Newport weekly independent., 1902-05-23

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 Dr. H. G. Campbell, who has located at Clover Bend, spent Sunday with his brothers family in this city.
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 Mr. and Mrs J. w. Marlborough of Augusta were here Saturday night, but returned home the next morning.
 Little Aileen Sanders, of Hunting ton, Tenn, arrived Monday morning on visit to R. w. Randy and family.
 Gus Coffin, Vic Axe, Harry Axe and Bennett Egan spent Monday fishing on Horse Shoe lake, but had little luck in angling fish.
 Street McCauley left Saturday after noon with complete pearling outfit for Rollen Bend, where he will en- gage in getting out shells.
 MT. and Mrs. H. Bernstein will en- certain the graduates, their teachers, the school board and the editors at the Hazel Friday evening after the closing exercises.
 B. M. Crow, of Little Rock, arrived Saturday night and is the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. G. Walker MT. Crow was formerly cotton buyer here and a very popular gentleman.
 Rev. c. c. Cline, Messrs and Mes danes s. s. Prewitt, H. o. Douglass; Mrs. w. J. Knox, R. P. Morrison and little daughter took advantage of the excursion to Batesville Tuesday.
 Capt. c. w. Hurley and Justice J. J. Martin, prominent members of New port Lodge No. II l. O. o. F. attended the anniversary exercises at the Or phans' Home ot Batesville Tuesday.
 B. Rogers and wife, T. c. Rogers and wife, Tom Moore and Willie Thompson arrived Monday night and will give a show at the opera house tonight, which they advertise for men only.
 Misses Beaulah Baird, Mary Laird and Carrie Stevens, Messrs. c. J. Saenger, Alcorn Ferguson, and F. P. Skipwith composed one party of young people who took the trip to Batesville on the excursion, carrying we'll filled baskets of all kinds of good things.
 MT s. T J. Hall of Imboden, has as sumed charge of the Planters House and is cleaning up the premises. The kitchen had been used for a storeroom and this too is being made ready, pre- paratory to serving meals. Mrs. Hall expects to run $2 day house on the American plan and expects to be- gin serving meals by the latter part of the week.
 Charles Meyer was in Hot Springs in attendance upon the Knights of Pythias encampment, when notified by telephone early Tuesday morning of the loss of his home by fire and telegraphed at once that he would be here on the noon train. He and Mir. Upshaw have the sympathy of their fellow townsmen in the unfortunate loss they have sustained.
 The commission office of V. M. Axe & Co.,, is closed temporarily, as the wire which they have been using has been cut out by the Donovan Com mission Company of St. Louis, sue cessors to Boyd. If another wire can be secured, business will be resumed amp at any rate, when the fall season opens, arrangements will be made for a better service than has ever been had from here, including a through wire to New York.
 Messrs. and Mesdames M. M. Stuckey, Wm. Mosby, w. w. Dut- ton, 0. H. Niemeyer, R. F. Drummond George Sexton, Misses Noreene Kin man and Katie Bishop, Messrs Lock hard Randy, David Hare, R. J. Wise, Guy Maris and w. R. O'Neal were among those attending the Odd Eel lows picnic at Batesville Tuesday Seventy three tickets were sold at this station. The train, composed ot two regular and two extra coaches left at 720 a. m.
 The equipment of new Krag Jorger sen rifles secured in Little Rock Mon day by Brigadier General Stuckey ot l thn Ei,.ct Rnni nnl Cn,atnir, a,,d