The Green Forest tribune., 1902-09-20

MIS- o' E. w eatnerly and her mother, Mrs. Rucker. were passengers down to St. Joe and back Monday.
 The advertising agent of the Fort smith street fair was here distributing advertising matter Monday.
 County Examiner Butt went over to berryville Thursday morning to hold his last quarterly examination.
 We have mighty pretty line of wall paper and our prices are all right. Come and see it. GREEN FOREST DRUG Go. New goods and new customers are be- ing received constantly at Tabor & Foreman's, the best place to buy gro- ceries.
 Mrs. l.. E. Harbert left Wednesday for months visit with her daughter. Mrs. Dave Watson, near St. Louis. Capt. Harbert accompanied her as far as Seligman.
 The ex-Confederate reunion opened this morning (Friday) with fair pros- poets of success. The meetings are be- ing held on w. c. Russell's grounds. a half mile east of town.
 The Green Forest Telephone Go. come in for loss in Tuesday nights fire. Three fine phones were burned and two large posts were ruined, caus- ing loss of about $35 %.
 The party of Rock Island railroad en- glneers, who have been engaged in mak- ing survey through the mineral field during the past few months, camped in Green Forest Tuesday night en route to Joplin.
 George Galloway makes the best wheat report to date. He sowed three bushels of King Winter wheat and threshed 90 bushels from it. He has a few bushels of this wheat that he will sell for seed.
 The good crop of wheat and corn this year is not all the farmers have raised It is a noticeable fact that there are more and better colts this year than usual Several farmers have refused $50 for 5-months old colt.
 Lee Smith is taking a month lay-of as bumper for the railroad company, dYr ;ah !, c;f tb l,se parents and other relatives at Living ston, Mont. He departed on his west ern tour on Monday evenings train.
 Eld. R. A. Martin and wife departed Tuesday night for Weston, Texas, where they are called on account of the serious if not fatal illness of their son Will. They will probably be absent several weeks.
 Wilson Bros. is the style of livery firm which succeeds T. o. Walker in the transfer business in Green Forest. They have added two or three teams and buggies to the outfit purchased from Walker and propose to give our town first-class livery service. The members of the new firm are from Berryville, having lately engaged in the livery bus mess in that town.
 George Coxsey and wife were called to Kingston, Madison county, last week on account of the serious illness which resulted in the death of Mrs. Coxsey's mother, Mrs. H. P. McCracken. Mrs. McCracken was well-known to a great many people in this county who are deeply grieved at the report of her sud- den death, which resulted from cancer of the bowels.
 Our citizens should not be unmindful of the fact that it is but few months until the state horticultural society meets here. To look after such an inn portant gathering, one that will prob ably bring 800 strangers to our town, IS an item of no small importance. We suggest mass meeting of our cltlzens he held some time next month and that nroper committees on arrangements, etc., be appointed. The question must he du]v considered at an early date.
 Profs. Davis and Cooper and F. 0. Butt all went to visit Everett Faulkner whose home is near Alpena Monday night. The report came that MT. Faulkner was at the point of death, of tvnhoid fever. These gentlemen found : him better, however, and brought the good news back to number of anxious friends here Tuesday morning. We sincerely hope that Eyerett's life may