Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-24
] ABOUT PEOPLE, MAINLY.\

Friday.
 T.. A. Sherwood of St. Louis came in Friday night.
 Dean Coleman of Batesville, was a Newport visitor Tuesday.
 Edwin H. Flagg, wife and child are guests at the Hazel from Chicago.
 Dr. E. F. Ponder of Walnut Ridge spent Sunday with DrG K. Stephens.
 Miss Jeffie Johnson returned Thurs day from visit to friends at Cush- man.
 H. 0. McElwee came up on No. Saturday to spend Sunday at home in Newport.
 Frank Wooten, who has been work ing on the White River extension, was here Saturday.
 MT. Sterling Davidson of Newport, was visitor in our city Sunday Bstesville Bee.
 Miss Dollie Sheridan of Diaz came down Saturday on her way to Poplar Bluff on a visit.
 A heavy hail storm ruined gardens and otherwise damaged crops about Weldon Sunday.
 Mrs. Roy Anderson and children re- turned Sunday from visit to her mother at .TOnesborO
 MT. T. J. Box, who is sick with pneumonia, is still regarded as in a very critical condition.
 Nathan A. Adler came down from Batesville Friday night on short visit with relatives here.
 P. H. VanDyke left Saturday night for visit to home folks at Marshall, Mo-, and also points West.
 B. A. Nixon, vice president of the Western Tie & Timber Company, returned home Friday night.
 Carl Teeters of this city Monday resumed work on the Queen at Bates vile as carpenter and mate.
 George o. Peters, J. E. Jones and s. F. Muirhead were registered at the Hazel Friday from Jonesboro.
 The first Arkansas strawberries on the market in St. Louis were shipped from Higginson on the 18th of April. Mrs. w. B. Empie and Hon. H. L.. Remmel were registered at the Arl- ington hotel in Hot Springs Monday. Mrs. N. G. Hardister, who has been visiting the Doctor at Hoxie for the past ten days, returned home Tuesday noon.
 Miss Esther Neill of Batesville is reported to be sick with typhoid few CT. Her friends regret to hear such news.
 Ed Sims came up from Texarkana Saturday and is visiting friends here for few days, prior to going to Little Rock.
 Wm. Harris Bacus and Miss Lizzie Norman, both of Newport, were mar ried Monday night by Squire L. B Harris.
 Mir. Austin Wilkerson, the hustling young city circulator of the Daily Bee, visited Newport friends Sunday Batesville Bee.
 fl. L. Thomas, formerly of this county but now located at Dallas, Tsx., was in town Monday, accom- panied by his wife.
 The pay car, being delayed by a wreck on the branch, did not leave Newport on it's way south until about 6:OO a. m. Saturday.
 Jno. w. Wallace, Sam Brasch, s. R. Phillips, L. Minor and number of others attended the Shoffner obsequies at Shoffner Switch Monday.
 Jack Heron and his gang of work men left Monday morning for Shoff- ner Switch to build brick storehouse for the Shoffner Mercantile Go.
 J. M. Jones of State Line, Louisiana ana MISS huDy BlacKWoOd or Claren- don are among the new subscribers to the INDEPENDENT from distance.
 MT. Charles Mosby, time inspector on the Iron Mountain, and son, Char lie, visited Newport Saturday on bus mess and pleasure.-Batesville Bee. The ball game Friday afternoon be- tween a picked nine and the Public school team resulted disastrously to to the latter, the score being 10 to 2.
 Dr. 0. West was called to Shoffner Friday to consult with Dr. J. M. Jones upon the case of A. E. Shoffner, whose condition is still regarded as serious. 0. J. Tucker of Batesville spent Friday night here on his return home
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