The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

Watermelons Of local growth are get
ting plentiful in the market,
Rev. s. II Kelton spent = few hours
here Tuesday en- route to his home at
Rogers from visit at Fort Smith
Miss Gardiner, OF Scribner, Neb.
after an extended visit here to the
family of II. II Starmer returned home
yesterday,
Mrs. Wm Sherman and children left
Tuesday afternoon for Bentonville,
where they expect to spend the remain
der of the summer.
Walter Spear has sold his interest in
the X. G. Grocery and the business Is
now under the sole management of
Louie Mathews.
Quite number Of cars Of cantaloupes
have been shipped daring the past week
aside from large shipments by local ex-
press. The price has been quite salts.
factory.
The ruling price for G-basket crates
of peaches has been rs cents during the
greater part of the week, and the price
has held up we'll in spite Of the deterior-
alton in quality caused by so much rain,
The Fort Smith and Van Buren,
colored mines played at Riverside park
Wednesday and the game turned out TO
be very interesting one. Van Buren,
won by score of to 0.
G. r, Cordell, who spent Tuesday at
Lancaster, reports U, S, geological
surveying corps camped there He did
not learn their object, but from casual
conversation he surmised they were
getting the altitude of the various
mountains in that section Of the county.
Sebastian comfy officers Thursday
brought mp fran Abbott negro sus.
peCted of being the one who killed
Brakeman Straley. The negro, the
officers said, WAS in Van Buren, the
night Of the murder and to a colored
woman at Abbott stated that he had
had trouble with u brakeman while
here.
Van Buren, will ship altogether not
less than 200 cars Of peaches this season.
Adding TO this the shipments of Mulber-
ry, Dyer and Alma on the Frisco, and
Rudy, Lancaster, Mountainburg and
Chester on the Frisco the total for the
county will not be less than $50 car
loads The net profits on these should
not be cent less than s75, ,0O0 IL It
any wonder our farmers feel on 'easy
street,
The Old Settlers Reunion is the COM
ing eyent-it takes place Wednesday
and Thursday, August nth and 18th,
The advertising and entertainment com.
mttee were at work last Thursday get
ting mp program that promises TO
make great hit, Not the least Of 1t
will be corn husking contest between
negro "boys between 80 and l02
years Of age Twenty bushels Of corn
will be secured for the contest and will
be divided up into two bushel lots, The
contestant finishing first will receive the
entire lot Rs y prize. There Is one
stipulation and that is the contestants
must sing the entire time while It Is in
progress.
At an adjourned session Of the city
council Tuesday night the resignation
Of A, }, Blackstock and J d Hawkins
~ aldermen, they having moved TO
different wards than those from which
they were elected, were passed on
MIR Hawkins WAS elected TO the posi-
tion made vacant In the second ward
Of which he II now y resident, by the
resignation Of Mr., Blackstock, j, A,
Barrett was elected alderman from the
third ward In plsce Of Mr., Hawkins
II II Tinsley handed In his resignation
M night police and j, NJ, Baxter was
appointed IN his stead. The financial
statement showed the city had s207i OF
IN the treasury, In July the city re
ceiyed IT. share Of the real and personal
tax collected by the sheriff making the
receipts Of that month o. 2l2 ~, but
ont Of this water and light bills cut
big slice, the total expenditure for the
month being o., ls9,53