The Forrest City times., 1888-08-18
IlOMIisTIC.

Katie Dunlap of Wheeling, W. Va,
 was killed by lightning Monday during severe storm. Her two brothers were
 prostrated by slighter shocks.-
 George Bradley, respect able young
 workingman of Plainvil.e, Conn, shot
 his sweetheart, Lilly Potter, with fatal
 results and then tired to kill himself.
 An open switch on the Erie road
 near Corning, N. r., wrecked fast
 express train, derailing the engine
 and three cars. The engineer was
 crushed to death.-J. R. Carleton
 and Al Miller, two well-known miners,
 were seriously hurt at Leadville, Colo,
 by the explosion of blast Of giant
 powder. Miller's injuries will probably
 result fatally. John Par6 of Ashland, Ky, received registered
 letter containing S25, which man
 signing himself "Friend' had sent, saying it was in payment for pocket knife he had stolen from Mrs. Park s father fifty years before. .--Ilenry
 Maasen, a man 50 years of age, com mitted a criminal assault upon ths + year old daughter of bis landlord at Birmingham, Ala, and was found a couple of hours later with his head split open from forehead to chin with a hatchet. Who did the degd is not known.-J. Harmon Reed and a young lady named Miliken went out in boat at Bar Harbor. Me, and did not return at the expected time. As sistance was sent out, and their boat was found up side down three miles from shore. The young lady and her escort have not yet been found.-- Prof. Perrin of the Lycee fired five shots at Gen Boulanger Monday while he was driving in an open carriage at St. D' Angely. NJ. Ratapan, friend of the General $, turned the pistol aside as the man fired, receiving a bullet in the back of h head which inLicted.no serious injury. Two peasants standing near by were struck by the flying | bullets. The shooting occurred during a pitched battle between the rival political parties. Count Dillon was struck on the head with a club Mrs. Mary Pulliam, who has been in an insane asylum at Cincinnati, O., for three years, has produced proof that she is sane and was put i'll the asylum by her husband, who wanted her money. y.-Mr. w. B. Parker, an Olathe Kan lawyer, was awakened by burglar in his room Fr day night and fired at him with a shotgun, but missed hitting him. The burglar went head first through closed window and made his eseape.-Joel T. Smith, New York swiHdler, was arrested Friday for working d scheme by which he extorted money from Postmasters in various parts of the country by selling them badges. He told them 1t was necessary to join in order 10 retain tleir appointments Rich ards, l4-year-old boy, employed as a mule driver in the Murfy coal mine at WikeSbarre, Pa. was kiled by being struck by runaway train of cars, which struck him with such force that his head was driven into the abdomen of the mule. where it was damned so tightly that it re- quired two men to pull him out A quarrel over an election between i Welsey Hawkins and John Bla.r at Owensboro. Ky. resulted in the death of Blair, Hawkins shooting him three i times.-Wm. Simpson and Wm. Howard met at Blaekford, Ky, and got into quarrel over cattle transac. ton. simpson finally stabbed Howard fatally with dir6 knife.--A young
 girl named Emma Johns. employed as a nurse by samuel Stamper at Way land, Md, threw her young charge in to the river and drowned it. She Is sup po,ed to be insane.--The eharred and blaekened bodies of Andrew Saline and Robert Roberts were found in the ruins of tines house on ranch
 near Fort ! eWis, Colo. The place had
 burned down and the only two oceu
 pants were killed in the fire Dr
 6oss and T. J. Lusk of Slaughter sta