Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-29


 FoR SALE Large Buck wood heat CT in good condition. Apply at this office. 152
 Miss Stella Hardy returned to Batesville Tuesday morning after spending Monday here.
 Mrs. L. D. Praytor went to Benton on noon train to visit rela- tives at her former home.
 Umsted Bros. sold lot of pearls Friday for $265O, selling their 1O1 grain pearl purchased this week for S215O.
 Though the market suffered a de- cline Tuesday morning, spots contin- ued to bring 7 cents on the local mar ket.
 Mrs. J. M. Jones returned from Little Rock Saturday noon, where she has been taking osteopathic treat ment.
 J. w. Reyburn, of Little Rock, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. w. w. Dutton, having been here since Sat- urday.
 MT. and Mrs. Emmerson Gardner and Mrs. Churchman of Centerville were in the county seat shopping on Monday.
 Mrs. John w. Wallace and children, returned Saturday afternoon from a visit to the Magness home, near Newark.
 Mrs. Wallace of Olyphant, who was here Tuesday to undergo surgical operation, returned Thursday much improved.
 T. H. Howell and wife, the latter of whom is a doctor, after selling relig- ious tracts in this town, left Tuesday for Hot Springs.
 The infant child of MT. and Mrs. l.. B. Harris died Thursday evening and was buried Friday morning at Walnut Grove cemetery.
 w. Sprigg Brown and wife left Sat- urday noon for Poplar Bluff where they will visit for several days the latter's relatives.
 Lew Kane, advance agent for the Hawthorne Sisters Company was here Tuesday, making arrangements for date on the 11th inst.
 Mir. and Mrs. Will Churchman, who have been living near Tuckerman, and are we'll known here, left the first of the week for Oklahoma, where they expect to locate.
 Rev. R. c. Medaris, of Jonesboro, spent Sunday in the city. He deliv- cred splendid sermon to large congregation at the Baptist church last night.-Paragould Soliphone.
 J. s. Wilmans left Tuesday to join the jolly sports in camp above Elgin The members of the McB,es Club are all warm members and nc bo ly but a thoroughbred can secure g lmittance. Scrub horses are distinctly barred.
 The first session of the Jackson County Teachers Association will be held in the Public School Building in Newport, November 18th, 1901. Every teacher in Jackson county requested to be present. Citizens cordially in- vited.
 Gov. Bob Taylor says: "I have heard some of the worlds greatest masters play, and I have never heard one greater than Miss Jean Taylor. She is the superior of Remenu She is the equal of Ole Bull" With Dixie Belles Concert Company at Newport opera house, Tuesday, November 12th.
 The St. L. x I. M. have ordered that the standard rules'' go into effect on the road after Nov. 1. There is no little kicking among the boys, espe- cially because the road furnishes the book and requires the men to pay for it. There will be one advantage, however, when the men have master ed the standard rules they can work on any road in the world. Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 Arkansas Baptist State Convention and B. Y. P. U. (colored] Fort Smith, November 18th to 26th, 1901. For this occasion the Iron Mountain Route will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip from all stations in Arkan- sas. Tickets on sale Nov. 17th to 21st, inclusive. Final return limit Novem- Der 27th, 1901. The local agent for particulars. H. 0. Townsend, Gen'l Pass'r and Ticket Agent, St. Louis.
 J. G. Handel completed the moving of his household goods and furniture Friday to his new home at Auvergne. where he will become joint proprie tor with Robt. P. Fry in the general t,,a "a |, ,o nIi h,,c