Newport weekly independent., 1901-04-25
R. |. Bennett rNed Saturday night from Fayetteville.

l Mayor J. w. Grubbs went to Poplar Bluff Monday on business.
 c. J. Saenger went to St. Louis Sat urday night on a short visit. 1 0. B. Kelley, of Chicago, is here again, after short business trip to Little Rock.
 l M E. Newborn returned Sunday noon with his wife from Marianna, where she has been visiting the past month.
 l Charles Holmes went to Batesville Monday morning, being called there on court business relative to the un- fortunate death of his brother in a railroad accident.
 George Sexton, Ed Phillips and Geo. |. Allen went to Little Rock Monday morning to attend state meeting of the Red Men, and were joined Tues day by George Sink, of this city Roland Johnson, lieutenant and bat talion adjutant First Infantry, Arkan sas State Guard, went to Newark Saturday, where he mustered in a company of AS men for the A. s. G.
 Hon. John H. Keel, who has been re elected representative from this county, spent Monday, which was Governors day, at the horse show in Hot Springs and reports a fine time.
 Col. L. Minor and J. o. Taylor left Tuesday for Hot Springs, where they will take recreation, free from the worry of business. J. c. Walker has charge of Colonel Minors office, while the latter is away.
 Ferd Coffman is fitting up a pearl ing outfit that is immense, it will be strictly up-to- date and complete in every respect, from 8 to 10 men will be required. Dr. J. w. Coffman, of Newport, is interested in the enter prise, bat Ferd will be generalissimo. -Black Rock Blade.
 Sam Hudson went to Paragould Sun day night, where he has accepted position with one of the leading drug firms of that city, Knox & Woodburn. MT. Hudson is very popular citizen of Newport, whose departure will be regretted, but we hesitate not to com mend him to our neighbor city and wish him success.
 The site of the Valley Button Com pany is not in sight, says MT. l. Gold man, one of the directors of the newly incorporated company, as misunder- standing arose between the prospec- tive buyers and MT. w. R. Jones, owner of the land, and all negotiations have been declared off. Chastain's addi- tion is now talked of for the location of the plant.
 k. l.. Bennett left on Mo- Tuesday for points in the Southern part of the state. The department of agriculture he stated had decided to abandon all the experimental stations except the one at Fayetteville, but owing to cer- tain work now under experiment at this station, the order would probably not affect the one here for perhaps a year or two.
 The INDEPENDENT is reliably in- | formed that G L. Robinson will hove at least three votes in the council for night watchman. At present the busi- ness men are paying night watch man and the condition of the city treasury is not such as to warrant any undue haste toward employing man, IS the opinion of one of the members of the present council.
 The shell market seems to. have struck boom. At least prices are all in furry. On Saturday they sold as high as $10 ton, but took drop and are again selling at $500, which is a slight advance over past prices. The general opinion of men in a position to know is that it will not be long be- fore ali the buyers are paying $1O Z pr. Ebert Watson arrived Sunday noon from Crowley, La.
 The Jonesboro Oil Comnanv mat