Newport weekly independent., 1902-12-26
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

day night.
 Miss Belle Phillips of Barren Fork returned home Saturday after visit to relatives here
 Mrs. c. J. Pfund of Little Rock passed through on No Saturday on her way to St Louis.
 Miss Nettie Case of Mountain Home and pupil of Maddox College, spent Saturday here on her way home.
 Miss Neill Randy of Maddox College returned home on No. 4, Saturday af- ternoon fo spend the Christmas vaca- ton.
 R. c. Talley and Will Hardy of Draughton's College, Little Rock, were here Saturday on their way to Batesville.
 Prof. c. F. Bizzell of Arkansas Col lege accompanied by his mother, was here Saturday on his way to his old home at Sylvania to spent Christmas
 Miss Vivienne Wise, who has been attending school at Philadelphia, spent Friday night and part of Sat urday here on her way home to Batesville.
 Misses Maude Vaughan and Ora Jernigan, who have been attending Draughon's Business College, Little Rock, were here Saturday on their way home.
 Invitations are out to a reception on Friday afternoon and evening at the home of Mir. and Mrs. c. E. Crook in honor of MT. and Mrs. Champ Simpson.
 Felix Simmons arrived Saturday morning from Fayetteville on his re- turn home to Tupelo to spend Christ mas. He came in on No. 2, which was nearly five hours late.
 Dr. Ira Erwin arrived Saturday night from Little Rock and will spend Christmas at home, where he has many friends. His brother Claud is expected from St. Louis Christmas eve.
 Miss Beulah Casey, who has such a wonderfully sweet voice that her singing is praised wherever she goes, was here Saturday on her return to Mountain Home after visit to Little Rock
 Mrs. J. c. Hite suffered a stroke of paralysis and her condition is regard ed as very critical owing to her ad vanced age. We hope that the fears of friends and relatives may prove overdrawn.
 Rev. R. w. Rhames of Batesville was here Saturday on his way to Mammoth Spring to hold services Sunday, At the bazaar, which closed Friday night, the ladies of his church cleared $325.
 There will be races at the Fair Grounds east of this city on January second and third A charge of 25 cents will be made for the fixing up of the track. Four horses have been entered for one race on the latter day, the purse being fixed at $2OO.
 About ten pouches of mail were burned or badly damaged at Beebe Friday. It was newspaper mail that was made up at Bald Knob from the eastern mail trains and the mail agent was taken off at that place the car going through to Little Rock without an escort. It is supposed that the sacks tumbled down and fell against the stove from which they caught fire. .-Searcy Citizen.
 Walter Parsons, of Jonesboro, who was the journal clerk of the last house of representatives, and made an efficient officer of that body, has an nounced that he will not be a can didate for re election, as he has good position with one of the Jonesboro banks. MT. Parsons has many friends and would doubtless have had no serious opposition had he desired to succeed himself. Memphis News.
 The Cummins place, purchased by the state as a convict farm, constituted school district No. 8, on which there is debt of 1,500 due to persons who purchased the warrants. Attorney General MurnbV savs that tha 6issolu- tion of the district by reason of the purchase by the state makes the ques tion of the payment of the claims difficult one, and he is unable to see how they can be paid.-Little Rock Democrat.
 Miss Martha Bennett has resigned her position as music teacher at the Orphans home, but will continue in