Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
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 Sunday morning.
 Mir. and Mrs. B. w. Stainback went to Augusta Saturday morning.
 Dr. G. D. Clements of Auvergne was here Saturday on business.
 Mrs. E. Merrill returned Monday noon from short visit to Little Rock. Harry Lasker and Joe Lyons of Little Rock returned home Monday night.
 Judge R. H. Powell of Batesville spent Monday in Newport on court business.
 Mrs. E. Merrill left Saturday noon for Little Rock, where she will visit for several days.
 Dr. Ed Ponder of Walnut Ridge was here Friday, the guest of his college friend Dr. Geo. Stephens.
 R. M. Garter of Batesville, who is prominent in Masonic circles of this state, came in Monday night.
 MT. and Mrs. T. 0. Reid of Remmel came i'll Friday for few days visit with the former's brother z. B. Reid. Mrs. Florence Gillian of Weldon has been visiting relatives in Newport for several days and is the guest of Mrs. A. H. Mcdonald
 MT. and and Mrs. J. E. Porter have moved back from Newport and Egg bert again has charge of the barber shop.-Newark Journal.
 MT. 0. o. Burgess and Miss Amanda Gan of Hickory Grove were married Thursday evening at the home of the bride by Esquire John Smith.
 The button factory at Black Rock has been moved into new and more ample quarters. A force of eighty cutters is now on the pay roll
 Miss Lora Craig, who was acci- dentally shot Wednesday night of last week, is improving nicely and is now able to sit up.-Newark Journal
 A small house in Jacksonport be- longing to Dr. E. E. Erwin caught fire Thursday night and was partially destroyed. The loss is estimated at $4O
 H. 0. Sanders came up from Little Rock Thursday night and will again make Newport his home, having sold out his property interests at Forrest City.
 Farmers, when you come to New port, put up your rigs and horses at Robinson's Feed and Livery Stable. The horses will be well fed and looked after carefully. 10wtf
 Two bales of burning cotton were observed Thursday night floating down White river past this town, doubtless being of that number thrown off the Krata above Jacksonport Thursday.
 0. s. Mulheron expected to go to Tuckerman, Alicia and Minturn Sat urday to appoint agents for the South Westef Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, as the cofnpsRy's company lines have been completed to those points. Col. 0. w. Phillips, who was last winter and spring in the employ of the INDEPENDENT, has associated himself with the New Lewisville News Col. Phillips is an editorial writer of extraordinary ability as well as good printer
 Dr. l.. E. Willis and o. s. Lawrence duplicated an excellent day's shooting near Bradford Friday, returning with fortyfour birds. They must be the possessors of good dogs and have ex- celent luck to say nothing of crack marksmanship.
 J. s. Arnett, state agent for the Singer machine company, came down Tuesday morning and was agreeably surprised to find that the local office of the company had not been burned. The Post Dispatch stated that New port had $500 fire and both the Jackson County bank and opera house buildings had been burned.
 c. w. Beard on Tuesday received notification from the head officers of the St. Louis Compress Company, ap pointing him superintendent of their property in this city, succeeding J. G. Walker. MT. Beard has been book keeper at the Newport compress for number of years and has proven himself an efficient and valuable man.
 The rear of the storeroom occupied by Harry Knoles' plumbing shop, which was unroofed by fire Monday morning was again in blaze that evening about 6:30 o'clock when the alarm was turned in. The shoulder