Newport weekly independent., 1901-07-05

Tuesday noon.
 There will be tho usual weekly dance at the pavilion tonight.
 Jno. Keel went to Little Rock Tues day noon on d short yisit
 J. S. WiImans went to Little Rock Tuesday noon on business.
 FoB BENT-One 4-room house on Fifth st. Apply to Mrs. s. Doyle, dot
 Gus Jones returned from MaryvilIe, Mo-, his former home, Tuesday noon.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. T. Simmons left Monday night for visit to Bagwell, Texas.
 R. D, WiImans spent Monday and Tuesday in Grubbs township buying cattle.
 Mrs. Frank Whitaker and daughter, Miss May, left Monday morning for visit to Gushman.
 LosT-s20 gold certificate Saturday. Finder will receive S5 reward for re- turn of same to c. B. BEST.
 Jno. Bohan of Little Rock is run ming on the Batesville passenger this week as conductor.
 G. B. Bradley went to Black Rock Tuesday noon on business of the Ayer-Lord Tie Company.
 Miss Sue Rodgers of Walnut Ridge returned home Tuesday noon, after a visit with Miss Lucille Randy.
 L. N. Nouss went to Little Rock Tuesday morning with his wife and baby, who expect to visit there.
 Some rubbish on the old Steveley mill site caught fire Tuesday afternoon and brought out the fire company.
 Mrs. P, B. Price left Tuesday for her home in Little Rock, after a visit to the family of her son, Farley Price.
 Jno, Collier, Jno. Graham, Will and Ebert Morgan of Tupelo were in Newport Tuesday morning on busi- ness
 Roy Johnson leaves Tuesday night on a ten days vacation, which he will spend at Camden and EI Dorado visit ing friends.
 c. E. Crook left Monday night for Texarkana, where he went on busi- ness with the cotton company, w. X. Arthur & Co.,, which he represents.
 Misses Neal Mayhan and Annie Harkins of Little Rock went to New ark Monday morning to visit the formers mother, Mrs. N. J. Mayhan.
 MT. and Mrs. Farley Price and baby left Tuesday noon for Chicago, where they expect to spend a month enjoy ing the cool lake breezes of the Windy City.
 Harry Forbes, formerly clerk at the Arlington, Batesville, is assisting H. Bernstein at the Hazel and the Plant CTS fer a few days until he can secure clerks.
 The members in the chorus of the Presbyterian recital are requested to meet Friday evening at the manse in stead of Thursday, postponed on ac- count of the Fourth.
 Jack Lawrence, who has been night clerk at the Planters for quite a while, left Monday for Forrest City and will go from there later to the Indian and Oklahoma Territories.
 Newport Lodge No. 26 of the Knights of Pythias will meet Wednes day evening at the hall to attend to administering the second and third degrees to several candidates.
 The infant child of a MT. Sullens, em- ployed by Tobe McLain, died Friday night; also the baby of a MT. and Mrs. Nevells, in the Hickory Grove neigh borhood Saturday morning.
 Frank Fink and another negro were arrested and jailed Friday night and on Saturday morning tried before Mayor Grubbs, who fined Fink $5 and costs, discharging the other party.
 The rain of Friday afternoon was confined to the section west and north of this city, Newark, Oil Trough, Jacksonport and EIgin receiving good showers, which were badly needed in these sections.
 J. w. Kelley, crossing watchman on the Iron Mountain at this point, has returned from St. Louis much i'm