The Forrest City times., 1888-10-13
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.


 The election to decide whether or not the county-seat of CarTsll county shall be moved from Berryville takes place Tuesday, and there promises to be bitter fight.
 The BatesSille Pilot says: An ordin- ance granting the right of way to street railway passed the council at its last meeting. Said railway must be in operation within two years or it's charter is void.
 Nashville, News: A family consist ing of man, wife and three children in destitute circumstances have been camping in a vacant store house in the South End for several days. The man is an ex-confederate soldier and has lost an arm and was quite sick. They have relatives at Deyall's Bluff but had no means of getting there. Mrs. Jodie Coulter went around Tuesday evening soliciting aid for them and the neat sum of S20 was donated by our citizens, and the poor family left on the noon train Wednesday.
 Fort Smith Times: Mrs. Mary Walker of Burwyn, Indian Territory, through her attorney, Mr. Edmondson, Tuesday instituted suit in the circuit court for the recovery of s25, 900 dam ages against Heck Thomas and John Carroll for false imprisonment of her husband, which resulted in his death.
 Freeman's (De Witt Lance: We see that Mir. Turner has issued call for all the Wheelers to assemble in this town on the 1st of October, and it is suggested by some of our good citizens that it would be an act that the town would appreciate if they would leave their guns at home.
 Lonoke Democrat: Rube CarlLee's letter in The Gazette of the 22d inst, copied from the New York Press, has been the talk of the town this week.. A greater batch of bigger lies never was printed and Rube ought to be bumped for penning them.
 Batesville Guard: A. R. Kennedy has bought two lots on South street, in the rear of the Baptist church and will build a residence on them at once. Competition does not seem to lessen the prices of commodities at Conway as the Guard says: With four butcher shops in town meat might be cheaper. John Lloydo of Faulkner county, who was shot while trying to arrest Fred | Conway recently, is reported to be in a very bad condition. | The Nashville graded school is fairly | under beadway now. The number en- | rolled is something over 100, and con-
 stantly increasing.
 J. R. Berry is the Republican candi- | date tin place of w. c. Roberts, and | John A. Bunch, the democratic candi-
 date, for the circuit clerkship of Madi-
 son county, at the special election on | the 9th. At the general election there | was a tie between Bnnch and Roberts. | Fayetteville Sentinel: The map and profile of the Kansas City, Fort Smith | and Southern railway, which is to run
 through this country, has been filed in | the office of the county clerk. This
 company was recently organized under
 the laws of this state.
 Eureka Springs had fire the other day which destroyed a few frame | buildings. The office of the county treasurer was in one of them and about s6,000 in money was either de- stroyed or stolen.
 The Fayetteville Milling company | have closed the contract for their ma chinery and building. The capacity
 will be 100 barrels per day. The plant
 is to cost sls,ooo.
 The promised tariff debate between Col. W. II. Fishback and Judge w.. II. II. Clayton comes off at Fort Smith
 Monday night.
 The canning factory at Judsonia closed down Tuesday, after success | full seasons run.
 They are talking of establishing fair
 grounds at Sugar Loaf Springs. Berryville won the day in the con- | test lliC SOdAANt SNSh VI NeAANAA | county.
 Dr. NJ. F. Dumas of Pine Bluff was robbed of s65 and his drug store was burglarized all in one night last week. Dave Graves killed very large cata- | mount near Mineral Spring, Howard county, last Saturday. The barn of Mrs. Hammett, near Vandale, was burned by incendianes last week.
 line Bluff expects to get 10000 more bales of cotton this season than it did last, when it received 77,000 bales.
 George Winscott. negro of Arkan- sas county, recently killed bald eagle
 which measured six feet four inches from tip to tip.
 Baxter County Citizen: Our mer- chants are cheered with the prospect of a good trade this fall and general bal 1 ancing of books.