The Van Buren press., 1899-07-22
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
The assessor will open his Office in the
court house next Friday.

Mrs. Oscar Bruun is visiting her
parents at Tallihina, l. 7.
Col. w. L. Taylor returned Thursday
from a brief visit to Washington.
This kind of weather demands sani-
tary conditions or there will be sickness.
Mrs. Geo. R. Wood left this week for
Winslow to spend the balance of the
summer.
Dan Hunt has purchased the street
sprinkler from w. S. Jones and will in
future operate it.
T. w. Marlar, one of Mulberry S
prominent citizens, was up transacting
business Thursday.
G.. T. Frazer left Thursday for New
York to attend the annual meeting of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Ben Young, the day operator at the
Western Union Office left Thursday for
St. Louis to spend fifteen days vaca-
ton.
The quantities of melon rinds of all
kinds thrown around our streets and
alleys are certainly not very conducive
to health.
Miss Kate Bushmaier, after spending
several days here as guest of Mrs. Ed
D. Cochrane. returned to her home at
Alma Saturday.
Miss Tommie Jones, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs Frank Woolum,
for some time. left Saturday for her
home at Jonesboro.
Miss Fannie Scott. Dunham and
Caroline Scott, left Wednesday for
Winslow. The balance of the family go
up today, for the summer
The cantaloupe shipments by the Van
Buren, Horticultural Association and
local express shipments up to date will
amount to about 30 car loads.
About three inches of rain has fallen
during the past week and everyone is as
earnestly wishing for a cessation now as
they were for beginning a week ago.
Freight No. 65 on the east end of the
No. Pacific was in wreck Thursday
between Van Buren, and Coal Hill. A
of cars We're derailed, but no
one hurt.
According to reports the citizens of
Mulberry are making extensive prepara-
tions for entertaining the ex-Confeder
ates at the reunion to be held near there
on August 1st.
Even the hogs in Crawford county are
able to live on luxuries. a number of
our growers are feeding the culls from
their cantaloupe fields to their hogs, and
they are said to not be averse to the
diet.
Rev. Stephenson will occupy his pulpit
at the Christian church Sunday morn
ing as usual, the subject for discourse
being: Jesus is Coming Today. In
the evening he will occupy the c. P.
Church pulpit.
The rains of the past week have been
of great benefit to crops in the up lands,
out there has been rather too much of
it in the bottom lands for cotton. The
cantaloupe crop has also been damaged
to a considerable extent by the excess of
moisture.
Rev. Wall will occupy his pulpit Sun
day morning as usual, his subject being
THE Little Whiles. - On Sunday
evening he will occupy the Christian
church pulpit. where his subject will
be. The Philosophy of Worldly
Success.
Everett Tucker. we'll known here,
committed suicide last Sunday at Lees
burg, No. a small station on the main
line of the Frisco, where he was ticket
agent and operator. Some years ago he
resided here and was employed in the
Frisco freight office.
While the returns so far from canta-
loupes have been very satisfactory, we
hope our farmers will not fall into the
fallacy of going it whole hog ON that
product If they do we may see a re-
petition of the strawberry disaster
of the past spring.
The steamer Myrtle B has been
for the past few days daily unloading
consignments of cantaloupes at our
wharf for northern shipment They
were grown on the farm Of Geo. I.
Williams, of the Fort Smith 'Ele-
vator, near Lavaca. and this is the
most accessible point for shipment.
The Arkansas Traveller. the name
which has been given our cantaloupes
will soon be known throughout the
land. The quality Of them is said to be
equal to the celebrated Rocky Ford
Of Colorado. which is the