The Van Buren press., 1903-08-29


Dunham Scott who has been confined
to his home for ten days is out again.
Mrs. Guy Brown of Little Rock is
visiting Mrs DR.. Brown, Guy s mother.
The Crayens opera house at Alma was
last Friday opened by local talent.
Alma now has neat playhouse and we
learn quite number of attractions have
been booked for the 1904 season.
Another one of NJ. NJ. Houseley
children has been stricken with typhoid
fever, making the third case in his
family this summer. Mr.. Houseley
himself was confined to his room by
illness several days first of the week.
Geo. r. Wood has been having some
improvements made to his store build
ing this week. On the east side the
foundation has been cemented the full
length of the building to keep the
foundation walls dry and on the west
side large window has been cut to give
additional light on the second floor.
Mrs. Mollie Allen, of South Fork
KY, says she has prevented attacks of
cholera morbus by taking Chamberlain 8
Stomach and Liver Tablets when she
felt an attack coming on. Such attacks
are usually caused by indigestion and
these Tablets are just what is needed to
cleanse the stomach and ward off the
approaching attack. Attacks Of bilious
collie may be prevented in the same way
For sale by John O Kane.
Our contractors can learn something
in the matter of proper construction of
foundations for brick buildings from
the one being put down for the new
Anheuser-B building. OF all the
brick store-buil dings in Van Buren not
above three or four have good founda-
tions All the rest show cracks after
standing Il few years.
A party of men was at work Thurs
day taking soundings of the river in
the vicinity of the box factory, This
taken in CONJUNCTION with previous
announcements that it is the intention
Of the Mo. Pacific to bridge the river at
that point, would indicate that 'somt-
thing was doing. We understand three
surveys have been made for n bridge in
the immediate vicinity of the box factory
plant,
Monday morning exaggerated reports
Of race troubles at Mulberry the pre-
yious night were hawked about Van
Buren, They proved to have been made
nearly out Of whole cloth, The Mo.
Pacific is employing great many
negroes rather the contractors-in
the reconstruction work. Mulberry lays
claim to being white town., e, one
that wants no negroes. So when the
construction cars were set ont there
Saturday the negroes overran the town
which did not suit some of the citizens
Of that place and they fired off their
pistols for the purpose OF running the
Africans back to their cars. This was
immediately enlarged into wholesale
slaughter Of negroes.
A slight freight wreck occurred at the
Frisco.Iron Mountain crossing last
Monday morning about Gam. A west
bound Iron Mountain freight was cross.
ing the track leading from the bridge
when the engine Of the north.bound
Frisco passenger ran into the side Of the
train, tearing off the corner of II car
loaded with wheat and derailing the
passenger engine and tearing of the
front of 1t, also tearing up some OF
the track, The Frisco engineer says
he saw the freight aud tried to stop but
his mir failed TO work and the momentum
carried the engine into the freight The
south. bound train was compelled to go
TO Fort Smith via the Iron Mountain
tracks.