For good board lind beds, in
quire at 209 Hazelfstreet. tf
A. Arndt left/Wednesday for
a several weeks/ trip on the road.
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Oliver Dodson and wife have
gone to housekeeping on Hazel
street.
Strawberries for the market
every day. Apply to Doctor F.
G. Smith. d5tf
Mrs. R. M. Laird went to Au
vergne Tuesday for a few days’
visit.
A. Fels returned Wednesday
from a business trip to Little
Rock.
Mrs. Narcie Minor will enter
tain the Clover Club Thursday
afternoon.
New Hazel dray to all parts of
city. Telephone your orders to
the Hazel. 22d4w
We are agents for W. B. cor
sets, the best on earth. Bowen’s
Cash Store. 12btf
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. O’Neal
will entertain the Euchre Club
Thursday evening.
Wanted—Second hand baby
carriage. Address Chester, care
Independent. 9d8t
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
site city jail, 86dtf
Mrs. L. Minor and little son,
Launcelet Cabbel, left Tuesday
noon for a few weeks’ visit to
Hot Springs.
Bert H. Johnson, the genial
representative of the Courtney
Shoe Co. of St. Louis, was in our
city Wednesday.
Sydney Smith left Wednesday
for St. Louis, after a several
weeks’ visit to his grandfather,
Dr. F. G. Smith.
W. M. Ball and W. W. Moore,
two prominent young business
: men of Batesville, were at the
( Hazel Wednesday.
\ Mrs. Joe McNair, after a two
) weeks’ visit to her daughters in
‘^-'NeWport, returned to her home
in Searcy Wednesday.
Several of our young men at
tended an entertainment at Jack
sonport Tuesday night given by
Miss Allie Anderson.
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The best assortment of lace we
have ever received. Only 5 cents
a yard, but worth .12 1-2 to 2(
cents. Bowen’s Cash Store. IS
Lost—Near opera house, class
pin, inscribed “Galloway, 1900.’
Finder will be rewarded by re
turning to Miss Hal Phillips. 11
The many friends of Sam Tag
gart will be glad to learn that he
is rapidly improving, and is
thought to be entirely out oj
danger.
The W. C. T. U. Society wil
meet with Mrs. 0. W. Scarbor
ough at 3 o’clock Thursday after
noon. A full attendance is de
sired.
Mrs. T. S. Stephens and babj
' and Mrs. W. J. Knox came horn*
Wednesday from a week’s visi
h. to Mrs. S. S. Prewitt of Littl*
Rock. Also attended the Chris
tian association in that city las
week.
Men’s fancy embroidered am
drop stitch half hosiery. 25-cen
value, a new line and they all g<
on Wednesday. Thursday am
Friday at 19 cents a pair. Bow
en’s Cash Store. 12d3t
Mrs. W. R. Thompson lef
Wednesday for a several days
visit with her sister. Mrs. E. D
Bracy of Little Rock. She wil
01- be accompanied on her retun
'orf, home by little Miss Helen Bracy
lart|n,jyjr anc| Mrs. Will Loeb am
Parties and Mrs. Dave Meyer. wh<
ursions nr, been visiting Chas. Meye:
i. Joyce atster, Miss Hannah Meyer o
dll always bi t, have returned home
Misses Sue isas DemocraL
eulah Casey returned i
go from an extendec
through the south
of trouble with hei
obliged to cance
mt and receivec
*1~ Rock.—Moun
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Judge Humphries of Salem,
who is holding chancery court, is
accompanied by his wife.—
Batesville Bee.
L. A. Moore and W. C. Worth
ern, prominent citizens of New
ark, were registered at the
i Creighton Tuesday night.
N. R. Pritchard, the commer
cial agent for the great N. & W.
railroad at Little Rock, was in
the city on business Wednesday.
Dr. C. E. Carroll will return
this evening from Little Rock,
where he has been attending the
State Dental Association meet
ing.
Arthur Neill of Little Rock
was in Newport Tuesday night
en route home from Batesville,
where he had been on legal busi
ness.
Hon. Emmett Jeffery came up
from Newport this morning to
look after some legal business in
Judge Humphries’ court.—Bates
ville Bee.
Dr. Hiram Campbell of New
port came up Monday. He re
cently returned from Nashville,
Tenn., where he spent a year in
hnanitnl urnrW
The many friends of Mrs.
Charles Wilmans will regret to
learn that a continued attack of
rheumatism is causing her the
most intense suffering and has
alarmed the family as to her
condition.
Dr. Oscar Jones accompanied
V. G. Richardson to Batesville
Thursday morning, where the
latter will undergo an X ray
examination, with the hope of
locating the bullet which has
never been extracted.
Morgan Robinson, an old
Jacksonport boy, arrived from
Portland, Oregon, Wednesday
morning and after spending a
few hours with old friends whom
he had not seen for seventeen
years, left for Jacksonport to
v isit his parents, W. P. Robin
son and wife.
George Robinson, the newly
elected night watchman, was
called upon Tuesday night to ar
rest a woman of ill repute for
hitting a man in the head in one
of the houses north of the Iron
! Mountain track.. She plead guilty
before the mayor to disturbing
the peace and was fined $5 and
costs, which was paid.
Among those who attended the
i party at Jacksonport Tuesday
evening given by Miss Allie An
derson, at which very dainty re
freshments of cream and cake
were nicely served, were Miss
Jennie Warner from Hoxie, Wm.
Penix from Tuckerman, Sprigg
1 Foushee, Wm. Hurley, Will
; Sprigg, Love Grant and Dr. Ira
Erwin of Newport.
T. S. Stephens accompanied
J. H. Cummings of Dexter, Mis
souri, Tuesday on a trip down to
Ingleside, the farm of John H.
Keel on W lute river. Mr. sum
mings was highly pleased with
the country, and said that he ex
! pected to locate a party of immi
- grants here on some of his future
! excursions. Mr. Stephens says
' that farming is pretty well ad
- vanced all down along the river
for this time of the year.
Fred Nimmo of Clarendon,
who has been here purchasing
| logs, went down the river Wed
nesday with seven rafts of cot
tonwood and gum, or nearly
400,000 feet of lumber, to be
; sawed up at Clarendon. It was
i one of the biggest lots ever sent
down from this section and con
^ tained some very fine specimens
1 of cottonwood. Mr. Nimmo pur
chased from T. S. Stephens the
I second largest tree he had seen
> in this state.
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? ESTRAYED.
A bay mare 6 years old, full
t above the eyes; mane not very
| long; hog backed; slim made;
weight about 800 pounds; hair on
• part of neck and shoulders friz
[ zled. Will give $5 for informa
! tion leading to the recovery of
. her. L. M. Conditt,
wit Tuckerman. Ark.
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Notice of Assessment.
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named for the purpose of assessing the property
of Jackson County, Ark.:
McCougall's Residence, June 6th and 7th.
Grand Glaize, June 8th and 9th.
Jacksonport, June 10th and 11th.
Auvergne, June 13 and 11th.
Weldon, June 15th and 16th.
Tupelo, June 17th and 18th,
Grubbs, June 20th and 21st.
Richwoods (Martin Res.,) June 22nd.
Cow Lake (8-Mile School House,) June 23rd.
Burton's Store, June 24th.
Martin's School House, June 25th.
Village (Post Oak School House,) June27th.
Strider’s Store, J une 28th.
Elgin, June 29th.
Centerville, June 30th.
Tuckermfi n, July 1st and 2nd.
Swifton, July 5th and 6th.
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