The Van Buren press., 1903-03-28

Cazort & Co. have opened a general
store at Prairie Grove, and there is
strong talk of store being opened in
the Oak Grove settlement.
Road Commissioner Baxter spent
several days in Winfrey, Shepherd and
Sand Point townships this week giving
directions to the overseers in those
townships.
Chas. Merrill has been advanced
from his position of day clerk in Fore.
man Cars Office at the Mo. Pacific
shops to a more lucrative one at Little
Rock and left for that point Monday.
Commissioner Baxter reports that he
has put the road between Van Buren,
and the the Flat Rock bridge in good
shape and will drain and fill up all the
chuck holes in the main roads as fast
as he can get to them.
Prosecuting Attorney Rogers returned
from Paris, Ark, Saturday and re-
ported his trip fruitless one. He re-
turned in a bad condition physically
and had to take to his room for a couple
Of days after his return.
The investigation into the affairs Of
the Brown ollosOn company at Fort
Smith by Referee Southmayd shows
that there have been many shady trans
actions INDUCED in by some Of the prin
cipal officers of the firm.
Frank b Ramsdell succeeds j. B.
Bear as matchmaker and optician in
charge of that department at Martin
loan office. Mr. Bear left first of the
week for Walla Walla, Wash. where
he had been offered lucrative position
The question Of crates for the coming
strawberry crop is in very unsatisfac'
tory condition, The price of crate
material has greatly advanced and APP
parently, owing to poor freight service
all over the South, caused by the high
water, is hard to get.
Tomorrow Rev. Finney will begin a
revival meeting at the Baptist church,
Rev. Finney himself is an able revival
leader and will be assisted during its
course by other eminent divines. Dur
ing the week Mr.. Finney has been hold
ing cottage prayer meetings, thus pre-
pairing the way for the main work
Word comes from Washington that
the rural free delivery route planned
for the territory lying east of Van
Buren, will be put in operation on May
list. The route will accommodate SOC
people and will prove great conven.
fence to them in that their mail will be
delivered at their doors every day in
the year, excepting Sunday
Owing to the illness of Hon, Lee
Neal, county examiner, who is confined
TO his home with broken limb, Hon,
Berkeley Neal last Thursday and Fri
day conducted quarterly examination
for teachers licenses, The applicants
for certificates were Misses Anna
Dyer, Allie Schulz Mamie Howard and
Messrs. Ben Webb, JAS Cain, II 7,
Sheriff. and T, N, McAlIister
If reports are true, Mulberry has
been In the grasp Of "bad man from
Bitter Creek several times within the
last ten days. He Is said to have
paraded the streets Of that little burg
with As in each hand, which he fred
off occasionally to vary the monotony.
The city marshal Of Mulberry took his
trail, but the B. NJ surrounded the
officer and gave the Mulberryites an
other performance Monday,
AT the request of Mrs, Catherine
Orrick, Jno. NJ. Weaver was Saturday
appointed administrator Of the estate OF
A, NJ. Orrick, deceased After he had
made his bond and examined into the
business, he decided to close the gro
Gerry store Of the deceased, the business
being IN bad shape owing to y large IN
collectible credit list II IL thought
that the unsatisfactory condition of his
business aggravated Mr.. Orrick = dis
ease, which resulted IN his death
Tho new fire hose arrived Monday
and has been placed on the reels. AS n
suggestion, might II not be good plan
TO take the old hose, purchase light
wagon aud store II In some vacant
building IN the east end, making It
n branch department station The cost
for doing this would be only small, but
In case Of fire in that section, by hov'
Ing the old hose handy, oonsId
cradle time could be saved Left Al
the department house on Main street,
the hose IL useless,
Thamor Greenlee, one Of the loud
monthed negroes Of the town, received
thorough and well-merited beating
at the hands of Dave llammett Satur
day night. Mr. llanmett in COMPANY
with his wife was walking down thu
lower part Of Main street, near the ne
gro restaurant, which has come to b.
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