Newport weekly independent., 1902-02-14
Fresh garden seed at I. D. Price's.

Fresh garden seed at I. D. Price's. 271-btf l J. G. Walker went to Searcy Friday noon on business.
 T. B. Stewart is still confined to his home, but is mending gradually.
 Mrs. Simon Adder came down from Batesville Sunday afternoon on a visit to her daughter Mrs. Arthur Fels.
 It is reported on the street that an- other of Newport's prominent attor- neys will enter the race for represen- tative.
 | Arthur Bailey is again to be found at Bailey Bros. He is very popular salesman and has been missed by his 1 friends.
 | Mrs. Elizabeth Watson and daugh- ter, Miss Bessie, left Monday noon for Little Rock, on visit to MT. and Mrs. J. A. Watkins.
 Mrs. J. w. McCollum returned Sat- urday night after pleasant visit with her own and husbands relatives in Franklin county, Illinois.
 Post Master Davis, good friend of the INDEPENDENT, returned home to Swifton Saturday morning, after at tending to business here.
 The Cash Grocery has just received a carlord of Peerless, Burbank, Early Rose. Early Ohio, Hebron and Tri- umph varieties of potatoes. 258btf
 The river reached it's highest mark for the past nine months Sunday, when it stood at 18.1 feet on the guage, showing fall Monday of 0.1 of foot.
 H. F. Rodgers, representing the Hart Manufacturing Co.,, of Memphis, and very pleasant gentleman, spent Sunday in Newport, the guest of his friend, J. B. Daggett.
 Having sold out my interest in the firm of Schott & Adler, can now be found with Wolff Goldman Mercan- tile Company, where I will be pleased to see all my old friends and custom CTS. wit SIG. M. ADLER.
 Joe Massey is running the wagon yard formerly owned by Best Bros, and is pleasing his trade. Timothy hay fed instead of clover, and all kinds of feed stuff kept for sale. Horses promptly unhitched and carefully cared for. Same prices as at other stables. w-tf-46
 The river Wednesday showed fur ther decline of 1.5 feet and should the cold weather continue will probably continue to fall. The register We'd nesday was at 1855 feet on the guage. The total rainfall for Monday night and Tuesday was 1.1 inches.
 The annual meeting of the stock holders of the White & Black River Valley Railroad Company will be held at the Hazel Hotel in this city on March 11th, at 3 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing board of directors and transacting other business.
 Maj.-Gen. W. H. Haynes has been notified of the shipment of the rifles and other stores for the state guard by the war department, and they are expected daily. The stores will be distributed under the superintendence of Col. Claude H. Sayle, chief of ord- nce.-Arkansas Democrat.
 Hon. J. c. Yancey, president of the Batesville Business Mems League, was in Little Rock Tuesday and reports that the liberal contributions that have been pouring into north Arkansas, have done much to relieve the great amount of suffering among the victims of the drouth, and that the outlook is much brighter. Arkansas Democrat.
 Pearls and Slugs--Send your pearls and slugs to J. M. O'Hara & Co.,, Mem phis, Tenn. Best riCes and quickest returns.
 J. w. Grubbs, a member of the Re- publican state central committee from tI,,e l:r4n.o4 x.~o..+ r :A4Io ID -1- W.T.