Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-25
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 was here trading Friday.
 Colonel V. Y. Cook of Elmo was a Newport visitor Tuesday.
 Doc Graham of Tuckerman was down on business Friday.
 Mrs. Edna Hall went to Newark Tuesday on the local on 8 business trip.
 w. s. Wright and Ira J. Matheny came down from Batesville Monday night.
 w. A. Billingsley went to Little Rock Tuesday noon on short busi- ness trip.
 Miss Pearl Jones of Alicia came down Friday morning on visit to Miss Minnie Ross.
 J. R. Mayhan went to Hot Sprin gs Wednesday morning to attend the meeting of Shriners.
 Mrs. Nettie Diesel of Piedmont, Mo-, is here on visit to the family of her brother, U. w. Beard.
 Miss Lennie May came up from Au- vergne Saturday to spend Sunday with her sister, Miss Sallie May.
 Misses Minnie and Jetta Ross re- turned Monday morning from visit to friends at Kenyon and Alicia.
 Andy Phillips, who has been teach ing in Oil Trough, was here Saturday on his way home to Barren Fork.
 Robt. Randy won his game at Pop lar Bluff Sunday with DeSoto, holding the latter team down to two runs.
 Oliver Dodson left Monday night for Memphis on business trip, and will also visit other points while away.
 Mrs. Narcis Mayhan spent Friday night here from Newark, the guest of her son, J. R. Mayhan, and family.
 Miss Mary Bailey left Monday noon for Searcy to resume her studies at $. F. l., the school of Mrs. R. B. Willis.
 Miss Mae Whitaker left Monday afternoon over the Choctaw for the Memphis branch of Maddox Colleges
 Mrs. Bert H. Johnson of St. Louis is spending few days in Newport while her husband is making nearby towns.
 The grand jury took final ad- journment Friday afternoon, having returned S6 indictments and examined 19O witnesses.
 CHI. Crandall of Galveston, Texas, has been made day operator at the Iron Mountain, and D. E. Manasco is now night man.
 Mrs. T. T. Ward and daughter, Miss Mae, and Mrs. Will Robinson took trip to Cotter on the White River branch Wednesday.
 R. c. Draper of Oil Trough died Tuesday night of consumption and his remains were buried at Maple Springs Wednesday.
 Mrs. 0. R. Hite and daughter, Miss Hortense, returned Tuesday night from Pine Bluff, where the latter has had her eyes treated.
 Mrs. John w. Ferrill was here We'd nesday morning on her return home to Batesville from St. Louis, where she placed her daughter in school.
 Mrs. I. D. Price, who accompanied her daughters, Misses Katie and Rina, to Searcy, where they entered s. F. l., returned home Tuesday noon.
 Mrs. H. F. Kath, formerly of New port, arrived Wednesday morning from New Boston, III. Her many friends here will be glad to greet her. Mrs. Peyton v. Ferguson returned Tuesday noon with little Miss Pauline Pool to the latter's home at Pine Bluff for visit of week or ten days. Mrs. Arthur Fels, who has been spending the summer at Kennebunk- port, on the Maine coast, has delayed her return home on account of sick ness.
 s. F. Muirhead returned Saturday noon from trip to Southern Arkan- sas. His brother, Charles, who has been sick in Little Rock, is reported able to be out.
 Mrs. H. Devereux of Batesville apent Tuesday night here on her way to Hot Springs, where her husband has charge of the construction of the new race course.
 The lumber is coming in for Capt. J. H. McHugh's hotel building on Walnut street and Contractor Carr expects to have it ready for occu- pancy by January l.
 F. P. Skipwith returned Monday from vacation visit to his home in