The Van Buren press., 1898-02-26

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Saturday night and threw rocks through
the windows of several residences in
different portions of the city. The
officers made attempts to find out the
perpetrators of these outrages but
failed. There are several gangs of boys
growing up in Van Buren, who will
ripen into Jail birds unless they reform.
We will club Recreation, a
monthly magazine, containing articles
on everything the name implies, with
THE PRESS at $l.25 per year, to sub
scribers only who pay strictly in
advance. The regular subscription
price to Recreation is $1.00 per
year and it is considered the best
magazine in its line.
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
Judge Fauntleroy, an eminent
Virginia jurist, was in the city several
days this week looking for location
Physicians have advised him to move
to some portion of northwestern
Arkansas, and he contemplates pur-
chasing farm property in Washington
or Crawford county, after thoroughly
investigating the advantages of each.
A couple of men were arrested Mon
day for peddling without license. They
were selling soap. Tuesday they were
arraigned before the mayor and fined
IS and costs each. They offered the
plea that they were not not selling, but
taking orders for future delivery and
will appeal the case to the circuit court.
Berkeley Neal is their attorney and
Sam Miller and Buck Neal represented
the city.
For some time the city council has
had under consideration a proposition
from Mr. w. H. II. SHIRLEY, of Van
Buren,, for the establishment of an
electric light plant The council has
had the matter under advisement for
several meetings past and last night an
ordinance was passed granting
franchise to Mr. SHIRLEY, and this
important question is doubtless settled
and it is hoped that the enterprise is
assured Wagner Sayings.
The first district meeting of the K.
of p s in this city last Saturday was
an occasion of great enjoyment to those
attending, among them being dele
cations from Greenwood, Jenny Lind,
Huntington, Hackett City and Fort
Smith, who came on special train.
At the close of the meeting the Knights
and their visitors repaired to the
banquet room where they did full
justice to an elegant repast.
The congressional committee of the
5th district met at Fayetteville Monday
and adopted the suggestions of the state
central committee for holding the con-
gressional primary on the same date as
the state primary-May Z. They how
ever dissented from the suggestion of
that body of a majority vote being
necessary for nomination and decided
the candidate only receiving plurality
of the votes cast should be the nominee
of the party.
A man named VIM. Lewis, who
recently moved here from Fort Gibson,
had a girl named Rosa Springston, who
came with him as servant and later
secured a position at the Collins Hotel.
arrested on charge of stealing $50
from him Monday. Being unable to
give bond she was confined in Jail until
that evening, when Dr. Parchman an
nounced his willingness to go on her
bond When the case was put on trial
Tuesday it was found the charge was
groundless and she was promptly
released. Lewis wife stated on the
stand that he only had SIS on his arrival
in Van Buren,. and could have had but
little of that left at the time he claimed
the theft occurred.