The Van Buren press., 1900-11-10
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

day.
Mrs. B. j. Lemley is reported sick
with scarlet fever.
Society 'possum hunts are the order
Of the night now.
Our rooster is ill so we won parade
him this time.
Mrs. Jas. Crockett is up from Jenny
Lind on visit to Mrs. Hal Brown.
BoRN:-On Tuesday, the 9th inst. to
Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Ingeberg a son,
Perry Allen still sets the pace when
it comes to low prices. See his ads.
Mrs Erwin, of Uniontown, left yes
terday TO visit friends at Aurora, Mo.
The corn shelter is being run day and
night and is employing dozen hands.
Misses Mary Southmayd and Leila
Allen are spending " few days at
Fayetteville.
MIA. Walton and family have moved
to Van Buren, and are now domiciled in
the Wilcox property.
e. G. Arkebauer has been this week
constructing for himself commodious
sweet potato house.
The vote Of Crawford county at Tues
| days election was canvassed by the
election commissioners yesterday,
Hon. r. l.. Rogers and family are
residents of Van Buren, now, having
moved up from Mulberry Wednesday.
Mr.. Jno. Coughlan arrived Thursday
from st. Louis on an extended visit to
his daughter, Mrs. Z. W. Edmondson.
7. j. Prothro moved his household
goods to Holdenville, /. T.. Thursday,
at which point he will open bottling
works.
A good force of nachinists is being
employed in the shops here during the
reconstruction Of the Barring Cross
shops.
The price of cotton is 8. 90 to s. 35,
with but very little of the better grade
offering. Seed remains at 81 90 per
OIL.
Tailor Hugh Miller has been having
the prisoners at work this week giving
the court house yard much needed
cleaning IN.
Our cotton buyers say that the late
rains have damaged cotton good deal
and but very little middlirg cotton is
being marketed
Cotton slumped IL points Wednesday
morning in spite Of Mckinley S election,
but we suppose our Republican friends
can easily explain that.
Every effort should be made to stamp
out scarlet fever before cold weather
sets in, or we may look for it to bring
gloom to more than one home.
Mr., and Mrs. Acton, Of Holdenville,
/. T.. who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs, Erwin at Uniontown, returned to
their home yesterday.
Word was received here Thursday by
relatives that Mr.. Sam Miller had been
elected county attorney Of Day county,
Okla. by handsome majority.
Frank Boatright, one Of our most
successful sweet potato growers, was
gathering his crop Thursday and Friday
and reports them turning out well.
Several election bets wherein the
member 81 the defeated party wheeled
the member Of the winning party down
Main street In wheelbarrow have been
| settled this week,
Father Laurence Smyth, pastor of the
Church of the immaculate Conception.
died last Wednesday morning, His
funeral Thursday morning was attended
by large number of Van Buren, friends
Of the deceased.
Heavy shipments Of cattle south TO be
fattened for market nj the oil mills In
Texas are OF weekly occurrence. II
cattle can be carried to Texas and fat.
tened why couldn't the same thing be
done here, II we had an oil mill
W. T. Carpenter, father Of the young
man murdered here Saturday night, re-
turned Thursday, after having taken
home the remains Of his son For burial
and stated he wonld spnre neither t.ma
nor money In ferre,ing out the murderer
Of his son,
: The election return service given last
Tuesday night WINS decidedly "bum I"
which was not the fault OF the local
operator, however, Most OF the 30.
called doubtful states, IN the vote Of
which everyone was interested were
almost entirely ignored
We do not pretend to know how
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