Newport weekly independent., 1901-05-30
/ ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY. !
Write it 1902.

]AAo' 0uotdNO JOuGS WILL entertain the Young Ladies' Card Club Saturday afternoon.
 Miss Laura Johnson, of Weldon, is visiting Misses Hilda Bailey and John nie Lindley.
 Miss Ray Brandenbirg was taken quite sick Wednesday night and is confined to her bed.
 Geo. W. Decker returned to St. Louis Tuesday night to spend New Year with his family.
 Miss Blanch Jones arrived Wednes- day noon from Blackfoot, Idaho, to visit pr. F. G. Smith and family.
 The arrivals at the Planters Wednes- day were: Mrs. Erwin, Memphis; J. H. Young, A. c. Gray, Batesville.
 Invitations are out to card party to be given at the home of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Bracy Friday evening
 Mrs. w. L. McDonald and son, Jesse, returned home Wednesday from visit to relatives at Augusta.
 John Hayes is moving his stock goods into the new Watson Building, corner of Walnut and Front Street.
 The report that the News had been sold has been discredited by the buyer named in the rumor, John H. Keel.
 The name of T. T. Ward, editor of the Herald, is prominently mentioned for representative from this county.
 Mrs. o. s. Lawrence was taken sick in St. Louis on their bridal tour, which necessitated their returning home at once.
 F. R. Atkins and T. w. Griffin, young men of ForrestCity, spent New Years in Newport, the guests ot friends.
 Miss Ethel Morris, after spending New Year with her friend, Mrs. H. R. Palmer, left Thursday noon for Texarkana.
 The stock of hardware, formerly owned by c. W. Yeast and purchased by Wllmans Bros, is being moved into their store.
 Sam Meyer returned to Little Rock Thursday morning, where he is at tending Keys Institute. We wish him successful semester.
 0. 0. Conditt, Morrillton; J. D. Car ter, Riverside; Nellie Cook, Beebe; and w. 0. Key, Little Rock were reg istered at the Planters Tuesday.
 E. Werner, representing the Vert heimer- Swarts Shoe Co.,, of St. Louis, and an old friend of Charles Never. was here calling on his trade Thurs day.
 Miss Emma Walker expects to re- turn to her home in Arkansas City, Kansas, Saturday, but will make a vist to Oklahoma upon her return trip.
 A new pearling boat is anchored at this port, named The Lotus, owned and manned by parties from Indiana polls, who are prepared for the bus mess.
 The marriage of Mrs. Fannie Ashley Gray to Colonel Ben s. Johnson took place Monday evening at o'clock at the residence of Mrs. s. R. Cockrill, in Little Rock.
 Two engines collided in the local yards Thursday morning and though little damage was done, the departure of the BaGesville passenger was de- layed an hour.
 Both of the candidates for prose outing attorney, Oldfed and Ponder were here Wednesday as were the two candidates for judge, Fulkerson and Powell upon the day previous.
 George Stephens returned from his visit to Walnut Ridge Wednesday and has been sick since his return. If he recuperates quickly, he expects to leave with his sister Miss Jamie, Sun day night for St Louis.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Gregg and George Hillhouse of this city attended the New Years ball and banquet at Walnut Ridge and speak in glowing terms of the true Southern hospitality of the Walnut Ridge people.
 L. A. Nicholson, machinist, who 1. 1. |.