Newport weekly independent., 1901-08-09

Half -soling 50 cents to 75 cents tack ed, $1.OO a pair sewed. See Knox in this line and save the old solid com forts. 93dtf
 The river Wednesday was on a stand at O.2. Unless the water rises, there will be little steamboat business this Fall.
 Miss Stella Warner, the daughter of Captain John Warner of the Quick step, returned to Batesville Wednes- day morning.
 Robt. Laird went to Searcy We'd nesday morning to visit Jay Sprigg, who is at home with his mother on short vacation.
 A mgeting of the school board has been called for 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening at the Hazel Hotel, by order of the president, Dr. J. M. Jones.
 Excursion to Hot Springs, Sunday, August 11th, account of Annual Col ored Carnival Celebration, rate S2 50. Notice display ad. for particulars.
 People cleaning their yards must remove the rubbish, as there is no longer any street cleaning gang
 T. s. STEPHENS, Marshal.
 The ladies of the Baptist church will serve cream and cake at Bord wells stand Thursday, August Sth, from 5 to II o'clock, Everybody in vited dtd
 To Buffalo via Iron Mountain route. If desired ticket is good on lake steamer Detroit to Buffalo. See notice of extremely reduced rates in this paper. 63 dtf
 Among those registered at the Planters Wednesday night were: J. w. Hammons, J. l. Walton, E. w. Newson, Jonesboro; J. K. Farris, Batesville.
 Fred Shader, sheriff of Pulaski county, of which Little Rock is the county seat. arrived Wednesday night and is attending to private business in this city.
 Boswell Institute opens the 10th of September under the direction of Prof. A. V. Hamilton, who has moved his family to this city from Searcy and is living at 467 Elm street.
 Joe Volkmer left Tuesday night for Burlington, Iowa, where he was call ed on account of the serious illness of his mother, whose condition is such that she is hardly expected to recover.
 Saml. Prater, of Mountain View, who has been quite sick here for sev- eral weeks, is improving gradually, being cared for by his brother, Wm. Prater, of Pocahontas.
 Sigmund Wolff, wife and children left Wednesday for St. Louis, where Mrs. Wolff spends the school year with her children, in order that they may enjoy the advantages of the city schools.
 Mrs. A. J. Brewer and son Charlie returned Wednesday morning from Springfield, Mo-, where they visited her sister, who is much improved, though her mother has been quite sick in the meantime.
 John Claridge is in Chicago buying paint and wall paper stock for a new establishment at Fort Smith, of which he will assume the management, though his place of business here will be run as before.
 G. w. Clarkson, general manager of the Boyd Commission Company of St. Louis and Walter Cotter of the firm of Cotter & Company were here We'd nesday on a tour of inspection of their offices in this state.
 Messrs. and Mesdames c. R. Hite and w. w. Dutton, Miss Addie Stacy and E. L. Boyce left Wednesday morning for a point up the White river, where they will camp and spend a couple of days hunting pearls.
 Dr. J. T. Miller, of Cord, Independ- ence county, was here Thursday on his way home after prospecting for location in the Indian Territory. He says that the crops of that section are as badly damaged from the drouth as here.
 Capt. Joyce is in receipt of another