Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01

port Friday.
 } c. c. Heckart, of Augusta, was in Newport Friday on business and ex- poets to be here several days.
 Sol Lande of the St. Louis Compress Company was in Newport Friday looking over the plant.
 Misses May and Jennie Cook, the daughters of V. Y. Cook of Elmo were in Newport Friday shopping.
 Miss Lula Ogilbie returned home to Barren Fork Friday from the Chris tian Endeavor convention at Little Rock.
 A girl baby was born to Mir. and Mrs. Sam Taggart Thursday evening, Oct. 24th. The mother is doing nicely.
 Rock Friday on noon train, where she will visit the family of James Van Brocklin.
 The laying of steel on the s. M. & A. extension from Poplar Bluff to Poca- hontas will not commence until Nov. 1.-Poplar Bluff Sentinel.
 Misses Rose McHenry, Imogene Vii liamson, of Newark, and Nellynne Merriwether, of Batesville, were guests of Miss Lena Stockton show day.
 Miss Josephine Yarell and Estell Grammer of Searcy, and Messrs. c. Patterson and Ed. McElwee came up 1 Monday and took in the Pawnee Bill Show.
 Miss Hattie Fitzpatrick of Batesville stopped over with E. D. Bracy and family Thursday afternoon on her way to San Antonio, Texas, to visit her brother.
 | Otto M. Bowen and wife, returned from Memphis Friday morning, where they spent several days buying dry goods for the new department of Mr. Bowen's store.
 Charles Holmes, of Batesville, came down Thursday afternoon to accept a position with E. D. Beacy. We ex- tend him a welcome and hope he may find Newport pleasant home. | Mrs. c. B. Crook, who returned from Memphis Sunday night speaks in glowing terms of the rendition of "Lohengrin" by Maurice Grau's com pany, pronouncing it the best of the three.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Axe, of Ironton, Mo-, after a visit to her son Victor Axe, and B. P. Tetwiler, went to Little Rock Friday, where she will visit another son, H. B. Axe, formerly of this city.
 Sam St. Clair, who has been en- ployed at B. D. Bracey's, being an expert soft drink mixer, who handles glasses like a juggler, left Friday for Little Rock, where he has secured a position at Ill West Markham street.
 N. B. Wishon returned Friday night from visit to his friend, John Clar idge, at Fort Smith, whom he reports well and doing well. MT. Wishon thinks the cotton crop of that section will make even worse showing than here.
 Capt. G. w. Hurley of this city was elected a member of the board of trustees of the Orphans Home by the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. at Fort Smith Thursday, which set aside $3OOO to be used in the erection of an addition to the home.
 Come and have lunch in the after noon, take tea with us, or come and spend all Halloween at Mrs. R. M. Johnson's, is the invitation extended by the ladies of the Presbyterian church to all. Remember the date is Thursday.
 John S. Dodd returned Friday from Kaufman, Texas, with the remains of his son Harrison, who died Thursday as the result of an attack of fever His body was taken back to Rosie, Independence county, where he form erly lived, there to be inferred.
 The Hubert Labadie aggregation of stars who played at Faust at the local opera house Thursday night, left Friday morning for one night en- gagement at Jonesboro. They should take a weeks stand at Tuckerman and SMiftnn for A little rehearSinn