Newport weekly independent., 1901-10-11
Miss Katherine Reinhardt of Des

rived Tuesday night on visit.
 FOR sALE-S125 cash register for $85-new machine. Will place out on trial. Gan be seen at this office.
 James A. Alexander, of Paragould, buyer for the Pekin Slave Company, was here Tuesday, the guest of J. E. Jones.
 Miss Jessie Brade, after a visit to the family of Conrad Dean, returned to her home at Sulphur Rock, We'd nesday morning.
 James P. Coffin has been appointed jury commissioner for the Federal court of the Batesville district, vice John F. Allen deceased.
 Mrs. H. B. Fitzhugh, of Augusta was here Tuesday night on her way to Batesville, where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Steve Hail.
 MT. Wm. Bengel and family desire to express thanks to their friends for kindnesses extended in the last sick l ness of the deceased Lona Bengel.
 Maj. Gen. w. H. Haynes and Brigs- Gems. B. w. Green and L. Minor, of the new Arkansas State Guard, are in the convention.-Little Rock Demo- crat.
 The arrivals at the Planters Tues | day were: Homer T. Wilson, Ft. Worth; J. I. Walton, Little Rock; Mrs. J. Clark, Heber; E. c. Lippmann, Olyphant.
 Elder James H. Brooks will preach at Swifton Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. Also at the Cook Schoolhouse Sunday at o'clock in the afternoon.
 Elisha Toriand of Conway, the own CT of much good Jackson county real estate, returned home Wednesday, after trip here to look over his pro- perty and collect rents.
 w. M. Weigel, draughtsman for the Morning Star, returned Monday from Rolla, Wisconsin, where he was called from Mountain View to attend the funeral of his Wife's sister.
 The line of fall hats carried at The Only Millinery is said by those who attended the opening, to be a very complete and artistic one. The trim ming is in good taste and there are many remarkably pretty hats. wit
 Among the arrivals at the Hazel Tuesday were D. H. Cantrell, Morris M. Cohn, Little Rock; J. s. Graham, Tuckerman; L. J. Crocker and wife, Gregory; c. L. Booth, Clarendon; E. R. Butler, E. H. Glenn and wife, N. E. Duffey, Batesville.
 Messrs. Con Woodson, Walter Goe- bel and Gus Goebel left Monday morn ing for Horseshoe Lake, where they will camp out for four or five days Other Newportites expect to join the party this week and spend their time hunting and fishing.
 Mrs. J. H. Golding of Newport came over to Augusta Tuesday and is visit ing her friend Miss Bessie Lunn. Mrs. Golding is jovial lady and we are al ways glad to have such visit us. The Free Press acknowledges a pleasant visit the first week.-Augusta Free Press.
 J. M. Malang, of the firm of con- tractors who are boring for oil in Chastain Addition, returned here from Joplin Wednesday noon. He had not received a report as to the progress of the work for over a week, and was anxious to know what had been accomplished.
 Tuesdays rainfall amounted to .28 inches in this city. The rain was slow and easy and did much good, without damaging the cotton crop in the least. Many feared that down. pour would be the result of the heavy clouds and were much relieved over the nature of the rain.
 The neaQS or the two undertaking firms of this city were holding a little meeting of their own Wednesday morning and the result of the confer ence may be local trust. We would advise the people of Newport to take a new lease on life or they may yet fall into the clutches of the octopus.
 MT. Thomas c. Little, of Newport, and Miss Frona Little, of Village