VOLUME V. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 190^-_NUMBER 192
AffECTING ARKANSAS.
Number of Bills Introduced in Congress
Relative to State’s Interest.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Repre
sentative Reed of Arkansas yes
,, terday introduced a number of
\ bills, all of which are of more or
less interest, among them a bill
yfor a federal building at Dardan
elle which is to cost $100,000.
Also a bill to erect a federal
jail at Little Rock at a cost of
$50,000, provided that suitable
grounds for such a jail shall be
furnished free of cost to the
government.
Also a bill providing for the
enlargement of the Little Rock
federal building at a cost of
$250,000.
v A bill for the establishment of
United States court at Checota,
I. T.
A measure appropriating $300
000 for macadamized approaches
and roadway to the National
cemetery at Little Rock, and for
a suitable wall or iron fence
around the cemetery, and last,
but not least, a modest bill ask
ing for an appropriation of $20,
000,000 for improvement of the
Ik Arkansas river from Fort Smith
down to its mouth.
ROCK ISLAM L) BK1LUL diul,.
Representative Wallace intro
duced a bill to authorize the
Rock Island and Arkansas and
Louisiana railroad companies to
construct a bridge across Ouachi
ta river at such a point as may
> be selected by the railroad com
I' panies.
RED RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
Representative Sheppard of
Texas yesterday introduced a
bill providing for a preliminary
examination and survey of the
south bank of upper Red river
above Fulton, Ark., for the pur
pose of constructing levees along
the bank wherever necessary to
improve navigation and to pre
vent overflow.
Whist Party.
Mrs. Joe Weisburg entertained
at whist Wednesday afternoon,
complimenting Mrs. Louis Ull
mann, of St. Louis. The affair
was distinctly informal but pleas
ant throughout, being enjoyed
by all present. At the conclu
sion of several games of whist,
the guests were seated at the
dining table, where an elegant
turkey luncheon of four courses
was served.
The guests were: Mesdames
Louis Ullmann, Maurice Weis
burg, Sedalia, Mo.; S. A. Adler,
C. J. Saenger, Louis Weisburg,
Marc Jacobson, Mark Cohn and
Miss-Hannah Meyer.
Little Rock Gets Reform School.
Little Rock, Dec. 5. —The state
penitentiary board, after ballot
ing all day, selected Little Rock
for the site of the state reforir
school authorized by the last
legislature. Van Buren was the
strongest competitor against Lit
tie Rock. The winning citj
^ agreed to donate 200 acres oi
land for the buildings, etc. The
commissioners selected a poinl
three miles west of Little Rock,
At the last session of the legisla
ture the sum of $30,000 was ap
propriated for establishing such
an institution.
Bird Township Troubles.
John Yelverton, a prominen
farmer of Bird township, was
badly cut on the right side of hi:
neck about 2 o’clock Sunda:
morning at Tuckerman by G. A
Choate. The latter was place*
under a $500 bond to appear ii
court as soon as Mr. Yelvertoi
is able to be out. The cause o
S the .trouble could not be learned.
Sunday morning about 11
o’clock at Elgin, two negroes be
came engaged in a scrap over a
debt. Ed Reed assaulted and
badly cut Tod Wright. Both
negroes live in that section.
The Dinsmore Letter.
For the first time in the pres
ent state campaign Senator Berry
and Governor Davis, candidates
for the United States senator
ship, met in joint discussion Sat
urday at Bentonville, the home
town of Senator Berry. No new
issues were discussed. Public
questions were alluded to, but in
this connection the two candi
dates did not depart from the
lines each has followed in their
speeches throughout the state.
The governor, however, had
six days before figured in a per
sonal encounter at Fayetteville
with ex-Congressman Hugh A.
Dinsmore over the possession of
a private letter to the latter from
Senator Berry, the governor hav
ing made use of the letter in a
public speech. When Mr. Dins
more demanded at Fayetteville
that the letter be returned to
him as his property, the governor
replied that he did not have the
letter with him—it was in his
desk in Little Kock.
But at Bentonville Governor
Davis produced the epistle which
had caused the trouble with Mr.
Dinsmore and, after stating its
substance, handed it to Senator
Berry.
When the senator subsequently
declared that the letter had been
stolen from Mr. Dinsmore’s room
the governor interrupted and
said that the man who gave him
the letter found it on the street.
Senator Berry then quoted from
the Arkansas statutes the law
providing that any one who finds
lost property and who, knowing
its lawful owner, appropriates it
to his own use, is guilty of lar
ceny.
By one of those coincidences
so frequent at psychological mo
ments in politics, the man who
found the letter also found the
political adversary of the letter
writer; and the governor can
prove by some 1,000 or more citi
zens of Benton county that he
returned the letter publicly to
Senator Berry the first time they
met after it Came into his posses
sion.
Meanwhile a very large num
; ber of the people of Arkansas,
mindful of the unpleasant noto
riety given the state by the Dins
more-Davis fight, will regret that
Governor Davis and Senator Ber
ry did not meet about two weeks
sooner with the governor then in
I a returning mood.—Little Rock
i Gazette.
S State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
' Lucas county.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney &Co., do
ing business in the city of Tole
do, county and state aforesaid,
and said firm will pay|the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
| day of December. A. D. 1886.
A. W. Gleason,
[Seal] Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken
;! internally, and acts directly on
i! the blood and mucous surfaces
5 of the system. Send for testi
r monials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
1 Toledo, Ohio.
i Sold by all druggists, 75c.
i Take Hall’s Family Pills foi
f constipation.
Real Estate Transfers.
T. D. Lawrence and wife to
Sam Swan, lot 6, block 35, Tuok
erman, $87.50.
Jacob C. Cochran to Anna.
Gertie and George M. Yelvertor,
40 acres, 34-13-2, $400.
J. D. Neal, as commissioner,
to T. E. Elmore, 36 acres, 3, 10,
24-9-1, $825.
James Sexton and wife to John
W. Osmon, 35 acres, 28-10-4,
$80.
J. T. McCartney to A. E.
Shoffner, 80 acres, 1-10-2, 1300.
John P. Williamson and wife
to A. E. Shoffner, 80 acres, 1-10
2, for six bales of cotton.
Myrtle Wood and C. W. Wood
to Leaburn E. Free, 40 acres,
27-11-3, $300.
Wolff-Goldman Realty Com
pany to Florence -and Jessie
Leonard, lot 33, block 9, Daugh
erty’s Addition, Newport, $1,200.
W. B. Chastain to Thomas A.
Gilliam, lot 1, block “K,” Chas
tain’s Addition, Newport, $50.
W. N. Pierce and wife to A.
W. Sweatt, 2 acres in Tupelo,
$1.00.
Rutherford L. Jones to Alice
Ard, 40 acres, 17-9-2, $350.
John Greenhaw and wife to j
Bettie Greenhaw, 40 acres, 25- j
19 1 <210
W. L. McGee to Idotha Guy
Smith, lot 3, block 19, Newport,
$1,825.
G. A. Lockard to V. M. Mc
Dowell, half lot 2, block 4, Tu
pelo, $1.42.
A first-class restaurant is the
verdict of those who patronize
James Wegley’s Palace Restau
rant. 92btf
Marriage licenses.
H. C. Richmond and Ivy Hus
key, both of Strawberry.
Charley Taylor and Mrs. F. E.
Turner, both of Newport.
H. B. Way land and Dora Mc
Cartney, both of Remmel.
D. J. C. Thomas and Mrs. M.
A. Bryant, both of Newport.
Emmett Seaton and Annie
Winesberry (both colored), of
Eight Mile.
Matthew Martin and Gertrude
Walton, both of Tuckerman.
Foster Boyce Dowell and Myr
tle Catherine Horn, both of Tuck
erman.
R. F. Cherry and Alice Brock,
both of Newport.
M. S. Littleton and Mrs. Mat
tie C. Brown, both of Newport.
James Hogan and Hester Yan
dell (both colored), of Newport.
Will you attend the great
closing out sale of Bailey
Mercantile Co. and secure
the great money-saving ad
vantages offered this week?
White River Conference.
Helena, Dec. 6.—The White
River conference met in this city
today and many distinguished
ministers are in attendance.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of
Mississippi presides. It is the
thirty-sixth annual session. Af
ter weeks of preparation the
local Methodist church, through
its energetic pastor, Dr. H. G.
Henderson, has everything in
readiness for the visitors, and
they are being hospitably enter
tained.
Haviland French China, Ger
man and English imported porce
lain ware at 5 and 10 cent store.
Return Engagement.
The Herald Square Comic Op
era Company, which plays a re
turn engagement at the opera
house Saturday, December 9,
| matinee and night, needs no in
troduction to Newport people.
From comments heard ever since
Newport Opera House.
Vining & Parish’s Offerings.
COMING
W. E. Nankeville’s Supreme
Success
HUMAN
HEARTS
A true story from life pre
sented in dramatic form.
Complete Scenic Equipment.
Capable Company of Players.
Startling Mechanical Devices.
SESAL^AT* JACOCKS
j NEWPORT’S LEADING JEWELER.
the company presented “A Trip
to India,” the 24th of last
month, it is evident that they
scored a hit. Newport will be
the seventeenth town in which
the company has played return
I engagements this season, and is
| on its way back to Louisiana for
a series of twelve more returr
dates. This fact alone speaks
volumes. *
i A Saturday matinee will b<
i given especially for la lies am
j children. Prices 15, 25 and 31
(cents, and as Newport has no
| had a Saturday mttinee in sorm
| time it will no doubt result in ;
|good house.
i See Elmo Riddell’s ad. in thi
1 issue. 73btf
Santa Claus is a-hitching up his deer; time
for you to be looking over his stock, so
there won’t be a hitch at the last mo
ment in the i resent-buying for those
dear to you.
This store is Santa Claus’ repository,
where you’ll find house coats, lounging
robes, bath robes, mufflers, handker
chiefs, neckwear, umbrellas, gloves,
hose, suspenders in individual boxes,
white and fancy waistcoats, and no end
of handsome and useful things for man
and boy. Dont delay. Come and in
vestigate the lines we can lay before you.
“GET THE HABIT.”
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£\ei\s Outfitters ^e^port/Mt
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THE BANK OF NEWPORT
Solicits the acccounts of depositors who desire
the accommodations of a first-class, well
equipped and reliable banking house.
OFFIOERS AMD DIREOTQRS.
Geo. W. Decker, President. R. M. Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Batley, Vice Pres’t. Jas. L. Jones, Ass’t Cashie
Thos. J. Graham. Ed. P. Shoffner. J. T. Hendbksoi
Jos. M. Stayton. Dr. J. M. Jones. T. S. Stiiph
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Our Customers
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Find no cause for complaint , sL
A bank account is a help to ever >
mar. Join the procession and
put your money in a good safe
j bank.
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Arkansas Bank and Trust Gs
■> NEWPORT ,‘ARK.
Capital $100,000.
l OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. :«■
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Proa,
' Chas. G. Henry, Cashier. >
[ Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Camp
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W. Duttoi
b 0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D. Fulke
R. K. Fitzhugh.