The Van Buren press., 1899-07-22

popular and efficient officers in the Ark
ansas regiments.
Comstock Bros wagons were down
Monday to haul out a consignment of
goods. to replace those destroyed in
the burning of their warehouse.
Sunday night S rain amounted to 0 SO
inch, but is reported to have been only
of quite local nature, barely laying
the dust few miles out of town.
Winslow is the objective point of
many Van Burenites these summer
Saturdays. The summer colony there
of our citizens is nearly complete.
Mrs. VIM. Letter, living at Prairie
Grove died last Saturday morning at
her home and her remains were Sunday
inferred in Bushmaier Cemetery.
Walter Barnes. who holds the position
of freight clerk for the Mo. Pacific at
Russellville, came up Wednesday to
spend a vacation here with his parents.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel
from the system all poisonous accumula-
tions. regulate the stomach, bowels and
liver, and purify the blood, They
drive away disease, dissipate melancholy
and give health and vigor for the daily
routine Do not gripe or sicken.
II. G.. JOHNSON
Allen Bros, store at Wan, l. T.,
was. for the second time within a year,
entered by burglars last Sunday night
and goods amounting to about $25
taken.
If our people could realize the value
of good roads by comparing the so-called
roads of this section to GOOD ROADS, we
believe a change would soon come over
them.
The plan of raising sufficient sum
by monthly contributions to employ
sexton for Fairview cemetery is one
that should meet general encourage
ment.
Charley Ward has had force of men
at work this week placing a number of
billiard and pool tables in one of the
rooms in the second story of the King
building.
Mrs. Maggie Laird, sister of our
popular Mo. Pacific agent, Mr.. A. Hays,
arrived here Wednesday from jackson,
Miss. on an extended visit to Mr.. H s.
family.
A diseased stomach surely under
mines health. 1t dulls the brain, kills
energy destroys the nervous system,
and predisposes to insanity and fatal
diseases. All dyspeptic troubles are
quickly cured by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
1t has cured thousands of cases and is
curing them every day. Its ingredients
are such that it can help curing.
H. G.. JOHNSON.
Sheriff Branson and County Clerk
Cochrane returned Sunday from a short
visit to Little Rock, where the first
named made his annual settlement with
the state authorities.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Housely are
receiving the condolences of their
numerous friends in the death of their
little daughter Nora, who died Wednes
day afternoon, after month illness.
The weather of the past week has had
a tendency to put the roads and streets
in bad shape. With the abundance of
good road material at hand there can be
no excuse for the condition of most of
them.
The taste of the water supplied the
people of Fort Smith by the water
works system is said to be of anything
but an agreeable nature, but the people
are assured by the board of health that
it is not unhealthy.
Miss Emily Hays is a candidate in the
Arkansas Democrat S voting contest for
a scholarship in Maddox Seminary, and
there is none more worthy of achieving
the prize among the numerous contest
ants than Miss Hays,
Why could not our cyclists get together
and build sidepath say from here to
Alma. The cost is not very great and
it would be something that would make
the riding of a bike an enjoyment, In
the Eastern states hundreds of these
paths are being built and they are pro
tected from damage by wagons, etc,
by state laws, license being charged
for the privilege of riding over them.