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The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

centre Of town. The courthouse is In the centre Of the square. The school building Is in the northeast corner ei the city. and all the dwellings in that portion Of the city arc destroyed and the ruins of some burning. In all ju0 dwellings are totally destroyed and many others injured. The dead are now gathered together. and the su- preme court house has been converted into a hosp tai for the dead and wounded. This building is also dam aged, but not seriously. The latest estimates show thirty-one dead and about loo injured. some Of them will die before morning.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

JAr GOULD paid s2Oo 900 for his country homo down the Hudson. and it is said to cost him S4oO a day or nearly SI5a. 600 year. It embraces almost square mile of land. ninety five acres of which Is lawn.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
his presses

A MINNESOTA man named Jackson yelled 's'catf' at a strange animal in his woodshed. and inside of three minutes was in rags and tatters. with ninety-eight clsw-marks on his body. The visitor was q wild scat
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
wor.s Than Tlr,l Rennr.et.

NIT. VERNON. H., Feb. l9.-The facts in the previous dispatches. al- though giving an idea O. the devast ltion done by the cyclone. were necessarily hurriedly obtained, and later and more complete investigations show that the loss Of life and the damage 70 property has been much greater than first TO- ported, and even yet it is impos ble to give any complete statement of the loss, as reports of additional deaths and further destruction still continue to come Tn.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

TIE fact that no man can be great in all rect ons at once is shown in Edison's case The other day his wife got him to put button on closet and he screwed it 10 the door instead of the casing. and then wondered why the door pulled open.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

ENGLAND has thirty-four judges who are each In receipt of salary ranging from s25. 900 to $50. 600, and together draw S9I0. 900 year from the treas ury. The eighty judges in the courts of the United States arc paid from S3.- 500 to sio 500 year. an aggregate of eaIS0Da
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Tue.day


 SENATE Among the bills reported from committees and placed On the calendar were the following. To Au- ihorize the Secre' ary Of War 10 convey 10 the City Of Austin, Tex. a tract Of land for educational purposes; tJ au- thorize the sale 10 aliens Of certain mineral lands. A resolution instruct lng the Committee on Commerce lin reporting the river and harbor bill to set out the important facts bearing or each item was reported by Mir Jones Gi Nevada and agreed to. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By MT. Cullom-For com pensation for services Of female nurses during the war of the rebellion. By Mir. Mitchell-To amend the laws re lating tO drawbacks on duty on manu. factured linen. Mir. Blackburn offered . resolution declaring ii not in order except by unanimous consent) for the Committee on Appropr atioDs to report to the Senate for consideration or ac- ton any general appropriation bill without having had 1t under eonsidera- ton for ten days or more. Referred to Committee on Rules. The resolution for an inquiry into the causes Of the in. efficient mail service was taken up, and MT. Plumb (wbo had introduced it) said that if Mir. Reagan's argument yesterday in defense of the Postmaster General meant anything it was that that officer pleaded the baby sct-thai he was burdened with incompetent Republican clerks. There was no re. straint on the Postmaster-Genersl as to the dismissal Of clerks. No Republican asked to have them retained. As tc the fact that the service was bad, inex. eusably bad, bad beyond any preyiou, record. there was no question at all.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
Friday

SESATE.-In the senate yesterday the most interesting declarations were made by Senators Vest and Teller. The former when it was asked what people were going to get copies of the record Of the rebellion said that he was against the waste .of publi' money in printing documents nor di he want it wasted on trash. Senator Teller made strong speech against secret sessions of the senate.
 HoUsE-Thc Blair educational blll was laid before the House and refer red to the Committee on Education. NIT. Millikin of Maine said that on tine 7th inst. he had offered resolution directing the Secretary Of the Treasury to investigate the sugar Trust in New I ork, The resolution had been refer red to the Committee on Manufactures, but as yet no report had been made and he saw no prospect of such a re- port being made. He therefore moved that the committee be instructed to re- port back the resolution on Friday next. Agreed to. The House then re- samed consideration or the urgency deficiency Il. the pending quest on being upon the amendment (adopted in Committee of the Whole upon motion Of Mir. O'Neill Of Missouri instructing the Public Printer to enforce rigidly the provisions Of the eight-hour law. The amendment was adopted-yeas lS2, nays 53-and the bill was passed.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

A CHICAGO Anarchist named Schmidt says he would do anything to die for his counirr. Can't he freeze Co death in the next blizzard'
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

ANEW JERSEY mllkman has been | broken up in his bus ness by so many men hanging themselves in his milk. shed. He put up sign asking them 10 suicide in the shed across tine way. but they were obstinate and wouldn' 1, do if
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

A CALIFORNIA widow had plans for . $50, GOO monument for her late de- parted. but when the lawyers got through Sighting over the estate the widow was doing house work at S2 per week for tue man who drafted the monument
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

Deficiency estimates in the ap- propriations for the post-ofiice depart ment were Thursday submitted to the house, including items of S9S.oO0 for printing and binding and sl4000 for wrapping paper. The postmaster-Cen- eral says that these deficiencies have been occSsio' ed hy the extraordinary expenses in printing postal account books for third and fourth class ofiiceI and the gen. al increase or postal busi. ness. requiring large supplies of blanks printing and wrapping paper.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

CHINESE undortskers must Dc bigger men than American plumbers. Three of them had the snap of burying 4.Uo0 people last month.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

RHODE ISLAND is making fair look ing gold watch for s270 and good looking gold chain for eleven cents Now. then. what ails this country.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

RICHARD K Fox. of The Nelc Fork Police Gdssfte. derives an income from that paper of s20o. 600 a year. and Tue tAristian at Work is printed on one of bis presses
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

MR- ". r. HEREFORD. of New Mar ket. Madison county. Ala, is getting to be numerous grandfather. A short time ago his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Theo Hereford. gave birth to triplets. all boys and doing we'll A few days afterward his daughter. Mrs. Miller. gave birth to twins
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

SApI CARsor the new French pres ident has commenced sowing the seeds of unpopularity by appointing his brother-in-law. NJ. MairoL to e lucra- tive office. though he behaved so badly during the Franco-German war that he was tried by court martial for coward ico and treacherg.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

A band Of gyps.es passing through Chattanooga, Tenn, lassoed an l-year. old boy and took hin out to the woods and beat him severely. The boy sue oeeded in escaping and reported the matter to the police. who arc taking active steps against the band
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

Fire broke out Wednesday night in the Elmira, \. r., Daily Advertiser ofIice which soon destroyed it and several aeighborlng buildings The losses are as follows: Advertiser. SG5. .O0l; Sun isv Tidings, S5.000; J. N Roblnson & son, SS5, 5,00O; other losses. s20.0JO.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
WednesdaY.

SESATR.-After the close of the debate on the educational bill NIT. Plumbi amendment pro viding that the appro- priation shall be distributed pro rata was defeated.
 HoUsE.-The House Committee on Agriculture decided to report favor ably Mir. Hatch's bill creating a new department to he known as the De- pertinent Of Agriculture. MT. Nor row Of California presented resolutions of the San Francisco Chamber of Com merce, urgin the Pacific coast delega- tion in congress to use all possible means 10 defeat any action which con- templates a change in the present duty on sugar and the establishment of Q bounty system. Referred. On motion of Mir. Laflon of Kentucky, e bill wal passed providing for the holding o terms c. the United states circuit and district courts at Owensboro, Ky.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

NIT. VERNON, Ill.,. Feb. l9.-At about
 o'clock this afternoon a cyclone struck this town and ieft it in ruins, killing large number Of people, and ii is feared that many more than are now known to have been killed will bo found in the ruins of the bulldings Fires inn mediately broke out all over the city. and the ruins and those who are buried under them. are being consumed by the flames. The fire department is totally unable to cope with the fires, and unles. assistance arrives soon the remainder of the city will be lost.
 Among the dead are the following Mrs. Russell Dewey,
 Mrs. John L. Water and baby. Henry Waters.
 David F. Iearwood and wife. Jno. C. Murray.
 - Cummings. an engineer. Mary Wrstbrook.
 James Pearson.
 Mrs. Haleomb.
 Dr. John Yearwood and wife. sam Yearwood and wife.
 George Purcell
 Mrs. Wn. Jones and child.
 John Dodson.
 Miss 10 le sutton.
 John Shew.
 A blacksmith, name unknown. Mrs. Col. Cooper.
 Eddie Maxie.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
Mount Vernon, H., Almost Totally
 Destroyed.

A Great Nanassr Of People KnIsd and Many InJured--Nsmes Of the Victims, and Tull Details of the Disaster.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

Nor long ago it was reported that Gen. James Longstreet had become so much reduced in circumstances that he and his family were likely to suffer unless help were extended. Thereupon Jk Aiianta Constitutions printed an article suggesting the raising of re. lief fund. and Gen. Longstreet's hosts of friends would have readily respond ed. The matter however. came to the attention of Mrs Longstreet. who wrote card in which she says: ''I beg you will withdraw his name at oneo in such condition. and if any among his old soldiers have sent their mito to their old chief 1 beg you 10 return the came with many thanks for their love and devotion. which to him is worth nsor- than their gold or silver. The general though far from rich. is able. with what he owns. to live io com fort the remainder of his life"
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
THE PANIC

Which followed the cyclone's work Of destruction is almost inconceiyable. Ii came so quickly that no one was able to do more than seek the shelter near est at hand, \ noise like the roaring Of train gave notice of ts approach. but in very few moments alter it was first beard the yellowish, funnel-shaped cloud was noticed, 1t struck the town. lad the centre Of the terrible funnel swept loo feet further north not busi- ness house would be left standing. As 1t Is only few houses Of any kind re- main 10 mark the spot where this af- ternoon stood one of the fairest towns In Illinois. Even the sidewalks are torn up and the remnants of wrecked buildings and merchandise of all kinds are scattered every where.
 fiE FIRES
 Which broke out Immediately after the s orm had pa sed threatened to com | e tho work SO well commenced by ts sister ement, and leaving noth- ing but ash $ 10 tell the tale Of deyas- iation snd horror. Those who were unhurt were too enerossed with the paramount duty Of looking after the Injured to pay much attention to the fires, excep, in cases where IL was pos sible that human beings were in the burning ruins. But aid having been asked from Evansville and Centralia, engines and men from these points ar. rived m time to avert any holocausts, and the fires are now under control.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

MR. PIERRE T. BARLOW. of New York. is the owner of Lord Byron's sig netring. This ring. which now deco crates Mir. Barlow's finger. is a long oval in shape, and has the crests of the houses of Noel Gordon. and Byron cut into il. It is the ring that Byron gave his friend and publisher. John Murray.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

MRS JOHN HoEY. of New York. is said to wear the most expensive bonnet found at any of the theaters- The most costly part of it is the pm she uses to thrust in her hair at the back to hold the bonnet in place. It is not conspicious-looking. and yet it cost lot of money, being made of the most exquisite tortoise shell. crusted with diamonds. The gems are small, and the cost of the workmanship was greater than that of the diamonds. The head of the pin is cut in scroll as delicate as lace and in these fine conyultions of shell are set thousands of tiny dia- monds.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

CONGRESSMAN BARNES. of Georgia, is known in Washington as the man with the patent adjustable ab- domen. He is of immense weight. and the peculiarity about his phy- sical corporation is that it appears as though his frontal development was artificial and he could remove it at his leisure.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25
thursday


 SENATE.-Bills reported from com mittees and placed on the calendar: For the relief Of volunteers of the Fourth Iowa infantry. Giving to the city Of Grand Forks, Dak., the right to build two bridges across Red river. Authorizing the construction Of high way wagon bridge across the Missouri river at CT near Sioux City. House bill regulating the construction of bridges over the Muskingum river, Ohio. To create ports of entry at Tacoma and Seattle, Washington territory. Among the bills introduced and referred were the fo,lowing:-By NIT. Farwell: To breyet army officers on the active and retired list. By Mir. Sabin: To author izc the president to confer brevet rank on army officers for brilliant services In Indian campaigns. By Mr. Noor- hees: For tae establ shment of an ad- ditional land-oftice in Colorado, al Springded. By MT. Manderson: To authorize the wearing of the badges Of the Grand Army Of the Republic. By Mfr. Quay: To provide for the pur- chase of condemnation Of the entire property and appuTtenances of the Monongahc.a Navigation company, Pennsylvania. By Mr. Teller: To authorize citizens Of the United States to return estray cattle from Mexico to tho United States without payment of duty. The resolution offered by Mir. Plumb 8 me weeks ago, directing an inquiry as 10 the causes Of inefficient mail service, was taken up and agreed to.
 HoUsE.-The following committee reports were submitted: By MT. Nor wood of Georgia from the committee on foreign affairs to carry into effect the internal onal convention for the protection Of submarine cables. Com mittee Of the whole. By Mr. Adams of Illinois from the committee on the iud- icary (adyersely) designating the first Monday in October as the day on which congress shall meet. Lad on table. By Mir. Clardy of Missouri from the committee on comerce to incorporate the Maritime Canal company of Near agua. Committee of the whole. By Mir. Peel Of Arkansas from the com mlttee on Indian affairs to divide the great Sioux reservation Into smaller res ervations. House calendar. By MT. Stone of Kentucky, from the committee on war claims authorizing the preSi- dent to appoint three commissioners on claims. Committee of the whole. Also authorizing the court of claims to adjust cer ain claims arising under the abandon d property act. Commit tee Of the whole. On motion of MT. Dockery of Missouri the senate amend ments were cNncurred in the house bill providing for the appointment oi eleven division superintendent of the railway mail service. The house then went into committee Of the whole, Mr. Blount of Georgia in the chair, on the urgent deficiency bill.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

GEORGE GOULD says: ''l expect my father will return about March Is. the time he fixed for his return before he went away. MT Gould is now in Alexandria He will not make an ex- tended trip up the Nile. probably not above Car.o and the pyramids He writes that he is homesick and W Il be glad to return. He is not much in- terested in old things. such as decay ing remnants of ancient nations"
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-25

FREDERICK ELLISON. who was ap- pointed consul 10 the island of St Helena by President Cleveland. was in Washington to hand in hls resignation of the position, and will soon return to his home in Indianapolis. Ind. He says that St Helena is so dismal that he wonders that Napoleon survived so long as he did his exile on that dreary rock. Mir. Ellison landed on the island at night Had hc reached t in daytime he says he would never have gone ashore.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-24
Scapegrace Engines.

The other day the engine hitched to q
New York Central train broke down mid
way between Albany and Rochester.
That's the scapegrace," said the con.
ductor, rs the train moved away to make
room for the one that was to take its
place. "There is always at least one
scapegrace engine on every line. We call
it scapegracs because it is eternally get
ting into trouble. They had such ma
chine on the Lake Shore road. She was
one of the two engines that pulled the
vest bound train that went through the
Ashtabula bridge in one Of the worst rail-
road accidents ever witnessed In this
country. The head engine crossed the
bridge all right, but the scapegrace pulled
away from 1t and went through the bridge,
distance of eighty feet.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-24
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-"What's the cause of Tailor Jack
sons death; did you hearP" Old Mrs.
Bentley-"Delirium trimmings, l be-
ieve. "-Judge.
-"Ah, yes" said cabinet-maker
to a crockery dealer to whom he was
introduced-"ah. yes; you sell tea-sets
and I sell settees."
"A good play can be acted without
being mounted we'll; but it is actually
necessary for circus to be well
mounted.-M o. Picayune.
How are you feeling to-dayP"
asked a physician of a paralytic pa
tent ''Only little bit on the right
side, thank you," was the cheerful re-
sponse. .-1Sd-Bits.
Mature" said philosopher, ''is
full of wise provisions. He doubtless
referred to potatoes, beets and other
vegetables, and not to mince-pie and
welch rarebits.-Life.
First Boy-"Say! are you going
to SCHOOL," Second Boy-"No, l amt.
I'm late" First Boy-"Ain't you
afraid of catching cold here?' Second
Boy-"Well, if it gets too cold I'll go
to school, and the teacher IL warm me. "
Golden Days.
Anxious Traveller -.'What time is
the west-bound express duep" Agent
-"At two o'clock" Anxious Traveller
-'Is it on timep'' Agent-'.No; three
hours late" Anxious Traveler-"Gee-
whilikens! Three hours! What time
will she come in, nOwP"
He was talking to a Kentucky
audience on the subject of the tariff.
Said he: ''Take whisky, for instance, "
when every man in the audience arose
with the remark: "Thank you; don't
care if do" and the lecturer had to
treat or die.-Teras Sittings.
Young Housekeeper Ito butcher)-
"What is the price of mutton "
Butcher" Fourteen cents, mum" "
Young Housekeeper-"And lamb P'
Butcher" Eighteen cents, mum. "
Young Housekeeper (surprised)-" Is
it possible ? Why lamb isn't more
than half the size of a-er-mutton "
O-A bright ST. Paul boy of five sum-
mers took notion the other day to
read Shakespeare for amusement
When his sister asked him what play
he had been reading he had to stop to
think. Finally light broke in upon
his memory, and he answered: "a
great deal about not much. So. PGsa
Pioneer Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-24
|" tasd vesees, 0ataPrh aNd Falss
Teeth"

A prominent English wo1an says the
American women Ill have high. shrill, nasal
voices and false teeth.
Americans don't lfke the constant twit-
ting thsy got about this nasal twAng, and
yet n y . fact caused by our dry sttnulAt-
ing atnsspherc. and the universal presence
d catarrhal difficulties.
But Why should 20 many 0z eur we0sa
have false teethi
That Il more Of Q poser to tAs Engish- n
b quite impossible to account for IL except
on the theory Of deranged stomach actisa
caused By imprudence in eating and by
want Of regular exercise.
Both conditions are unnatural.
Catarrhal troubles everywhere prevail
and end In cough and consumption, which
are promoted by malnutrition induced by
deranged stomach action. The condition Ii
a modern one, one unknown to our ancestors
who prevented the catarrh, cold, cough and
consumption by abundant and regular use
Of what Is now known as Warmers Log
Cabin CoueA and Cons sumption Remedy and
Lox Cabin 6arsaparilla, two old fashioned
standard remedies handed down froa eur
ancestors, and now exclusively put forth
under the strongest guarantees OF purity
and efficacy by the world-famed makers Of
Warmers safe cure. These two remedies
plentifully used as the spring and summer
seasons advance give positive assurance
of freedom, both from catarrh and those
dreadful and, If neglected, inevitable conse-
quences, pneumonia, lung troubles and con-
sumption, which so generally and fatally
prevail among our people.
Comrade Eli Fisher, of Salem, Henry Co.,
Iowa, served four years in the late war and
contracted disease called consumption b.
the doctors. He had frequent hemorrhages.
After using Warmers Log Cabin Cough and
Consumption remedy, he says, under date
Of Jan. 18th, 1885,: "I do not bleed At the
lungs any more, my cough does not bother
me, and do not have any moro smothering
spells" Warmers Log Cabin Rose Cream
cured his wife of catarrh and she is sound
and welln
OF course we do not like to have our
women called nose takers and false teeth
owners, but these conditions can be readily
overcome in the manner indicated.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-24
GOVERNOR HILLS oloo,L

Nstowcrthy Adaitisa - the yusnftuRs q
New York's Executive Mansioa.
A valuable article ef furniture was add
cd to the superb appointments Of the
new Executive Mansion some months ago,
says the Jets eIeF's Weekly. It 10 . musical
clock. rendered especially interesting BY
its history and the bit ct romance con.
nsctsA with IL The case II Of natural
oak, handsomely carved, and the time
keeper locks moro like massive side
board than any thing else, bearing on it.
exterior n indication that there is any
thing musical hidden within its rscssss ..
The romance b connected with the mech
snisn predueing the music, which was
once contained In magnificent
music box which Frederick the
Great presented to favorite
lady of his court. It IL not of
the usual kind, which produes melody
through the vibration Of steel teeth, but
consists Of sweet-toned wooden flutes,
mellow with age, every one of tn sm being
more than century old. For many gen.
erations the box was treasured in the
lady's family, but about three years ago
it came under the hammer in Berlin and
was there knocked down for mere song
to . shrewd artisan, who caught .
81 impse Of the antique wooden flutes -
meath the rubbish of Its tims.worn *
terror. Three years ago last June Mr..
Hoffm an, of Marsh s. Hoffman, of Albany,
then in Berlin, ran across the purchaser,
who had by that time conceived the
idea of putting the flutes into q
clock. Negotiations were entered into by
MIR. Hoffman for the purchase of the clock
when completed, and year ago in June,
when again in Berlin, he completed the
bargain, and took the clock with him.
The architect of the Executive mansion
chanced to see it, and at once purchased
it for the ornamentation Of the then al.
most completed sdifice. Besides telling
the hours and minutes in mellow chimes,
the clock plays thirty-six different selec-
tions-mainly by Italian, French and Ger
man composers. These include four Sc
lections from Strauss celebrated "Cagli.
ostro" waltz, Carmen" "Lohengrin,"
'Tannhauser," "Huguenots," "Stradella"
and ''Freischutz" The instrument has
been altered to play several American
airs, among which is Payne's "Home
Sweet Home.v