Newport weekly independent., 1901-12-27

Lon c. Bevans, who travels in Tex as, is here visiting his family.
 Mesdames L. Hirsch and Wm. Mos by returned Saturday night from Lit tie Rock.
 MT. Walter Hippolite of Bonne Terre visiting her mother, Mrs. D. w. Anderson.
 Miss Alta James, of Cotton Plant, spent Thursday night here on her re- turn home to Searcy.
 O. D. Watson, after attending to business matters in the state capitol, returned home Friday.
 Miss Bell Phillips returned home to Barren Fork Friday morning and will spend Christmas there.
 The river on Friday registered 3.2 feet, being a very slight fall from the mark of the day previous.
 John Perdue, pupil of Boswell In stitute, returned home to Poplar Bluff Friday to spend Christmas.
 Rev. R. M. Best and wife of Des Arc arrived last week to spend Christ mas wivh his father, c. B. Best. Really, if a man won't let us know
 That he's alive, he's dead, or should
 be so. LORD BYRON.
 Mrs. Rufus Ussery and children left Monday afternoon to spend Christmas with her mother and sisters at Jones' boro.
 Miss Guila Chunn arrived Saturday night from Searcy and will be a guest this Christmas week of I. D. Price and family.
 Judge F. D. Fulkerson returned to Batesville Saturday afternoon, after a past two weeks.
 Miss Hatty May Bennett returned t) Batesville Monday, where she will spend Christmas. She spent Sunday night in this city.
 Silvy Redman's friends are glad to see him out again and hope that he may be in the good health necessary to an enjoyment of Christmas.
 Eugene Hirsch, who has been at tending Spears -Langford Military Academy at Searcy, returned home Saturday night on his vacation.
 
 John R. Lotion, former sheriff of this county and good citizen of Jack sonport, was in Newport Friday and subscribed for the INDEPENDENT.
 Mrs. R. T. Harville returned Friday from Newport, having accompanied the Eldridge children that far on their return to Graham.-Augusta Vidette.
 Black river continues to hang around low water ebb. The water has been so low all fall that it has been almost impossible to float logs.-Black Rock Blade.
 Will Hencke and sister Miss Mary Hencke and cousin Miss Stella Hencke arrived Sunday night from Jonesboro to spend Christmas at home.
 Roland Johnson returned Saturday night from Memphis, where he has been employed several months since leaving Paducah, Kentucky, and will spend Christmas here.
 Black river is frozen over with four and one-half inches of ice, and the mercury has fingered around and be- low zero the past week, coldest since '9S.-Corning Courier.
 H. B. Axe of Little Rock came up on business Friday morning. Mr. Axe is general manager of the offices of Cotter x Company in this stat" and brother of Vic Axe of this 4.
 Miss Maggie Gibson of Searcy Fe- male Institute met her brother George here, who has been attending college at Batesville, and both left for home, Black Rock, Monday afternoon.
 The arrivals at the Planters Satur- day were Frank Tennent, Little Rock; Ella Barnwell, Cecil Wilson, Ethel White, Batesville; J. H. Crossett, Me Crory; G. G. Heathcock, McGehee.
 Rufus Ussery and John A. Melville both of Village township, have been awarded the contract by Judge Scar borough for repairing Litchtield bridge. Their bid and the bond re- quired was the same amount, $500. One of the terms of the contract is