The Van Buren press., 1899-05-27

normals-at Mulberry this year. The
institute convenes Monday June 5th and
every teacher holding a certificate and
expecting to teach in Crawford county
must attend the full term of the insti
tute, which will be short one, or their
certificates will be revoked.
While asleep at the Union depot watt
ing for the night train a man hailing
from Chester was touched for his
there was but little for the officers to
work on.
Judge T. l.. Harvey was down from
his home at Chester Tuesday, mingling
with his many Van Buren, friends
Judge Harvey has again moved to
Chester after being located at Porter for
some months.
Jno. o Kane has been made local
agent of the Minneapolis Fire and
Marine Insurance Co of Minneapolis,
Mimi. and as this company has COM
piled with all the requirements of the
anti trust law, he is ready to write
your insurance for you.
Mr.. E. B. Pierce, Of Van Buren,
referee in bankruptcy for the western
| district of Arkansas, delivered very
interesting and instructive lecture to the
law class of the Arkansas law school
yesterday, on the subject of bank
ruptcy Little Rock Gazette goth inst.
DR.. G.. W. Lamb, state organizer of
fha Fro tarn al Tnin nf ar;a Ia1,
ed an interesting lecture before the local
order Monday night and the occasion
was made one of pleasant social
intercourse of the members and mum
Der of invited friends.
A preacher in Nashville the other
Sunday, becoming exasperated, paused
in his discourse to say: Ladies, if you
will give me your attention, l will keep
lookout on that door, and if anything
worse than man enters, will warn
you in time to make your escape. -
Greenfield, Tenn. Times.
The Van Buren, Hospital Association
should get all the assistance it is in your
power to give. 1t is such an object
that every resident of Van Buren can
feel that he has an interest in and that
he is doing his duty to God and man to
give it his or her moral and financial
support.
| c. K. Benson has secured lucrative
position in the general Office of the
Cotton Belt R'y at st. Louis and will
leave for that city about the last of this
month. We are sorry to see Mr. Benson
leave our midst but congratulate him on
having secured a good place He
, formerly held position with the same
company
After series of meetings of several
weeks duration, conducted by Revs
Goddard and Stevenson. and conversions
numbering over one hundred had been
made the revival meetings drew to a
close Tuesday evening. Valiant work
has been done in the Cause and the re :
suit speaks how we'll the workers have
succeeded.
The case of Jno. Maxey, in the appli
cation for new trial. will be heard in
the supreme court chamber at Little
Rock next Monday. The case will be
argued orally and the decision is expect
ed within week time. Then should
new trial be granted Maxey he can be
| tried at the regular term of circuit
court, which convenes June Goth.
There have been quite number OF
carload shipments of berries since the
close of the main shipping season and
the price generally realized has been SC
that there was small margin of profit
The quality of the berries shipped has
been so much better also on account of
some drying weather which caused an
improvement in the shipping qualities.
The curfew ordinance is good thing
and if the parents and guardians will
only do their share to enforce it's OBJ
servance much good will result from it
even asit is, with barely enough officers
to see after its enforcement, the good
effect can be seen in the absence after
night fall from our streets of the crowds
of boys who heretofore used to congre-
gate there.
The fire boys are trying hard to raise
enough money for defraying their ex
penses at the Southwestern Firemen s
tournament, but are not meeting with
the prompt response they should. Our
people should remember that the work
of the fire department is entirely
voluntary and in a small matter like
this they should be given the com
paratively small assistance they ask.
II the inspection of berries at this enc
had been such as it should have beer
the market would not have been flooded
with the amount of berries entirely
unfit for shipment that were sent during
the several days of heavy shipments an6
which naturally had tendency of re
ducing the prices of all consignments
There should be honesty in picking and
packing as well as in selling.
Allen e. Co. have retired from thu
grocery business. On last Saturday ,
deal was completed by which Dan Hun
became the owner of the business
Allen 81 Co. have been factor in thu
business community for quite number
of years and it will seem quite strang,
for awhile to the many friends of th'
members of the firm to not find theii
well known sign along Main street.
THE PRESS is under obligation to Mr.
A. Hays, the efficient local agent, for
handsomely illustrated pamphlet en-
titled Health and Pleasure Resorts oil
the Line of the Mo. Pacific Railway.
A cursory glance over its pages make
the weary pencil pusher wish his delin
auent subscribers would come in anC
deposit enough of the necessary Il
visit some of the resorts pictured.
If the commission houses need watch
ing. and it is the general opinion the,
, do, it can be easily done by sending
| reliable men to the points of consign
ment to inspect the shipments on thei