The Forrest City times., 1888-01-07

under the terms of the legacy of $J0,- coo left by Harry Seybert Do that insti- tuition. report against the pretensions of the spiritualists.
 1a The big wheat corner on the Chicago Board of Trade co1lapses, caus- ing the financial wreck of many busi- ness houses in that city and elsewhere.
 Is. The President revokes the order to return to the Governors of the South ern States the battle flags captured from the soldiers of those States during the rebellion.
 IS. Ex- Treasurers II V. Lesley and T. A. l.. Wilson, of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. arrested. the former If Philadelphia and the latter in Toronto, for embezziement and for gery against the company aggregatlng S553,O00. Two hundred Hungarian refugees drowned while crossing the Danube.
 l9. Another shock of earthquake al Summeryille, :. C.
 20. smyrna and the island of Scio shaken by an earthquake. 21. The Fidelity National Bank, of Cincinnati. closed in consequence Of the mismanagement of Viee-President HAT ptIs tAeuitI DaiuWAU anu Assistant Cashier Hopkins. The celebration of the completion of fifty years Of rule by Queen Victoria begun.
 P. Monument erected in Greencas- tie. Pa., to Corp. Hill. the first Union soldier killed in battle on Pennsylvania soil.
 P. Fire In Marshfield, Wis, destroys Sl ,000, 900 worth of property and leaves hAn,aloau t.a fa wins the British jubilee yacht race.
 2s. Ten Broeck, the great thorough. bred racer, dies in Woodford County, Ky.
 9. Jacob Sharp convicted in New York ofbribing Aldermen in the Broad- way Railway matter.
 30. The yacht Volunteers, which was intended to defend the America's cup in the international yacht race. launched at Washington, Del. Earth quake shocks felt in Nav Hampshire and Vermont.
 ?. The Philadelphia Brigade of Union Veterans entertain the survivors of Pickett's Confederate division on the battle field of Gettysburg.
 1. The Pope orders the excommuni- cation of Rev. Dr. McGlynn.
 5. Fire destroys Clarendon, Pa, making l200 persons homeless.
 6. At Zug, Switzerland, 10S per sons are drowned by falling of quay into the lake.
 :. President Cleveland declines the invitation given him to visit St. Louis during the Encampment of the c. A. R., alleging that the c. A. R. would make the visit unpleasant for him; Prince Ferdinand, of Saxeburg-Gotha, elected Prince of Bulgaria.
 8. Dozens of lives lost in hurricane and waterspout in Hungary. 9. Several lives lost and much property destryed by fire in Hurley, Wis; testimonial presented to w. E. Gladstone in England, on behalf of thousands of American admirers; a revolution in the Sandw oh Islands drives the Premier from power, but leaves King Kalakaua on the throne.
 10. The yacht Mystery upset in Canarsie Bay, near New York, and thirty-three persons drowned; South Carolina again feels slight earthquake shocks.
 I2. Lightning kills nine persons seeking shelter under tree at Mount Pleasant. Tenn. I3. President Cleveland and wife ap- pear in Clinton, N. Y., at the cen ten nial celebration of the existence of that place.
 II. Jacob Sharp sentenced to four years in prison and to pay a fine of S5000; France celebrates the anniver- sary of the fall of the Bastlle.
 15. Collision between an excursion train and a freight train at St. Thomas, Canada. kills twelve persons and wounds over 100.
 l9, The coke-workers' strike at Ever son, Pa., declared off by the Conyen- tions of the labor organizations en- gagged in 1t the Irish crimes act goes into effect.
 20. o. J. Harvey pleaded guilty to indictments for forgery while clerk in the office of the Second Com ptroller Of the United states Treasury Depart ment, and sentenced to twelve years l Imprisonment.
 22. The ship Frith of Ona lost with twenty-five persons in hurricane of the coast of Java. 9. Volcano on the island of Galita, ] of the coast of Algeria, kills many per sons and destroys large amounts of | property.
 30. The Columbian National Bank at Philadelphia suspends.
 AUGUST, ! ?. Earthquake shocks felt in St. Louis and at many other places in Mis- | souri, as well as in Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee. 4. Texas votes against incorporating prohibitory amendment in it's Consti- tuition.
 5. A cyclone devastates Millbrook, Kan, killing several persons, injuring many others and destroying much l property. Killeen and Cardi fl fight to draw in Minneapolis. l 6. Ten persons killed or drowned and about twenty-five injured by being swept of a dock in Milwaukee by a huge wave while a lake steamer is being launched.
 10. Three firemen killed by falling walls at the, burning of peanut ware house in St. Louis. Steamer City Of Montreal burned at sea, but no lives lost.
 II. Wreck on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, near Chats worth, Ill seventy-nine persons being killed and about 253 injured. Ives & Co.,, stock brokers, fail in New York, with liabilities of S2O, ,OO0,0OO.
 l2. Fire destroys the Masonic Temple and other buildings in Pittsburg; loss, S300,000.
 15. Secretary Lamar issues an order restoring to settlement, under the pre- emption and homestead laws, 25,000,- GOO acres of land claimed by the Allan tic and acific Railroad. 1 l6. The uprising of the Ute Indians 1 in Colorado assumes alarming propor- tions.
 F. The reunion of the Texas ex- Confederates begins at Dallas.
 19. Tota, eclipse Of the sun, visible l in some parts Of Europe and Asia; the ] proclamation Of the Irish National League announced in Parliament.
 20. Destructive hail-storm in North eastern Kansas; the Galatea wins the | jubilee yacht race, at Halifax, \. s.
 24. O'Brien, editor of United Ireland,