The Forrest City times., 1888-01-28
ABOUT ARKANSAS.

Helena has organized an eiectfio light company. ! Hoes have been dying of cholera Tn several counties south and east Of Ser yville.
 The Hon. J. II. shoppach of saiine county is mentioned as candidate TOT commissioner of state lands.
 The Little Rock Electric Railway Company of Little Rock are letting the bids for the construction of their raii- road. Jui,us Williams, who represented himself to be the agent of . Rochester Isather house, swindled . namoer of people at Little Rock and skippeo' The Pullman Palace Car Company has purchased over 10000 acres oi timber land in this state within the last month.
 The house of Viola Bloom at Texark' nna. was entered by George Collins of sherman, Texas, who struck Mrs, Broom over the head and robbed her of $400.
 Clark county's supply of corn last year was far in excess Of the demand. There are thousands of bushels offered for sale there at 50 cents per bushel. ,R.R. Adams of Horton Island. Jeff fsrson county, has imported from Geor- Sis nearly fifty families of negroes, which he will work on his plantation in Jefferson county.
 The ground at Little Rock was COW cred with two inches of snow. The thermometer registered degrees above zero Tuesday morning. The fury Of the storm is spent and the indications ara for milder Neather.
 In the trial at Beehe before Jastice Ford of ". C. Hadiey for shooting George Hunt last week, Hadley wa acquitted, as 1t was testified he acted in seif-defense. Hun, is doing well. the wound being but slight. Ben GarviR, the Cherokee Indian charged with the murder of Tony Hicks in the Indian territory last Feb ruary, was broughtin by deputy map shal at Fort Smith and placed in jau for trial
 Henry Neversleep of Nashville slept as sound as brick tho other night, while the thieves entered his house and removed everything in 1t except the bed on which he slumbered. They even took the pillow from under his head and the casters from the bed-post. Pete Davis, of Ozark, one of the Bald Knobbers indicted for the Edens en- Green murder, was married Tuesday to Miss Elizabeth Simmons, sister of c. O. Simmons, the Bald Knob parson. The latter was taken out of jail to perfor4 the ceremony. The groom ia out on ball.
 Tom Thompson, the killer of Dr. Hines, has been captured by Mute Glover, of Fl Dorado. He submitted willingly on condition that he would not be mobbed. He says he don't fear he law. The feeling is not near 90 bitter against him.
 Louisiana has put an emphatic veto upon third-termlsm and bossism by nominating Gen. Nichols for Governor over MeEnery, the present encumbent, | and serving a second term. There is q ! lesson in McEnery's defeat whi b Gov, Hughes might study with profit.
 There may be 8 few Esaus in the South who, finding they can not attain notoriety in the even ten or of thingi pose as conservative leaders Of the new South, and loudly cry for the Blair bill. It Is gratifying fact that their paucity in number is similar te angel visits.
 4 Advices from Berryville say that other arrests will be made in the Car. rollton stage robbery case. Proof against Tlbbetts, who charged that R. c. Jones of Berryville was the robber, and who was himself arrested and 1 ironed after Jones's acquittal, multi- plies. It is alleged that five persons are implicated.
 Mike Landers and family have ar rived at Dardenelles from Texas Landers was implicated in the safe robbery at Danville last winter and hal turned states evidence, and he and hii wife will testify against George Ander. son and George Edmundson, the prin ei pals in the robbery, whose trial will b, had at Danville next week.
 City Marshal Lingg of Helena cap tured one James windom Saturday afternoon, and left with his prisoner fol Rosedale, Miss, on the Kate Adams, i few hours later. A reward of S25( had been offended by the governor O. Mississippi for the apprehension O Windom, who is wanted for murder Owing to the sudden departure of Mar shall Lingg with the prisoner. the par ticulars of the murder could not b, ascertained.
 One of the strange features of tn, storm at Hot Springs was during tn, time it ragged the highest and the slee and snow fell in binding drifts, light ming flashed forth as vividly as 1t wa ever seen to flash during thunder storm in May. The like was never seer before in that section Of the country. The Standard Compress and War, house company, new concern, hal been organized in Pine Bluff with capital stock of $200, 1000 and the priv ilege of increasing 1t to S500,00O. { new building will be put up, and with the sheds, etc, the site will cover fiv. acres. The storage capacity will b, 20 1000 bales of cotton. There is alfeady one cotton compress in Pine Bluff which does large business
 The particulars of q terrible tragedy reached Little Rock Friday from Faulk ner county, adjoining this on the north. w. A. Baker and Robert Hiett were two neighbor farmers. The chil. dren of these families were about to in.