Newport weekly independent., 1903-03-20

AsSoAAASoAA Gunter and little son Robyn, left Fri day noon for Newark on a visit to Mrs Maggie Shjrey. The family expect to leave in the near future for California, where they will spend year.
 Tom Hindman Camp, No. SIS U. c. V. are called to meet at the city hall Saturday at 2:30 p. m. All members are urged to come as the time for the ap- preaching encampment is near. By order of the commander, L. MINOR.
 MT. Ike Goldman was taken to St. Louis Thursday night on the Cannon ball, which was two hours late. Mrs. Goldman accompanied him and we hope that specialists may locate his trouble and bring about speedy re- covery.
 R. w. Anderson of Jacksonport was here trading Tuesday and says that a world of ties is being rafted down the river to that point and shipped out over the Choctaw by the Western Tie & Timber Company and the Aver Lord Tie Company.
 Henry N. Hencke, who has been engaged in the dairy business here for number of years, left Tuesday night with his family for Jonesboro, which will be their home in the future and where they expect to continue in the same line of business.
 White river continues to fall steadily and without further rains, will resume it's banks within the next two days. Tbe past rise has proven most un- usual occurrence for the month o1 March, as most of the big overfiows occur during the month of April.
 Henry Schott has sold his stock of dry goods, groceries and hardware to his brother Herman Schott of Bates vile, and on Friday closed his doors and began the packing of goods pre- paratory to shipment. MT. Schott has been in poor health and has not made any plans for the future, but will probably remove from Newport with his family.
 It is reported that contractor, who was to have put in the seven mile spur north from Batesville to the Pfeiffer quarry fell at outs with the Iron Mountain and in throwing up the contract has made public the intention of the road, which he says will be ex- tended ultimately to Evening Shade and on in a northerly direction. The story has few earmarks of reliability.
 The continued rains make it very difficult to get the Hoxie railroad yards in good shape. Although some 2,OOO car loads of gravel have been used, still the yards are very soft for the large engines to get over. There are dozen tracks in the yards, but five of them have been spiked down and are not to be used until conditions change Walnut Ridge Blade.
 A. E. Shoffner, while in town Satur day informed the INDEPENDENT that the post office department had estab- lished an office at Shoffner's Switch to be known as Shoffner and presided over by Ed P. Shoffner. The big store to be opened there by the Shoffner Mercantile Company promises to make it live competitor of the other small towns along the White & Black River Valley Railroad.
 Capt. Charles B. Woodbury of Batesville, who was taken quite sick the first of the week on trip up White River and compelled to return to Batesville, where his condition is now regarded as dangerous, has sold his boat the Ozark Queen to the White River Transportation Company, in which J. s. Handforo and other par ties in Batesville are stockholders. Capt. Will Shipp, it is understood, will now manage the boat.
 Nothing definite has as yet been de- cided about the Bank of Little Rock Receiver James P. Clarke left again Monday night for Washington to re- main until the senate adjourns, which is expected to be some time this week. About March 25 it is expected that all will have been com pleted for the winding up of the re- when he will ask to be and the officers of the bank will take it's affairs in charge and