Newport weekly independent., 1901-09-06
/ ABOUT PEOPLE, MAINLY. \

Miss Nellie Hays of Memphis ar rived on 54 Thursday.
 Train No. 54 was hours and 40 minutes late Thursday.
 The river stands at O.O the mark reported Thursday of last week.
 Mrs. Sarah Askew, who was taken quite sick Saturday is much improved to-day.
 Jos. M. Stayton went to Walnut Ridge Thursday, where court is now in session.
 w. A. Cldfeld returned to Bates vile Thursday morning after trip to Little Rock.
 A. D. Bailey, who has been quite sick, has recovered sufficiently to be at the store.
 Mark Cohn has been appointed ad- ministrator of the estate of Nathan Cohn, deceased.
 Claude Erwin went to Little Rock Thursday morning to have his eyes treated by a specialist.
 Mrs. E. A. Johnson, who has been visiting her husband at Batesville went to Little Rock Thursday.
 R. w. Earnhardt, who has been at tending court at Walnut Ridge, re- turned to Batesville Thursday.
 Nathan Adler spent Wednesday night in this city, returning home from a trip to Northern resorts.
 Mrs. T. J. Hall and children of I'm boden returned home Thursday after visit to T. J. Sconyers of this city.
 Dr, J. H. Meyers, after spending two days in this city buying pearls, went to Black Rock Thursday after noon.
 R. M. Wiles of Sidney, Sharp coun- ty, who has been visiting a sister near Tupelo, was here Thursday on his way home.
 pr, R. J. Kelley, of Roe, Monroe County Arkansas, arrived Wednesday night on visit to his sister Mrs. w. | J. Knox.
 Mrs. l.. R. Penrod and Children, aft CT spending the summer at Batesville, returned to their home at Little Rock | Thursday.
 Mrs. M. c. Wickersham returned to her home at Little Rock Thursday, | after a visit to Mrs. Forrest billiard, | her sister.
 Miss Flora Barnes, of Fl Dorado, | went to Batesville Thursday morning, called there by the serious illness of her father.
 Mrs. Hattie Moore returned We'd | nesday from St. Louis, where she | purchased a handsome line of fall | millinery goods.
 Herman SchOtt, who has been to New York and other market points, was here Thursday morning on his return to Batesville.
 Mrs. w. D. Magness of Newark was here Thursday on her way to Hot Springs. She was accompanied by her son, Edgar Magness.
 F. Rains and wife and daughter went to HoXie Thursday on their re- turn to Springfield, Mo. They have been in this section with a view to To- eating.
 George Clement of the Pine Bluff | Gun Club has challenged Charles E. | DeIong of Hot Springs to a competi- tive contest for the individual state championship.
 Dr. George Stephens went to Wal nut Ridge Thursday afternoon to visit Ed. Ponder, who was his close friend | and roommate while attending the St. Louis Medical.
 A barn on the J. B. Waddill farm one and half miles east of here was burned to the ground early Thursday morning, starting about 2:3O o'clock. The loss was not heavy.
 MT. Conatser, one of the proprie- tors of the Bankrupt Store, next door to the Bank of Newport, arrived We'd nesday night from St. Louis and spent the day looking over the stock.
 Sam Prater, who has been sick for several months, but is now greatly improved, went to Batesville Thurs day morning, where he hopes the eli mate of the hills will further benefit him.