Newport weekly independent., 1902-07-25
/ ABOUT PEOPLE, MAINLY.

Graln thursday for Little Rock.
 The grand jury adjourned for this term at 3:30 Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs. Johnson, of near Tupelo, ar rived over the Choctaw Thursday afternoon.
 Tom Milligan, wanted on a charge of selling liquor without license, was jailed by Sheriff Randy Wednesday evening.
 The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Park Deaderick died Wednesday night, the funeral taking place Thursday even ing at o'clock.
 The Newport Athletics will play the Litchfeld ball team on the Newport diamond in Wallace's pasture tomor- row afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
 Farmers, when you come to New port, put up your rigs and horses at Robinson's Feed and Livery Stable. The horses will be we'll fed and looked after carefully. 10wtf.
 The time of circuit court is now being consumed by the trial of Wal lace Grant for the killing of Alex. Powell, which will probably take the balance of the week to complete.
 MT. Chas. Henry has in his pos session 70-grain pearl which was found up the river by John Gibson, colored. It is almost perfect and the lustre is as brilliant as that of any pearl which has yet been taken from a White river mussel.
 MT. o. F. Pool, for year past yard clerk, has resigned to accept the position of settlement clerk at the Cotton Belt depot, a position just es- abolished. MT. Pool is succeeded as yard clerk by his brother, Mir. Lynn Pool.-Pine Bluff Graphic.
 Miss Molle Neal, after a pleasant ten days visit to her uncle, MT. J. D. Neal, and family, returned to her home in Searcy Thursday noon. Being quite an entertaining young lady, Miss Neal made a number of friends during her visit here.
 Hon. John H. Keel and Miss Ger trude Tucker were married at Nam moth Spring Wednesday. Mir. Keel is Jackson county's representative and Miss Tucker was teacher in the city schools last term, being in Nam moth Springs on visit to her mother
 Never judge a person by their clothing. The man with fringe around the bottom of his trousers. slouch hat and worn out shoes may be the editor of your local paper. while the man with new clothes and new shoes may simply be one of his delinquent subscribers.-Ex.
 Judge Fulkerson set aside the in- dictment of Rufus Johnson for mur- der in the second degree, and remand ed him back to jail. The judge based his action on the evidence adduced at the examining trial and testimony placed before him by Johnson's at torneys in their plea for bond.
 Judge R. H. Powell of Batesville is among the distinguished visitors in the city. He was sworn in as special judge of the White circuit court in 1868 by Little Jim Bradley. Judoe Powell has since distinguished himself on the bench. He is now 75 years old and in apparently good health. = Searcy Citizen.
 An anus ing feature of baseball in country towns is the announcement sent by the local correspondent to the metropolitan paper that "the aggre- gation from ten different towns. as- sisted by some league players. suc- ceeded in defeating the home team after hard struggle. Score 16 to J -Indianola Tocsin.
 A special carrying the transporta- tlon officials of the Choctaw railrood arrived over the White and Rlacl River Valley Branch Wednesday evening" The party consisted of General Superintendent w. w. Wentz, Jr., Division Superintendent k. c. Cohill and their chief clerks and Tralnmaster J. F. Sugrue. After 9 trip to Jacksonport late in the even Ing the train pulled out for noints south, expecting to reach Little Rock late at night.
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