Newport weekly independent., 1902-02-28


 upwards, ,Hshowing rise of half foot on the guage.
 Vim. Parking, who has in charge the government works above Bates vile was here on business Thursday. The ladies of the Christian church
 have postponed their ssGeorge Wash ington tea till more favorable wealth CT.
 Dottis Joyce, who has been confined
 to the house for two weeks past with a severe case of tonsllitis, is nearly well.
 Mrs. William Van Pelt, of La Grange, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, arrived Thursday noon on visit to her daugh ter, Mrs. L. H. Richardson. Mrs. A., J. J.Woodard, who visited her
 sisters in this city, Miss Addie Garner and Mrs. F. Boch, returned home to Little Rock, the first of the week. N. E. Duffey, of Batesville, met his daughter, Mis- Nora, at Bald Knob, who has been attending school at Memphis, and the two returned home to Batesville, Tuesday morning. Charles Wilmans went up the Bates vile extension Wednesday morning to look after the interests of the re- gently incorporated tie company in lizard county and will be gone several days.
 Sam Taggart spent Tuesday and We'd nesday in Poplar Bluff with view to establishing a wholesale grocery house there, in which J. w. Grubbs
 will also be interested if the location is deemed good one. B. w. Stainback returned Wednes- day morning from St. Louis, much improved in health. He was accom- panied as far as Poplar Bluff by his
 wife, who will visit Mrs. Sterling Sto- we'll few days, before coming to Newport.
 Rev. MT. Latham, of Little Rock, an evangelist of the Southern Presbyte- rian church for Arkansas, occupied the pulpit at the Presbyterian church Monday night, preaching very beau tiful and forcible sermon, though his audience was small. While here he was the guest of the pastor, Rev. l.. H. Richardson.
 Capt. w. A. Joyce returned Monday night from Memphis, where he went to look after his stock in the steamer Liberty. If the creditors will agree to the same, the boat will be entered at once in the Tennessee river traffic, running between Chattanooga and Cairo.
 0. J. Tucker arrived with his family Monday noon from Searcy, who are boarding at the Hazel, but expect to begin housekeeping as soon as arrange
 ments can be completed. The INDIE
 PENDENT welcomes MT. Fuckers fam l fly to Newport and trusts that the good people of this city will be cordial in their evidences of hospitality. Chris Steele, a Batesville boy, was
 here Monday night, returning home from Clarksville, where he had a po- sition in the depot at the time of the
 recent bank robbery there. He says
 Clarksville was greatly agitated over the murder of their brave sheriff, who
 was very popular with all people, and
 his last act further endeared him in their opinion.
 The Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain 1 passenger department has issued a
 handsome book containing photo
 gravures of scenes along the lines re- produced from the camera. Using the words of the author, "Art and nature vie with each other to make the coun-
 try herein portrayed the ideal land of
 the sightseer, the sportsman and the homemaker. .''--Globe- Democrat. The date of the candidates for pros
 ecuting attorney for speaking here
 was to have been on Monday, the 17th,
 but was postponed inde finitely owing
 to the sickness of MT. Oldfeld, who
 has been confined to his bed for sew
 eral days with high fever.
 Sheriff A. S. Reinhardt and wife, ot