Newport weekly independent., 1901-07-19

from short trip to Little Rock. He says he lost his pass to Beaumont and had to give up taking a look at the great oil fields of Texas.
 Rev. J. H. Pierce of Jackson, Tenn, was here Tuesday going to Batesville to visit his father and mother. While there he will hold a meeting at Pleas ant Valley church near that town.
 Mrs. Lon c. Bevans and children, Albert and Lawrence, left on Sunday morning for Oklahoma City, where she will visit during the summer, her husband having work in that city. -'
 Wm. Snyder has moved his stock of groceries and other merchandise to the building on Front street formerly occupied by Wolf x Son to which he invites his friends and customers.
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 Dennis Lindsey, of Sulphur Rock, returned home Tuesday, after pros pecting for a location in Texas. Dur ing his trip he visited Waco and Hills boro and was well pleased with the state.
 Rev. J. w. Smith returned from Sulphur Rock Saturday morning, where he conducted largely attend ed and very successful meeting the past week. About 700 people turned out Friday night, filling the church and yard.
 Robt. Lowry, of near Jacksonport, brought to town Saturday a small apple tree branch, upon which was cluster of 21 apples, we'll formed and of good size. He does not think the drouth is injuring the apple crop of this section.
 The arrivals at the Hazel Monday were R. w. Anderson, Jacksonport; J. w. Mangrum and wife, Sulphur Rock; Theodore Maxfeld, Batesville; 7 o. s. Lawrence, w. ". Woods, G. A. Leiper, Little Rock; w. M. Prater, Pocahontas.
 Screen Goods" men have number ed R. F. Drummond and A. G. Ander- son, the formers number being 463 and the latter TIA. These parties have been solicited to carry a stock of the "spuriouso as a side line, being assur- ed that there is a fortune in it.
 An electric bell and wire have been put in at the Iron Mountain depot, connecting baggage room and ticket office, which will be great conven- ince to the ticket buyer as well as agent, to have the baggage man att tend at once to the checking of bag gage.
 On account of the dry weather, Newport merchants are finding i5 very hard to secure vegetables for sale to town customers. The garden CTS say that prospects are very bad for corn, tomatoes and potatoes and unless the drouth is checled by rains, there is little to be hoped for.
 w O' W AiiAeeiiAooil3 u OilI UllC went to Walnut Ridge Saturday noon to buy cattle. Speaking of the corn crop, MT. Williamson said he thought that early corn had been cut short 25 per cent by the drouth, but that the late would bring full yield if rain was had in few days, as it had not yet been damaged.
 We are in the market to buy all kinds of wagon dimension stock, such as axles, bolsters, reaches, tongues and sawed felloes. Also large quan- tity of small dimension stock cut from ash, oak and hickory for bending pur- poses. T. T. Green, Newport, Ark, representing Houston & Curtis, Chi cago. 61tf
 Misses Katie and Rina Price, Louise, Jamie and Lizzie Irby, Jessie Lindley, May Whitaker, Ruth Wallace, Annie Bridges, Amanda Laird and others whose names we failed to secure, | chaperoned by Mesdames I. D. Price, Lacy Tighlman, E. L. Whitaker and Miss Lizzie Gullette spent Tuesday on Village Creek near Island Bridge pie nicing.
 The Newport Ice Company have purchased scales for their wagons, which are now equipped with same. Parties desiring that their ice be weighed will be accommodated upon request. The present scarcity of ice