Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

ed to 80 of an inch.
 Peter Anderson returned to Bates vile Tuesday morning.
 c. w. True has been sick since Sunday, confined to his bed.
 Mrs. L. J. bills has been improving gradually but is not yet able to sit up.
 Miss Harry Weaver was on the sick list Monday and Tuesday and unable to be at the store.
 Walter Woods came in Sunday on one of his regular trips, remaining over for several days.
 G. c. Davidson, formerly with the INDEPENDENT has accepted position in the service of the Iron Mountain.
 Mrs Chas. Hays went to Little Rock on the noon train Wednesday on visit to her sister, Mrs. Lacy Tilgh- man.
 George Stuckey returned Saturday night from St. Louis, where he spent the Christmas season at his fathers home.
 Mrs. Roy Anderson and children returned Tuesday noon from Hoxie, where they visited Mrs. Anderson's sister.
 Sigmund Wolff returned Monday morning from St. Louis, where he has been spending several weeks with his family.
 Elise Hooker continues to improve every day and her physicians have been getting her fever under better control.
 J. U, Ard of Tupelo, one of the prosperous and aggressive farmers of that section was in town trading Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. B. w. Stainback re- turned from Augusta on the noon train Monday after visit of several days there.
 A. Poer was down from Tuckerman Monday, but was excused from the petit jury by Judge Fulkerson owing to sickness.
 $. oteinberg, proprietor of the Good Luck Store, whose home is at Clarks- vile, Tennessee, came in Sunday and will be here a few days.
 White river has been falling gradu- ally and on Tuesday stood at " feet. The water is now low enough for pearling to be resumed with ease.
 Peter Anderson come down from Batesville Sunday night to look after an application for license to run a upon the corner of Walnut and Front Streets.
 Miss Eleanor Neill spent Friday night in this city the guest of her sis ter Mrs. s. R. Phillips on her return home to Batesville, after spending the past year in California.
 Judge F. D. Fulkerson, Prosecuting Attorney w. A. Oldfeld and Court J. F. Martin, came down from Batesville Sunday, Circuit court opening the following morning.
 Miss Harry Weaver spent Sunday in and was accompanied that night upon her return by her sister Miss Nora Weaver and Miss Cora Warner, who will make her short visit. The latter has the distinction of being one of the few lady cotton buyers in the whole South.
 Miss Leah Campbell and A. L. Crittenden of Tupelo, entertained the following guests in most charming manner last week: Miss Payne, of Beebe; Miss Rodgers, of Tennessee; MT. Wright, of Memphis; MT. R. K. Fitzhugh, of Fitzhugh, and Dr. V. T. Utley, of Augusta.-Augusta Vidette.
 Managers Taylor of the Capital Theatre, Little Rock and Head of the Hot Springs Opera House spent Sun day here the guests of J. E. Doherty, manager of the Newport Opera House. They were royalty entertained by MI Doherty, who gave an elegant lunch in their honor Sunday evening at the Hazel.
 Announcement has been made of the wedding of Mir. Charley Roy and Miss Luella Muslin, which took place Sunday at the home of Walter Daniels of Eight Mile. On the following Sun day will be celebrated the nuptials of Mir. Turner Collier and Miss Lovis Muslin at the Methodist church of Tupelo. Rev. Mir. Jernigan will per form the ceremony.
 Constable Eaton of Bradford was here Sunday looking for the escaped jail-birds from Searcy, whom he says came to this city. They were in Brad