Newport daily independent., 1903-05-21


 Confectionery Company, who carry a fresh stock of AlIegretti's, Lowney's, Gunther's and Flows, the popular Ii es. 13 btf
 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 Hendrix and Arkansas College baseball teams were given an elegant reception Monday night at the resi- dence of Mir. and Mrs. Theo. Maxnel -Batesville Bee.
 1 Alcorn Ferguson and Judge M. NJ. Stuckey returned Wednesday nigl | from Pine Bluff, where they were delegates to the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
 Positively the greatest line of novel; ties in Ladies' Strap Sandels and OK ford Ties ever offered for sale in New port are now on sale at Chas. Meyers Great Bargain store. 13ftf
 Mrs. J. c. Walker and Mrs. L. j.. bills are expected home tonight, after an absence of over two months. Mr Walker joined them Wednesday in Searcy, where they are visiting.
 The Braoy 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. IS btf
 Elmo Riddell was down from Jack sonport Thursday. The Current View is laid up temporarily for lack of an engineer. Wm. Weir of Little Rock was expected here Thursday noon from Little Rock.
 R. w. Randy and daughter Mrs. w. A. O'Neal returned Wednesday night from Little Rock, where they visited Miss Neill Randy at Maddox Semi nary. w. A. O'Neol spent the day in Little Rock and returned that night.
 Bob Randy the smiling and puzzling twirler, came up from Newport Tues day morning to play with Arkansas College in the second game with Hen drix, offsetting player with Hendrix who was borrowed from the Univer- sity team. Batesville Bee.
 A letter from o. M. Bowen, who with his family are now enjoying a stay on the Island of Catalina, thirty miles off the Pacific coast, states that the outgoing trip was made on glass bottomed boat, from which they could see sea lions not fifty feet away and great herds of seals.
 White river fell Wednesday and on Thursday stood at 21.4 feet, A rise of two inches per hour was reported Wednesday from Batesville and a heavy rain is said to have fallen at Devero that morning. The river had reached a stand here Thursday and no rise of any consequence is expected here.
 Mir. and Mrs. Clark Robinson ar rived Thursday morning from Oqua w&a, Illinois, and will make this their home in the future. Mir. Robinson expects MT, Kath down in the near future and many of the other North ern shell men will probably return since Governor Davis has signed the mussel bill.
 w. B. Robinson and wife returned Wednesday from Lebanon, Missouri, where they were called Saturday by the last illness of the latter's mother, Mrs. s. D. Sitter, who died before they reached Lebanon. The funeral of the deceased took place Monday in that city. The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of Newport friends in their sorrow
 The Little Rock papers state that Conductor Arthur Quinn and Brake man Wooten were injured in the wreck below Beebe, but not seriously. The latter was taken to the St. Louis hospital Wednesday night. The ca boose of Second 97 caught afire and together with four cars loaded with merchandise was consumed and the front of engine 1880 badly damaged. The remainder of the cars were pulled away and saved.
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