Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10
w. II. Barnes of St. Louis came in

Tuesday night. Y
 Doctor J. c. Frizzell ol Grubbs was here Wednesday.
 George B. Bradley came down from BatesvilIe Wednesday on business.
 Born to Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Nicholson bouncing baby boy, Tuesday, July 2.
 R. Soholosky of Little Rock was here Wednesday on his way to Bates vile.
 Lee Omohundro, who came up from Little Rock Tuesday night, left next noon.
 s. E. Wilson of Weldon and R. Stephenson of Eight Mile were here Tuesday.
 J. D. Neal on Wednesday com menced the school census of the New port district.
 No meeting of the council was held Tuesday afternoon, as a quorum failed to attend.
 Jno. W. Ferrill was here Wednes- day from Batesville on his way to the farm near Tupelo.
 J. D. Carvel returned Tuesday from a several weeks visit to his former home in Kentucky.
 N. B. Wishon, wife and son Earl went to Little Rock Wednesday noon for a few days visit.
 H. Devereux and wife were here Tuesday night on their way to Bates vile from Hot Springs.
 Mesdames Will Edwards and Nor gan Drennin and Webster MendenhaIl were here Monday trading.
 Miss Edna Green, stenographer for Maxfelds', came down from Batesville Wednesday on her way home.
 Mrs. J. w. Stayton and Misses Mabel 6tayton, Hal and Hester Phil lips expect to get away next week for Colorado.
 Attorney w. Sprigg Brown went down to Newport Tuesday morning after his wife and little daughter.- Poplar Bluff Citizen.
 Attorney w. A. OlGfeld filed a pe- tition for involuntary bankruptcy with Referee Cole Monday against William Arnold of Stone county BaUesville Bee.
 Wm. Mosby, o. s. Lawrence, R. T. Simmons and Henry Owen left We'd nesday morning for Jonesboro to attend the annual meeting of the state sportsmen's association.
 A. J. Scales returned Tuesday from Weldon, after visit to his mother, and is expecting his wife home from Texas next week. MT. Scales has notified w. s. Hobbs that he feels ready to begin work.
 Col. V. Y. Cook was here Wednes- day and left on the noon train for points in Texas. His wife and daugh ter, Miss May, however, left. for Okla noma City on visit of several weeks to the formers sister.
 Ol Kirkland, president of the Hut Grocery Company, Little Rock, came Up Wednesday morning and left for Augusta in the afternoon. He has our thanks for a years subscription to the Daily INDEPENDENT.
 Lieut.-Gov. o. N. Killough of Vann- dale arrived in Little Rock Tuesday morning to act as governor until Governor Davis returns from New York and Washington. The gov ernor expects to be absent about ten days.
 Prospects are that the month of July will establish heat record sec- ond to none in this locality, quite the opposite to the month of June, which was the coldest ever according to rec ords of the weather office.-Memphis News.
 A Mrs. Hackney, living across White rlVer ln Oil Trough bottom, about ten miles west of here, died Tuesday night and was buried We'd nesday at Surrounded Hill. The de- ceased was sister-in Ia y of D. A Carr of this city.
 The Batesville & Jacksoaport Rail road Company has a corps of engi- neers in the field between Batesville and Jacksonport. They have already filed profile of the route and the engineers are making supplementary surveys.-Batesville Bee.
 Mrs. I. Sprigg and daughters Tillie, Mary, Lucy and Elizabeth and Mrs. E. B. Wilmans and daughter Matilda left Wednesday to spend the remain der of the Summer at Mount Mapa-