The Forrest City times., 1889-11-16
eeNsaAL NEWS.


  The total Indian population of the United States is 2A7 ,s5l.
 The Grand Lodge of F. and X Masons o} Arkasssas meet today at
 Six Hundred thousand barrels If American apples were sent to Eng tsnd last year.
 Memphis street car operators have pe- titiOned the City Council for the right to use electricity.
 The city council of Helena has deci- sled to do all m it's power to bring that place under the title of "A City of the First Glass;"
 The Southern Homeopathic Medical Association met in it's sixth annual ses sion, in the Gayoso Hotel, Memphis, Wednesday morning.
 Miss Eva Ingersoll, daughter of "Col Bob" was married. Wednesday, in New York city, to Walter Hill Brown. The ceremony WAS strictly a legal one
 A negro who shot his wife to death, Saturday, in Memphis, plead guilty to the charge of murder in the first de- gree, and says he wants to be hanged for it.
 X plague of monkeys alllict Tanjore in Southern India The creatures ,io so much mischief that an official monkey catcher receives rupee for each mon key captured,
 The incense used in R man Catholic rhntches is made from thick. fragrant resins obtained rom certain trees in South Americs the Icy8nt, and else where, bs cutting the bark
 The growth of our sister town of Searcy since the estahli- -hment of an educatiorai institution h h e' D. aomenal The prosp rit and number of inhabitants in the diggins" would likewise be inert asea if We had a col legc.
 Nine murderers will swing off into eternity at Fort Smith on the l6th of January, 1890. This is the largest number ever sentrncrd to death at one time in the federal courts at Fort Smith. The murders were committed in the Indian country,
 The notable attractions in Memphis theatrical circles after this week are Thomas w. keenc, "The Wife" and the Emma Abbott Opera Company Mir. keene will present, as the novelty of his engagement, the famous histori- cal drama of Louis XI."
 NJ. Y. Todisman. formerly of The Batesville Guard. and later of tbe Batesville Printing Company, has sev- cred his connection with both, and has launched No. of The Batesyille Pro- gress. It is a well-printed five-column qnarto. We wish it success.
 The Grand Prairie Journal. of Stutt- gart, has inaugurated a new feature in the legitimate art of printing. In the last issue nf that paper was an advcr- t,sement printed in red ink, with a rub bcr stamp. Whei her this Is progressive or not. We will not undertake to say, but it is certainly enterprising.
 Alex. Reed. negro cotton hand, was arrested in Memphis Sunday. on the charge of mudering John Diamond, a colored plantation boss, near Marianna. last August. Reed acknowledges kill ing Diamond, but says ha did il in self defense. He was taken back to Mari anna by Deputy Sheriff Wells, of that place.
 NJ. Eitfels last triumph is portable iron military bridge. which has been successfully exhibited to NJ. Freyeinct, the French Minister of War. The bridge can he carried along with an army, and is of iron altogether. It is one hundred and twenty fleet long. and can be paced in position even in the most difficult country in fifty hours. Of course. if one hundred and twenty feet Is not needed, the bridge eau be reduced to any length.
 Seven United States prisoners. con victed recently at the Fort Smith court of various crimes were brought in last night and placej in the penitentiary hy Marshal Jacob ioes and two deputies The prisoners naUps and the extent of their terms are: George Hubbard, thir- ty months; John Step and W. F. smith. three years each; John Sanders. four years, Wm. Marks. one year; John Bat, two years, and James Robinson, four years. rs.-t;aze,te, l2th.
 The most important group of events in the history of the Catholic Church in America began in the city of Balti- more. Md, Sunday morning. It was the commencement of triple celehr:l- tion-~thr hundredth anniversary of tn. appointment of the first American blsh- op; the inauguration of the first coit- gress of Catholic laymen held in the United States, and the dedication Of tbe New National University for Cath. olics. Ten thousand strangers were in Baltimore to NitnesS the spectacle fonr tunes as many people, not count ing local Catholics, as could be accom- modaied In tue Cathedral. where the initial and imposing ceremonies were held It was the gathering of nearly all Catholic bishops of the United States, with representatives froip Mex jco, Canada, England and Ronie. ill., cluding the Cardinals of the Roman Church in America ribbons. of Balti. more, and Terehereai. of Quebec, and the papal delegates. O'Conneil and Sa- tolli. of Rome. The opening sermon was preached by Archbishop Ryan Gazette, l2th.
 New Hao ks Just Received.