The Van Buren press., 1898-09-24

Mrs A. Hays, who accompanied her
daughter. Miss Emma, to Searcy to
enter her as student at Galloway col
lege last week, has returned and is de-
lighted with the college and its
surroundings and cannot say too much
in its praise.
John Alexander who some weeks
since announced in sensational letter
his intention of committing suicide in
Van Buren,, but instead hied himself to
Fort Smith, has returned to Van Buren,,
with lengthy explanation of why he
didn t do it.
The reports from the northwest sec.
tion of Arkansas to the weather bureau
at Little Rock of the weather and crop
conditions for the past week, state that
in most of the sections from which re-
ports were received, too much rain has
fallen for favorable crop conditions.
lleHiy w HlbIdheI uIIIN6u utsudy
from San Antonio on month visit to
home folks. He reports business almost
paralyzed on the railroads there on &C.
count of the yellow fever quarantine
against New Orleans, and many of the
people badly frightened
The cannonball now takes passengers
for way stations and stops at them when
tagged. The trainmen are Disguised
with this plan and express hopes that
the accommodation will be put on
again The Fort Smith Commercial
League is also making an effort in that
line.
Chas. Walters and family returned
Monday from a ten days visit to rela-
tives at Enterprise, l. 7. Charly is
telling his confiding friends that squir-
rels are so tame in that section that
they are liable to run down the muzzle
of one S gun. thinking it is hole in a
tree, and for that reason he discarded
a shotgun and went hunting with a
pocket full of rocks.
Thursday evening 8 concert at court
square was one of the most largely at
tended of the season, in spite of the
dampness caused by the rain of several
preceding days. One thing is manifest,
and that is the need of more seats, there
being not sufficient to seat one half the
audience present Thursday. We hope
efforts will be made to better light and
seat the square and make it what it
should be city park.
Jno. Courtney was arrested at Rudy
last Thursday by Deputy o. s. Marshal
Adds Bryan on the charge of selling
liquor without government license.
Courtney it appears. has been for some
time past running blind tiger at Rudy
and the officers have been gathering
evidence against him. He will be tried
III tHt u D. COuIb anu SuOulu nc COulc
clear the state would still have a case,
if it can be proven he sold liquor.
Mr.. H. Ct. Hanna, solicitor for the
coming state fair to be held at Pine
Bluff was in the city this week with a
view to getting our people to make a
display at that fair. He stated that the
fair association would pay the trans
portation if the objecst for display were
delivered properly labeled at any rail
way station in the state. Each county
will be assigned space and it is the in
tention to make it in every sense state
fair. 1t is somewhat late in the season
for our people to make displays of their
principal products, the season for
which is passed, yet, even what minol
! display we could make of our fall crop.
would be of advantage to our county
Incidentally, what has been don'
toward making a display at the rooml
Of the Commercial League7
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