(Brutal deed
| OF A NEGRO.
Billed His Wife With a Poker
| and Then Poured Coal Oil
| Over Her and Ap-.
plied Torch.
Magnolia, March 3. — John
Harper, a negro, is in jail here
charged with killing his wife
near Magnolia. He confessed
his crime after being put in jail.
He struck his wife in the head
with a poker, and she fell to the j
floor, and thinking she was not
dead he poured coal oil on her
and built a fire around her.
b After she had burned to a crisp
'fie took the body, wrapped it in
a quilt and buried it in the gar
den. He told his neighbors she
had run off and left him, but
some of the negroes suspected
that he had killed his wife and
reported it to the officers, and
the officers took two or three
negroes to the house, and after
a search found that she had been
buried in the garden.
A special term of court has
been petitioned for in order to
try the negro.
ESTIMABLE LADY
PASSES AWAY.
Mrs. L. E. Magness, living
about six miles from Newark,
died at her home at 11 o’clock
Tuesday night, after an illness
of several weeks.
The deceased was a sister of
J. R. Mayhan of this city and
was a most estimable woman, a
loving wife and mother, leaving
six children to mourn the loss of
a parent and friend.
The funeral took place Wed
nesday afternoon from the home,
and the sympathy of a large
number of friends is extended to
the bereaved ones.
GOULD AT VAN BUREN.
Van Buren, March 8.—George
Gould, accompanied by President
Jeffries of the Cotton Belt, ar
rived in the city tonight. Mana
ger Cotter and General Superin
tendent Tyler are both here and
will meet the party in the morn
ing.
It is supposed that a conference
will be held here and the ques
tion of the location of the new
bridge across the Arkansas river
will be discussed and settled.
Other proposed improvements
both here and at Fort Smith will
receive their attention.
SHOT AT HOXIE.
Walnut Ridge, March 8.—Rob
ert Malone, the 15-year-old son
of Mrs. Malone of Hoxie, was in
stantly killed today while hunt
ing by an accidental discharge
of his gun. He was standing
on a log and in attempting to get
down on the ground the hammers
of the gun struck the log and the
entire load of shot took effect
under his chin, blowing his en
^ .*jtire #a£e off.
DELIBERATE PLAN
TO MURDER.
Further developments go to
prove that Enyart had deliber
ately planned to murder Ed Sum
mers last Monday morning. Sev
eral parties went out Sunday and
made a more careful search of
the ground where the first shot
was fired at Summers, and not
more than forty yards from the
place they found a fresh grave
dug out at the head of the hol
low. The excavation had been
made and the grave left in which
the murderer no doubt intended
to bury his victim. Summers
states that Enyart tried to induce
him to go near the spot, but the
hill being very steep he declined
to go down that way. Only a
very short time after Summers
refused to folloy Enyart down
the steep hill he dropped in be
hind him and made his fiendish
attempt to murder him.
It now appears to be the settled
conviction of all who have made
an investigation of the facts con
nected with this matter that En
yart had no other motive in view
than that of committing murder.
Batesville Bee.
COURT AT MORRILTON.
Morrilton, March 8. — Circuit
court convened here yesterday,
and was presided over by Judge
E. VV. Winfield of Little Rock.
His charge to the grand jury was
one of the best ever heard in the
court room. Court adjourned
over until Wednesday morning,
when Judge John Fletcher of
Little Rock will be chosen special
judge!
QUIET WEDDING
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Miss Emma Doyle, a popular
and well known young lady of
Newport, and Mr. J. M. Colgan
of Moequa, 111., were quietly
married at the home of the bride
Ttiesday evening at 8 o’clock, the
Rev. C. Pope of the Methodist
church officiating. Only a small
partv of friends witnessed the
ceremony.
The happy couple left imme
diately after the ceremony for
Memphis and from there will go
by boat to Moequa, where they
will reside.
We extend to the newly wed
the congratulations and best
wishes of many Newport friends.
CONTRACT LET.
An important called meeting
of the directors of the Luxora,
Evening Shade & Northwestern
Railroad Company was held here
yesterday at the office of the com
pany, W. M. Connolly, secretary
treasurer, and Dr. Kit Dalton
arrived from Memphis last night.
The progress reported is most
flattering and the enthusiasm of
the projectors was only exceeded
by that of those property owners
along the line of the road who
now see an early outlet to general
railroad connections.
The contract for grading the
first ten miles was let to H. P.
Liston, who will begin the work
immediately. Extensions are
being surveyed and other grad
ing contracts will be let as soon
as the engineers in the field make
their report.
Mr. Connolly was authorized
to contract for steel rails and
track laying material as well as
| locomotives and rolling stock for
immediate delivery. Contracts
for ties and timber were also let.
| Memphis News.
TROUBLE AT YELLVILLE.
Yellville, March 8.—Ben Grif
fey and George Rowe became in
volved in a difficulty today, in
which knives and a shotgun fig
ured conspicously. Griffey was
I severely cut about the face and
head. Rowe was shot in the leg,
badly shattering the bone above
! the knee. The gun was in the
hands of Griffey. The cause of
: the affray could not be ascer
tained. Griffey was given a pre
! liminary hearing and released on
i $500 bond.
Read the Daily and Weekly In
dependent.
TRIP TO GLAIZE.
!
Candidates Enjoy a Boat Trip to;
Old Grand Glaize, Where They j
Are Met By Crowd of Voters.
Probably the most pleasant day
of the campaign was spent by i
the candidates Tuesday when;
they enjoyed a boat trip down;
White River to old Grand Glaize
landing aboard the Joe Wheeler.
The old river steamer was gayly
decorated with streamers upon j
which were painted appropriate
campaign slogans. The boat left |
Newport about 9 o’clock and j
made the trip down the river in
two hours.
It was a balmy spring day, fit
subject for the poet’s effusive
word paintings, and the old boat
glided with the current past ever
changing scenery, whose beauty
often, turned back the eye to en
joy a last look at an unusually
pretty landscape. The party
was a merry and congenial one.
The venom of the campaign
seemed to have been lost in the
general good feeling of the
crowd.
A good turnout of voters
greeted the candidates at this
old river landing, and as the
noon hour was near at hand it
was not long until the party were *
enjoying the bounteous hospital
ity of Capt. Weatherford and
family.
The speaking in the afternoon,
which was presided over by R.
T. Simmons, and attended by
about 35 or 40 voters of Glaize
township, as well as many ladies,
was along the usual lines, though
the presence of the ladies ex
erted a good influence in restrict
ing the speeches to proper lan-!
guage and stories.
The Joe Wheeler left on her
return trip about 1:20 and made
the run up stream in three and
a half hours.
Special thanks are due Capt. |
W. A. Joyce and family for the j
many ways in which they con
tributed to the pleasure of the
party and to the lady passengers,
Mesdames G. A. Lockard, E. P. I
Tetwiler, W. A. Joyce, Misses!
Mary Joyce and Arkie Dean, who
served coffee to the tired candi
dates and flier members of the
party on the return trip.
WOOD & HUMPHREYS
ART & FRAME COMPANY.
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BRADFORD, ARKANSAS
. . VOTE FOR . .
J. U. ARD
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
The Farmer Candidate and
Poor Man’s Friend.
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Rooms 1, and 3.
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Jos. S. Harvey J. W. Ferrill
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