The Van Buren press., 1904-09-10

| INV Va NhSii Ac'N' ohNc i,o'Oo ih ths
heart OF parents and relatives,
JOHN T. WINN and FAMILY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Catron have beer
spending the past week at Mulberry
visiting relatives. Charley Ross has
been filing Mr.. Catron's place q,
o Kane drug store.
Finney & Basham have just completed
the plans for the residence of D. W.
Moore, Jr. to be erected opposite that
Of his fathers on Cane Hill street.
When completed 1t will be one OF the
handsoulest cottages in town.
Rev. +, l.. Morgan, who, as reported
in our last issue, was taken very III
while stopping at the home Of Rev,
tinney, had recovered sufficiently last
Friday to start for his home in Ken.
lucky.
Handsomely printed announcements
notified friends in Van Buren, last
Wednesday that JuneP Wooten former.
ly residing In Van Buren,. and Baldy
Vinson had formed law partnership st
Little Rock. June 4 Van Buren, friend,
hope to see him climb the topmost rung
of the ladder In the practice Of his
profession.
According TO the Fort Smith Times a
party of wreckers ut work Oh the freight
wreck near Meadows last Friday after.
noon were badly shocked by u stroke of
lightning, which struck car under
which they had taken refuge during the
severe storm that afternoon. Quite a
number of them were knocked into
insensie ility.
Rosh Hoshona, the Jewish New Year
began at sundown yesterday evening
and closes at sundown this evening.
All orthodox Jews will keep their places
OF business closed today, This day Is
the beginning Of the year $685., occord-
ing tD the Jewish calender, which means
that that number Of years have passed
since creation, according to their re.
ligion.
After January lat the position OF
Alderman will be no sinecure, for how
TO make the two ends meet will require
rome expert hnanciering. Should am.
mendment No, Q carry An effort should
at once be made for the city to secure
the electric light and water works plants
by the issue Of bonds and thus turn into
u source OF revenue that which Ia now
the source Of the city sgreatest expense.
Quite a crowd Of Van Buren, citizens
accompanied the Van Buren.Fort Smith
baseball club to Weleetks Sunday where
they played the Holdenville, I, T. nine.
The game proved to be good one,
the score being TO In favor Of the
Van Buren.Fort Smith combination.
Six OF the players were from the Van
Buren Browns and three Of the former
T. p AS
Clarendon ARK Is wrestling with
the question OF depleted revenues
They have been compelled 10 reduce the
salaries Of the police officers to *25 per
month and discontinue their arc lights,
The Van Buren city council, now that
there will be no revenue from the liquor
bueiness, will have to begin the study
Of rotrenchment, for without this the
revenue will not begin TO reach sui,ici.
ent proportions to meet tho expenditures
Of water lights and the proper admins.
tration OF city affairs.
Gov, Davis last Tuesday pardoned
Marie Chapman, sent up from Craw'
ford county for one year for concealing
stolen property, She Ia was who assisted
her lover Carl Saunders, In making his
escape from Acting Jailcr England In
May, II was here fully expected when
aho was sent up that the governor would
In compliance with his previous an
noulucement that no woman should be
incarcerated In the penitentiary pardon
her At once, but suppose he decided on
second thought, TO have the election
over with frat,
The Y, NJ, G, A, building Ia all com.
pleted but the Interior finishing and the
grading and beautiiJlng ~ the grounds
On the last named work was begun .his
week bnt II will take some time 10 ge,
them up 10 what the company intends
70 make them, Some delay has been
experienced In tho arrival OF the party
contracted with 10 lay the tiling In the
basement and Contractor Tedwiler wen,
10 Little Rock Wednesday 10 hurry him
rp or contract with someone el9o, secre'
tary Ship went TO st, Louis Thursday
20 consult with his brother the inter
national secretary, regarding some Of
The work hero, This library has arrived
and he will begin putting II In place M
coon M he returns,