Newport weekly independent., 1901-07-05
The reporter for the INDEPENDENT

The reporter for the INDEPENDENT had the pleasure of feasting his eyes Tuesdaymorning upon very peculiar ly shaped, though large and lustrous, pearl, the property of w. M. Phillips, who was also the finder. The stone was about the size and nearly the shape of an acorn, and the owner feels confident he will have no trouble in realizing good figure for the same.
 Mrs. Will z. Vaughan of Winter Haven, Florida, was in Newport Mon day in the interest of the Monarch Book Company, establishing an agen- cy with Miss Iva Huffman. Mrs. Vaughan has worked in 26 states and the Indian Territory, travelled II years and is nearing 70 years of age, but says she feels like 2-year- old. Robt. Lampkin, farmer of Grubbs township was here Monday. He car ries a curiosity with him that is not often seen in the malformation of one of his thumbs, which is really two. The root of the thumb upon one baud branches into two forks, which are each shaped like thumb but in their relative position look like pair of nippers.
 Misses Sallie Buchanan of Beebe, Anna Bell Firth of Searcy, Rosa Hyn- son of Mammoth Spring, and Annie Lockhart of Batesville, accompanied by Messrs. Fred Hancock of Bates vile, and R. T. Hynson of Mammoth Spring were here Saturday on their way to Mammoth Spring. The party attended the commencement of Ar kansas College at Batesville, where they have visited since that time.
 Joe Walker is learning the railroad business at the Choctaw office in this city, having begun work there this week. All beginners have their troubles and we learn from one of his friends that MT. Thompson had him out scouting the first day for a car load of wagon track and the next for some double deck flat cars belonging to the Iron Mountain, but he soon fell onto the racket and confines him. self to office duties.
 The guests of the Hazel Saturday and Sunday were: O. M. Patrick, Fort Smith; c. H. Waring, Little Rock; o. H. Thomas and wife, Little Rock; w. L. Skaggs, Pocahontas: M. H. Patterson, McCrory; J. s. Hand- ford, J. N. Cypert, J. A. Glover, c. w. Reiney, Batesville.
 Mrs. J. J. Hunter met here Thurs day night and returned Friday morn ing to Batesville with Miss Lodie An derson, of Little Rock, Mrs. A. B Can non of Mister, Indian Territory, and Mrs. W. Wilson of Poplar Bluff. The last named will be the guest of Mrs. J. B. Peterborough, while the others will be entertained by Mrs. M. E. 1 Weaver.
 R. H. Davenport, night agent at the Iron Mountain, was called to Alicia Saturday morning on account of the death of an older brother, who was taken sick Friday and died early the following morning. The deceased, was a married man and followed farming for a living. MT. Davenport of our own city has many friends who sympathize with him in the loss of a brother.
 Dr. F. D. Willis, Alcorn Ferguson and J. w. Grubbs leave tonight on a trip east, quite an extensive one. We feel more like giving the points they will not make, than exhausting our capital letters on all the resorts of the north and east, in naming those points they will visit. They expect to "do" Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Que- bee, "shoot the chutes" down the St. Lawrence, count the Thousand Isles and hundred and one other things. Well, we hope they will do all these things and don't let any of the fakirs of the Pan American Exposition "do" them, nor any of the French Cana dian mademoiselles cast regretful eyes upon their departure, but return to Arkansas heart and fancy free as