The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-06-25

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navy-one of the monitors authorized
to be built under recent act of congress
will be named after our state.
Mrs. Lew Pence and Miss Nellie re-
turned home from an extended visit to
st. Louis Wednesday, They were &C
companied home by Miss Irene Ryan
who will be their guest for month
Patterson & Potter have discontinued
their Van Buren, bicycle repair depart
ment and Monday moved their stock to
Fort Smith. Since the overflow repair
and renting business in the bicycle line
has been poor.
| Postmaster Jarvis Tuesday received
the first consignment of new postage
stamps the Omaha Stamp as it is called
| The shape is similar to that Of the
Columbian stamp, of 1898 and of quite
artistic design.
A negro fell off moving freight
train while going over the trestle west
of Main street Tuesday. The distance
was about 20 feet, but luckily for him
he struck on his head and got off with
out serious injury.
On Monday The Venture entered upon
its sixth year of existence. From a
journalistic standpoint it will soon be
one of the old timers and we congratu-
late Bro. Higgs on the success he
has made of 1.-THE Venture. -
Friend G. c. Colburn of the Ozark
Democrat has embarked in the real
estate business. May his reward be SO
great in that line that he will be repaid
for the thankless labor of newspaper
work, is the wish of THE PRESS. .
Albert Williams has appealed from
conviction in the mayors court for
allowing stock to run at large contrary
to ordinance, to the circuit court and will
test the law under which the ordinance
was passed. We hope the city will
win.
Edmondson & Britt are expanding
their bread trade at Fort Smith all
the time in spite of various devises re-
sorted to by Fort Smith bakers to get
their trade. Merit will always win and
Edmondson & Britt bread possess
merit.
A severe electrical storm passed over
Van Buren, Tuesday doing some damage
to the telephone system and burning
out some incandescent light wires for
the electric light company. Otherwise
no damage was done that we could
learn.
We acknowledge. the receipt from
Prof. Shinn of a ticket to the Chatauqua
Assembly at Springdale, Ark, the
meeting of which extends from July
4th to 18th. During the progress of the
meeting some of the most eminent
men of the country will deliver ad-
dresses.
The Frisco people are continuing
their improvement of the yard at this
place, putting the side tracks in good
order and filling all the intervening
space with fine cinders. We still have
hopes of still further improvements in
the shape of new passenger and
freight station.
An epidemic of hux appears to have
broken out in Van Buren, and neigh
hood that seems to be especially severe
among children. 1t behooves to ex-
ercise great care in eating, etc. No
doubt the unusual quantity of rainfall
has had something to do with getting it
started
Jno. D.. Hays, of Crawford county,
volunteer under the second call for
troops, and Miss Dora Todd were
married at Fort Smith Tuesday. Hays
expected to be sent to Chickamauga
Wednesday and the young couple de-
cided they would get married before
the hour Of parting came.
Fort Smith warriors are not enlisting
very rapidly to fill out the brigade
from Northwest Arkansas and the re-
cruting officer has asked for permission
to open recruiting offices at Van Buren,,
Fayetteville. Bentonville and Eureka
S, rings. No companies were made up
in the last two places under the first
call.
At last Saturday meeting of the
Republican county central committee
the name of Jack Norton was placed on
the ticket for circuit clerk. Mr.. Nor
ton will have his run for fun for W..P.
Sadler--the most efficient deputy and
circuit clerk Crawford county has ever
had-will be so far ahead of him when
the votes are counted that he will won
der if he ever was in the race at all.
viii Jones, a son of Ham, was given
fine of $40 and ten days in Jail Wed
nesday by Judge Michael for stealing
a valise. Jones has a record at Fort
Smith for petty thieving, and that the
Jail has no terrors for him is shown by
the fact that he spends a good portion
of his time as guest at Fort Smith S
Hotel de Vile. - We think for such
people as Jones about ten lashes for the