Dr. B. A. Washburn,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Special attention given to dis
eases of Ear, Nose and
Throat. Also
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
latkst equipments used in
TREATMENT OF ALL
ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES.
OFFICE: New Watson Building,
-Rooms 12,14,15.
hours: 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m..
7 to 9 p. M.
PHONE NUMBER 88
NEWPORT,ARKANSAS
TO THE PUBLIC:
I have opened a first class black
smith and wood shop at the old Sisk
stand. We are prepared to do all kind
of buggy and wagon work.
We also have a complete Plumber’s
outfit and can cut and joint any
ordinary piping.
Would thank you for a liberal
share of your patronage; All work
guaranteed. Terms casli.
E. M. EDGAR
Newark . . . Arkansas.
W. A. EDWARDS
Notary Public
All kinds of Blank Deeds, Trust or
Warranty, kept, prepared and aeknow
iedgmentsattested. Depositions taken
Pension work and collecrions a
specialty.
Office with Griffith & Morrow.—
R. A. MOORE,
LAWYER,
Newark, - Arkansas.
Will practice in all courts.
GEORGE F. ( ROSSER
Notary Public
—AND—
Dealer in Real Estate.
All kinds of Blank Deeds, Trust or
Warranty, on hand, prepared and ao
knowledgements attested. Depositions
taken. Pension work a specialty.
I&~<) ffiee in Post Office
('all at
J. Qualls’
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP
FOR LEGAL ADVICE.
J. \V. HODGES
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Caldwell’s Drutf Store.
<g~Calls answeredpromptly.
F 0 R
Pianos, Organs, Buggies
—AND —
SEWING MACHINES
On easy terms and installment
payments, see
A, B. DUFF.
Newark, Arkansas
TAKE THE OLD RELIABLE*
For All Points
MOTH OB SOUTH/*
Pullman chair cars
Reclining chair cars
Superior day coaches
M.C.Townsend,G.P.& T.A.
St. Louis, .. .. Missouri.
J. C. LEWIS,
Contractor and Builder.
Plans, Speeitications and Estimates
Cheerfully Furnished.
Job work of all kinds neatly and
promptly done. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Saw filing a specialty, Shop
south of Journal office.
Newark Arkansas
Subscribe for the Journal.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Celebrate.
Hurrah for the Fourth.
Crops will soon he laid-by.
Nice country lard at S. C.
Beane’s.
And this is the glourious Fourth
of July.
The watermelon season is near
at hand.
Mag’ness Bros, have a full line of
nice furniture.
The latest styles in ladies hats
at S. C. Beane’s
For fine, nice dress goods go to
Magness Bros.
Subscribe for this paper, and
quit borrowing it.
For all kinds of feed go to
Murphy & Moore.
Try The Journal when you need
job printing done.
A nice line of dry goods at
Murphy & Moore's.
John T. Foote, of Newport vis
ited in this city Sunday.
Go to toe City Butcher Shop
for nice fresh sausage, pork and
steak.
For Sale.—One thousand bush
els of corn; cash or credit. S. C.
Beane.
The bank will open for business
in it’s new building about next
Tuesday.
Don't forget S- C. Beane on
chickens and eggs; he pays cash
or merchandise.
Telephone The Journal whem
you know anything of interest
and we'll do the rest.
Call at 8. C. Beane's when you
want anything in the inerehandise
line, he has everything.
For Sale.—Four fine thorough
bred (). 1. C. male pigs. Apply
to H. I). Eller, Newark.
The Journal family is under ob
ligations to Mrs. Martha Saylors
for a bucket of niee honey.
Bring your produce to S. C.
Beane and get the highest market
price, in cash or merchandise.
All kinds of produce, hides and
furs boughtat Murphy &’Moore's.
Give them a call when in town.
Mrs. M. C. Eller, Miss Annie
and Fred spent Monday and Tues
day with Mr. and Mrs. II. D.
Eller.
Everything nice and clean at J.
H. Holderby's City Butcher Shop.
Your patronage solicited. Come
and see me.
Work on the new hotel build
ing is being rapidly pushed and it
will be ready for occupancy in a
short time.
President Roosevelt signed the
isthmian canal bill Saturday night.
But the canal does not go into im
mediate “force and effect. ”
There is an almost constant
stream of wagons coming into
Newark loaded with shells, and
they find ready market at a good
cash price.
It was said recently ’‘the devil
was behind the Panama route.”
Now let the same authority tell
whether Senator Jones went to
the devil or the devil to bim.—
State Republican*
If you have anything you want
to sell, a house to rent, or want to
buy anything, make your wants
known through The Journal. A
four or five line local at five cents
per line will do the business for
you.
It may be considered as a fore
gone conclusion that in all cases of
arbitration of differences between a
powerful nation and a weak one,
the powerful one will win. Weak
ness must bow its head and take
its punishment.
It was most too wet for farming
operations Monday and the citizens
of the surrounding country took
advantage of the occasion to tran
sact business in town, consequent
ly Monday was a pretty lively day
among the business men.
Go to M. S. Fisher for bar
gains.
Old papers for sale, 20 cents
per hundred at this office.
When you are in town don’t
forget to see S. C. Beane's line of
ladies hats.
As a market Newark is second
to no town in ihe state, irrespec
tive of size or location.
If you need a nice hat, shirt,
pair of pants or pair of shoes,
call aud see Murphy & Moore.
The song of the thiasher can be
heard and it is reported that
wheat is turning out fairly well.
M. 8. Fisher has a full and com
plete stock of everything and will
save you money on anything you
need.
Hon. Chits. F. Cole, of Bates
vill, was honored with the repub
lican nomination for Attorney
General.
You can buy a Kimball organ,
the best made, for $15 cash and
$5 per month, or on any other
terms to suit your fancy. See O.
F. Craig, agent.
Getrge Holderby and Dolph
Barnett came in yestciday from
White liver, where they have
been pearling, to spend the Fourth
with home folks.
The Steel Trust has issued a
statement showing its earnings
for the past six months to be
$57,610,<>97, the largest in the his
tory of the combine
J. B. Gamer, who has been un
der treatment at the State Insane
Asylum at Little Rock, for the
past four months has been dismis
sed and returned home Friday.
A. R. Muyiian arrived fiom
Gilmer, Tex,, yesterday morning
and reports that crop prospects
are rather discouraging in that
section, owing to the dry weather.
J. M. Night, a good citizen of
Sulphur Rock, was in town Tues
day. While here he called and
deposited a dollar with The Jour
nal cashier and had lus subscrip
tion extended one year.
Some of our Democratic con*
temporaries are very unreasonab
le. They areasking the question.
“What have the Republicans
done?” Why they have spent
nearly a billion dollars at one ses
sion of congress. What more
could you ask?— Commercial Ap
peal.
Just after the heavy rain of Sun
day morning, it was found that
the gutters on Elm street contain
ed large numbers of little fish,
varying in length from one to two
inches. They seemed to be of the
trout variety, but where they
came from is the mystery. The
gutters were dry before the rain,
and they probably just rained
down.—Newport Herald.
A letter to J. C. Lewis received
just after we had gone to pross
last week announced the deatli of
his partner, W. G. Cole, which
sad, event took place at his home
at Desha, Tuesday of last week.
Mr. Cole had many friends in this
community who will resiet to
heai of his death.
The corpulent Mr. Joe “Puck"
seems to have suddenly become
very popular with a certain por
tion of the feminine population.
It is reported that they have to
keep a chunok of ice laid on the
phone to keep the warmth of the
affectiouate words of a certain
feminine voice from melting the
battery in the instrument, and it
requires au extra clerk in the
saloon to answer the calls for
“Mr Puck.”
In a report just made to the
Governor, Maj.Gen. W. H. Hay
nes, commander of the Arkansas
StateGuard says :“You may eonti
denlly and assuringly exult that
the military establishment of
the state now excels in numbers
your neighboring states of Tenn
essee, Mississippi and Louisiana,
and as to the persor.el of the or
ganization |it is equal in military
attainment, officers and men of
most of the states of the Union.
Arkansas may well take pride in
her two thoroughly well equipped
regiments, in her three seperate
I
Stop. Think. These Are Facts!
IF YOUR HOUSE SHOULD BURN, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CONDITION?
IF YOU SHOULD DIE WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FAMILY’S CONDITION?
YOU OR THE COMPANY IS CARRYING YOUR FIRE INSURANCE.
YOUR FAMILY OR THE COMPANY IS CARRYING YOUR LIFE INSURANCE.
IF YOU DON’T DESIRE TO CARRY THE RISK OF YOUR HOUSE OR HAVE YOUR FAMILY
CAIIRRY THE RISK OF \OUR LIFE, CALL ON OR WRITE TO T. J. RaNEY FOR PARTICULARS. ||
. jIwjA1. [tnUkh ijjei.il .»*»■■' >i*s’r'n
companies of infantry, and a body
of cavalry ready for any service.”
If you have anything you want
to sell, bring it to Newark mid
get the worth of it in cash.
John W. Mayhan, of this place,
and Mrs. Cora Nash were united
in marriage at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Adams on Pad
gett Island Sunday, June 29, at j
4 o'clock p. m , Squire J. T. Tharp '
officiating. The groom is one of
the best known and most popular
young men of this community
while the bride, who is a sister of
Mr. Adams, is a most charming
and accomplished lady who num
bers her friends by the score.
The Journal wishes to be included
among their many friends in ex
tending congratulations, and
wishes them a long life of happi
ness and prosperity.
Killing at Ashdown.
Ashdown, July 1.—J. R. Mc
Cogging was shot and killed this
afternoon at Foreman by a man
named Smith, one of his employ
es. MeCoggins was a member of;
the firm of Cummins & McCog-'
gins, brick contractors. The
cause of the trouble that resulted
in the killing is alleged to bo the I
ill treatment Smith leceived from !
McCoggi is.
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Change in the Gazette.
The Gazette Publishing Com
pany, publishers of the Arkansas
Gazette of Little Rock, has been
reorganized, with Mr. J, N. lleis
kell as president, who also as
kiiimail i 11 * i ri I onnt paI nf tin*
paper on July 1. The plant,
which is already the best-equipped
newspaper office in the state, is to
be enlarged. The paper is to be
improved by the addition of new
and better news features, and the
editorial policy will be made to
confoim to the needs and best in
terests of the people of the state,
but will be strictly Democratic,
although entirely independent of
all rings or cliques.
The Gazette is the newspaper
of the largest circulation and
greatest influence in this state,
and, with a change in ownership
a broader policy, its field of use
fulness and its value to the state
will be greatly enhanced.
It is the only Arkansas morn
ing daily which publishes the As
sociated Press dispatches, uses
the latest improvements in get
ting up a newspaper, such as web
perfecting press and type-setting
machines, utid which employs un
ion labor.
You cannct do without it es
pecially if you are a business man
and want to be fully informed as
to the state’s news and progress.
Subscription rates to the daily,
one year, $6.50; six months, $3,
50: 05 cents uer month, or 15
cents per week.
The Weekly Arkansas Gazette
is without doubt the best weekly
newspaper published in the state.
Every fanner and all who do not
need the daily edition should have
the weekly.
Only $1 per year, 50 cents for
six months, or 25 cents for three
months. Agents wanted. Ad
dress: Gazette Publishing Com
pany, Little Rock, Ark., or hand
youi subscription to the editor of
the paper printing this notice,
who will club with the Gazette at
reduced rates for both.
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teething babies. They
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JOURNAL OFFICE,
NEWARK, ARK.
BANK OF BATESVILLE.
Batesville, - Arkansas.
Capital $25,000. Surplus $25,000.
J. S. Handford, President,
Jno. Q. Wolf, Cashier,
W. J. Erwin, Vice President,
C. I>. Mktcalf, Ass’t Cashier.
W. J. Erwin,
W. P. Jones,
F. I). Fulkerson,
.DIRECTORS:.
C. K. Handford,
Jno. Q. Wolf,
J. S- Handford
It. C. Dorr,
J. M. Cook,
I. N. Harnett.
OLD BONNIE RYE
It’s the best that ever chased a skele
ton from a feast;
Drink it and your happiness will be
increased.
-SOLD ONLY BY
POLK & WILLIAMSON.
On account of the Glorious Fourth,
The Iron iTountain Route
WILL SELL TICKETS AT
One Fare For Round Trip.
Tickets will be sold to all stations on the Iron Moun
tain not more than 200 miles distant.
TicRets Sold or) Ttyrd and Fourth
Good For Returr) up to and
IncludiQg the Seventh.
F. C. HOYT, Agent.
Send your good
PEARLS AND SLUGS
To
W. D. BURD, BLACK ROCK, ARK.
Highest prices. Quick returns.
HE BUYS FOR FINEST JEWELRY TRADE OF NEW YORK and EUROPE
Assessor's Notice.
Notice is berel>y given that I
will attend in person, or by depu
ty, at the usual voting places in
tin} various townships in Inde
pendence county, Arkansas, for
the purpose of taking a list of the
personal property of each resi
dent of said township and the per
capita tax of such as are liable to
pay the same, for the year 1902,
upon the day and dates specified
below •
Sal ado township, Rosie, Friday July 4.
Christian township, Oil Trough, Sat
urday July 5.
Christian township, Elmo Monday
July 7.
Christian township, Smith school
house Tuesday July 8.
Fairvlew township, Pleasant Plains,
Wednesday and Thursday July 9 * 10.
Liberty township, Floral, Friday
July 11.
Relief township, Croverston school
house, Saturday July 12.
fireenhrier township, Jamestown,
Monday and Tuesday July 14 and 15.
Greenbrier township, Desha, Wednes
day July 16.
Ruddell township, Batesville, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 17,
18 and 19.
At my office in Batesville, July 20 to
31, after which time all persons failing
to list will be subject to penalty.
You must assess in person.
Each peisou will have to swear
to his or her assesment, aud each
person will he required to give
number of school district.
School directois will please
furnish list of tr.x-payer» at pre
cinct on first day of assessment.
Jake Magness, Assessor,
Independence coucty, Aik.