The Van Buren press., 1903-08-15

! DIuS store.
D. ID. Branson was down from Natura
Dam Wednesday.
Mrs. ]. E. Oneill left Wednesday or
a 1ew weeks visit to relatives at Denver
Colo.
Safety Cough Cure-opIv ,s
Dlmes D bottle at JOHN O'KAyE'E
DRUG STORE. NN''A
Mrs Theo Lacy of Santa Ana, Calf
In the city, the guest of Mrs. Lewis
Bryan.
Mrs. P. D. Scott and family have
taken up their summer residence at
Winslow.
Mrs. Tom McNeeley, of Checotah
l. T., arrived Tuesday on visit to
Mrs. W. C, Bostick.
Safety Liver Invigorator-onIy
2 Dimes package at JOHN
IO'KANE' S DRUG STORE.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Dean returned
nome Sunday from a visit to Mr.. and
Mrs, S. A. Miller at Grand, Okla.
Carl Shibley returned Sunday from 2
two weeks stay in the Territory, where
he had been writing life insurance.
1t will pay to buy your coal early this
year, for every indication is that coal
is going to be high as cold weather
approaches. 1t is going up constantly
In price now.
Conductor Matt Wallace, who has
been running extra passenger conductor
between Fort Smith and Coffeyville has
returned to his old run on the Green
wood branch.
Mrs.J F Sugrue and daughter spent
few days here this week as guest of
Mrs. A. B, Shibley, They were en-
route to Little Rock from a stay at
Eureka Springs
Mrs. Henry Meyer, Jr. and Miss Lilly
Meyer, will sail from San Francisco for
the Philippine islands on October / to
join Lieutenant Henry Never who is
stationed at Fiaz, near Manila.
Hon, Randolph Comstock was in the
city Saturday, enroute home from at
tending the Confederate reunion at
Mulberry, He reports a good attend.
ance the last day of the reunion.
Russellville and the TIP. rs, play at
Fort Smith this afternoon The Rus
seville team is composed chiefly Of the
old Jenny Lind nine and it is stated they
will put up a good quality of ball
S.W Horn, living near Oliver Springs,
was in town Tuesday with four quarts
of strawberries Other growers report
that they are picking enough from their
fields to keep their tables supplied,
Mrs, T, b, Coppage and daughter,
Miss Florence, arrived Tuesday from
Temple, Tex, on a brief visit to Mrs
W p Woolum, From here they 20 TO
Ash Grove, Mo, on an extended visit
Everything indicates that within a
few more months Van Buren will take
on growth that will astonish everyone,
We guarantee in short time there will
be a demand for lots that it will be
hard to fill.
Mise Grace Sadler returned Saturday
from several weeks visit TO the family
Of h. f. Allen at Wan, |, T. She wac
accompanied home by Misses Sarah and
Vera Allen, who will visit relatives
here for some days
Miss Jennie Williams who had been
selected to teach the first grade Of our
public school has rendered her resigna-
tion to the school board and the place
made vacant thereby will be filled at
the next meeting Of the board,
A change in the proposed new water
lines in the third ward has been suggest
ed by street commissioner Pernot and
everything indicates that favorable
action will be taken thereon, IL Is
proposed to extend the main mp to the
corner Of Frank Mccullough sresidence
and from there run east to W 7, Sadler =
residence. This will call for one more
hydrant, but will much more thoroughly
cover that section Of town than would
have been the case under the former
plan,