The Van Buren press., 1902-12-06

"'i oo pIoaoSu Wltu tue route. rare,
same as old route. P. w. FURRY,
Agt. Frisco System.
Conductor Hank Woolum, who was
injured while claiming together some
wrecked cars near Russellville several
weeks since, was able to be out this
week.
John Williams, the negro who bur-
glarlzed VIII Minor saloon OF case
OF whiskey was Saturday held for the
next grand jury for burglary and lar.
ceny.
Owing to the contiued illness of Chief
OF Police Garrett, Night Officer Ham.
NETT has been holding down the day
beat, Capt. j. NJ. Baxter filling the
night watch.
Love Rayburn has been returned to
the penitentiary to serve ont his unex-
pired term, and we warrant he will not
find it very easy matter to again
make his escape.
Ex-Sheriff Branson was down from
Natural Dam Monday and reports the
roads in almost impossible condition,
and like reports come from nearly every
portion of the county.
The Woman Literary Club met at
the home Of Miss Kate Warren Monday.
Lytton 8 'Rienzi was the study and
as usual, very pleasant and instruct
i've afternoon was passed.
The northeast corner Of the cemetery
reserved for paupers, has been cleaned
of trees and underground, which makes
a great Improvement in the appearance
of that part Of the cemetery
An effort is being made to get an
aeronaut to make two balloon ascensions
and parachute leaps here the day pre-.
ceding Christmas, as means of attract
ing people to town that day,
MARRIED-At the residence of the
bride 8 parents at Lille. Ark. on Sun
day evening, Nov. 30 1902, Mr..
Amos Deen and Miss Lizzie Hart, Esq.
II. F. W. Steinsiek officiating.
The members of Trinity Guild have
completed arrangements for bazaar to
be held December 18th and 10Th. They
will have on sale many useful and ap-
proprlate Christmas presents and solicit
the patronage Of the public.
BY mutual consent the grocery de-
partment, presided over by +. W.
Edmondson, has been withdrawn from
the Boston Store company and will be
continued by Mr. Edmonndson under
the name of y. w. Edmondson g. Co. !,
at the old stand.
The Fort Smith "Times' says coal
famine in this section is threatened in
that the mines ut Paris, Greenwood,
Huntington and Jenny Lind have been
flooded during the recent rainy spell so
that it was impossible to take out any
coal
For some weeks there has been n large
pool OF stagnant water standing between
the Frisco tracks east Of the freight de.
pot Some wag had taken advantage
Of this to hoist a No Fishing sign
An extra section crew was put TO work
frat Of the week filling the place up
with cinders.
We erred lust week in stating that
Judge Evans would have TO return to
Van Buren, in short time to sign mp the
circuit court docket, BY extraordinary
effort Mr., Moore had the docket ready
for signature before the Judge left, and
the saving Of nm extra trip thereby was
thoroughly appreciated by him,
A party OF Turks passed through
town Sunday, bound for Louisiana
They pitched camp near the ferry land
ing that evening and made quite pic
turesque party. These people claimed
TO be Turks, bnt appeared to be nothing
more than rowing gypsy band.
The Fort Smith Law and Order league
which was organized at the time the
negro Williams cut p, r. Davis, while
his residence has gone out
OF existence, Those who subscribed
toward paying the expenses OF special
detective failed to pay up.
Col. Sam II. Chew left Monday for
Clarksville, where he had been engaged
to defend Jas. Wallace, one OF the men
charged with being implicated In the
Clarksville bank robbery and the muir
der OF Sheriff Powers, Several Of our
citizens had also been subpDnaed TO ap'
pear as witnesses In the trial,
According to the record kept by
Weather Forecaster Collins OF the Fort
Smith station November was cloudy
month. There was but one perfectly
cloudless day, Thanksgiving day, while
there were sixteen partly cloudy and
thirteen entirely cloudy days, Decem'
Der has started In to keep mp that
record.
We sympathize with Editor Anderson
OF the ARGUS IN tho death OF hi
mother, which took place at the home
OF her daughter at Cape Girardeau, Mo,
Mr., Anderson left Thursday evening
for Nevada, Mo-, the former home OF
the deceased, where the interment took
place. Mrs. Anderson had reached the
ripe ago of " years.
More rain Tuesday, which has again
made the country roads impassable ana
has caused our growers OF fall potatoes
some uneasiness, as they are anxious tc
dg their crop, but with 40 much mois
turo iu tina vponud thia haN bapn imD0a
pible. The damage to cotton also ha
been heavy and the crop viii DO consii
erAbly cut by the bad wea ther'
Wallace Tittsworth was saturday ar
rested on n charge Of obtaining good
under false pretenses. He recent!
bought u gun on time on the represent
alton OF being employed on the Mo
Pacific here, and would pay out Of hi
n..I a.. a, al, o,i, thoroafi Vho vpulO