The Van Buren press., 1898-08-06

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We heartily join our daily contemp-
oraries in their advocacy of a sewerage
system for Van Buren,. 1t is something
our city is very much in need of, and
we hope an early start will be made in
the matter.
Dan Miller has been at Alma the past
week invoicing the stock of the Alma
branch of the Southmayd- Miller Dry
Goods Co. He expects to leave about
the middle of the month for the markets
to purchase fall goods.
Adds Bryan and family returned
Wednesday from an extended stay at
Tapp Springs. Their intention had
been to extend their stay through the
greater portion of summer, but the
heavy rains of the fore part of the week
drove them in.
Nearly fourteen hundred is the voting
strength of Van Buren township If
all those who voted at the Democratic
primaries have paid their poll tax Van
Buren township should give the Demo
cratic ticket a majority of over two
hundred votes.
The prospect for a good cotton and
corn crop is away above the average
and Saturday and Sunday S showers
will give the second planting of pota-
toes a fine start, and with seasonable
showers large crop of these will be
harvested.
Crawford county Medical society held
its regular monthly meeting Saturday
none but Van Buren, members being in
attendance. The chief topic of interest
was the reading of a paper by Dr..
Parchman, who was selected hospital
physician for August
Roy Campbell is the last happy pos
SCISSOR of a coal mine. First of last
week while prospecting on the l. A.
Campbell farm he found an IS inch vein
in close proximity to the surface, and
he will prospect deeper in the hope of
striking a heavier vein.
Remember that in the five men nom
mated for justices of the peace in Van
Buren township the Democrats have on
their ticket the best possible material
for the positiOn-men who possess the
the intelligence and character to dis
charge the duties faithfully.
o. E. Thacker, formerly employed
on this division of the Mo Pac. was
killed last week while en- route here
| from OssawatOmie Kas. His remains
were brought here and inferred under
the auspices of the local lodge B. of R.
7. in Fairview cemetery Sunday.
Walter Cary, for some months past
prescription clerk for John O Kane has
resigned his position and returned to
his home at Eureka Springs. He ex-
poets to enter medical college shortly
| to study for NJ d. He made many
friends while here, who regret his de-
parture.
The summer term of st. Philomena S
Academy has closed and the next reg
ular term will begin in September
This institution in the short space of
time that it has been in existence has
proved itself of such great benefit that
it is our belief that its capacity will
soon have to be increased.
Mrs. w. H. H. Shibley and daugh-
| ter, Miss Leah, left Wednesday for an
extended stay on the Pacific coast. They
will stop some time at Portland, Ore. +,
and San Francisco, and if Mrs. Shibley
derives the benefit to her health that it
is hoped she will they will spend the
winter in the southern portion of Cali
| fornia.
THE PRESS deeply sympathizes with
Mr., T. w Edmondson in the death Of
| his venerable mother, which occurred at
Fort Smith last Saturday. Mr.. Ed
mondson, who was at Winslow recuper-
ating from an attack of illness, was
unable to reach her bedside in time to
be present when the final summons
came.
Guy Brown returned Thursday from
an extended visis in the East and is re
counting to his friends what he saw
among the many things of interest being
a number of the notables of the His
panO- American war, Admiral Ceryera
being the chief one. Guy will have
enough to tell for the next year or more.
Mr.. and Mrs, Jas. Winn, living on
the syndicate farm, lost two children
Tuesday within "a hours by death, A
subscription paper to raise money to
bury the children met with a liberal
response among our people. The fam
ily is in very reduced circumstances and
as a result of the death of the children
the mother was taken seriously i'll.
II. l.. Houser. one of the gentlemen
engaged in getting up Headlight
Flashes, was in the city FIRST Of the
week showing a dummy copy OF the
Van Buren, edition. He reports that all
the suscribers express themselves well
satisfied with its get-up and states that
it will be put to press at once and de
livery begin in about two weeks. The
Illustrations appear very good and quite
numerous and the writeup extensive.
Ir will prove quite a good advertisement
tOr Van Buren,,