Newport daily independent., 1903-01-21
ABOUT PEOPLEMAlNLY.

Dlli plcKies al tne Gasn 1IoOoAy Store. 235-tf.
 The river stands at 4.5 on the gauge to-day.
 WANTED Three or four boarders. Apply to 3o1 Main St. q If.
 Corn, bran, corn chops, corn and oat chops, oats and hay at Bowen's Cash Store. 224-btf
 Mrs. J. P. Berman left Wednesday for a several weeks visit to relatives in St. Louis.
 A. L. Sherwood, Little Rock trav- cling man, was calling on his trace in the city today.
 Miss Josie Phillips expects to leave for visit to her sister, Miss Hal, in Memphis tomorrow.
 Owing to removal, some articles of household furniture for sale. Apply to Rev. L. H. Richardson. 231 d6t
 See the display of new ginghams for spring 1903 in the window at Chas Meyers Great Bargain Store. 229 btf
 R. 0. Jennings of Sulphur Rock and J. L. Carpenter left Wednesday on a two or three days visit to St. Louis.
 o. R. Brown returned to his home at Batesville Wednesday morning, after several days spent at the State capital.
 The Floyd R. Briggs Company at the Newport Opera House Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights at popular prices. d3t
 Homer Edwards of Evening Shade, passed through Newport Tuesday night on his way to St. Louis to attend business college.
 Authentic messages from Indian Territory to the friends of Fred Brandenburg, prove the reports of his marriage to be utterly false.
 For Residence, corner Hazel and Fifth streets. Terms made known on application.
 144-dtf MRS. CORA A. MCDONALD
 For nice rigs of any kind aud good driving horses, place your call with R. L. Robinson, upper end of Front Street. Charges always reason able. 62dJf
 The new bank building at Tucker man is about completed and it is the hopes of the residents of that burg that the bank will be in running order at an early date.
 Will Jones, colored, who robbed the trunks of Whit Wall, hardware drummuer, pleaded guilty in circuit court and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
 New and pleasing specialties by each member of the company viii be a feature of the three big. roductions seEz esz-Elo Floyd R. Briggs Combany at the opera house I Nonday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. d3t
 J. H. Elfrank Tuesday bought the Alexander property on the corner of Front and Vine streets and will erect thereon q two-story brick business house as soon as the necessary ar- arrangements can be completed. The price paid was $27OO00.
 The justice of the peace courts at Searcy were overloaded with "blind- tigern cases last week, says Demo- crat correspondent from that place. One man, John Johnson, was con victed. Mir. Johnson is the big boy of this county, his weight being 3S5 pounds.
 "OldAFarmer Hopkins" drew good house last night and the applause ac- corded the members of the Floy R. Briggs Company in their different roles was we'll deserved. The special ties were an entire change from Mon day ngit's program, and will also be tonight, when the play presented will be 'sThe House on the Hillside,' p including the giving away of pig
 The Lake City Pilot, new candidate for public favor is on our desk says the Paragould Soliphone, and is a sprightly youngster. The editor seems to have a combination of pro- fessions, judging from the following sqibs: "A couple of our young men got loaded on booze Saturday night and ran up against pistol in the hand of our marshal, which left some sign, which the writer had to sew up, :" from which we infer that the editor must have an M. D. handle to his name. Then in another paragraph he says Mot much time for preaching when the editor has to play the devil in an office that is chiefly made up out of hell box, and this bears the earmarks of D. D.