The Van Buren press., 1898-05-28


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price to Recreation is 81. 90 per
magazine in its line.
The wing dam put on the opposite
side of the river at an expense of several
thousand dollars several years ago,
which the engineer guaranteed would
remove the sandbar with neatness and
dispatch, has demonstrated its useful
ness in negative manner. Each rise
adds something to its height and size.
Last Fridays and Saturdays rains
were exceedingly heavy, but it does not
need the memory of the 'oldest in
habitant'' to find its equal as 1.-The
Venture of Sunday states. The rain
on these two days amounted to 2. 43
inches, while on Aug. sth and 9th 1897
B % inches rain fell. 1t is so easy to
forget these things unless a record is
kept.
We call especial attention of all our
readers interested in tree planting and
fruit culture to the unusually liberal
offer of the Arkansas Valley Nurseries
of Sedgwick, Kansas, which will be
found elsewhere in this issue. They
are reliable people and make this special
offer only to introduce their stock in
this vicinity. Orders should be sent
them without delay. 42-52t
The Democratic central committee
will see that the campaign will be
vigorously presented. We have the
candidates that will win in September,
but to rest on our oars when only half
way across the stream is not good
plan. The enemy will do any
thing to elect its nominees, and so
eternal vigilance should be the
watchword.
The members of the w. G. T. U.
gave lawn social and ice cream sup
per at the hospitable home of Mrs. W.
H. H. SHIRLEY last evening, the pro-
ceeds to go toward the support of the
hospital. We are glad that the ladies
of the w. C. T. U. have taken the
matter of helping so worthy an institu-
ton in hand and hope other societies
will follow their foot steps.
When the recent rise came, T. l..
Wallace, who was cultivating portion
of the island below town did not have
time to remove his wagon and farming
implements and dashed them to a tree,
When he went to look for them after
the waters receded he found the wagon
short of bed and a pair of hind wheels.
OF cource, everything in the shape of
growing crops was carried away.
c. H. Gregory, who might rightfully
be called the father of the strawberry
industry of Crawford county, was in
the city Wednesday and we acknowl-
edge pleasant call. Mr.. Gregory is
now located at Conway, but is looking
around for some opening in our section
to return to his old favorite avocation,
the fruit industry. We hope to see
him again become a resident of our
county.
Rumors were afloat Saturday morn
ing that cyclone had crossed the
Frisco at or near Rogers the night be-
fore and much damage done. The
Western Union wires were down and
it was some time before definite news
could be gotten. The reports stated
that heavy winds and rains had &C.
Cured along the line of the Frisco as
far north as Monet, but nothing of a
cyclonic nature.
W. H. Mitchell of the Mitchell Folkes
Acetylene Gas Generator Co., of st.
Louis, has been in the city the past
week giving nightly exhibitions of light
furnished by this new illuminant. The
exhibitions have been at the store of
Nicodemus & Sons and have attracted
a good deal of attention. A number of
our people are considering the advis
ability of investing in generating outfits
for lighting stores and dwellings.
Some very fine cabbage raised by Mr..
Lynch on his model farm on the eastern
edge of town have been on the local
market the past ten days. Mr.. Lynch
found that plants set out too early in
the fall, however, would go to seed
instead of forming heads and he will act
accordingly in making future paintings,
Besides his large crop of cabbage. Mr.,
Lynch has as fine prospects for large
crop of early potatoes as can be seen in
this section.
The project Of raising a fund for the
assistance of the food sufferers has
been abandoned owing to the indiffer-
ence of many of those who should have
been most vitality interested Our peo-
pie have been called on so frequently Of
late and many of our most liberal givers
were themselves heavy losers by the
overflow that it can. in reality, not
entirely be laid to Indifference. As a
rule, when they feel able to do so, our
people are always ready to assist in
times of need. The recent cyclone
proved this.