Newport weekly independent., 1902-06-27
1. D. Prices for hammocks.

Nice line of hammocks at I. D. Price's. 45 btf
 w. D. Burd of Black Rock arrived Tuesday on this market.
 Bird cages, feather dusters and alarm clocks at I. D. Price's. 45 btf
 Miss Minnie Ross went to Kenyon Wednesday morning to visit her friend Miss Mattie Gardner
 Mrs. Ig. Sprigg and children left Wednesday morning for Searcy, where they will spend few days with relatives.
 Dr. J. w. Coffman left for Memphis Tuesday morning accompanied by his wife, who will take treatment in sanitarium of that city. Dr. Coffman is expected back Friday.
 Mrs. T. D. Chunn, daughter and son, left Wednesday morning for their new home at Holly Grove, Monroe county. Dr. Chunn has large plant ation there, which he will look after Mrs. Ben Roman returned home to St. Louis on the noon train Wednes- day after a two months visit to her sister Mrs. J. P. Berman, during which time she made many friends in New port.
 Fred Jones and family left Wednes- day morning for a months visit to Savannah, Georgia, the present home of MT. Jones' parents, though he is a South Carolinian by birth and raising.
 Mrs. Lucy Tighlman returned to Little Rock on the noon train Tues day after visit to her mother Mrs. J. M. Jones, whose improved condition is source of qualification and pleas ure to her friends and relatives.
 The river is again on rise, caused by rains on the head waters of White river, the guage standing Tuesday being 3.5 feet. Capt. Stallings wired here that the rise was sufficient for another trip to Buffalo from Penter's Bluff.
 Mrs l.. A. McKinnon of Crowley, La., arrived Tuesday afternoon from Weldon, where she has been visiting, and is now the guest of her niece Mrs. F. H. Heinrich. Her daughter Miss Jewell Wise arrived Wednesday after noon over the Choctaw
 Miss Maude Richardson now has charge of the local board at the tele- phone exchange and Miss Orbie Ar mold is handling the long distance calls. Miss Fannie Redman, who has long been an efficient and courteous operator has resigned her position.
 James w. Grubbs, as member at large of the Republican state com mittee and a delegate to the conven ton, left Tuesday on the noon train to take part in the deliberations of the regular convention, which it is sup posed will nominate Harry Myers for governor.
 Mrs. Addie Willis and Miss Mary Laird left over the Choctaw Tuesday morning, the former on visit to Mesdames Willis and Sydenstricker at Corinth, Mississippi and the latter to relatives at Pulaski, Tennessee. Both will make long visits and we hope they may be very pleasant ones. Percy Finch returned Tuesday from his diggings in North Arkansas. He still has confidence in the construction of the Morning Star Railroad, though he says the White River Railroad will cross the White at Buffalo City and penetrate the rich mining section of Marion county, for which the Morning Star would have been an outlet.
 Dr. w. R. Washburn and wife ar rived Saturday night from Wickliffe, Kentucky, and will make Newport their home. The former is brother of Dr. B. E. Washburn and has formed a partnership with him for the prac- tice of medicine. Dr. w. R. Wash burn is graduate of Kentucky Uni versity and we welcome him to our city, hoping that he may do well.
 F. P. Skipwith, buyer for the George Taylor Commission Company here and at Batesville the past year, left | Wednesday morning for his home at