Newport weekly independent., 1902-06-20

the Mitchell Holloway nuptials.
 Governor Jefferson Davis passed
 through Newport on his way home to
 Little Rock on the noon train Friday.
 Gen. V. Y Cook, after spending two days in the city, left Thursday night for Hot Springs.-Litt Rock Ga zette
 That section of country along Cache river in Jackson county reports good rain having fallen there Thursday afternoon
 Mrs. Matte Hare went to Auvergne Friday morning being called there by slight change for the worse in the condition of Mrs. Marvin Hare.
 Dr. Ed Ponder came down from Walnut Ridge on the noon train We'd nesday returning home the next morning after visit with friends
 Mrs. w. L. Mcdonald returned Fri day afternoon over the Choctaw from Augusta, accompanied by her aunt Mrs. w. H. Penn, Mrs. J. Mitchell and Mrs. Addie Willis on visit.
 c. A. Windau on Thursday pur- chased two car loads of shells at Oly- phant for a Muscatiae firm at $500 a ton. Shells are now ranging from S7 to ss.5O a ton, loaded in the car.
 Misses Elsie and Katie Harrison are expected here from Conway on their way home to Auvergne. The former attended college there and the latter went over to spend commencement.
 Mrs. B. w. Stainback writes from | Alexander, Minnesota, that the weather upon Lake Geneva is cool and delightful and that she is having a most enjoyable time under such favorable surroundings.
 Constable Tucker brought up three white prisoners from Grand Glaize Thursday morning, who now have quarters at the county jail. They are charged with larceny and run the total number of inmates to Is.
 The fishing party, composed of J. G. Walker, Frank Caldwell, George Red man and Charles Thorne, who were to have gone to Whitstein Lake Fri | day morning, gave up their trip, ow ing to sickness and other good and sufficient reasons. MT, Charles Hungerford came down from Louisville Thursday night to attend the funeral of the late T. J. Maughan. The services were held at the home Friday morning at 10 o'clock, being in charge of the Wood men of the World.
 Jno. A. Hinkle, sheriff of Inde- | pendence county, came in on No. 3 l Monday noon with man in custody, whom he took to Batesville on the local. Sheriff Hinkle has way of | always landing his men and if he | makes as good a senator as sheriff, his district will be faithfully and ably represented
 I Thursday noon for Golden Lake, Ar kansas, where they will visit their friends Misses Nell and Lucy Rhodes, who have visited in Newport. Miss Hester Phillips expects to return in about two weeks but Miss Hal will | remain for a longer visit They were | accompanied as far as Jonesboro by | Mrs. Lottie Robertson.
 The mysterious report, which be- came generally circulated Thursday, that three negro men had been killed on White River near the Woodruff county line continues to look like hoax, though still repeated Lock ard Randy went down the river Thursday to investigate the rumor, but has not returned Sheriff Randy is out of town and Deputy Neal dis credits the whole affair.
 The INDEPENDENT of this issue con- tains notice of the dissolution of part nership formerly existing between P. Huffman and Ira Huffman his son. the latter having purchased the fath- CTS interest in the bakery and store. Mir. P. Huffman will probably enter business in Illinois or Nebraska where we wish him much success, though