Pome to Batesville Monday on
a v local, after a few days’ visit
W Newport relatives,
man \s Independence county bank
QueenS'clmsed the business house
the roacupied by J. P. Morrow.
Henryation $3,000.—Batesville
from Lit»'
noon on^vionday night, Feb. 1st,
away is’ gold watch, set with
Chsrls and 5 diamonds on one
ruptcf case and monogram “M.
leadi.” on other. Reward for
day n of same to this office. d3t
..Wall and wife of Hele
ia came Sunday night. Mrs.
Wall is accompanying her hus
Jband on one k his trips through
this territory. ^
Representative Lon Slaughter
» of Lee county spent Sunday here
in the interest of Hon. E. A.
McCulloch, who is a candidate
,for associate justice.
*uDr. W. M. Baird and family
aka moved to Eureka Springs
com Yellville and are very much
pleased with their new home, as
Eureka Springs is a very bea'u
tiful little city and a delightful
resort to make one’s home.
The sleet and rain of Saturday
night came very nearly being a
repetition of the awful storm of
February 1902, when the water
siped through the roofs of many
store buildings and damaged the
Stocks of the merchants. The
* rainfall, according to the gauge,
amounted to 1.22 inches.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Statnback
returned Sunday noon from quite
a lengthy visit to St. Louis and
New Orleans. They visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Phillips and Mr.
and Mrs. H. R. Palmer during
Mardi Gras and report these ex
Newportites very pleasantly lo
cated.
At 10 o’clock Sunday morning
a huge bonfire was kindled on the
square north of the Pulaski
county court house which de
stroyed property valued at about
$2,500. It was the occasion of
the carrying out of the burning
order of Judge R. J. Lea in the
matter of the seizure of some
fourteen gaming tables of va
rious kinds from the gambling
establishments of Little Rock last
June.
The law firm of Dodge & John
son, for many years general at
torneys in Arkansas and Indian
Territory for the Iron Mountain
Railroad Company, was today
reorganized. Col. Ben S. John
son will hereafter assume the po
sition of general attorney and
Hon. J. E. Williams of Little
Rock was appointed assistant
general attorney. This change
was necessitated on account of
the deat^i 6f Col. Geo. S. Dodge.
T1 ' . jii|
► J. M. Berger, Jr., was ov ihe
h sick list Sunday and MonJ^' ...
P Born-To Mr. and m JJJ.
Backus on Saturday, » b*by .
‘ B. H. White will '•’“'T® “f
5 run on the White Ri''e branch
e tomorrow. , - . , .
• FornSht-O^f^T 1
room. Good ^ m. baur
» treet. Ni* ^ 12d4w
, Mrs O' R. Richardson and E.
F I \>tspeich Ifldiana, were
-1 here 5«nday night>
i Trainmaster W. S. Hobbs of
■ little Rock spent Sunday night
i iand& Part of Monday here.
/ hyman Reeder of Batesville
iras down Monday on his way to
Lawrence county on business.
Miss Nell a^d Lucy Rhodes re
turned from a ten days’ visit to
Memphis friends Tuesday.—Os
ceola Times.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McElwee
went to Tuckerman Saturday on
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. George
L. Smith.
Mrs. Reiney of Batesville came
down Saturday on a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Bragg,
mnnti vi rr T-» «Gv» LunLo n nv. J
lIWUWUliU. 1 iV_i V/ U11U
both returning home Sunday.
Rev. T. C. Mahan was unable
to fill his pulpit Sunday, much to
the regret of his congregation.
His many friends will be glad to
learn that he is feeling much
better.
Mrs. Walter Harris and chil
dren left Monday noon for Hot
Springs to join Mr. Harris for a
month’s stay at that resort. They
were accompanied as far as Little
Rock by J. S. Wilmans.
T. C. Rainey of Kansas City,
Kansas, an old friend of the edi
tor, spent Sunday here on his
way up the White River branch.
He is looking over this section of
Arkansas with a view of invest
ing in our cheap lands.
Guy Brown of Newport was in
in the city Tuesday. While here
there was with him the biggest
man in Arkansas. He was a
traveling man, and we. did not
learn his name, except that he
was called “Uncle Jeff.” He
weighed something over 400.—
Des Arc Guidon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wallace
visited Little Rock and Hot
| Springs last week. Mr. Wallace
returned after four days in the
vapor valley, leaving Mrs. W. to
see the sights, visit friends and
take advantage of the waters.
She will return Sunday.—Walnut
Ridge Blade.
Engine No. 1612, which
ploughed its way through the
Batesville passenger at Diaz
when No. 1 collided with that
train, went north Monday morn
ing with No. 8. The repairs had
been so complete that those not
remembering the history of No.
1612, would have thought it a
new engine.
..
HORSE CRUSHED SKULL.
A team of horses belonging to
and standing in front of Hob
good & Robinson’s stable, at
tached to a lumber wagon, be
came frightened and ran away
about 9 o’clock Monday morning. J
The driver, Granville Burton, <
a negro boy, was not in the!;
wagon, but caught the lines and j
tried ineffectively to stop them. !'
They ran south on Beech street;'
to Lake avenue, where in turn- !
ing they collided with a tele
phone pole, crushing the skull
of one horse. He died in a short j:
while.
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TRACK CLEARED j 1
SATURDAY NIGHT.! ■
Service was resumed over this j
division of the Iron Mountain;
Sunday morning, Nos. 5, 7 and |
11 passing through here. Of the )
ten cars ditched the contents of "
only one, a car of cotton seed \
hulls, was badly damaged.
The wrecker from Little Rock ]
did not reach the scene until late l
in the afternoon and work was
continued throughout Saturday
night replacing the broken tres-!
tie and repairing the track. I c
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FOR ONLY
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With congress lr. session, and the presidential election next year, *Wry teteflk
gent man will want a daily pnper. If he does not care to keep posted himself !»•'
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It. -The Memphis Mo nlng News has reduced Its price for s seven-day paper, postal*
paid, to 46 cents a month, and In addition Is going to give
$500 IN CASH FREE
to the one of Its subscribers who mnkes Ihe nearest estimate on the number of bale*
of cotton received at Memphis from September 1, 1803, to and Including March lft,
1 “■ 04. This Is no lottery. The 1'nlted States government permits no lottery, but does
not object to contests l ased on crop estimates, as they are a matter of compotatkyi
and judgment, and educate the people, the Morning News ts a Simon pure and
honest Democratic newspaper, one month 46 cents, three months $1.36, six months
62.1)0 and one year $6.00.
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An estimate will he allowed each one on payment of 45 cents for one month's
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If you subscribe for three months, you gej three estimates, six for six months »nd,
twelve for one year. No estimate will oo cotinted that Is received at The News of-,
flee after midnight of February 10. 1904. If desired, parties can send paper to their
friends and retain estimate for themselv"*, and can have one estimate for each month
ly subscription. Under no consideration can an estimate be changed after it Is re
ceived at Th" News office. An esttmu’e may be had each month, provided the 4*
cents accompanies the estimate.
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Barren Fork Training School.-’
The fifteenth year of the above school opened on
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departments, As the title indicates, this school
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