PlitCY H. VAN DYKE, Publisher end Editor.
NEWPORT. - - ARKANSAS.
I When Donald t
I Turned 1
I Cannibal J
JOHN BECKERMAN has
of those who go do\vn;
in ships since he was
of assistance to his fatlir
near Arverne, L. 1. He,
as a trutliful man si
majority, and at tl
are excused for \
incidents into
what In' liadt<
His charaoj
his testimojrf
other fls
spend tl
Ike Goldman went to Little Rock
Thursday morning, being interested
in the defeat of the Keel anti-trust
bill before the senate.
For Sale - Residence, corner Hazel
and Fifth streets. Terms made known
on application.
144-dtf Mrs.JOora A. McDonald
For nice rigs of any kind and good
driving horses, place your call with
R. L. Robinson, upper end of Front
Street. Charges always reason
able. B2dtf
Mrs. J. L. Sells will entertain the
Fortnightly Whist club Friday after
noon at two o’clock in honor of her
guest, Mrs. L. A. Sherwood of Little
D<miC1'TorgeY that Mr. 1. L. Joslii
with L. E. Hayes & Co., will be at
Bailey Bros., Jan. 28 and 29. Get
your suit from him and you will be
pleased. 237-tf.
i M AHaiiin of Tnckerman and Mrs
Lillian Adams of Kenyon were re-li
censed to marry Wednesday having
been divorced by a previous term ot
Jackson county court,
Alcorn Ferguson went to Lit
tle Rock Thursday morn
ing to work for the defeat of the anti
trust bill, which he claims will com
pel the old line insurance companies
to withdraw from business in this
Cbadick of the Morning
Star catmaup from Little Rock Wed
nesday, ret^ning Thursday noon. 11«
was here on private business and hat
nothing to giveS^it in regard to thi
construction of th'S^Moruiiig Star.
A wreck at Texahkana has disar
1 ranged uortb bound service on th
I Iron Mountain, no passeit^cr reachin
here from the south Thursday morn
ing. The accident happened \o No.
and the engineer and fireman wer
slightly injured.
See America’s most unique fete tl
New’ Orleans Mardi Gras. Only oi
fare plus twTo dollars for the roui
trip by the “Rock Island Systen
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. 1
TieketB can be limited twenty five da;
jfSf"" * from date of sale.
• \ Mr. and Mrs. Jno C. Hayes leav
Friday for their new home at CotU
,/ Plant, to which point Mr. Hayes
bavin*, all of his goods shipped at
will open up a large store there. V
hope that he may prosper and gru
rich in bis new home.
this
it. Some
Khy broker
on, whose sum
ihe west side of the
_ mountain, not far from
Is. turned out several wild
boars in his mountain park. Foretime
they thrived until at last they broke
through the inelosure and committed
depredations on the neighboring
farms. The farmers turned out with
dogs and guns, but were never able to
capture any of them. They were hunt
ed day and night. They finally took up
their abode in Sullivan county, where
hnnters tried in vain to kill them.
Judge \V. II. Crane, of this place, broth
er of the late Stephen Crane, was the
only person who successfully brought
down one of these wild boars. W hat has
become of the remainder of the ani
mals is a mystery, as they have disap
peared. It is believed they all died.
MILES FAVORS GOOD ROADS
Comniin.. of the tatted Staf.i
Army Illnstrate* Tl»elr Great
Importance.
If Gen. Nelson A. Miies had his v»n;
the roads of the United States woult
be equal to i sc of any country oi
the globe, lie tells a stor^ of an olt
teamster out west who was dritluj
over a very rough road in the Rock;
mountains shortly after the Geronlnn
campaign. He had the general for
passenger. The wagon was on ok
prairie schooner, without springs o
„ nr,,l tf.t, (wr.crnl was vain I
attempting to fall asleep, says the Ch:
cago Chronicle.
“But there was no sleep for me o
that trip," says Gen. Miles, "for th
old rascal drove over every bowlde
in the road; in fact, he seemed to b
doing it purposely. Finally I becam
interested and began to count th
number of rocks over which the whee
of the wagon passed or which the
struck. Suddenly, to my consterni
tion, he missed' one—a huge bowldt
in the middle of the roadway.
“‘Whoa! Hey I’ I cried. ‘Back uj
Back up!’
■ “He quietly followed my instru
I tions, seeming to be not at allsurpnsi
j by them. When he had his wag<
in the proper position I said: ‘No
drive over that rock, confound yo
It's the only one you’ve missed.’
3 “Without so much as a glance in n
5 direction, he repliedi: ‘Cert, pat
- Never noticed it. Ain’t got a cht
3 about yer?’
“1 got out and walked the remain!
j eight miles."
e Berrlm Tliai Brow In the ArctU
e The Eskimo children have otl
^ things than snowballs and icebei
)). to eat. Tilings grow very fast in I
, short arctic summer. As soon as ’
' ! snow melts off in many places
8; ground is covered with a vine
bears a small berry something lik
huckleberry, porwong it is called,
is sour and has a pungent taste, t
n the Indians leave off work and
181 porwong hunting, cramming tin
ld selves with the berries. It is a lu«
re thing for them that the summer
w so short, or there would be an <
demie of cholera.
ni^NES,
was sen&aBpw
ofWsA' keeP8 a neat
was 7$MP- Upper end
after-- Expert tonso- j
Wasives and the best
i^ork pleases,
stubby beards.”
AIND
e,
*ressed
red
hurdy
on Front Street.
' EM ENTS we are offer
the way of cut prices, we an
se last nine days the arrival of
dvanced styles of Spring Ginghams
for 1903. Our famous Zephyr always sold at 12', c.
We have placed them on the market during this sale I
At 10 0ents a Yard._
p Immense Reductions in Our Clothing!
Department. _
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The Plot to Kidnap Llnooln
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Jmokson’a Quarrel with Calhoun
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The First Dark Morso
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Roosevelt In College
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Doom Castle, Nell Monro
. The Worldlings, Leonard Merrick
In Hostile Red, J. A. Altsheler
1 McTeagoe, Frank Norris
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Masters ol Men, Morgan Robertson
i The Autocrats, Chas. K. Lush
Captain Dieppe, Anthony Hope
* Heirt's Highway, Mary E. Elkins
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1 Dracula, Bram Stoker
™ Arms and the Woman, K. WicOrath
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A Lady ot Quality,
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Dross, Henry Satou Merrlman
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Mr. Dooley's Philosophy, P.P.Dunne
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In the Name of a Woman,
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