The Forrest City times., 1890-04-19
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

The river convention is to bc held on the 30th of April.
 A man and a woman were horribly gored by mad COW in New Jersey
 Frank Somers shot and probably mortal ly wounded colored man near O'F'allon.
 Tho f-insecd oil Trust has becn dissolved and the Linseed Oil Company formed in it's stead.
 up in New York by the discovery of the victims body In a cask of lime.
 The New York World has opened up a savage crusade against Judge Hilton for his way of getting the Stewart estate.
 Montgomery, Ala, has q mysterious citi- zen who masks himself, goes on the street and whips negroes who keep late hours.
 A Harvard student who stole signs and called it ia sophomoric trick was fined by the police judge, who called him thief.
 The Gilbert starch works at Des Moncs, To-, were destroyed by fire. Loss, Sa5o, 900; insurance, $a00,000. The property belongs to an English syndicate.
 All over the country the members of the building trade arc preparing for strikes on the eight hour question. The coal miners will also go out.
 The day that, according to prophecy, was to witness the destruction of Oakland and other California cities by earthquake and tidal wave, was very calm and bright.
 Rhode Island has gone Democratic.
 The Plankiugton Hotel at Detroit was damaged sso.0 900 by fire A baby with blue skin has been borne to Evan Evans and wife at Pittsburg. A 7-year- old boy at Slater, Mo, is dying with hydrophobia from cat bite
 Isaac E. Sawtclle in jail at Dover. N. II. charged with the murder of his brother, is said to have made clean breast The steamer Handyboy, running between Bay City and Saginaw, Mich, met with an accident. Several persons were drowned. Miss Tillie Williams, n Baltimore sales woman, renounced Methodism for Judais m to marry Fescr Strauss, her Hebrew lover Oscar NJ, Roberts committed suicide at Denver because of a false publication by the Times of that city relative to plot to ahduct OK Senator Tabor A boy in Charlotte, N C.. died from ef- fects of cigarette smoking. brilliant dinner was given Hon. Whitalaw Reid on the eye of his departure for Europe
 It is now claimed tho United States of America was the first to officially reoog- nise the United states of Brazil desperate affray occurred between United States officer and two Cherokee desperadoes near Clevemore. L T., Friday night
 Dover, Me, felt an earthquake shock tho other morning Over thousand workmea In the build ing trades have struck in New York The carpenters strike nj Chicago shows no signs of ending
 Thos. Kerins, treasurer of lodge of Catholic Knights of Brazil, Ind. is de- faultcr
 The general annual conference of tho Latter Day Saints is in session at Lamont, ia
 An Indiana iudgo has held ono section of the Australian ballots law unconstitu- tional
 Two desperate prisoners escaped from Sing Sing after assauRine the guard Tho German Lutheran conference Of tho Fort Wayne (lnd.l District declared for paroohial system of education Hon. Pail W Davis was publicly cow. hIded at Gainesville, Ga, aud ordered out of town. A woman's honor Is concerned. New York boodlers think of returning from Canada
 Two whole families were poisoned at Browning Station, Ark
 Two iucxplicable cases of insanity arc reported from Wichita, kas
 There was . heavy decline in the Minne- apolls flour output last week
 An English syndicate will soon invest ss oao. .ooo in Now York paper mills
 The telegraphers' fast sending tourna. ment took place in New York Thursday
 Maryiand's dcfaultins Treasurer has been placed in charge of detective.
 It is claimed that l.o9o Italian contract lahorcrs arrived at Castle Garien the other day.
 There is a strong popular feeling iH Cuba favoring annexation to the United States.
 Thero was factlonal quarrel over n split In the Eyangclicai Association conference at Chicago
 Tho legislative committee has found an- other matter of Ss1, so against Treasurer Archer of Maryland
 Jacob Wurster of Chelsea, Mich. cut his throat and abdomen with razor, shot himself with revolver and took . dose of Paris green He is dead
 Congressman Phelan of Tennessee has in- vited Editor Fleming to fight duel. Editor Fleming declines and Hays tho Con grossman while doing so.
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