The Forrest City times., 1888-03-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREYTTIES

John w. Davis was nominated by the Rhode Island Democrats Tuesday for Governor.
 l. Friend 4 Son, dry goods mer- chants at Lincoln. Neb, failed Thnrs- day for SLIGO.
 : William H. Norman. Nashville fTenn.1 gambler. was fatally shot over game of cards sunday.
 Lueus Porter. aged {. Of Akron, O, swallowed a ezrpet-faek which lodged in the lung and caused death. 9 A miner named HIse Gross at Soc OTTO. N. M.. wss burned 10 death in his cabin, which caught fire while be vas asleep.
 Mark Twain addressed the House Committee on Judiciary Saturday on the proposed international copyright laws.
 Joseph Hudson, with several aliases. was arrested at Evansville. Ind. for the murder of his ssepfather in Chi- cago afew days ago.
 < Mr. T. 4. Mspel Of West Virginia. on his arrival h yineennes, Ind, was taken in hand by confidence men who relieved him Of sis5.
 : The body Of Adolphns Motz, em. ployed in rail mill near Kzle gb, N. C. was found on the railroad track. He a supposed to have been murdered. The Commercial National Bank of Dubuque. To. has closed it's doors and asked for q receiver. The last state neut placed the assets at s8s5, 5,ss1, and he liabilities are large.
 = Dr. J. N. Chaplin Of Flndlay, O.. has been arrested on charge of bfgamy brought by his seventh wife. IL is said that he is the husband Of ten women.
 The Michigan State Dental Associa- ton had stormy debate at Ann Arbor, Mich. oyer the question ofexpelling a memssr for sdsertislag in s5s Esss- papers.
 John N. Campbell. a fzyorite among his classmates at Ann Arbor. Mich. was expelled from the college, having gained admission by means Of forged letters.
 A Terre Hsute embalmer has dis covered preparation which. It is claimed, will preserye dead bodies for an indefinite period.
 Amxrian H. Bradner, former Presi- dent Of the DanYiile N. Y.,) Bank, and who was serving term in the Auburn prison. died there Thursdsy. The funds Of the williamanfic (Conn.l Savings Institution have been found to be Si50,000 short. owing to some trans- actions secretly made by the Treasurer, H. F. Royce.
 Simeon Alleman. farmer living near Wooster, died frcm the effects of drinking some embalming fluid which had been c2relessly thrown into the water-bueket-
 A number Of witnesses were exam ined Wednesday during the progress Of the Hamilton-Gambreu trial at Bran don. Miss-. court adjournIng after the Jury had retired.
 member Of the Erie, (Pa.l bar, has be- come violently Insane through over work and political disappointments. A gang of burglars went through the town ofvalley Center, Kansas and cleaned ont number of places, besides the post office and express office.
 Mr. Bland of Missouri introduced bill to amend section 3,5l0 of the Re viBed Statutes of the United states, and to provide for new designs of authorized devices of United States coins.
 Leander Franklin, a farmer living near Montgomery, Ky, was called out of his house by . negro named Tilden who knocked him down and beat him almost to death.
 Lightning struck the dome of the capitol in Washington Thursday. and caused quite an excitement among the Senators and Representatives who were busy in the building.
 The dead body of Augustus Thomas was found in thicket near Helena, Ark. It Is supposed that he wandered out while in delirious fit and was un- able to get back home.