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VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1906. NUMBER 243.
GETS LIGHT DAMAGES.
J. P. Johnson Awarded Judgment Against
Iron Mountain for $200 - One
Other Jury Case Wednesday.
The jury in the damage suit of
J. P. Johnson versus the Iron
•Mountain, for $5,000, on Wed
nesday morning j^ave the plaint
iff a judgment for $200.
In the cause of E. P. Shoffner
as administrator of the estate of
his father, the late A. E. Shoff
ner, versus W. H. Shoffner, the
jury gave the plaintiff a verdict
for $525.74.
The grand jury returned 3 in
dictments Tuesday and having
visited the county pauper and
convict farms, expected to make
their final report Wednesday
afternoon.
Marcus Berger Dead.
Marcus Berger, one of Jones
boro’s wealthiest and most in
fluential citizens died at his home
in that city Tuesday night at 11
o’clock from an illness of several
months’ duration, from which
he has been a great sufferer all
the time.
Mr. Berger had traveled
abroad for several months hop
ing to be benefited, but returned
home a few weeks ago, and lived
but a short time. His age was
61 years.
The deceased leaves a heart
broken wife, three sons and one
daughter, who mourn the loss
of a most indulgent and loving
husband and father.
* The remains will be taken to
St. Louis Thursday afternoon at
fho request of the deceased, for
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Ddiesviiie People Wed.
Mrs. Carroll D. Matheny left
this city Monday night for New
port. At the depot she informed
The Guard reporter that she was
going to that city to be married
s to Chas. White, after which they
would go to Bluefield, W. Va., to
make their home.
Mrs. Matheny is the widow of
the late Carroll D. Matheny, who
died in this city recently, and
who conducted a restaurant on
Main street prior to his death.
White came here last fall, with
John Robinson’s circus, and be
gan work in Matheny’s restau
rant, prior to the death of that
gentleman. — Batesville Guard.
Grand Opera Company.
Inasmuch as the Independent
staff doesn’t include a musical
critic and the writer’s education
being sadly ne^ lected along this
r \ line, a very e ;ended notice of
Tuesday night s rendition of
numerous scenes from Parsifal,
II Trovatore. Faust and other
classics in musical lore, would
subject the paper to return criti
cism from our exchanges, who
term our ideas “little and insig
nificant.” Hence we forbear.
However the house did say the
company included mucn unusual
-talent and the program was en
joyed by those capable of its full
interpretation. There were some
good voices and encores were
numerous.
! The most deserved and mani
fested ones were those in ac
knowledgment of the wonderful
; handling of the violin by Miss
Rose Sicardi. She is mistress of
1 its strings; her musical soul gave '
|them inspiration and her cul
tured talent brought forth the
sweetest harmonies and most
beautiful runs. Her audience
would have willingly listened to
her selections, which were w7ell
taken, for hours at a time.
The next attraction “Hans
and Nik” promises to be the
event of the local season in its j
line. It is full of mirth and j
good to look upon and will doubt
less draw7 a nacked house.
freeze Pleases fruit Growers.
Texarkana, Feb. 6-A heavy
sleet fell Sunday night, and this
morning the ground was frozen
hard and partly covered with
white. Today has been one of
the coldest of the season so far,
and following a recent spell of
springlike weather, is felt all
the more keenly. Fruit grow
ers and truck farmers express
themselves as greatly pleased
with the cold snap, as a few
more days of warm weather,
would have meant great damage
to their interests a little later on.
Change of Oates.
The candidates for circuit;
judge have canceled all engage
ments for speaking in Jackson
county from Feb. 5th to 10th in
clusive, except on the evening
of Feb. 9th,' when they will
speak at the court house in this
city at 7:30 p.m.
The canceling of these engage
nents is due to the fact that the
lotices were not sent out as had
<een instructed. A new list of1
atesfor the county will be made
oon.
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Our daily subscribers are pay
ig $4.80 per year for the Daily
^dependent at 40 cents peri
ionth, and to relieve us of the
monthly collections and book
keeping, and at the same time
yive our patrons more matter for
their money, we are putting on
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SHOT THROUGH TRAIN.
Passenger on Rock Island Train in
jured by Rifle Rtilloi Noai Roonc
vifle.
Booneville, Feb. C> — Some mis
creant careltrs! or intentionally
fired a rifle sim: through the
window of Rock i -land passengei
train No. 2 yesterday morning
about three mile.- west of Boone
ville, inflicting a painful and
probably serious wound in the
back part of the neck of a pas
senger, W. A. Thomas of Sacra
mento, Ky. The wounded man
stopped at Booneville for med
ical attention. It appears that
the shot was fired from a short
distance and from an elevation.
The bullet embedded itself in the
muscles of the neck.
Mr. Thomas is resting com
fortably and thinks of resuming
his journey” to visit a brother at
Birmingham, Ala., tonight.
There is no clew to the per
petrator.
$ The International Sabbath $
& School Lessons. 1906.
fi 4
Feb. 11, 1906.
Subject—“Jesus Calling Fish
ermen.”
Luke 5:1-11.
Read Matthew 4:18-22: Mark
1:16-20; Luke 4:14-31.
Golden Text—“Be ye therefore
followers of God as dear chil
dren.”—Eph. 5:1.
After his ordeal of meeting
the tempter in the wilderness,
Jesus appears to have returned
and mingled with the throngs
that were listening to the teach
ings and receiving the baptism
of John. About this time a del
egation of the more learned
Pharisees went out from Jerusa
lem to make some investigation
of John the baptiser, who had
now left the Judean side of Jor
dan and was pushing his labors
over near Bethabara or Be.h
any on the eastern side of the
Jordan. John told this delega
tion plainly that he was'not the
Christ and that he was merely
“a voice crying in the wilder
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pie to repentance and make
ready for the coming One.
Later still he saw Jesus among
the multitudes, recognized him
and with his penetrating voice
told the throngs that One was
among them whom they knew
not and whose shoe strings he was
not worthy to untie. The day
following this He pointed out
His own disciples, “The Lamt
of God that taketh away the sir
of the world.”
At this announcement, Johr
who was subsequently known as
the “beloved disciple” and An
drew, left John the baptiser anc
spent a day with Jesus. Andrew
went and brought Simon tc
Jesus and Jesus gave him tht
additional name Peter, or Cephas,
a stone.
The following day Jesus founc
Phillip and invited him to gc
with him up into Galilee. Phil
lip found Nathaniel, brought him
to Jesus and Nathaniel boldly
announced his belief in Jesus as
the Son of God —the first of al
confessions!
Our Savior next appears ir:
Galilee at a marriage in Cana
accompanied by his disciples
supposedly John, Andrew, Peter
Phillip and Nathaniel, some ol
them or all of them. It was then
that he turned the water intc
wine.This miracle was wrought ir
March A. D. 2i, Jesus being
about 30 years of age. The next
recorded event is his visit to the
Passover in J alvin ' he last
of March or first of April of the
same’’ear. There he vr.'light
miracles of which we nave no
record, drove out a lot ol traders
from one temple, had a night nr
terview with Nicodemus, a prom
inent member of the great San
hedrin, the supreme court ol the
Jewish nation. After this he
spent some time teaching, his
disciples baptizing in Judea.
There arose a sharp disputa
tion between the disciples ol
John and the Jews about John s J
ordinance of baptism as purify
ing and that of Jesus and on i
reference of the question to John
he frankly told them that Jesus
whose forerunner he was must
increase, while he (John) must
decrease. John was soon after
arrested and put into the prison j
of Machaerus. Jesus then re
turned to Galilee, going through 1
Samaria and saving a woman of
Sychar and many others.
With headquarters in Nazareth
Jesus pursued his work, prob
ably accompanied by his discip- j
les. A notable miracle of heal
ing a prominent man’s son 25
miles away in Capernaum is re
corded in full.
While teaching in the byna
gogue in Nazareth and making
public affirmation of his having
been anointed of God to preach
the gospel, his own people were
so offended that they endeavored
to kill him by throwing him over
a precipice. The result was that
Jesus escaped from their rage
and went over to Capernaum
and fixed his home there. So
much for the intervening events.
! Fully a year and probably some
what more has elapsed since his
batism.
I The lesson tells us that he was
' out by the Sea of Galilee, a sea ;
made forever sacred by his resi
dence by it and by his teachings
and miracles near it, on it and
IN it.
It was early in the morning,'
probably n the month of March,
A. D. 29. As usual, a great
throng pressed about him—Sim
on’s boat was tied up near by
1 and Simon and other hshermen
were washing their nets, wearied
and disappointed from an all
night effort and no fishes.
Jesus stepped on Simon’s boat;
a few pushes of the oar by Simon
moved the boat out some feet
| from the shore. From this fish
! erman’s nulnit Jesus preached to
the sea of faces that looked down
! upon him from the shore. The
sermon ended, he requested
Simon to thrust out to the deep
water and let down his net. ;
Simon protested that he had let,
it down again and again all |
night long, yet he obeyed. The
result was a draught of fishes so
great that his net was like to
break. By the aid of other fish
ermen and at great risk of sink
ing their boats a perfectly enor
mous load of fishes was brought
ashore. Peter and James and
John and all others could not
fittingly express their a tonish
ment. Peter found himself upon
his knees, before the son of God
confessing his sinfulness.
Jesus quiets his fear and sets
him apart as a fisher of men.
“Henceforth thou shalt catch
men.”
The one great lesson that our
Savior sought to impress in this
miracle is clear—how to catch
MEN.
i It is to be assumed that every
■ child of grace and mercy would
, be glad to save others. To
wholly be without concern for
the lost is surely cause for con
cern about oneself. Concern
about others will awaken con
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