Index Volume 10 Van Buren Argus Newsitems. This is the final in a series of Van Buren (Crawford County, Arkansas) Argus Newspaper extractions. 1 125th company of Coast Artillery 38 A A DOUBLE SUNDAY WEDDING 6 A MUCH MARRIED MEDICO 7 A PRETTY SIGHT 25 A SAD CASE OF DESERTION 17 ABNER LEWIS DEAD 31 Adams, "Uncle Billy" 36 Adams, Wm 36 AFTER A HALF CENTURY 15 Alcorn, John 34 Allen, Captain R B 29 Allen, Dan 30 Allen, E T 30 Allen, Ford 30 Allen, Pike 30 Allen, R P 30 Allen, W B 30 Alowitch, John 34 Alverson, Miss Effie 10 Alverson, Miss Frances 39 AN EYELESS FISH TAKEN FROM RIVER 26 AN UNUSUAL INCIDENT 48 Anderson, U F 47 Anibel, John 41 Anibel, Mrs. Eliza 41 ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY 46 ANOTHER PIONEER GONE 26 ASYLUM SCANDAL BREWING, ONE ARREST ORDERED 23 ATTACKED BY A LYNX NEAR COVE CITY 28 B BACK FROM FAMILY REUNION 16 Bacon, Rev. John 32 Baldrick, George 54 Barker Township 35 Basham, T E 38 Basham, Coffee 19 Basham, Troy 9 Beller, George 13 Beller, Harley 13 Beneux, Lem 48 Bennett, W E 3 Betterton, S A 45 Blakemore, Captain T J 14 Blakemore, Dr. J E 14, 15, 49 Boatright, W V 51 Bobo, P M 24 Bokoshe, Oklahoma 30 Bolling, Wm R 16 Bond, Silas 16 Bostick, Mrs. J S 54 Bostick, Mrs. W A 7 Bostick, W A 4 Bostick, W C 16, 54 Bowlin, Captain Wm 5 Braden, Will 18 Braggs, Indian Territory 13 Braggs, Oklahoma 27, 51 Branson, James 28 Bright, S J 45 Britt, Henry 40 Britt, Miss Clara 40 Brodie, Fayette 13 Brodie, Granville 23 Brodie, James 26 Brodie, Mrs. D W 13 Broom, J R 46 BROTHERS MEET 1 Brown, Jesse 4 Brown, Mrs. Jesse 4 Burdine, Consady 31 BURIED IN FORT SMITH 50 Burroughs, Joel 6 Burrow, J J 10 Burrow, John J 11 Bushmiaer, Mrs. J F 26 Bushong, Henry 3 C C R Cordell's Carpet Store 31 Caldwell, A M 16 Caldwell, E B 8 Camp J T Stuart, U C V 12, 16 Captain J T Stuart’s Company 11 CAPTAIN WM R BOLLING DEAD 16 Cedar Creek Camp No. 1, Woodmen of the World 4 Central Hotel 10 Cherokee Indian Police 4 Cherokee Indians 27 Cherokee Nation 33 Cherokees 54 Christen, Mose 46 Chuculate, George 54 City of Muskogee (Steamer) 37 Clegg, Hiram 15 Clegg, Mrs. Hiram 52 Cluck, Fayette 44 Cluck, T B 46 Coatney, J W 27 Cochrane, Mr. Ed E 53 Coffman, Steve 32 Company H, 22nd U S Infantry 34 Company I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry 11 COMPLETE LIST OF CONSTABLES AND JUSTICES 45 Confederate Army 1, 12, 16, 29 Confederate Reunion 16 Confederate Soldier 11 Confederate Veteran Camp 29 Conyer, T E 45 Cordell, C R 31 Cordingly, Agnes 51 Cordingly, Joseph 51 Cordingly, Mrs. Margaret 51 Cotton, Jack 27 Cottrell, George 13 Couch, A J 46 COUNTY JAIL WAS EMPTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON 47 COURT HOUSE PARK FOUNTAIN DEDICATED 39 Court of Claims 44 COURTHOUSE WEDDING 27 Couts, L C 45 Cove Creek 32 Cox, Alex 13 Cox, D P 45 Cox, Rev. S A 46 Cox, Robert 32 Crabtree, Jake 8 Cradduck, C B 46 Crane, Rev. J L 22 Crawford County Siftings (newspaper) 20 Crawley, Wm 32 Cristie, M L 45 Crutcher, Park 27, 46 Cusac, Fred 25 Cusac, J T 24, 25 Cusack, J T 14 Cusack, Miss Ellen 14 Cuzick, E C 45 D Darlery, F M 46 Davis, Mrs. J C 13 Davis, Mrs. John 12 Davis, T W 46 Dean, Herbert 51 DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO CAPTAIN R B ALLEN 29 DEATH ENDED HIS SUFFERING 4 DEATH FOLLOWED OPERATION 49 Decherd, Ben 20 Decherd, Mrs. Ada S 20 Decoration at Liberty Hill 32 Delagrange, Mrs. Edward 43 DeLong, Mrs. Herbert 30 Denney, J S 30, 50 Denny, Simpson 17 Deputy U S Marshal Viers 33 Dick, James 28 DIED AT CENTRAL HOTEL 10 DIED FROM BLOOD POISON 7 Dillon, James 46 Dipboye, J J 32 Dipboye, R V 45 Dobbs Cemetery 12, 31 Donelson, J L 6 Dora Cemetery 50 Dora Township 42, 51 DRAGGED TO DEATH BY A HORSE 17 Dripping Springs Cemetery 14 DuBois, Rev. Charles W 7 Duncan Farm 46 Duncan, Miss Susan 46 Duncan, Waco 42 Dunlap, J W 54 Dunlap, W H 18, 54 Dunn, Mrs. S M 44 Dyer, L 51 Dyer, Rev. Elisha 41, 50 Dyer, Rev. Leonard 42 DYER-HEARD 49 E Early, T R 45 Eastern Cherokees 44 Edgewood Cemetery 25 EDWARD SYMONDS DEAD 34 Edwards, Miss Mollie 6 Edwards, W C 7 Electric Park 33 Ellis, Jack 4 ELOPING COUPLE RETURN FOR FORGIVENESS 42 Eno, Miss Clara 34 F Fairview Cemetery 5, 7, 12, 22, 41, 47, 53, 54 Federal Army 2, 20, 33 Federal Soldier 50 Fentress & Hunt 55 Fentress & Hunt Chapel 55 Fentress & Hunt’s Ambulance 55 Ferguson, Fred 46 Figure Four Lodge, No. 534, I O O F 50 FIRST VISIT IN 48 YEARS 18 Flanigan, J P 50 FOR DYNAMITING FISH 19 FORD MURDER MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED 52 Ford, Rufus 52 Formsby, L H 51 Fort Smith Times (newspaper) 9 FORT SMITH TRAGEDY CLOSED 37 Fort Terry, New York 38 Foster Graveyard 24 FOUL MURDER REPORTED 48 FRANK HATELY DEAD 47 Frazer, D 32 Fry, J W 25 Fry, Miss Etta 6 Fuller, Mrs. Lizzie 42 G Garner, Miles 49 German Carp 27 Gholston, A O 37 Gibbs, Mrs. Will 25 Gill Cemetery 10, 21, 23, 25, 41, 42, 45, 46, 49, 54 Gill, Miss Emile 33 Goldsmith, D T 36 Goldsmith, Miriam 36 Grant, U S 32 Green, G B 33 Gregory, S 23 H H O SWEARINGEN 27 Haines, H G 6 Haines, Henry 6 Hall Cemetery 55 Hall, J T 46 Hall, James 39 Hall, John 28 Hall, Mrs. W E 55 Hammock, B M 53 Hare, Jeff 27 Haroldton, S H 6 Harp, H 45 Harrlson, Tom 48 Hart, J L 50 Hately, Frank 18 Hately, Frank M 47 Hatley, Frank 18 Hay’s Gin 18 Hayman, Henry C 22 Heard, J S 52 Henderson, Frank 2 Henderson, M F 32 Hennessey, Ellen 51 Hennessey, Richard 51 HENRY C HAYMAN BURIED IN FAIRVIEW 22 HENRY HAINES DEAD 6 HENRY RAMSDEN DEAD 20 HERBERT DEAN DIED FROM INJURIES 51 Hicks, Charles 52 Higgs, Gus 12 Higgs, J N 46 Hiner, Joseph 55 Hiner, Mrs. I G 55 Hitchcock, Alex 25 Hobbs, J H 45 Holdenville, Indian Territory 17 Hollis Lake 52 HOME ON SAD MISSION 40 Hooper "Uncle Joe" 48 Hooper, J T 48 Hopkins, R 46 Hotel Rosa 6 Housley, Mrs. J A 22 Housley, Mrs. James 22 Hughes, R L 10 Hunt & Ayers Undertakers 25 Hunt’s Chapel 55 HUNTING FOR WAYWARD SON 3 Hurst, W R 10 Hynes, Isom 14 I ILL HEALTH THE CAUSE OF SELF DESTRUCTION 25 Indian Territory 6, 8, 9, 14, 19 Irvin, Miss Mattie 21 Irwin, Bart 45 ISAAC POUND FALLS DEAD IN DYER YESTERDAY 28 J J B Mott Iron Works, New York 39 J T CUSAC DIED AT MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA 24 J W COATNEY DEAD 27 Jackson, C B 3 Johns, C R 41 Johns, George 19 Johns, Miss Ollie 4 Jones, Jim 39 Jones, K B 10 Jones, W F 27, 41, 42 JOSEPH STAMPS DEAD 53 K Kasoma, Indian Territory 9 Kelley, Alford 18 Kelley, Wm 45 Ketchum, Mrs. Mary 53 Killingsworth Cemetery 24, 26, 34 Killingworth Graveyard 48 Kimes, Mrs. T H 26 King, Lee 3 Kirk, Frank 1, 2 Kirk, Homer 1 Knight, Jake 25 L Lacy Homestead 25 Lake, Cathey 46 Lankford, John 13 Lankford, Lawrence 13 Lankford, Robert 13 Lankford, Robert B 12 Lankford, Will 12, 13 Lea, Mrs. W C 53 Leach, Hugh 21 Ledford, O P 4 Lemley, Jack 55 Lester, Mrs. R L 52 Lewellen, Wm 24 Lewis, A A 31 Lewis, Abner 31 Lewis, Captain D C 15 Lewis, David E 15 Lilly, Maude Dyer 49 Lloyd, Murrell 10 Loften, M M 46 LOST LITTLE DAUGHTER 49 LOST LITTLE DAUGHTER IN OLD MEXICO YESTERDAY 36 LOST LITTLE SON 25 Lynch, M 9 M M F Smeltzer’s Fruit Farms 7 MAKING MONSTER BALLOON FOR PARK ENGAGEMENT 33 MAN HELD ON UGLY CHARGE 34 Mannan, H A 30 Manuel, Herbert 14 MANY CHEROKEES WERE IN CITY YESTERDAY 43 Mark, Anson 23 Marshall, W L 32 Maryland Regiment 34 Matlock, Mrs. Martha J 14 Matlock, Sid 10 Maxey, W H 12, 36 McBrewer, J M 45 McCalib, Rev. Ira 32 McCormick, Mrs. J W 23 McDonald, Peter 31 McGee, Miss Mamie 7 McGee, T M 7 McGlothlin, W M 48 McIntyre, C C 8 McKinney, Hill 55 Meadors, John R 46 Meek, Tom 41 Merrill, Wesley 54 Merrill’s Meat Market 26 Mexican War Veteran 15 Miller, J H 6 Miller, Rev. W B 39 Minor, Ed 52 Minor, Will 52 MISS CLUCK WILL DIE FROM GUN SHOT WOUND 44 Mitchell, J H 45 Mitchell, T A 45 MORE ABOUT THE OLD WELL 5 Morris, Mrs. John 52 Mount Vista Electric Park Bus Line 41 Mountain Home Dairy 18 MRS CLEGG FOUND DEAD 52 MRS CORDINGLY DEAD 51 MRS HINER DEAD 55 MRS J A HOUSLEY DIES SUDDENLY 22 MRS M J SPRADLEY DEAD 21 MRS MARTHA J MATLOCK DEAD 14 MRS MARY KETCHUM DEAD 53 MRS R L LESTER DEAD 52 Mullen, M M 46 MURDER AT SALLISAW 54 Murphy, T B 45 Muskogee Booster Club 37 Muskogee, Oklahoma 37 N Nall, F R 45 Nelson, John 49 Nettles, R E 11 New Market, Cork County, Ireland 51 Night Hawk Band 33 NO INQUEST WAS HELD OVER SUICIDE BODY 23 Norwood, Jerry 8 O O’Bryan, Robert 20 ODELL NOTES 32 OLDEST MAN IN ARKANSAS 8 Oliver Springs Cemetery 32, 53 Oliver Springs Road 53 ONE MORE VETERAN GONE 12 Orme, Mrs. Nancy 8 Orme, Will 40 Overstreet, J A 45 P Panama, Sebastian County 42 PARENTS BEREAVED AGAIN 42 Party, Sterling 48 Peeveyhouse Cemetery 38 Peevyhouse Cemetery 44 Peevyhouse Graveyard 25 Peevyhouse, Jasper 2 Pencen, A J 46 Perkins, L S 30 Peters, G R 45 Peters, J D 46 Peters, John A 7 Peters, W R 45 Phillips Landing 5 Pierson, James 42 Pope, M V 55 Poteau, Oklahoma 42 Potts, Mrs. T C 30 Pound, Isaac 28 Pounds, R J' 28 Powell, Mack 5 Powell, Wm 5 PREPARING SOME EARLY HISTORY 2 PREPARING TO BUILD COLORED SCHOOL 38 Q Quesenbury, Paul 20 R R E NETTLES FOUND DEAD 11 Rader, Clara 32 Raider, Julius 19 Ramsden, Henry 20, 26 Randolph, Samuel 48 Reavis, I W 46 Reed, J A 4 Reed, James 4 Reed, W B 4 Reeves, M K 11 RETURNED FROM SAD MISSION 49 RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA 15 RETURNS FROM ARMY 38 REV. J Q WEST DEAD 19 Ribling, Charles 23 Rice, W C 45 Rich, John 26 Richardson, Mrs. J 24 Riddle, Cy 46 Rider, Miss Emma 27 Riley, J R 45 RIVER THE HIGHEST IN FIFTY YEARS 31 Roach, J W 46 Roberts, J F 45 Roberts, Lee 41 Robertson, Miss Lucy Ann 53 Robinson, John 35 Robinson, Miss Neita 45 Roe, R 46 Rogers, Andy 43 Rose, N 45 Rouw, Bob 11 Rouw, Irene 49 Rouw, John W 49 Rozell, R M 45 Ruggles, George 21 Ruggles, Logan 21 Ruggles, Louis 22 Rush, P M 45 S Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania 1 Scott Brothers 5 SEEKING INFORMATION OF DEAD 34 SEEKS INFORMATION REGARDING RECORDS OF 1877 30 Seger, G H 25 Shawnee, Oklahoma 52, 55 Sherman, Rev. Wm 55 Shibley, W H H 39 Skelton, Will 9 Smith, "Uncle Dick" 26 Smith, A 5 Smith, Calvin 35 Smith, J W 26 Smith, T J 45 Smith, W H 45 Snow, Mrs. Catherine 14 Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company 35 Sparks Memorial Hospital 37, 55 Spavinaw Mountains 33 Spears, Tom Spears 46 Spencer, John 10 Spencer, W H 45 Spradley, Mrs. M J 21 Stamps, Joseph 53 Stamps, Sam 46 Starr, Henry 6 State Board of Charity 24 STEAMER, CITY OF MUSKOGEE 37 Steinberg, John 33 Stevens, Mrs. James H 41 Stevens, Will 17 Stevenson Cemetery 19 Stevenson, John 5 Stevenson, Sam 5 Still, Dr. W B 7 Still, Miss Lizzie 39 Storie, J W 45 STRICTLY VAN BUREN MADE 18 Stripling, Gray 13 Stykes, D J 7 Stykes, Otis 7 Summers, W D 45 Sutton, W M 45 SWALLOWED LYE AND DIED 3 Swearingen, H O 30 Swearingen, Horace 28, 41, 42 Swearingen, J O 42 Swearingen, Miss Kate 42 Symonds, Edward 34 T Taitte, A L 45 Tault, John 9 Tault, Mrs. Maggie 9 Taylor, J C 45 Teague, J T 14 Tecumseh, Oklahoma Territory 4 Temple, H E 46 THE JOHNS MURDER AND SUICIDE 4 Thomas, W M 46 Thompson, Rev. J W 39 Tidwell, G H 50 TO ANSWER CHARGE OF BOOTLEGGING 35 TO CLEAN UP CEMETERY 38 TO ESTABLISH A REST ROOM IN CITY 31 TO RECEIVE WEATHER BULLETINS BY TELEPHONE 35 Tobin, Miss Maggie 9 Tolleson, Rev. F M 36 Tolleson, Rev. F M 12, 22, 39, 47 TOM WINFREY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT MULBERRY 40 Tribble, A F 27 Trout, T J 45 Tudor, A J 45 TWO DEATHS REPORTED 21, 25 U U S Pension Examiner 30 U S S Colorado 22 Undertaker Hunt 50 United States Marshal for the Southern District of the Indian Territory 4 V Valliant, Indian Territory 7 VAN BUREN BOY CIRCLES GLOBE 21 Van Buren Steam Laundry 18 Vaught, Miss A M 27 Village Improvement Club 34, 39, 40 W Wagner, George J 38 Wagner, George W 32 Walker, G B 12 Walker, K W 45 Wallace, W J 45 Warren, Frank 17 Welch, Dave 19 Welch, E 45 Wells, J F 45 Wells, S J 45 West, D T 39 West, J Q 20 West, M T 46 West, Miss Louis 46 West, Rev. J Q 13, 19 West, Rev. R Q 4 White, A A 45 White, Charles 10 White, J T 29 White, James 32 White, Jinks 32 Whiteside Farm 34 Whitewater School House 44 Whiting, Herbert V 34 WILL HAVE REST ROOM 43 Willbanks, J W 45 Williams, J D 45 Willoughby, John A 34 Winfrey, Ed 6, 13 Winfrey, J H 40 Winfrey, S E 50 Winfrey, Tom 40 Winfrey, W P 40, 46 Winkler, Will 53 Winn, Mrs. Catherine 48 Winningham, Theodore 36 WM ADAMS DEAD 36 Wood, George R 2, 3, 16 Wood, Miss Margaret 39 Woolum, Frank 8 Woolum, W P 8 WYCLIFFE BROTHERS SURRENDER 33 Wycliffe, James 33 Wycliffe, Thomas 33 Y Yancy, Dan 45 Yancy, Denver 30, 50 Yoes, Mrs. Jacob 4 Yoes, Rev. G C 19 Yoes, Thomas Dederick 4 Young, Mrs. John 10 Young, R P 45 Z Zufall, H M 42 Zufall, Miss Goldie 42 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: alverson@valuelinx.net 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/