The Forrest City times., 1888-07-14
ABOUT ARKANSAS.

Fourth al sloan SprnS-
 The machinery is on the ground Tor boring for oil Tn Scott county
 Grant county spends annually az oo' ss espO for educational purposes
 The establishment of water-worG Is teinz discussed al Fayetteville
 Four canning factories are now ih onerStson in Washington County
 Brickmasons get si to 5 a day Tn Fine Bluff. with plenty of work
 The establishment of Q hrst-eiass high school at OkalOma Is strongiy urged
 \ fair association has been organ ize5 at Rosers with s4.o"p capital stock.
 Quite q number of mineral prospect DTS are al work in Independence county.
 Ba,esvfIle claims 2,725 population and is about to issue 3 charter for a street railroad.
 The Fayetteville telephone exchange k reported in a stage of innocuous oe- saetude.
 Fayetteville claims population of .noo and 8 property valuation of sIs0.oeo.
 Winslow. Washington county. IS shipping ainost a carload of peaches a day to the canning factory at Garth age. Mo.
 There is not Touring mill in Clark, Ouachita and Nevada counties, and the wheat cup there was long ago abundant
 The Democratic Congressional Con vention at Helena nominated Judge ". :. Cate for Congress to succeed Hon. PoindexteT Dunn-
 Work is progressing rapidly on the Pine Bluff water works and maehin- ery is being received by the carload
 A splendid quality of coal Is being taken from a shaft in the town of Greenwood, Sebastian county.
 An effort is being made to raise e1,- 7o0 to construct telephone line be- tween Gasssille, Baxter county, and West Plains. A brick from the top of the chimney fell on a little daughter of Mir AcCur- dy, near Rogers, Friday, and fIac- tured the skull.
 X Mrs. Evans of Madison county committed suicide last week by soak ing box of matches in water, and then drinking the deooction. Edward JarTaTd and Alois Teller of Little Rock were killed Saturday evening at Paris. Logan County, by lightning during thunderstorm. They were shocking oats at the time.
 Col. J. D. Houston of Hot Springs got $500 in the last Louisiana lottery drawing.
 A new Methodist church to cost about sl .5o0 Is being built in North Hot Springs.
 An effort is being made at Rogers to organize county fair association 1 Quite number of these splendid in stitutiOns will be organized in Arkan- sas this session.
 The Springdale Canning company shipped another carload of canned goods Friday.
 About eighty teachers attended the Boone county teachers association al Harrison last week. C. c. and John Bradburn of Wal dron have been committed to the fed eral jail at Fort smith to await trial for mail robbery, in default of bail.
 Out of thirty-iive applicants at the ] recent public teachers examination in Jackson county, six received first grade, eleven second, thirteen third, and five failed.
 4 very decided improvement is not ed in the salaries being paid the teach CTS in the free schools of the state. A | higher order of ability and training is required, and this calls for better pay.
 The Rev. Joe Jones, who is preach ing at Newport, is making the welkin ring with his philippics against all manner of sin, says the Herald. The ears of the wTongdoers are tingling and their consciences smite them. Montgomery county is full of Unit i ed States marshals. who are making ii particularly warm for the moonsniners. They appear to have struck hotbed of moonshiners near Black Springs.
 The Boone county republicans held a ratification meeting at Harrison Saturday, but there was no enthusi- asm in it.
 William Wade and Charley Arnold, Independence county boys, aged l6 and F years, respectively, have mys- terously disappeared.
 The Jackson County Stock Breeders association put life and energy into this profitable Arkansas industry.
 A Conway county Ioafer was de clared vagrant the other day by the proper court and sent to jail for ninety days.
 Yell county has subscribed sS5.no0 and Paris. Logan county. sj0, GOO to the construction of the Fort smith, Paris and DaTanelle railroad. The building for the new Dardanelle bank will be completed hy the 18th.
 The killing of a $50 dog led to street tight at Conway the other day.
 Judge Cunningham of the Fifth dis trict was holding court this week at Mount Nebo.
 The Tom Thumb springs of Newton county are attracting some attention as a health resort. Texarkana celebrated the Fourth on the go as-you-please plan, there being no general arrangement 1 AnticiDatinp the Fourth. the Pine