The Forrest City times., 1889-12-07

] Goodbar & Co.,, of Memphis. sell boots and shoes to merchants only. They handle no shoddy goods and guarantee every invoice to be us represented. Citizens contemplating purchasing boots and shoes should ask their mer- chant for Goodbar & Co.'s goods. Merchants will find it to their interest to handle goods from this Old Reliable establishment. Prices are remarkable for lowness.
 ] Of course the times are hard and most of us cannot afford to spend a great deal of money in the purchase of an outfit of winter clothing. We can give you pointer: To make your cash serve the best purpose call Ut J. l.. Brandon s and get his prices on gent. 8 clothing and furnishing goods. He carries a ,splend line and sells cheap for cash. You will be surprised at the low figures at which he is selling goods.
 A hunting party, consisting of $. D Apperson, Schell and Bart Ezell and Charlie Harris. went down on Mud lake last week. They enjoyed splendid sport and returned with forty ducks. goose ana swan. Apperson says if he could induce Schell to make another visit to the lake he is satisfied he would recover his appetite. His regular rations con sisted of two mallard ducks, six biscuits the size of quart cup, eight pints of coffee and half-pound onion. Schel IS improving.
 z. II. llavens desires to inform the public that he has withdrawn from the firm known as Pope X Ravens, and is again doing business at his old stand, m the northwest part of town. He IS prepared to do ginning and grinding in the very best manner. and at the lowest prices, and invites his old-time GUS toners especlally, and the public gen erally, to give him a share of their pa tronage. He has a saw-mll in connec- tion- and will deliver lumber at lowest living rates. Give him call.
 On Monday evening last Mrs. John Weayer's horse was stolen. Deputy Sheriff George Seaborn was notified and at once started in pursuit. After fol- lowing the thief for three days and nights they traced him to Helena and notified the police and liverymen to look out for the horse and rider. On ! Thursday the thief WAS arrested in the act of boarding boat. and Deputy Seaborn went down yesterday morning and got his man. He WAS brought to this city last night and iodged in jail l At the council meeting Tuesday night 1t was suggested that a house for the storage of the city's tools he built It would be good idea to add Il small room for the storage of coal oil for use in the street lamps. By purchasing oil by the barrel 30 per cent of the cost could be saved. With the seven lamps ! to be added to those already in opera ton, the consumption of oil will reach about barrel and a half per month. he price now paid for oil is twenty cents per gallon. which makes it cost slo.ao per barrel At ten cents per gall lon, at which price it can be bought, the i cost per barrel would he S5.ao. On eighteen harrels-a years supply the saving would be sos 60. Think of it. ] X mulatto negro man. accompanied hy tive young colored girls. was in town i last week and announced his identity < as ing Jesns.n He declared his ahil- ] ity to work miracles, but failed to per | form any SD far as heard from. He l proposes to eyangelize the world, begin ning his mission in short time He will choose twelve colored ladies and twelve white women to do his singing, and twelve colored gentleman and twelve white men as his "deciphers V With this outfit he purposes knocking