Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-23
/ ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY. \

thursday noon on business.
 George w. Decker came down from St. Louis Saturday morning.
 D.. Tlllnan Slayden, of Tuckerman spent Friday in Newport on business.
 Charles Mosby of Batesville, passed through here Wednesday on his way to Chicago.
 Mrs. Morris Weisberg of Sedalia, Mo-, is visiting the family of her fa- ther MT. Mark Cohn.
 Mrs. James Henderson arrived Fri day night from Osceola and is visiting her brother R. M. Laird.
 Miss Susie Rodgers of Walnut Ridge who has often visited in Newport passed through Thursday.
 Elder James H. Brooks will fill his appointment at Swifton, Monday and Tuesday nights of next week.
 Mrs. l.. N. Nouss and son Henry left Saturday morning for Batesville, where they will visit Miss Pearl Foushee.
 MT. and Mrs. Ike Goldman expect to leave Sunday week on a Western pleasure trip and will visit Colorado and California.
 A letter received at this office from Robert Simmons states that he is now in St. Louis, but expects to return to Newport in August.
 A. w. Black and J. F. Hines. St. Louis contractors were here Thursday making an estimate on the new depot to be constructed by the Iron Moun- tain at this station.
 Mrs. Maude B. Marshall returned Friday afternoon from Batesville. where she assisted in receiving at a very delightful reception at the home of Miss Emma Coleman, some thirty guests being present.
 Rev. R. w. Rhames spent Friday night in the city on his return to Batesville from the annual council of the Episcopal church at Helena. Col. II. $. Coleman was the delegate from the Batesville church.
 Chris Elkins, brother-in- flaw of Rufus Johnson, who has been here attending the preliminary examina- tions, returned to Little Rock Friday night, where he is the proprietor of one of the largest barber shops in the city.
 John Teichmiller on Friday re- celved message from his home at Muscatine, Iowa, stating that his little niece had been burned to death. She was just years of age and tLe par ticulars of the horrible accident have not yet been received
 MT. John B. Kittrell, sheriff of Wood ruff county, and Mrs. Josephine Cook of McCrory, were married Wednes- day night at the home of H. c. Huff man of Newport, Elder James H. Brooks officiating. The newly mar ried couple took the train for Little Rock.
 Dr. B. w. Spilman, field secretary of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, will con duct Sunday School Institute at the Newport Baptist church, June 9, 10 and II. A number of visiting breth- ren are expected to be here on that occasion. The public is cordially in- vited.
 Gen. V. Y. Cook of Elmo, Indepen- dence county was in the city Thurs day to attend the Confederate Decor ation Day exercises. He reports that the people of his section of the state were never more prosperous. They are outside of the drouth belt Arkansas Democrat General Cook was in Newport Saturday on his way home.
 From Thursdays Republic, we notice that Leo J. Nouss, brother of l.. N. and H. o. Nouss, was one of the three officers selected for efficiency among the cadets of St. Louis University, whose names are to be forwarded to the Army Register at Washington, D. O., and who thus become admitted to the service. MT. Leo Nouss we un- derstand will accept this opportunity and enter the naval academy at An apolis.
 Charles Coffin passed through here