Newport weekly independent., 1902-09-26
/ ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY. \

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 J. w. Scally of Tuckerman spent Saturday in the county seat.
 The river Wednesday had dropped to Is feet on the guage.
 S. R. Phillips went up the branch on the local Friday to meet his wife and baby.
 w. R. Hill of Brinkley was here Tuesday night and Wednesday on business.
 Mrs. J. P. Berman returned Tuesday night from visit to her mother and other relatives in St. Louis.
 Mrs. N. G. Hardister left Wednes- day noon for Hoxie, called there by the sickness of her husband.
 Jno. Q. Wolf, cashier of the Bank of Batesville, was here Wednesday morning returning to Batesville from St. Louis.
 Miss Iva Lewis of Memphis was here Wednesday morning on her way to Batesville to visit her brother, Nick Lewis.
 MT. and Mrs. Gustave Jones and MT. J. R. Cox arrived Tuesday night on No. 1, with the remains of the late Mrs. Ida Cox.
 The entertainment of the Smart Set by Miss Hattie Bernstein was indefin- itely postponed owing to the funeral of Mrs. Ida Cox.
 Claude Erwin left Wednesday noon for St. Louis, where he will this year complete the course in law at Wash ington University.
 Mrs. Mollie Wickersham returned to Little Rock "Wednesday on the noon train after a pleasant visit with her sister Mrs. Forrest billiard.
 Prosecuting Attorney s. D. Camp bell and attorney J. M. Stayton were visitors at the state capitol Tuesday returning home that night.
 w. H. Wilsey and wife left on 4 Tuesday afternoon for Chicago where they will spend a few weeks visiting friends. Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 Misses Mary and Dollie Wainwright spent Tuesday night here on their way from Batesville to Calvin, Indian Ter ritory, where they will make visit.
 Miss Merle Hardy of Batesville came down Tuesday on visit to R. A. Randy and family and will meet her cousin from Memphis here.
 The city council of Little Rock granted the Hipohte gas franchise Tuesday night by unanimous vote The life of the franchise is thirty years.
 R. l.. Greer of Morrillton was here Wednesday returning home with his children, Grace and Arm, who have been visiting their grandparents at Sidney.
 Mrs. R. c. Lynch and Mrs. Kate Becton of Cotton Plant were here over Tuesday night on their way tc Searcy to visit the former's daughter Miss Ruth Lynch.
 Manager J. E. Doherty has donated the opera house for Friday evenings benefit recital, given by Miss Beulah Casey of Mountain Home and MT James E. Porter of Batesville. dtd.
 Members of the Little Rock South ern League baseball team departed for their respective homes Sunday night. They hail from various sec tions of the United States and Cana. da.
 w. V. Powell, right way agen of the Missouri Pacific, is at the Cap ital. He is an ex-chief of the Order of Railway Photographers. He has been securing right of-way for the Marianna line.--Little Rock Demo crat
 c. H. Harvey was taken before Acting Mayor Mayhan Tuesday after noon at 3 o'clock and fined $5 anc costs for blockading crossing on the Iron Mountain in this city, He was 2 conductor on north bound through freight.
 A freight was derailed on the Mis- souri division of the Iron Mountain Tuesday night, delaying the arrival oi Nos. and II Wednesday morning four and five hours. No iniuries are