The Forrest City times., 1888-03-03
TELRGRApHIC BREVITTES.
Interesting Bits of Information Put into Convenient shape for the Hurried Reader.

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 | / Several large business establishments suffered by fire Wednesday night at \ Minneapolis, Minn.
 The Tilley Hotel at Shreveport, La, was destroyed by fire Monday; loss about s5O,0OO.
 Charles Schweder, an old gardner, e. years Of age, committed suicide al Atchison, Kan, Monday.
 The stable of Kingsworth & Buxton with a number Of horses was destroyed by fire at Sioux City, To.
 Buffalo, N. r., suffered from another big fire Monday night; the loss is es- timated at quarter of million dollars.
 Wesley Willis was killed by the police at Chattanooga, Tenn, while running from them after street fight. / Frank NJ. Reigel, late assistant of the Metropolitan Nftional Bank. was released from jail at Cincinnati, O., on Sl0.O00 bail.
 J. NJ. Jackson, living at Clinton, Ky, was killed by a negro sneak thief sho was hiding in Jackson's back yard when discovered.
 ', Joseph Hanby, a negro living at Birmingham, Ala, was killed by Anthony Bingham. while the latter was in room with Hanby's wife.
 / A number of prisoners in the 0lathe (Kanl. jail attempted to break out by overpowering the jailor. but were finally subdued by force of arms.
 Peter Shandran, a laborer of Napanee, Ontario, fatally shot his wife because she joined the Salvation Army. He then killed himself.
 The semi-annual apportionment of the Kansas State fund was made at Topeka Thursday.
 Four Chinese highbinders were ar- rested ia San Francisco for the at- tempted murderer of a Chinese inter preter.
 c. II. Rankin was arrested at Eearney, Neb., for an attempted high way robbery on man named Jas, A. Banks.
 / Public Printer Benedict was before the House Printing Committee Friday to tell of the economy he was practic- Ing.
 A German named August Moeller is wanted at Grand Island, Neb., for the murder of a man named Valentine Butcher.
 Louis Bogart, 16-year-old boy, com by taking dose of strychnine after visiting the grave of his father.
 John NJ. Byers, fireman of the Louisville & Nashville Road, was killed in a collision near Nashville, Tenn, Thursday night.
 NJ. E. Lester, under sentence of death at Nashville, Tenn, who tried to kill himself with chloroform a few days ago, made another attempt Friday with morphine.
 / The body of a man in terrible ture at Grand Island, Neb. No clew to the perpetrators of the crime has been found.
 / A large number of prominent citizens of Cincinnati are getting up petition to have Ben Hopkins. the Fidelity banker, removed from jail to his home, as he is not expected to live.
 The Georgia Pacific Railway yards at Birmingham, Ala, were deserted Thursday on account of strike brought on by circular reducing the working force and wages ot the employees.
 / Verona Baldwin, who has made her self famous in the San Francisco courts, has entered another suit for $50,000 against Richard Garvey oi Los Angeles.
 / A young boy named Sam Mimms, who had been left in charge of some negro hands at Trenton, Ky., shot and killed one of the men who refused to obey him and attacked him with hoe.
 Quite a commotion was created in the United States Marsha's office at San Francisco when the Marshal re. manded twenty Chinese women foI shipment to China without notifying their bondsmen of the fact.
 Mrs. Frank Gibson, the wife of & farmer living near Cartersville, Ga., was seriously hurt by the explosion of bomb, relic of the civil war, found in field month or so ago, and which was being used by Mrs. Gibson as an andiron.
 The body of Miss Annie Jordan, a Montgomery (Ala.) young lady, was found in a mutilated condition about fifty miles from her home. She is sup posed to have been murdered by negroes.
 Nicholas Dutean, temporarily insane and once a wealthy merchant of Mer- Till, Wis, was arrested for writing to l John Vanhecke of the same place and saying if $60 was not placed under a certain bridge he would take his hearts ! blood.
 / George W. Libby, after whom Libby prison was named. writes condemning l the proposal to remove the building to | Chicago. He suggests, though, if they do move it that they show picture of himself being dragged through the i streets of Paris.
 Frank NJ. Riegel. Assistant Cashier i of the defunc. Metropolitan Bank of i Cincinnati, was arrested Friday for do- l ing away with SS,000 belonging to the i Arcade Building Association. His ar- rest has exposed well-laid plot of half dozen conspirators in robbery