The Van Buren press., 1899-09-02
Rainfall for August.


month of August, as furnished us by
Mr.. l.. Graf, we CLEAN that there was
only one day in the thirty one that there
was any precipitation. On August 18th
0. 40 inches rain fell
Only on three previous occasions
within ten years has there been a smaller
monthly precipitation: During October,
1889, OBJ in. Feb y, 1895, 0.30 in. :
December, 1896, OPS. Other small
monthly amounts were, October, 1891,
0. 40 in. April, 1896, 0. 81 in. ; July,
1896, 0. As in. The record for August
for the past three years is: For 1898,
7. 18 in 1897, 5.37 in. 1896 0. SO in.
Owing to the continued i'll health of
the senior member Of the firm, Messrs.
7. w Edmondson and W f. Britt
have dissolved co partnership, Mr..
Edmondson retiring from the business,
by Mr.. Britt. Mr.. E. proposes to
give his hardware interests more of his
personal attention, and as soon as the
weather turns cooler he will go to st.
Louis to undergo course of treatment
by specialist. We do not believe,
should Mr.. Edmondson recover his
former health, that he will be able to
keep out of the grocery business very
long, and his numerous friends hope
for a quick recovery and an early
resumption of his connection with
business of which he has for some years
been the pioneer.
The Mulberry club put it all over
the Fort Smith base bali club last Fri
day. AT the close of the seventh in
ming, when the game was called on
account of darkness, the score stood 6
to "a in favor of the Mulberryites,
The unveiling of the Confederate
monument will take place about Oct.
TO- Our business men are awakening
to the necessity of early work if the
OCCASION is to be made one of more than
passing Importance, and this is a good
sign that something will be done.
Mrs. Ella Ferguson, Lonoke, Ark,
writes: | think there is nothing
equal to DR.. NJ. A. simmons Liver
Medicine for Sick Headache, Bilious
ness and nstipation. l have tried
Zeilin's and Black Draught, but they
are nothing like as good for me.
w. II. Ross.
w. H. Hayman says he only handles
union mined coal. Those who believe
in "a fair days pay for fair day S
labor and are believers in organized
labor will patronize Mr.. Hayman, when
they lay in their winter S supply of
''black diamonds
There should be "a long pull. a
strong pull and pull altogether to
make the occasion of the unveiling of
the Confederate monument one long to
be remembered and the time to start
the pull is at hand.
10 johnson the, to say the least
erratic district attorney of the Sebastian
judicial district, has stirred up a
hornet S nest by the recent disgraceful
episode in one of the justice courts
there. A number of his Fort Smith
constituents first of the week hanged
him in effigy on Garrison Ave. and the
grand jury of the Greenwood district
has indicted him for neglect of duty.
Van Buren should, by right, secure
quite a share of the Territory trade; but
before we are likely to get any great
amount we must improve the system of
roads leading in here from that section,
for with the present low prices of
farm products it is necessary that the
grower can transport larger quantities
to the market with less wear and tear
to his team and wagon. Will our peo-
pie at the next election vote for the
road tax allowed to be levied under the
amendment to the constitution adopted
last year. or will they continue the old
plan for another two years2