Little Adrian Balmaz is quite
sick.
V. M. Ake was reported quite
sick Wednesday.
Eating sweet potatoes at Bow
en’s Cash Store. • 79btf
For Sale—My home in East
Newport. C. W. Best. 71btf
Car load of matches for 5 cents
at the Five and Ten Cent store.
Sunlight Flakes. The latest
out. Bowen’s Cash Store. 87dtf
Mrs. Rufus Clark is quite sick
at her home in East Newport.
Alcorn Ferguson returned
Wednesday noon from Little
Rock.
The largest assortment of lace
in town. 5c per yard. Bowen’s
Cash Store. 79btf
Geo. Yelverton and Jno. Seal
ley were down from Tuckerman
. , Wednesday.
T. J. Graham of Tuckerman
was mixing with Newport friends
Tuesday and Wednesday.
six tons oi extra nne cotton
seed for sale at $30 per ton. A.
Poer, Tuckerman, Ark. 45w4.
Mrs. J. H. Fuller of Little
Hock was expected Wednesday
to visit Mrs. M. M. Stuckey.
Just received another shipment
of White Silk flour—the best on
earth—at Bowen’s Cash Store.
Miss Mary Laird and little Ma
tilda Wilmans are spending the
week with friends in Auvergne.
About one hundred Dagoes
were in the city Wednesday, on
their way up the Batesville
branch.
Ed Mann left Tuesday night
for his new home in Marianna,
and Mrs. Mann will join him
later.
There will be no prayer meet
ing service at the Baptist church
tonight, owing to Miss Mosher’s
lecture.
Mrs. W. P. McDearmon of Lit
tle Rock passed through the city
Wednesday, on a visit to relatives
in Batesville.
A. J. Pettey and wife of Bald
Knob have moved to Newport,
the former accepting a position
with R. F. Drummond.
Postmaster Davis was down
from Swifton Wednesday and
brought the Independent a new
subscriber in Tom Doolan.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bevens
have returned from a several
weeks visit to Batesville. Mr.
Joevens health is much im
proved.
George Hays received a letter
from his wife Tuesday stating
that she was improving rapidly.
This is good news to Mrs. Hays’
many Newport friends.
Now is the time to make your
home merry, and you can do so
if you will buy a Victor Talking
Machine at Palace Jewelry Store.
Don’t forget they are the best.
Mrs. Etta Merrill will move
her millinery store Monday into
the building formerly occupied
by the Bailey Mercantile Com
pany’s grocery store.
Mrs. Lawrence Kennard of
Augusta spent Wednesday in
Newport on her way to Tucker
man to visit her mother, Mrs.
George Jowers. She was met
here by Miss Jennie Jowers.
Mitchell Gregg, who has been
visiting his brothers, T. J. and
Max Gregg, left Tuesday after
noon over the Choctaw for Mem
phis in order to return to school
in St. Louis.
A. H. Mize, wife and the lat
ter’s sister left Wednesday after
noon for their old home in Bow
ling Green, Ky. Mr. Mize worked
up a good business here and wt
wish him even better success ir
old Kentucky.
The Independent is glad tc
hear that the majority of the
merchants are volunteering tc
close their stores at 7 o’clock p.
m. every night, with the excep
tion of Saturday nights, begin
ning iMonday, April 4th and end
ing September 1, 1904.
Minor O’Neal is expected home
from Augusta Wednesday.
Mrs. A. D. Bailey will enter
! tain the Clover Club Thursday
i afternoon.
H. A. Dempsey, traveling for
a Cincinnati notion house, visited
Newport Wednesday.
Mrs. Allen of Searcy, mother
of T. E. Allen, came up Wednes
day on a visit to her son.
Mrs-. D. Terry and daughter,
Miss Helen, went to Little Rock
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. H. E. Cobb left Wednes
day morning for Lonoke, on a
visit to M. Holland and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Woodson
of Shoffner spent Wednesday in
the city.
For rent — Nicely furnished
rooms—for men only. Inquire at
the Kentucky Hotel. 80d6t
A party of gentlemen from Mt.
Vernon, 111., are here trying tc
buy timber lands.
For Rent — Furnished rooms
and board. Day boarders so
licited; 222 Laurel street. Mrs.
Lee. 79dtf
Anyone desiring a uameu
nurse can find one at corner of
Third and Main streets. Mrs.
A. E. Clark. 84d4w
Little Miss Mildred Minor was
expected home Wednesday from
a several days visit to relatives
in Augusta.
Mrs. Maude Marshall is expect
ed home from St. Louis Satur
day, to spend a few days visiting
relatives.
CHOCTAW DISTRICT
OF ROCK ISLAND.
Circulars were received' Mon
day at the local Rock Island offi
ces, says the Little Rock Gazette,
announcing the appointment of H.
W. Morrison as general freight
agent for the Choctaw district of
the Rock Island system, with
headquarters in Little Rock. The
circular shows that the former
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf
railroad will be henceforth known
as the Choctaw district of the
Rock Island.
Nothing has yet been received
regarding the office of general
passenger agent, held by Geo.
H. Lee, and he is now in Chica
go in conference with the higher
officials of the Rock Island. It is
certain that he will be retained
j with the Rock Island and his ap
| pointment as general passenger
j agent of the Choctaw district was
; expected Monday.
MANILA AND
SOUTHWESTERN.
The state board of railway in
! corporators Monday granted a
charter to the Manila and South
western railroad. It is proposed
by the company to build and ope
rate a railroad from Manila, Mis
sissippi ceunty, to Culberhouse,
Craighead county, a distance of
twenty-four miles. The capital
stock of the company is $150,000,
and the board of directors con
sists of R. L. Williford, Sam La
! vine, B. W. Cowan, C. R. Davis
and D. A. Smith.
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$390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION.
The Rock Island system offers
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
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which he is located. Letters
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Letters are desired not only
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JN OT1CE TO TAXFA Y ERS. |
I
I will be in my office from 7:30'
o’clock a. m. to 6o’clock p. m. to!
collect taxes. Office will close to
balance collections and answer
letters. Books will be closed on
April 10th and 25 per cent penal
ty will be added. Don’t wait un
til the last day or week.
Your friend,
R. W. Bandy,
Sheriff and Collector,
j Newport, Ark., Feb. 22. 55
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ists. Easy shaves and
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“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
site city jail. 86dtf.
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Read the Daily and Weekly In
dependent.
If you want to look neat, have
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A. Mortensen. In new quarters
opposite city jail. 86dtf.
FOR SALE. '
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Hazel streets. Eight rooms, re
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bath room, hot and cold water
Inquire of
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