J ABOUT PEOPLE—MAINlf. \
The guage report Friday was 6.2
feet.
Wanted—Three or four boarders.
Apply to 301 Main St. d tf.
Skates—new stock just received at
Bowen’s Cash Store. b tf 218.
Peter Anderson returned to Bates
ville Friday afternoon on the local.
y Mrs. W. E. Holmes returned Thurs
day to Batesville after a visit to Dal
las, Texas.
Corn, bran, corn chops, corn and
oat chops, oats and hay at Bowen’s
Cash Store. 224-btf
R. A. Dowdy of Batesville spent
Thursday night here on his way to
Little Rock.
Owing to removal, some articles of
household furniture for sale. Apply
to Rev. L. H. Richardson. 231 d6t
Mrs. J. P. Berman and baby leave
Sunday for St. Louis, where they will
visit Mrs. Berman’s relatives.
Elise Hooker was reported better
Friday and it is thought that her im
provement will soon be marked.
See the display of new ginghams for
spring 1903 in the window at Chas.
Meyer’s Great Bargain Store. 229 btf
LOST—Greek letter fraternity
badge, for return of which reward will
be paid by owner, Judge M. M. Stuck
ey . d3t.
Ike Goldman returned Friday noon
from Little Rock with a newly initi
ated Elk in the person of Arthur
Fels.
Sack found containing gentleman’s
clothing. Owner can recover same
by calling at this office or upon Henry
Buford. 214 dtf
Mrs. T. D. Kinman, Sr., returned
from Little Rock Thursday night with
Miss Noreene, whom she brought
home sick.
Lost—Pair of spectacles Saturday
evening on Hazel street. Reward
will be paid for return of same to shop
of C. J. Saenger. 229 d3t.
Peter Anderson came down from
Batesville Thursday night to be pres
ent during the argument for license
in the county court.
Harry Lasker came up from Little
Rock on the noon train Friday, too
late for the affray and returned on
No. 3 a half hour later.
Miss Mayme Goss and sister re
turned on the noon train Friday to
their home in Poplar Bluff after a
short visit to Miss Katie Bishop.
For Sale—Residence, corner Haz^y
and Fifth streets. Ternis*j^jjjg»«tfTiown
__ on application.
. McDonald
For nice rigs of any kind and good
driving horses, place your call with
R. L. Robinson, upper end of Front
Street. Charges always reason
able. 62dtf
Lyman Reedei, the young Batesville
attorney, was here Thursday on his
return to that town, after a visit to
his former home in Lexington, Mis
souri.
H. Snell Simmons was here Friday
on business, having been a passenger
on the wrecked train. He felt that
he had cause for congratulating him
self on escaping injuries.
Turner Collier of Tupelo was here
Friday and had a short conference
with the county clerk in reference to
his marriage Sunday evening at the
Methodist church of Tupelo to Miss
Lou Mustin.
—- —s^ev. ,T. F. Jernigan, a minister of
tbeiviethodist church, who was given
the Weldon and Tupelo circuit by the
last conference, was a visitor in New
port Friday and subscribed for the
Weekly Independent.
Alvin Scales, whose foot was crushed
beneath car wheels Thursday night as
related in this issue, had the member
amputated Friday morning and will
be taken to-night to the Missouri
Pacific Hospital at St. Louis.
Prof. W. S. Skaggs, superintendent
of the Paragould public schools,
passed through here Friday noon on
his way to Little Rock to attend a
meeting of the officers of the state
teachers’ association. He was look
ing in the best of health and inquired
after his Newport frieuds.
H. Oliver Nouss left Friday noon
for St. Louis, which he will make his
home in the future. No young man
ever came to Newport, who made
more friends than Mr. Nouss and the
expressions of regret are general that
he should find it to his interest to re
turn to St. Louis. He is a young man
of high character and the possessor
of a genial and frank disposition that
makes friendships easily won. We
w’ish him the highest measure of suc
cess.
There are thirty-odd divorce cases
on the docket at Newport. What a
lot of bad cookB Newport must have.
—Batesville Bee. The cause is very
unjustly assigned, as the Batesville
scribe would know, had he ever en
joyed the hospitality of a Newport
home. Women’s names comprise the
majority of the plaintiffs, who seek to
annul the marriage contract and they
generally have a better excuse than
husbands who separate because they
failed to marry cooks.
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Don, the St, Bernard pet of Guy
Smith and a terror to the tramps who
came that way, was poisoned Tuesday
night. He weighed 158 pounds and
was purchased a coffin by his master,
who was very much attached to the j
dog.
The Independent is in receipt of!
Number 3, Volume 1 of the Batesville |
Daily Bee, edited by W. W. Powell, a
j son of Judge R. H. Powell. The pa
j per is a five column folio patent, de
| cidedly newsy and ably edited. A
daily paper is of much service in the
I promotion of a town’s interests and
! we hope that Mr. Powell may rally to
his support a good advertising pat
ronage, which is essential for a paper
that would fill its position creditably.
Announcement has been made of
the approaching marriage of Miss
Essie Blass, only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Blass, to Mr. Joseph Berg
er of Jonesboro. Miss Blass is one of
the leading and most attractive young
ladies in Jewish circles of Little Rock,
and in the society of other cities where
she has been deservedly popular.
Mr. Berger, to whom she is affianced,
comes of a well-known family of
northeast Arkansas and a young busi
ness man of many sterling qualities.—
Little Rock Democrat.
SHORT ORDER LUNCHES.
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Mrs. H. Bernstein has decided upon
I an innovation at the Hotel Hazel and
j will keep the dining room open from
two to five and from eight to
twelve o’clock p. m. for short order
lunches. This step was made for the
convenience of the traveling public,
but will be made a permanent feature
of the hotel, if proper encouragement
and support is given by the town
230 dtf.
RATION3 EAVF WAR CHESTS.
Vait Stints In European Trensnrlrs
Laid Dp for Times of
Strife.
A source ot amazement to continental
politicians is the facility with which
Great Britain obtains the money to
carry on the South African campaign.
Even our severest critics acknowledge
that in no other country could the
many millions already voted have been
obtained so readily.
This is all the more wonderful to
them when they remember that in the
sense they understand it England has
no war chest to fall back upon. The ex
planation is simple enough. Knpiydcl,
being the richest country in world,
her credit stands high •’ a,a°3’$e is able
to raise vast ,si’"’^r‘Sit?i moment’s no
tice, says **'il'London Daily News.
, |2fSe h’hse is different in France, where
they have something like £70,000,000
wrorth of gold and £ 50,000,000 worth of
silver ready for war time. The Austro
Hungarian bank possesses about £30,
000,000 for a like purpose, while Ger
many clings to the old-fashioned sys
tem of maintaining an actual war chest,
containing £6,000,000, at the fortress
of Spandau. It is also estimated that
Russia has ready at least £100,000,000.
Financially, Europe is prepared for
the day that pessimistic prophets say
is drawing nigh—the day when wild
war shall run riot throughout the east
ern hemisphere. There is at least £155,
000,000 waiting for the time when the
war clouds shall gather, and in a great
j war it is tolerably certain it would all
J be spent.
i CROWDING INTO THE CITIES.
J Ilnral nistrlet* In Hng;lnnd Are liny
Idly Being; Forsaken by
the People.
The depopulation of the rural dis
tricts of England is beginning to cause
serious concern to the government.
From statistics recently collated it is
learned that in 1801 36 per cent, of the
population lived in towns of 1,000 in
habitants and upward, whereas in 1891
64 per cent, of the population inhabited
towns exceeding 4,000 in population.
The rural population in 1891 on 31,577,
000 acres was only 5,534,000 persons out
of a total population of 29,002,525. It
will be seen from these latter figures,
says a London exchange, that less than
one-fifth ot the whole people live in the
country and are engaged in rural occu
pations. Lord Avebury, in commenting
upon these figures, ascribed the de
crease of rural population to the failure
of the country schools to foster interest
in country life and objects. There have
been other causes at work, however.
The great development in the pleasures
and recreations of town life, the in
creased interest in politics, agricultural
depression, miserable labor wages and
last, but perhaps not least, the local
tyranny of squire and parson, have con
tributed to this result. It is perhaps
| yet to be seen whether the development
of local government will have the de
sirable effect of making country life
; more interesting and tolerable.
Lumbermen** Libraries.
Among the sawmill towns and log
ging camps of northern Wisconsin 28
I small libraries are circulating under
I the care of Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop,
; of Ashland. Often this is almost the
j only good literature that reaches
| these places, where most of the {>eo
ple are too poor to buy books. Many
more libraries could be used to ad
; vantage; also illustrated newspapers
| and back numbers of magaines.
A Hound’s Long Trip.
A hound was bought in Missouri
: and shipped in a closed express car
j to a ranch in Kansas. In a day or
two it was missing. Investigation
| proved that it had gone back to its
Missouri home, over a distance of 500
miles, on a road entirely unknown to
i the dog.
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
8T. L. I. M. & 8. RAILWAY.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 72 Local Freight. 6:45 a. m.
No. 2. 4:05 a. rri.
No. 4. 11:05 a. m.
No. 12 . 8:48 p.m.
No. 6. 10:50 p.m
No. 8.11:32 p. m
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 73 Local Freight. 7:00 a. m.
No. 7. 4:05 a. m.
No. 5. 4:40 a. m. j
No. 11. 6:15 a.m.
No. 3. 11:39 a. m.
No. 1. 10:50 p. m.
BATE8VILLE BRANCH.
Passenger Leaves. 7:00 a.m.
Mixed “ 11:45 a. m.
Passenger Arrives. 6:45 p. m.
Mixed “ 10:15 a.m.
JACK HERRON.
Back again in Newport and
Prepared to do all kinds ol
Brick Work.
Repair Work Promptly
Attended To.
JACK JONES,
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat
and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
rialists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
Have Your
Clothes Made,
Cleaned, Pressed
and Repaired
-BY
Arthur Hunly
The Tailor on Front Street.
I SPECIAL SALE! j
I Spring Embroideries and Laces, *903. j
This stock came in ahead of time and we want to j
as possible before taking invoice of stoc • bands and flan= I
the handsomest line of allovers, edges,
nelings, both in laces and embroideries, and we will place them on
sale Tuesday morning at a discount of
__20 PER eENT_—- I
I From regular prices which are marked in |
i plain figures. I
Watch Our Windows!
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I Some great things will be shown therein. Come early ano bring
your pocketbook. Remember don’t forget that. Enormous reduc- |]
Itions are made in every other department of the house. Come and
see the good things we are offering
RESPECTFULLY, |
WOLFF-GOLDMAN MERCANTILE CO. I
“Outfitters For All Mankind.” |
Newport, = = Arkansas, jjj
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Buys and Sells Farms,
City Property,
Timber Lands &c.
Money To Loan,
Farm Insurance.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Call or write, No. 107 Hazel Street,
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
WILL PAY YOUR TAXES
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To Owners el
Gas and Gasoline
Engines, Launches,
Automobiles, Etc.
You can avoid nso of
batteries and expense
of their constant re
newals If you have In
their place an
AUTOSPARKER.
It can be attached to any machine, new or old.
Write for descriptive booklet containing testi
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of gas and gasoline engines, automobiles,
launches, etc.
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