Newport daily independent., 1903-05-29

The rainfall Thursday was only .09 of an inch by the guage report, prob- ably lighter than was generally sup posed.
 Eight hundred dozen eggs and chickens-spring chickens too--at very low prices. L. c. DaVaul, Lower Front Street. 28 dtt
 Miss Jessie Draper, who has been in Little Rock attending the Maddox Seminary, came home Saturday night. -Jonesboro Times.
 Eld. Jas. H. Brooks of Newport preached two interesting sermons at the Christian church last Sunday morning and evening. -Jonesboro Times.
 Breads and cakes, fresh every day from one of the best steam bakeries in the state. Try them and you will buy no other. Bracy Confectionery Company. 13 btf
 A ticket with every cigar you buy at the Bracy Confectionery Company which entities the holder to a chance at box of cigars given away every Saturday night. 13 btf
 The Braey Confectionery Company IS now open for business and prepared to serve the public with the very best in every line handled, cigars, candies, canned goods, breads, cakes and etc. l3 btt
 The James Y ounger Wild West show proved a general disappoint- ment at Jonesboro as we'll as at Po- cahontas. We predict that one sea son will close them out.-Pocahontas Herald.
 White river was falling here Friday, having reached 2O.4 feet on the guage. At Batesville, Friday the river was rising slightly, but no heavy rains have been reported from the hill country.
 Mrs. Thos. Harder, Kate and little Tom went to Searcy Friday noon for visit. Miss Fanny Harder a niece of Mrs. Harder, is graduate of Gal loway this year and they go~to attend the exercises.
 Hon. Emmett Jeffery, x-represent- ative of Stone county, now in the practice of law with Judge Gustave Jones of Newport, came up Wednes- day morning on professional business. -Batesville Bee.
 On Thursday, o. s. Lawrence had his fine pointer dog returned to him by parties from Bradford. The dog had been away for several days and was recognized at Bradford by parties who had hunted with him.
 Mrs. Robert Neill returned Thursday from Memphis, where she attended the woman's board of foreign mis- sions meeting and spent the night with Mrs. S. R. Phillips, leaving Fri day for her home in Batesville.
 Owing to the unsettled condition of the weather, Mesdames o. D. Watson and L. airsch have postponed the lawn fete, which was to have been given this evening to some day next week, the date to be announced later.
 David Bowen and John Starns of Weldon were here Friday morning on their way to Searcy to attend the elo- cutionary recital ot Galloway College that night and expect also to make weeks visit in Hot Springs before re- turning home.
 Twenty out of 25 pigeons was the best score made by the Newport gun club Thursday afternoon, Wm. Mosby and Virgil Graham each tieing with that number. The other scores were: R. T. Simmons 16, w. c. Wharton 15, O, s. Lawrence 15; Henry Owen 12 and Park Deaderick 2.
 Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Erwin left on the noon train Friday to attend the commencement exercises of Galloway College at Searcy, of which their daughter Miss Dove is a graduate this year. Her brother, Dr. Ira Erwin of Little Rock will also be there and will return to Newport. Claud Erwin is expected about the fifteenth of June and this happy family will then enjoy a pleasantly anticipated reunion.
 c. A. Brown, travelling for the Chi cago Crayon Company, was married Thursday to Miss Argana Hudson at Cabot and came to Newport on his bridal trip. The young couple intend- ed leaving on No. for Hardy, but were so perfectly absorbed in each other and entirely oblivious to sur roundings, that No. arrived and de- parted without attracting their notice, though they were in the waiting room at the time. May they ever remain so attentive to each other