Newport weekly independent., 1903-02-27

l down Tuesday night.
 E. 0. Lippmann of Tupelo came up Wednesday morning.
 Miss Stella Lippmann of Tupelo is visiting Mrs. Gustave Jones.
 White River registered an even 21 feet on the guage Wednesday.
 H. E. Kyler, of Batesville, spent Tuesday night here on his way to Ell Dorado.
 Ray Foley went down to Newport, Ark, Tuesday morning on business.- Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 The highest registered by the river upon the local guage for this rise was was 25.s feet Thursday morning. Friday morning the register was 25.6 feet or about 1-2 inches fall. The saloon of L. L. Bowen & Com pany was opened up an hour after license had been granted and it ex- pected that several will be ready for business by Monday.
 The station at O'Beal on the White River road has been abandoned, and one has been established at Guion, and another is to be established at Evan, opposite Sylamore.
 White River continues to fall very slowly, only 8 of a foot in "A hours and stood at 25.3 feet on the guage Saturday. The warmer weather, it is feared, will bring another rise. J. P. Berman returned Monday morning from St. Louis and Chicago, where with Sigmund Wolff, he pur- chased big line of spring goods for the Wolff Goldman Mercantile Com pany.
 MT. and Mrs. William Hooker and daughter Franchelle arrived Monday morning from Brinkley and are guests of Wm. Bailey. Their many friends here hope that they may conclude to make Newport their home.
 MT. and Mrs. William Hooker and daughter Franchelle returned to Brinkley Tuesday afternoon, but ex- pect,to move here next week. New port people willbe pleased to welcome such an estimable family, who are not | new acquaintances.
 w. w. Dutton and daughter Annie returned Thursday night from Mall vern where they were called by the last sickness of Mir. w. H. Orr, but ar | rived there too late to see the deceased while living. They have the sympa- thy of many friends in their bereave- | ment.
 Three saloons have thus far opened l up for business, those of L. L. Bowen & Company, Peter Anderson and w. R. & N. B. O'Neal. Henry Bordwell and J. B. Doherty are in St. Louis buying fixtures and other necessaries and expect to open up in business in | the near future.
 The remodeling of the corner build ing of T. J. Watson has been begun preparatory to it's occupancy by the Bank of Newport. There will be two l office rooms in the rear, each with an outside entrance, and at the extreme rear, quarters will be fitted up for Sexton's barber shop. l A. B. Brandon, of Swifton, was down on business Tuesday and sub- scribed for the INDEPENDENT. He says that his chief object in taking county paper is to learn of bargains that are advertised and he holds that the subscription is a very small amount in comparison with what he is able to save thereby.
 About 2:3O Friday afternoon a fire alarm was turned in from the resi- dence of F. s. Hess, corner Pine and Fourth Streets, but before the com pany arrived over the almost impass able streets, the blaze had been ex- tinguished. A spot about four feet square in the roof had been burned, the fire being caused by defective flue.
 w. J. Lambkin on Tuesday received word from his sister Mrs. Milton Rus sell at Hale, stating that her son had been seriously injured in an accident on the Bonneville extension. With some other boys, he was playing with push car, which ran over and crush ed one limb. MT. Russell was tele-