Newport daily independent., 1903-08-10

Dressed spring chicken at Huffman's restaurant. S7dtf
 Mrs. A. G. Harrison and Miss Mar jorie Harrison of Warren were here Sunday.
 Misses Hilda Bailey and Irma Hooker spent last week visiting in O. ion Plant.
 Born, Monday morning, August 10, to MT. and Mrs. Mamie Bishop, ten pound baby girl.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Ferrill came down from Batesville Sunday evening on their way North. The "Little Bakery on the Corner'' has the largest shop between Texar- kama and St. Louis. 87dtf
 Ed Mann was able to be out Monday for the first Cime after an eight days sickness with fever
 Mrs. J. N. Crow of Brinkley was here Saturday on her return home from a visit to Batesville.
 F. J. Smith, the genial bartender at w. R. O'NeaPs returned Monday noon from Poplar Bluff, his old home.
 Virgil Graham returned Monday noon fromHot Springs, where hespent Sunday with relatives of his old home.
 G. L. Smith, we'll known merchant of Tuckerman, while down on business Monday, made this office pleasant call
 Walter Parsons and Fred Meredith of Jonesboro spent Sunday in Bates vile the guests of friends, returning home that night.
 R. T. Robertson returned Sunday from visit to his family in West Virginia and has resumed his run on the White River branch.
 l. D. Price has been enlarging his store capacity by adding shelving along the west wall to the ceiling, preparing for big fall stock.
 The little two-year- old daughter Ruby, of MT. and Mrs. w. L. Griffin, died Sunday morning at six o'clock and was buried Monday at 10 a. m.
 Mrs. Estelle Claridge returned Sun day afternoon from South McAlester, Indian Territory, where she visited her daughter, Mrs. Marcus Brewer.
 Tommy Jackson, aged 10 years, was taken sick Saturday with spinal men, ingitis, died at a. m. Sunday and was buried that day at the Martin grave yard.
 White river has been rising slightly for few days past. Black is re- ported muddy and rising at Poplar Bluff. The local register of Monday was 3.2 feet.
 Egbert and Pard Finley, brother and nephew of J. B Finley, whose family they have been visiting, left Monday afternoon for their home at Finley, Tennessee.
 w. G. Bonham, accompanied by his brother, came down Monday from off the White River extension on their way to Louisiana, where they have positions on the Bastrop extension.
 w. II. Morris is an expert gardener. On Monday he was showing his friends up town some extra large tomatoes. His garden bas produced several which tipped the scales for over two pounds each.
 Mrs. H. s. Dees came down from Batesville Sunday on her return home to Little Rock. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. w. P. McDer mott, who returned to Batesville Monday on the local.
 Mrs. Cotton Smith of Brookhaven, Miss, writes the family of l. D. Price that she will be unable to make her visit here, owing to trip she and her husband have planned to points on the Gulf this month.
 MT. Max Weisel ard mother Mrs. Sam Weisl, Mrs. Blumenthal, school mate of Miss Hattie Bernstein, and Sam Newman, who is to be best man, arrived Sunday night from St. Louis for the Weisl Bernstein wedding.
 c. L. Fox, the popular night opera tor at the Iron Mountain depot, left Monday morning for Bald Knob, where he has accepted the railroad agency. While we regret to lose MT. Fox, we extend him congratulations upon his promotion.
 J. w. Hutchinson, who is now trav- cling for Roberts, Johnson and Rand of St. Louis in Colorado and Mexico, came down Saturday night for few days visit with Newport friends. Mr. Hutchinson spent a number of years here and is very highly thought of by our people,