Newport weekly independent., 1901-06-14

furnished; with use of piano, for the summer. Apply 400 Hazel St. d1wk
 Geo. w. Yelverton, a prosperous farmer of the Tuckerman neighbor- hood, last week let the contract to Stewart Bros. of this city for the erec- tion of neat dwelling house at Tuck erman, work to be begun on same in the near future.
 The arrivals at the Hazel Thursday were: w. E. Kelley, Brinkley; D. D. Adams, w. w. Powell, E. L. Givens and wife, Batesville; A. s. Churchill, Judsonia; Misses Park and Lynch, Clarendon; Mrs. G. R. Case and daughter, Mountain View.
 1 s. A. White, Wm. Snyder and Wm. Jones of the Iron Mountain are con- tracting with an eastern house for large stereopticon and moving picture outfit, and expect to go on the road this fall. Their friends are wishing them success in the venture.
 Miss Lucy Stainback left Wednes- day morning for Batesville, where she will sing at the commencement exer- cises of Arkansas College. Miss Stainback is said to have a very sweet and we'll cultivated voice, which is certain to delight her hearers.
 Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Williamson of Newark spent Thursday night here, expecting to meet their daughter, Miss Imogene, who has been attend | ing school at Philadelphia, but who was detained at Little Rock and did not arrive at the expected time.
 Jno. Stayton and James Jones left early Tuesday morning for Gamble Lake, where they will spend the day fishing. This is the latter's tenth trial and he has been uniformily unsuccess- full, but he is game to the core and doesn't give up on experiencing a lit tie hard luck.
 The surveying of the Morning Star Railroad route through this city has been completed during the past week. The ground offered for the location of shops and terminal has also been platted, completing all the prelimina- ry work here, until the construction of the road begins.
 Arrivals from the north Wednesday morning stated that the heavy rains of the previous afternoon did not ex- tend as far as Swifton, and that Hoxie Eand Walnut Ridge had no rain at all, though Tuckerman is reported as hav- ing received the same kind of a down pour as visited us locally.
 The guests of the Hazel Monday: l. J. Berry, J. s. Handford, J. F. Mar tin, w. l. Smith and wife, Jno w. Ferrill, Batesville; R. K. Fitzhugh, Fitzhugh; E. o. Jackson, Little Rock; Jas. B. Dent, Riverside; o. L. Moore, Wynne; J. H. Carlson, Ell Dorado; L. A. McKinnon, Crowley, La., D. Sloan, Walnut Ridge.
 H. A. Mehnert, for the convenience of his patrons and friends, keeps open the postoffice doors for the most of the day on Sundays, and as the mail is distributed after each train ar rival, it enables those owning lock boxes to get their mail at any time during the day, a favor the public | should appreciate.
 Among those registered at the Ha- gel Saturday and Sunday from Ar kansas points were: Bert Hale, Mar veil; J. s. Handford and wife, Misses Stella and Miriam Handford, Bates vile; J. w. Mangrum, Sulphur Rock; c. w. McCrory and wife, McCrory; H. L. Ponder, Walnut Ridge; Merle Hardy, Ali. H. Joblin, Ed McElwee and wife, Batesville; ;C. w. Sturdevant, Weldon; V. M. Mcdowell, Tupelo; Thomas Cox and Joseph Evins, Dar- danelle.
 In the person of s. J. Ruddell, Tuck erman has man who probably holds | the worlds record in the cotton field with a hoe. We have it backed by l substantial proof, that he recently performed the feat of hoeing two rows of cotton, each $50 yards long, in P minutes. Though this was told | the INDEPENDENT man in perfect | good faith, we are somewhat dubious as to his ability to accomplish such a task and would watch with interest the result of challenge for the cham