queensware
business and everybody is now rushing
there for bargains.
S. N. Landau has moved from the
Smith block and the room vacated will
be put iu shape for G. J. Murta s fur
niture department.
Father Enright has been the guest of
Father Smythe at Fort Smith this week,
assisting in the ceremonies of the cor
nerstone laying of the new Catholic
cathedral.
Mena, by the almost unanimous
choice of the citizens of Polk county
has been made the county seat. Only
% votes were cast against the removal
from Dallas.
If we read Bro. Higg's articles
Alright, our contemporary is one of the
very small minority who love their
enemies. Let us keep close guard so
no one kidnap's him.
The customers of the local banks are
finding out that the war is on and the
dancers must pay the fiddler. - Since
yesterday all checks cashed must bear
stamp costing Q cents.
Ed Williams. who was sent here from
Chickamauga to assist in recruiting the
Arkansas regiments to their full
strength, has been quite ill the past
week at the home of his parents.
Fifty negroes were shipped out of
Van Buren Wednesday for railroad
work in the Territory. All of the
bum negro element is still disfgur-
ing the appearance of Main street.
Bob Jones has been able to resume
his position at the postoffice after being
laid up for couple of weeks with the
bullet wound in his leg. Bob"
thinks 90 cal. is little, but oh, my. -
Judge Hale has recovered from the
recent operation, which was performed
at the hospital short time since and
was mingling with his Van Buren,
friends on the streets several days this
week.
When the director s car is pulled
through here over the Frisco the
engineer always runs through the city
at the lawful speed. But the officers
should see the same engineer when he
is not pulling their car.
The "hill farmer is wearing a
broad smile. His crop prospects, es-
pecially of corn are of the best, and with
few more weeks of seasonable wealth
er he will be able to spare some for his
less fortunate bottom brother.
At last our boys at Chickamauga are
fulfiedged soldiers. Heretofore they
have had to use broomsticks, baseball
bats and any other old thing to take the
place of guns in drilling. but first of the
week they received their full equipment
and now every one of them is an inch
taller.
F. LOOMS, one of the staunch citi-
zens of Dyer township was Van Buren,
visitor Tuesday and we acknowledge a
pleasant call. Mr.. LOOMS brought
the cheering information that his wife,
who has been seriously i'll for some
time. is showing marked signs of i'm
provement.
B. F. Wofford living near Rudy
was operated upon at the Hospital
Wednesday for an abscess caused by
bullet wound. Mr.. w. was held up
some six months or more since by
tramp, and refusing to stand up and
deliver without remonstrance the
bighwayman shot at him inhicting
wound In the leg The operation was
entirely successful.
Groceries are groceries to some but
not to everybody. Fresh goods are GER
tainly more desirable than shelf worn
goods, especially when they can be
bought Just as chesply. Now it stands
IN reason that new store will have the
freshest goods. a new applicant Tor
nnblic favor appears in our columns
This week: we refer to Craig & Son.
the new grocers near the head OF Main
street They will treat you right