The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-03-23

Never sold in bulk. Look for it and
accept no other. Beware of fraud.
All druggists, Ioc.
Ben Jones has rented the Austin
property.
Reports received from reliable sources
lead US to state that practically no
damage was done to peaches by the
heavy frost of Wednesday night. 1t
is only here and there that bud is
found that shows sign of damage. II
one-half were killed the trees would yet
set a crop heavier than should be
allowed to reach maturity.
We acknowledge an appreciated call
from Mr.. F. LOOMS, Of Dyer. Mr..
LOOMS is one of the substantial farmers
of that thriving village and is going
extensively into the raising Of horses
for the market. Mr.. LOOMS is one Of
the few farmers who do not risk all on
raising cotton, but tries to raise every
thing he needs for home consumption
on his farm.
Word was brought in from Union
town first of the week that Hon. Ran
dolph Comstock had been taken serious
ly III with an attack Of smallpox which
has been quite prevalent for some time
In that vicinity, Later reports state
that he Is considered out of danger and
improving, Mr. Comstock was called
home some weeks since by the serious
Illness Of several members Of his family,
only to be himself taken III on their
recovery.
Geo. r. Wood G. Co. make an interest
ing announcement to prospective buyers
In this issue. Hardware, farming i'm.
plements, harness and saddlery Is the
theme they dwell on. All Of them are
Of more than passing interest at the
present moment, II you want to do
profitable work on the farm, In the
workshop or kitchen you should have
the best In the way Of implements,
Geo. II. Wood & Co. can furnish you
with these ut close prices. They also can
At your home from cellar to garret from
their own stocks, which include dry
goods, hardware, furniture, groceries
and saddlery. They invite you to call,
Last Friday word was received here
that the body Of q man had been found
under trestle this side Of Rudy. Later
II was found that the name Of the man
was Jas, Cannon, Of Fort Smith. At
first II was supposed Cannon had been
killed by falling of u moving train, but
later developments lead to the theory
that he WAS murdered for his money by
tramps II appears from what officers
have found out that Cannon was seen
leaving Fort Smith on the blind bag.
gage Of the night express In company
with couple Of others and II 10 thought
they struck him for the purpose Of
robbery and threw him of the platform.
The officers have very little on which To
work, but will make every effort to
uuravel the mystery,
According TO Prof. ], A, Fleming,
OF the University College, London, Mar.
conf has accomplished q remarkable
performance with his wireless tele.
graphic system, The experiment was
carried ont between the two stations
Poole on the English coast and st,
Catherine 8 on the Isle OF Wight, d
distance OF about thirty miles. Instruc'
tons were given TO the operators Mt the
st. GATHERINGS station to dispatch
simultaneously two different message,
TO Poole. At the latter station two re
ceivers corresponding TO the transmit
ters ut st. GATHERINGS were placed II
position upon Independent aerial wires
md without the slightest delay or mis-
take the two messages were received n,
Poole simultaneously upon the respect
I've receivers. Marconi then super
imposed the two receivers al
his station VT Poole, and connected
them to single wire about forty fee,
IN length, which no attached 10 the
mast. Two other messages were thet
transmitted from Vt, GATHERINGS station
as before, only In this instance one
message was dispatched in the English
language and the other In French
There being only one receiving wire al
Poole connected with two receivers, 1,
would be naturally expected that I'll,
received messages would result In 4
mixture Of English and French words
Instead OF this, however, when the tape
machine rolled ont its record ut IN,
Poole station, II was, discovered tina
two messages were printed thereon, on,