Newport weekly independent., 1903-03-26

Miss Jennie lowers of Tuckerman
 was visitor in Newport for several
 days this week.
 Division Freight Agent King of
 Little Rock, who succeeded Asa R.
 Bragg, called on the merchants here
 Tuesday
 MT. Ike Goldman is thought to have
 taken exercise too soon after his re-
 cent sickness and is reported not so
 we'll. It is thought to be only tenn
 porary set back.
 MT. and Mrs. H. s. Blackwood left
 Thursday for Gilbert, Ark, which
 place has been selected as the site of
 the stave factory of which MT. Black
 wood is manager. Gilbert is on the
 St. Louis & North Arkansas railroad,
 ninety five miles south of Eureka
 Springs. s.-Clarendon Sun.
 Jno. Hencke, bookkeeper for the Wolff Goldman Mercantile Company,
 returned home Friday night from St.
 Louis, where he visited both Elise
 Hooker and Ike Goldman, whom he
 says are both improving. The latter
 was able to sit up Friday for the first
 time.
 The Newport Public School by a
 score of to defeated the Newport Blues Friday afternoon in thirteen inning game. The batteries were, for the Public School, Parrish and Duffer; Newport Blues, Javers and Johnson. Through this game, the Public School team have won the local champion ship.
 From 1:46 p. m. until after six o'clock Thursday evening all the wires between here and St. Louis were down, caused by a fire at Knobel. The depot there was recently burned and an old hotel building was being used for temporary quarters, but this too has now gone up in smoke. c. c. Webber has opened up saloon in Jonesboro, having been in business there over ten days. In the event that the injunction of the pro- hibitionists to be heard April 18th, is refused, it is said on good authority that he will also make application for license to run a saloon in Newport. Old Joe Mathews in his canvass for
 governor of Mississippi said: "When the Almighty created the Atlantic Ocean, He said thus far shalt thou come and no further.' When He created the Pacific He said thus far shalt thou come and no further.' But when He made the Mississippi He said, let her rip" The governor was opposed to levees. Marianna Courier.
 The engagement of Miss Dot Thorn burg, daughter of Col George Thorn burg, and MT. Robert Payne Ram sey, son of Rev. T. Y. Ramsey of Winfield Memorial, has been an nounced, the wedding to occur in the near future Little Rock Democrat.
 The bride to-be is well known and very popular in Newport, where she has often visited. The INDEPENDENT offers congratulations in advance. F. P. Skipwith has received a letter from his young friend J. w. Hutchin 1 son, stating that he has been assigned the territory of Colorado and New
 Mexico by the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company and will go on the road at once. We congratulate Mr. Hutchinson upon this early pro motion and feel sure that he will grow higher in the favor of his firm, when
 they know his full worth.
 c. c. Deane of Remmel was in town Tuesday. He is agent for the Indepen dent at Remmel and reports big sale
 of that paper during the Johnson ! murder trial. He informs us that six petitions are now in circulation in diff ferent parts of the county, praying the governors pardon for Johnson,
 who has been carrying the paper in his
 home township, Richwoods, and where
 he says only one man he has asked, refused his signature.
 A lad of probably fifteen years of age was found in box car of an Iron
 Mountain freight Friday morning. The railroad men, it seems thought he
 was a hard character and had him
 locked up in the car. Marshal Steph-
 ems took him in charge here and had
 him placed in jail. The boy gave out his name as Mullins and claims the