Newport weekly independent., 1903-02-20

erman Wednesday morning on trip up the White river extension.
 It is reported that considerable track has been washed out on the White River extension by the recent heavy rain.
 A. T. Hubby returned Tuesday night from business trip to Little Rock in the interest of the Bracy Confection cry Company.
 A wire was received here Tuesday offering SIP ton for shells, and some Of the buyers propose to pass that figure if necessary
 A. D. and A. F. Bailey returned Tuesday night from business trip to St. Louis and Chicago, where they purchased spring stocks. W. w. McMinn went to St. Louis Tuesday night on purchasing trip for the hardware department of the Wolff Goldman Mercantile Go. Black is out of it's banks and still rising. This is getting so common that it doesn't cause any particular inconvenience.-Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 The Iron Mountain time table was not changed Sunday, as was intended. The new time table will not go into effect until the division question is settled.
 J. B. Clarkson, buyer for the Lesser Goldman Cotton Company at Bates vile the past season, having finished up his work, was here Friday on his way to St. Louis.
 Ed T. Ponder and wife spent Tues day night here, the latter going to her old home at Batesville next morning on visit, the former returning home to Walnut Ridge.
 s. G. Whittingburg, brakeman on the south local, who crushed his foot, February 10th in the local yards, died Sunday night at the Missouri Pacific hospital in St. Louis.
 Charles Meyer expected to leave Wednesday afternoon on No. 4, which was reported three hours late, for a ten days trip to the St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati markets. Mrs. Hattie Moore left on the early train Tuesday morning for New Orleans, expecting to be gone about twelve days and return via St. Louis to buy her spring goods.
 MT. and Mrs. c. w. Rhodes came down Friday night from St. Louis and the latter stopped off on visit to her mother, while MT. Rhodes left Satur- day noon for a weeks business trip in l Louisiana.
 Capt. T. B. Stallings came down from Batesville Tuesday to spend a few days with his family as the Joe Wheeler and other boats on the Upper White are laid up, being unable to stem the current.
 Mrs. B. P. TetWiler returned Satur- day noon from pleasant visit of sev- eral weeks at Hot Springs. Mrs. w. P. Hammersmith, who accompanied her, returned from Benton to her home in Galveston, Texas.
 w. w. Dutton and daughter Annie, left Wednesday afternoon on No. 3, for Malvern, being called there by the critical illness of the iatter's grand father. Roy Dutton expected to join them at Little Rock.
 Ritchie's Unique Entertainers had very poor house Friday evening an undeserved fate upon the part of the company, for their entertainment was of high class and sufficiently varied to be interesting.
 The Bayou bridge was completed last Wednesday evening by contrac- tor Steward and thrown open for the public. MT. Steward has done splen- did work on this bridge and it will stand for number of years without further repairing. -Batesville Guard.
 Railroad men coming up from Hoxie this morning, state that the yards at that place resemble the Mississippi river this morning, and from present appearances would come nearer making an inland sea than railroad division.-Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 White River fell three feet at Bates vile Tuesday night, but at Elgin, Black rose g inches. The Newport guage registered 25 feet even, We'd nesday morning, or within one foot of