Newport weekly independent., 1901-04-25

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 was here Thursday trading Will Brasch came home last night ]
 for a few weeks visit from St. Louis, where he is taking business coursse-
 Judge J. w. Butler returned from
 St. Louis Wednesday night and de-
 parted next morning for his hon' at
 at Batesyille.
 1 w. K. Gregory has resigned his
 position in the Iron Mountain freight
 office, and left Thursday noon for his
 home at Searcy.
 1 MrsC. H. Niemeyer returned from
 a months visit to St. Louis on Thurs
 day morning, entirely recovered from
 her poor health.
 Morris Cohn, the eminent Little
 Rock attorney, was here Wednesday
 on his way to Batesville, where he had
 business in court.
 Judge J. s. Thomas of Clarendon stopped over here Wednesday to
 meet some of his old friends, while on
 his way to Batesville,
 l Mrs. A. s. Reinhardt and daughter, Miss Grace, returned to Des Arc today after a visit here to relatives and friends. Searcy Citizen The Special train of the Choctaw for the Dallas Reunion leaves New port at 2:3O o'clock Monday morning and arrives at Dallas at p. ~m. that day b-3t Mrs. John English and children left Thursday noon for Pocahontas, where they will visit, to be joined later by
 MT. English after the sale of his house hold effects.
 Theo. Maxfeld, of Batesville, F. H. Dearing, of Newark, and w. B. Hamm, of Evening Shade, spent Wednesday night here and left Thursday morning for Little Rock.
 Arthur Bowie who came up from
 Little Rock Tuesday to take a position with The Cash Grocery was taken sick Wednesday and has been unable to be at the store.
 Mrs. John Mckinney of St. Louis, returned to her home Thursday on the noon train after q pleasant visit with Mrs. B. B. Bond, on her way
 back from Hot Springs. John O. Bone, J. c. Mcclure and
 Chas. A. Barnett, of Batesville, spent
 Wednesday night here on their return from the annual conclave of the grand
 commandery, Knights Templar, held in Little Rock
 The new St. L., M. & 5. depot is be- 1 ling wired today and the telegraph in, lstruments are being placed Agent Johnson expects to move into the depot tomorrow and in all probability the passenger trains will stop there
 Friday Poplar Bluff Sentinel. The Coffin brothers were both in Newport Wednesday. James P. Golf fin, of Batesville, was here on his way
 to Little Rock, where he will attend the State Bankers Association meet ing. Chas. Coffin, of Walnut Ridge,
 spent "Wednesday night here and went
 to Batesville next morning. l Capt. w. A. Joyce is in receipt of a
 Florida cocoanut from c. fl. Hunger
 ford, who is now in the Peninsula
 state. The cocoanut was sent by mail
 and is stillin the outer shell. To one who has never seen the cocoanut in
 this outer hull, 1t has the appearance
 of petritied pumpkin.
 The prospects for a good strawberry
 and fruit crop in this section is very promising atspresent. On account of
 the drouth last fall, there is only about two thirds of a stand of strawberry plants, but those are blooming and
 are in very fine condition. It is
 thought by some that the shipping
 will begin about week earlier this year than last year, which was April
 26. Judsonia Advance. Dr. John H. Dye returned last week
 to Camden from Baltimore, where he
 had been in attendance upon the ses-
 sion of the joint commission on feder-
 ation of American Methodism, of
 which he is member. He reports