Newport weekly independent., 1902-02-21

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 Editor Fred Snetzer of the Marian na Index, returned home Friday night after visit to his parents in this city. He is an enterprising, up date newspaper man who is mak ing a success in the profession.
 Mrs. Sarah Case passed away at her home in this city Thursday morning, February s. We are unable to make any announcement of funeral service on account of going to press before arrangements were completed. Bates vile Guard.
 Theo Maxfield & Bro., the Batesville wholesale and retail grocers, have contributed $200 to the drouth suffer- ers' relief fund. w. B. Worthen & Go. have offered to loan $500. This makes $447.25 in cash subscriptions and $2,0OO in bank loans.
 Robert Harder returned Friday night from Searcy, where he attended the funeral of his nephew Robert Harder Pilmington, who was buried Friday. The deceased was nine years of age and was formerly student of Spears Langford Military Academy, which school was adjourned for the services.
 Little Miss Ethel Johnson won the prize for selling the largest number of tickets for Friday nights performance of Mascot, and was presented with a very pretty ring with pearl setting. Miss Maidie Stephens and several other little girls sold a large number of tickets, but were not lucky enough to be first.
 Joe Massey is running the wagon yard formerly owned by Best Bros, and is pleasing his trade. Timothy hay fed instead of clover, and all kinds of feed stuff kept for sale. Horses promptly unhitched and carefully cared for. Same prices as at other stables. w.tf 43.
 Because they laughed at him for falling on slick sidewalk Sunday, an Iron Mountain conductor became ob streperous and wanted to whip those who laughed, but there was where he made another mistake and got gen uine old fatherly trouncing for his trouble. No arrests were made Poplar Bluff Sentinel.
 Some of the IronIMountain men, who had nothing else to do Tuesday, anus ed themselves in counting the number of empty blind tiger bottles in the park adjoining the platform. From one point over IS could be counted lying in the snow, rather convincing proof that Newportites are not all "teetotalarso
 The news is brought from Ft. Smith by Deputy United States Marshal Fred E.Johnson that man had been arrest ed at Sallisaw, l. T., who is believed to be one of the Clarksville bank robber- murderers. He had nitro -glycerine and 9 complete burglars kit on his person and is said to have been seen in Ft. Smith the day before the rob bery.
 s. 0. Dowell, the popular real estate agent, and Adolphus Sloan, cashier of the Lawrence County Bank came down Monday morning to attend the second rendition of Mascot Monday night. A large number, it was stated by them, would come down on the local.
 A Batesville attorney and travel ing man became involved in a heated political discussion Thursday after noon at the depot in Batesville, while
 waiting for the passenger. The ar gument was over Jones and Clarke
 the lawyer questioning the integrity
 of the supporters of the latter, who
 offered fight. Friends of the partici-
 pants managed to separate and keeI
 them apart until they reached New port.
 Capt. E. B. Warner of the Steamer
 Kennedy, recently sought to take his
 boat up the White above Batesville tC
 engage in the hauling of ties for the
 railroad extension. He could not reach Batesville however, as the