Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-03

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 White River now stands at 5.6 on the local gauge.
 Miss Emma Turpin was visitor to Newport Wednesday.
 Mack Bigham of Eight Mile was here trading Wednesday.
 James Sanders went to Searcy on the noon train Wednesday.
 Mrs. J. w. Murphy of Grubbs was shopping here Wednesday.
 James Ball, constable of Richwoods township, was here Wednesday.
 Russell Balch and wife of Richwooda spent Tuesday night in Newport.
 Miss Gene Randy went to Tucker man Tuesday on visit to relatives.
 J. N. Moon of Swifton came down Wednesday morning on business trip.
 Miss Dove Erwin has returned home from a pleasant visit with Jonesboro friends.
 O. s. Choinski and J. L. Root of the Western Tie &J Timber Company were here Tuesday night.
 W. R. Saxon, who has been night clerk at the Hazel Hotel for several resigned his position Tues day.
 Mrs. Harvey G. Drummond has heen confined to her bed for several days and is thought to have slow fever.
 E. Less came over Tuesday night from Jonesboro to assist J. M. Berger, Jr., during the sickness of the latter's father.
 Mrs. Frank Lynn and baby left Wednesday noon for a visit to the for mer's aunt, Mrs. c. M. Richter of Pine Bluff.
 Mrs. Kate Cowan of St. Louis came down on No. 3 Wednesday on her way to Batesville to visit her sister, Mrs. J. E. Roseborough.
 o. M. Bowen contemplates leaving Saturday on purchasing trip to New York, and will take advantage of the excursion rates on that date.
 At the gun club shoot Tuesday afternoon the following scores were made: Bowen 21, Mosby 21, Sim mons 19, Owen r, Graham r.
 Mrs. Walter Harris and children are preparing to get away this week and betake themselves to Mount Maga- zine for the Summer weather.
 Mrs. 0. w. Rhodes left Tuesday morning for Devero, where her hus- band has put in saw mill and which will be their home in the future.
 The Newport boys have arranged for game of baseball Saturday with Tupelo, but must go there to play it out as Newport will not celebrate the day.
 T. B. Frizzel of Bradford was visitor here Monday night and sub scribed for the Daily INDEPENDENT, which is fast acquiring large outside mailing list.
 Mrs. Jud Hunter came up from Lit tie Rock Wednesday on her way to Batesville, and with her husband will leave next Monday for Denver and a Western trip.
 Little Neill Phillips returned home from Batesville Monday night, being accompanied by his aunt, Miss Elea- nor Neill, on visit to her sister, Mrs. s. R. Phillips. We regret to learn that Mrs. J. L. Sells has been quite sick for several days with fever as high as 1O3, and it is feared that she will have a siege with slow fever.
 Miss Della Bernstein returned home Monday night from visit to her cousin, Miss Jodie Cohn, at Fulton, Ky. She was met upon her return by Mildred and her father at Cairo.
 J. s. Wilmans, Gustave Jones, James Bate of Louisville, s. D. Campbell and G. A. Hillhouse spent Tuesday fishing on Gamble Lake and were joined in the afternoon by George Hays and Charles Meyer.
 A petition will be sent to the gov ernor from Hoxie asking him to remit a balance of $750 of fine of S1. 500 assessed against Pat Whalen in the eastern district of Lawrence county for selling liquor illegally.
 Mrs. George Echols and Miss Blanche Bernstein left Tuesday morn ing for Mount Olive on a one days trip. Mrs. Echols is now making this her home while her husband, who is very pleasant and popular gentle man, has the branch passenger run.