The Forrest City times., 1888-01-21

lh0 Forrest CIfy Times. GAxDveIer . vADAKIx. Prep'rs,
 FORREST CITY. ARK.
 EXPLORER GREELr does not believ' that the north pole will ever be reached except bs balloon.
 EMPEROR WILLIAM. according to prophecy based on his handwriting. i. to live to be 100 years old.
 COLONEL DoS PIATr claims to have originated the word ''crank" as ap piled to eccentric people
 FoR thirty-two years Mrs. Catherine Murdock has kept the light in tht Rondout (N. Y.) lighthouse burning brightly.
 SENATOR CAMERON already owns moro than S1. 000. 900 worth of real es- tate in Washington and is making fur ther investments
 GENERAL THOMAS KLBY SMITH, who was chief of Grants staff at the close of the war. died in Philadelphia recently in the 9th year of his age.
 THE late James NJ. Pierce of San Diego, Cal, at his death left a fortune of over &l00. 900 to found and support . school for homeless boys and girls.
 J. s. LAMONT. the father of the presidents private secretary. has been the leading merchant of McGraw- vile, N. r.. for the past twenty-five years.
 JUDGE ToURGEE will have two new books published in February-"B Block Ice" novel, and Letters to King" which will treat of the relations of religion and politics.
 THE countess of March, wife of the eldest son of the duke of Richmond, died the other day from typhoid fever. caught through sleeping in bedroom d djoinirg bathroom.
 JAMES BLACK. Windfall. Ind, who was . candidate for sheriff two years ago. has been convicted of stealing pair of mules and sent to the peniten- tiary for two years.
 ENGLAND obtained formal possession of Gibraltar by the treaty of Utrecht. April II. 17l3. The great fortress had been taken from the Spaniards by the English nine years before, aud held in spite of repeated attempts at recapture.
 TIE people of Thessaly were the first probably among the Greeks who broke horses for service in war. and the proficiency of theso people as equestrians give rise to the ancient myth that their country was origionally inhabited by centaura
 HoRTENsE BERTRAND. daughter of Count Bertrand, the most faithful of Napoleon's friends. is still living in Paris When her father followed Na- poleon to Helena. Hortense was taken with him. and tho emperor was her teacher in many things.
 BISMARCK seldom retires until in the morning. We are told. After he retires numbers of messages are brought to him during the night to which he gives his immediate personal attention. and he takes late supper regularly at about midnight.
 COMMANDER BETHEL, of the British army. who was shot by the boers in South Africa three years ago. left a wife who was native of that country. and . child. who are now seeking recognition as his heirs in England. where he left considerable property.
 DAVID l.. BOXER left New York twelve years ago to seek his fortune in tho west. He reached Colorado with oL50 in his pocket After a time he became interested in Q silver mine, made e1O0. 900 in short time and has been enlarging his fortune ever since.
 JAMES H. JOHNSON of Pittsburg has sued James O. Flower. a dentist for e20. 900 damages Two years ago Flower pulled Johnson's tooth and broke his jaw a. the same t me. The victim has spen; $2 900 in doctors b Ills since then and is a confirmed invalid yet
 Ex-PREsIDRNr GREvy will ere long place in publishers hands tho voluminous dairy which he kept during his term of office. and in which he faithfully recorded not only his own impressions but also the favors asked by public men.
 Mrs. Smith (to Mrs. Jones' servant girl)-"What do you want?" Servant Girl-..Mrs Jones sends her regards aud says would you be so kind as to count your children and see if you haven't got one too many. as our Kitty hasn't come home and school has been out two hours"
 HERMANN. the magician. says he has been around the world three times looking for Q ghost He doesn't be lieve in any supernatural manifesto tions of any kind. He says the best sleight-of- hand tricks or mind-reading 2 exhibitions are accomplished by the