The Van Buren press., 1899-02-18

The Venture sounds the right note
when it says a system or at least par
tiaI system, of sewers il necessary to the
preservation of the health OF Van
Buren.
An effort will be made TO reorganize
the Argus Hook and Ladder company
next Thursday evening meeting Of the
members and all interested having been
called for that date.
Rev. Stephenson. pastor of the Christ
ian church will deliver a funeral SER
mon at that church at II A NJ. Sunday
IN memory of the children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Childers. At night his sub
ject will be God Is =
Fl. I. Green & Co. the agents for Van
Buren of sehlitz milwaukee beer have
been this week making their patrons
and friends most valuable present in
the form of pocket dictionary, for a
copy of which we are under obligations
to Lee Wallace.
A tramp about frozen to death was
found near the water works spur Of the
K &. V Wednesday. where he had
spent the cold nights with nothing to
protect him from the cold but pro
jecting rock. All possible to alleviate
his suffering was done by the people
living near there.
The stockholders of the Van Buren,
Canning Company meet today. The
hope is generally expressed that deois-
ion to operate the plant this year will be
arrived at. 1t would be of inestimable
benefit to Van Buren and surrounding
country, beside being stimulus for
other plants to locate here.
Mayor England has appointed Geo.
R. Wood chairman of the board of
health, most important position 1t
would be well to report all suspicious
cases of illness, as well as unssnitary
conditions, promptly to Mr. Wood so
that steps can be taken to abate them.
1t Ia most important that Van Buren be
put and kept in good sanitary condition
and that no suspicion of unhealthfulness
go abroad.
After being confined in the Frisco
hospital at st. Louis for year and four
months as a result Of the railroad acci
dent that occurred near Springdale On
Oct. II, 1897, Mr.. G.. W. Furry. brother
Of our Frisco agent, has been allowed
to leave that institution and arrived here
yesterday for stay with his brother.
Mr.. Furry is by no means entirely well
but hopes to improve rapidly now For
a long time it was considered impossible
for him to survive.
On Saturday for the second time
within the short space of week were
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Hawkins called
on to part with one of their children
the oldest boy, Victor Walter, aged {
years month. Meningitis was giver
as the cause by the physicians. Surely
the hand of affiiction has fallen heavily
on this family and they have the sym
pathy of our people in this hour of trial
The other two children have all beer
afflicted with the same malady. bnt art
apparently on the road to recovery.
The official government thermometer
at Fort Smith gave the lowest tempera
ture there Sunday morning as Is be
low zero. In Van Buren, private ther
mometers ranged from ID to zoe be
low zero. Not within the memory Of
man has the thermometer descended tC
such a point before in the vicinity Of
Van Buren,, although few say that il
the winter of SO to SO there was some
extraordinarily cold weather; that a,
that time the river froze so that wagon.
could cross however. that is no test, as
the river was frozen mp more four years
| ago than this week and the weather OF
that winter did not approach that OF
Sunday and Monday by several degrees