I ABOUT PEOPLE—MAINLY. ^
Skates—new stock just received at
Bowen’s Cash Store. b tf 218.
Peter Anderson returned to Bates
ville Tuesday morni ng.
Conway Hail came down from
Batesville Monday evening.
C. W. True has been sick since
Sunday, confined to bis bed.
Rev. L. H. Richardson is expected
home tomorrow after a trip North.
Mrs. L. J. Dills has been improving
gradually but is not yet able to sit up.
Corn, bran, corn chops, corn and
oat chopB, oats and hay at Bowen’s
Cash Store. 224-btf
Miss Harry Weaver was on the sick
list Monday and Tuesday and unable
to be at the store.
Walter Woods came in Sunday on
one of his regular trips, remaining
over for several days.
G. C. Davidson, formerly with the
Independent has accepted a position
in the service of the Iron Mountain.
LOST—Greek letter fraternity
badge, for return of which reward will
be paid by owner, Judge M. M. Stuck
ey. d3t.
Mrs. Roy Anderson and children
returned Tuesday noon from Hoxie,
where they visited Mrs. Anderson’s
sister.
Sack found containing gentleman’s
clothing. Owner can recover same
by calling at this office or upon Henry
Buford. 214 dtf
Elise Hooker continues to improve
every day and her physicians have
been getting her fever under better
control.
J. U. Ard of Tupelo, one of the
prosperous and aggressive farmers of
that section was in town trading
Tuesday.
For rent—Three furnished rooms
for light housekeeping at corner of
Ash and Second streets. Apply to
Mrs. A. B. Smith. 216 dtf
White river has been falling gradu
ally and on Tuesday stood at 7.7
feet. The water is now low enough
for pearling to be resumed with ease.
For Sale—Residence, corner Hazel
and Fifth streets. Terms made known
on application.
144-dtf Mrs. Cora 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. 62dtf
Misses Cora Warner and Nora
Weaver, who have been visiting the j
latter’s sister, Miss Harry Wfi^^
returned to their homes m Jl^esville
lte^|^ay.
johircffeM^PPFton was down
Monday to attend the opening of court,
but managed to be exoused from the
petit jury, for which service he had
been subpoenaed.
T. D. Kinman, Jr., went to Little
Rock on the noon train Tuesday,
where with E. D. Chadick, plans are
being chrystalized for the construction |
of the Morning Star railroad.
E. D. Bracy has begun an invoice of •
his stock saved from the Are j
Monday, which he has stored in the
building of the Wolff-Goldman Mer- j
cantile Company underneath the
Hazel Hotel.
Hon. H. L. Remmel of Little Rock
came up Monday night on business,
having been called here by th*> recent
fire. Mr. Remmel contemplates the
construction of a two story brick
building to fill in the gap between the
jtyjera house and Jackson County
bank, left by the recent fire.
J. S. Arnett, state agent for the
Singer machine company, came down
Tuesday morning and waB agreeably
surprised to find that the local office
of the company had not been burned.
The Post Dispatch stated that New
port had a $50,000 tire and both the
Jackson County bank and opera house
buildings had been burned.
C. W. Beard on Tuesday received
notification from the head officers of
the St. Louis Compress Company, ap
pointing him superintendent of their
property in this city, succeeding J. G.
Walker. Mr. Beard has been book- i
keeper at the Newport compress for
a number of years and has proven
himself an efficient and valuable man.
The rear of the storeroom occupied
by Harry Knoles’ plumbing shop, j
which was unroofed by fire Monday
morning was again in a blaze that
evening about 6:30 o’clock when the
alarm was turned in. The smoulder
ing flames had taken a fresh start and
assumed dangerous proportions when
the company arrived and soon put j
an end to the revived fire.
The motion of S. D Campbell, at
torney for the anti-saloon element, j
objecting to the consideration of the
petition for license on the ground that j
it was not addressed to the county
judge and that the January term of
court had lapsed, was overruled by
Dr. J. M. Jones. This ruling was
made after the Independent of Mon-1
day had gone to press, though the
later and more important item of the
adjournment of court until Friday was
rushed into print.
Judge Powell of Batesville
spepi-Sfonday in Newport on court
business.
Harry Lasker and Joe Lyons of
Little Rock returned home Monday
night.
R. M. Carter of Batesville, who iB
prominent in Masonic circles of this
state, came in Monday night.
Mrs. J. P. Berman will entertain the
Fortnightly Whist club Wednesday
afternoon at two o’elook at her home
on Hazel Street.
SNAILS OVERRUN A CITY.
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Inhabitant* of Indiana Town Organ
ize Night Hunts and Kill
the Pests with Salt.
A plague of snails, or slugs, as the af
flicted people call them, lately struck
Jeffersonville, Ind., In full force, and
Instances are cited where persons have
been compelled to move. Their first
appearance was after the flood of Feb
ruary, 1884, but they have never been
so bad as at present. The pests are
not exactly like a snail, but resemble
I them in some respects. They have no
! shells and are night raiders, says the
New York World.
At no place in the city where the
flood water failed to reach has one of
the slugs been seen, but in the most
fashionable quarters the pests are
numerous. In size they range from
one to six inches in length, being from
a quarter to an inch in diameter. It is
not until ten o’clock at night that the
snails come out of their hiding places,
under houses, and slug hunting parties
have become fashionable.
Armed with a lamp and a cup of salt,
the people hunt for the pest, and when
n slug is found its days are numbered',
for the smallest particle of salt means
death. The more salt the quicker the
work.
xntfy leave ueuiuu » sinuj iruvn, umi
furnishes a clew to their movements.
In some places fine carpets have been
ruined, the slimy tail eating like acid.
One of the most peculiar character
istics of the slugs is their ability to get
their large bodies through a small
space. They flatten out almost as thin
as a knife blade, allowing them to crawl
through a good-sized door crack.
TWO POPULAR PASTIMES.
Bicycle Ittdlng nnd Golf Have Gained
the Greatest Hold In
America.
The two forms of recreation which
have taken the greatest hold upon the
American public are bicycle riding and
golf. Why these pastimes have at
tained so great a popularity in this
country is not difficult to understand;
nnd an analysis of the elements of their
great success involves an enumeration
of thos^ elements which must be found
sport which approaches the
JU^al, says ' Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
Wheeling and golfing are equally
adapted to the pleasure of both men
and women, and naturally bring them
together for their outings. This in
sures the wheel and the golf club a
place in thousands of homes from
which they would otherwise be exclud
ed, for many husbands will not allow
themselves regular Indulgence in a
recreation which may not be shared1
by their wives, and when to the intrin
sic interest of any recreation is added
the zest of social intercourse between
the two sexes its pleasures and attrac
tions are multiplied.
That pastime which calls its partici
pants into places of scenic beauty, and
at the same time furnishes them with
the exhilaration of interesting exer
cise, possesses a sure nnd a potent
charm. No recreation possesses this
characteristic in n greater degree thai
does golf.
DEMAND FOR BELGIAN HARES.
Numerous* Shipments Arc Now llelnnr
Made to Eastern Cities from
the West.
Belgian hares are being shipped to
the Chicago and New York markets
in enormous numbers from the
west. There are large numbers of
rabbit farms in Nebraska, and Omaha
commission men are beginning to reap
a rich harvest from this traffic. A ready
Bale is found for the animals for ship
ment to all eastern cities, says a Chi
cago paper.
The income from Borne of these rab
bit farms, started by children, has been
large. At Columbus a boy started with
a pair of rabbits and in one year cleared
$300 and had left more than 200 rabbits.
They breed six times a year and begin
to propagate at the age of four months.
Many of these little animals have es
caped in Nebraska and Kansas and
have already occasioned alarm among
farmers for fear that they will increase
so rapidly that they will become a
menace to crops.
Belgian hares are offered for sale in
all the markets around Omaha, and
several of the big packers are arrang
ing to pack the animals for foreign
shipment. The flesh does not resemble
that of the wild rabbit, but is very
white and sweet.
CRAB FROM INDIAN OCEAN.
The Larseit Crnatnevan Ever Knowr
Captured Recently Near
Calcutta.
An enormous phosphorescent crab,
the like of w'hieh has t\ever hereto
fore been found, was recently cap
tured iu the Indian ocean and is now
in the aquarium of the Zoological so
ciety of Calcutta, says the New York
Herald. This huge crustacean, which
w’as caught a mile away from shore,
is 62 centimeters in diameter and its
elaws are more than a yard long.
Its voracity is incredible, and its
great eyes protrude in such a man- j
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RAILROAD TIME CARD.
ST. L. I. M. & S. RAILWAY.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 72 Local Freight. 6:46 a. m
No. 4:06 a. m
No. 4. 11:06 a. m
No. 12. 8:48 p. m
No. 6. 10:60 p. m
No. 8.11:32 p. m
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 73 Local Freight. 7:00 a. ra
No. 7. 4:06 a. m
No. 6. 4:40 a. m
No. 11. 6:16 a. m
No. 3. 11:39 a. m
No. 1... 10:60 p. m
BATESVILLE BRANCH.
Passenger Leaves. 7:00 a. m
Mixed “ . 11:46 a. m
Passenger Arrives. 6:46 p. m
Mixed “ . 10:16 a. in
JACK HERRON.
Back again in Newport anc
Prepared to do all kinds o
Brick Work.
Repair Work Promptly
Attended To.
JACK JONES,
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat
and busy little shop. Upper end
of Front street. Expert tonso
rialists. Easy shaves and the best
haircuts. Our work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
Have Your
Clothes Made,
Cleaned, Pressed
and Repaired
-BY
Arthur Hunly
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