The Forrest City times., 1888-05-12
ABOUT ARKANSAS

Washington c0untT has s0oao acres . scTsz of Izzd subject t0 h0z2estead ea- . U.
 The demand for tenement hg-ses at Fort smith is greater than the suETly- .
 The steamer Eugene delivered s10l 7aekazes Of freizht at EIne B,uG Sat zri4y.
 Two carloads Of mining msehinsTy have arrived 2t Mzzszeld. Moutgoul- zEy county.
 Efforts are being male b establish 3 i0an and building assocsat-oa as Rogers
 The public schools thraa-fs5ut ths zate have begun to close f9r ths ssG1- 1er vacation
 John Kelley. who kiIlsd Byan in In lon county last February. has lesn asi- uitted to bal.
 The hoTse-thief FoyH. who recently sscaped from Fl Dorado jail, has been -zpsure1 in Polk county.
 The Rogers canning faes9ry wlI .orzEsezee operat5aas Tune ! with sapaeify of l9ooJ cans Ter day.
 The Arkansas Mining Company of Hot Springs has cIesssI a eollr8et for .he reduction of several J0as of ose.
 Grant county is out of deat- with money in the treasury. aud Is aHxioas- Y awaiting the construction Of a T..L mad
 The growth of JonesboTo is more rapid and solid than eFer before. Msre than l00 lots changed hands there last week
 | company with ss50O9 capital has been organized al Bafesvile to estah- fish a canning factory. Work has be- gun
 Mr. Chas. E. SImons. of -Arkadel- phia, an honest mechanic, has fallen heir to a good slice of an ssoo.osl es- tate In Canada
 Arrangements have been perfected for establishing a slave factory at Car endon, which will give employment to 130 men,
 Contracts have been let for four handsome two-steYy brick business houses ot Rogers. Almost every train
 Walter and Jane Messick. living near Paris. Little Rock were poisoned by eating wild onions. The girl diei- The farm residence of Josiah Patter son, at Camden. in the eastern portion of Ouchita County, was wrecked sun day evening during a tornado. There were DO lives lost.
 Perry CaIlaway. Of Little Rock. Who slew his half-brother. George Harris, Wednesday. was captured Wednes.Iay night and jailed. He is elalmeI b ts insane.
 \ scheme is on foot to establish 3 park on the island in frent of Helena and span the chute which separates the island from the city with q pontooa bridge. This will make & delightful summer resort and will doubtless be paying undertaking to the projectors.
 Ouaehita Presbytery of the Cumler- land Presbyterian church. in session at Philadelphia last week. selected Rev. E. M. MunrOe 0f Camden and Capt C. A. Bridewell of Hope as del egates tO the general assembly, which meets at Baltimore in May.
 4 romantic el0pement occurred al Locksburgh, T. :. Wood of Lamar County, Texas. carrying of Miss Edith Proctor. daughter of Dr. E. C. Proctor The couple were married " Justice oi the Peace Hutchinson. and entering buggy drove rapidly of, leaving tLs brides relatives in despair. The affair has caused a sensation. Wood is said , to be wealthy planter. In the Federal court Wednesday al Fort Smith. the eases of Wilson Moore Munroe Johnson. Clyde Holden and Marion Ables. charge with th muE- der of Tom Sprading, in Fanola County. Chickasaw Nation. re suited in the jury returning 8 yeTd C of manslaughter as 10 Moore and Joh son, while Holden and Ables were 8. quitte1. The killing cecarreI Cn th Ist of July lss7, and al of the .fen } ants except Moore were arrested eiehi days afterwards. and have ieen in a 7 at Fort Smith since that t-me Moore was are ted in the laltT part of Feb ruary last b. Detective Fufloag. of tlt Missouri Pacific Railway on the charge of attempted tran roi b Ty. Holden is highly connected in North Carcl .u8 being nephew of ex-GoyernOr Hgl1en of that State. Moore did the actua killing, the evidence showing thaf Holden had nothing to do with q further than being present.
 The United States Government ob tained a judgment Thursday in tht United States District Cont against J B. sme1iey for sl7i.se. h February 1887, while Smedley was postmaster al Argenta. the office was robbel. Jame. Eblen and R. ". Worthen were or smedley's official bond. The Post office Inspector tod the londsmen they would have to make up the shortage which was $50. They did sO. Later the Government sent Smedley a checs for some money due hun, but after wards discovered that he was indebtet to the Government and he had fc ceiyed s17i too much. and upon his Ee fusal or failure to return 1t, tie GOveln ment brought suit against Smelley aue his suIe.ies, which suit was decide Thursday by judgment against smed