Newport daily independent., 1902-07-10
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 Huffman runs the only bread wagon Grocery. l9
 Huffman can bake cakes for the most fastidions. d-tf
 Trainmen on the Iron Mountain re- port rains from Poplar Bluff to St. Louis.
 Teigo Fushida, quite versatile Jap anese, delivered an interesting lecture Wednesday evening at the Baptist Church.
 The INDEPENDENT was mistaken in stating that Mrs. Coffman remained in Memphis, as she returned with her husband.
 The river Thursday showed fall of nearly one foot from the report of Wednesday and stood at 4.5 feet on the guage
 Huffman x Son serve ices, cream and cake and everything in that line to parties and receptions at reason able prices. d-298
 Mrs. D. H. Pilkington of Searcy, re- turned home on the noon train Thurs day after visit with MT. and Mrs. Robt. Harder.
 o. H. Howes, travelling auditor and and Wm. Ballard, detective for the Iron Mountain, passed through on No. 4 Thursday.
 Wilson's talking machine, a new one with larger horn and 50 new records will arrive Saturday. Plant CTS House corner. 6S d4t
 Judge F. D. Fulkerson of Batesville came down Wednesday afternoon on business. Circuit court convenes here next Monday.
 Esquire J. J. Martin shows no signs of improvement and his physician thinks he will have to go through siege of malarial fever.
 Try the new rigs and good drivers at the R. L. Robinson Livery Stable, upper end of Front Street. Good service at reasonable charges. 62dtf
 Friends of MT. F. P. Skipwith will be glad to know that he is about we'll again, after being sick ever since his return home to Oxford, Mississippi.
 Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, the new talking machine will be at the Planters House corner. Don't fail to drop around and hear some of the new selections. 68 d4t
 Ira Huffman says that when it is dry overhead he will make his usual delivery, but until he gets his new wagon, which will not be long, that he cannot deliver at all when it rains.
 Pearls, baroques and sIugs. The highest prices paid by J. E. FULLY & CO.,, I4 Maiden Lane, New York.
 MT. and Mrs. William Robinson of Jacksonport and Dr. N. G. Hardister were here Thursday morning on their way to Glover Bend, called there by the critical condition of Mrs. Eugene Shaver.
 Miss Hazel Jones accompanied her sister Mrs. c. D. Hays to Cape Girar- deau Wednesday night and together with Mr. Hays, will take the river trip to St. Paul on large Mississippi river steamer.
 The eleventh of June still holds the record as the hottest day of the year thus far. The government thermom- eter registered 101 degrees Wednes- day and the humidity of the atmos- phere made the heat almost unen- durable.
 In Wednesdays ball game between the local negroes and an Augusta team, three innings were played without a man reaching first and five before either side scored. A row broke up the game in the seventh inning, when the score stood 10 to in favor of Augusta.
 The foundation of the new depot will probably be completed in another ten days. Contractor Beane ran out of concrete and this has delayed the work somewhat. Owing to the very hot weather, night work is being tried and up to twelve o'clock We'd nesday night the noise of the work