Newport weekly independent., 1903-10-02
ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY. \

s. M. Jones and wife of Searcy came up Wednesday night.
 Send your fine pearls and slugs tc w. D. Burd, Newport, Ark. 87 btf
 Mrs. w. A Monaghan, a traveling saleslady, spent Thursday in New port.
 For liberal prices, send your pearls and baroques to 0. A. Windau, New port, Arkansas. 3o5 btf
 L. S Dunaway of the Arkansas Ga zette was here Wednesday on his way to Smithville.
 MT. and Mrs. Chas. Davidson re- turned home to Batesville Thursday after visit to Little Rock.
 Mrs. 0. w. Beard and children left Thursday noon on three weeks visit to relatives at Kansas City.
 Mrs. M. E. Dyer of White county arrived Thursday on visit to her daughter, Mrs. Will Bowen.
 H. F. Kath went to Bradford Thurs day morning on business trip, and was accompanied by his wife.
 Mayor Grubbs of Newport, Ark, was an honored guest in the city Tuesday Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 c. L. Carpenter has accepted po- sition in the dry goods department at the Bailey Mercantile Company.
 T.J. Gregg and family have gone to housekeeping in the cottage at the corner of Third and Elm streets.
 Miss Laura Johnson of Weldon left Thursday noon for Prescott on visit to her sister, Mrs. Harry Herring.
 Ol Kirkland was shaking hands with his many friends here Thursday, having come up from Little Rock on No. 4.
 Judge c. D. Wood spent Thursday in Newport, making many friends among the business men and farmers in town.
 Mrs. Albert Diukens left Wednes- day night for her new home at Bar ham, La., after visit to her brother, c. W. Beard.
 The government boat Quapaw, which has been up Black and Current rivers most of the summer, is tied up at the wharf here.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry I. Taylor ar rived Wednesday night from Hot Springs on a visit to Capt. w. A. Joyce and family.
 The rainfall of Wednesday night amounted to .82 of an inch, bringing the total precipitation for the past few days to l-2 inches.
 MT. and Mrs. D. w. Anderson re : turned Thursday morning from a lengthy visit with relatives and friends in Indiana and Ohio.
 Louis Barger was tried by jury in Justice Guy Smiths court Wednesday afternoon, charged with disturbing the peace, and was acquitted.
 Master Wylie McMinn writes from DeVall's Bluff, where he is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Joe Kennedy, that he is having great time and wants to stay two weeks longer.
 Mrs. Stanley Handford and sister, Miss Ida Wing, were here Wednesday night on their way to the home of the latter at Nelson, Mo. MT. Handford accompanied them as far as Newport. Governor Davis has notified some of his Newport followers that he will be up tonight from Little Rock on his way to Sulphur Rock, where a joint discussion between the gubernatorial candidates takes place tomorrow.
 Tom Kippur, which is said to be tbe most strictly observed holiday of the Jewish calendar, began Wednesday evening and extends to sunset of the day following. It is a day of rigid fasting and all the Jewish stores iL this city were closed for the day
 Mrs. Geo. B. Bradley and little boy arrived Wednesday night from Car bondale, H., where they have been on visit. They were met here by Mir. Bradley and left Thursday morning for their home at Batesville.
 J c. Copeland of Mountain Home, formerly editor of the Bulletin, was here Thursday morning on his return home from trip to St. Louis, where he purchased a printing plant and will about November begin the publica- tion of the Cotter Courier. Mir. Cope land is good newspaper man and we wish him success. The Daughters of the Confederacy will meet with Mrs. s. R. Phillips on