Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

the guage Wednesday.
 H. Arndt came down Tuesday night from Walnut Ridge on business.
 Mrs. D. Terry left Wednesday for Cotton Plant to visit her husband and son.
 The Batesville local, due here Tues day morning at 10:45 arrived that night.
 George Hays has been acting as deputy circuit clerk during this session of court.
 w. E. Holmes returned home to Batesville Tuesday after short visit to his son Chas. Holmes.
 G. B. Bradley came down Tuesday night from Batesville and was joined here by N. H. Dowdell of Carbondale, III.
 Mrs. J. J. Hunter came up from Little Rock Tuesday night and went to Batesville with her husband We'd ISSudy IuOiIlLS.
 Wm. Ballard, detective for the Iron Mountain, left Wednesday noon for Little Rock, after being witness be- fore the grand jury.
 R. L. Carpenter of Paragould came over Wednesday morning to look after his interests in court, as he is the plaintiff in suit.
 The Kelley mill will probably begin running about February, the recent rises in the rivers having prevented the getting out of logs.
 J. R. Mayhan, chief, in behalf of the fire company desires to express thanks to Mrs. H. Bernstein for coffee served upon the morning of the fire.
 Elise Hooker had very high fever throughout Tuesday night and has suffered serious setback from her improved condition of the first of the week.
 J. E. Siegel of New York, a cousin of Sigmund Wolff arrived Wednesday morning on his way to Batesville, where he will visit his uncle Simon Adler.
 J. H. Reynolds, chief contractor ac- companied by Tom Gushing and wife, came down Tuesday night from work on the extension and left for the North
 F. M. Parsons of Swifton was down Wednesday, having claim in court against the Iron Mountain, but his case was postponed to the 29th of this month.
 Misses Cora Warner and Nora Weaver, who have been visiting the latter's sister, Miss Harry Weaver, returned to their homes in Batesville Tuesday.
 Mrs. Hattie Threldkill returned home to Weldon Wednesday after a shopping trip to Newport. While here she was the guest of Mrs. Octav ia Schofield.
 Joha Glass of Swifton was down Monday to attend the opening of court, but managed to be excused from the petit jury, for which service he had been subpoenaed.
 T. D. Kinman, Jr., went to Little Rock on the noon train Tuesday, where with E. D. Chadick, plans are being chrystalized for the construction of the Morning Star railroad.
 Little Norman Campbell has baby brother in his home, born Tuesday night and the parents themselves Mir. and Mrs. s. D. Campbell are not more pleased and proud than Norman.
 Gray Carroll of Little Rock has been representing the Iron Mountain at this term of court. He takes the place of the well remembered and highly es- teemed Francis Johnson, deceased.
 E. D. Bracy has begun an invoice of his stock saved from the fire Monday, which he has stored in the building of the Wolff Goldman Mer- cantile Company underneath the Hazel Hotel.
 The front end of the corner storage room of the Wolff Goldman Mercan- tile Company in the Hotel Hazel building is being fitted up for the post office and will be occupied until new building is constructed in the place of the old quarters destroyed by fire.
 M. D. Campbell was here from Tu- pelo Tuesday and renewed for the INDEPENDENT. MT. Campbell is in- terested in the prosecution of horse thieves, whose trials will come up at this term of court and whom he says have an organized chain reaching ITol, 4