The Forrest City times., 1890-01-25
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

 A large meteor fell at Chester. Pa, but no trace could be found of the fragments. There are stories of cruelties at tho Illi- nois Institution for the Blind at Jackson. vile Mrs. F. Nj Henderson committed suicide 1 in New York, leaving behind sad story . All the preachers of Minneapolis, Minn., l joined in an attack on tho Sunday news paper, A sagging electric wire at Newburgh, N. Y., touched an awning post with fatal effect. The Pacific railroads were badly blocked | by the show which has fallen in the recent storms The mother and two children of Louis McCalmcnt pcrshed in his burning house | at Unionville, Mo. A counterfcting scheme involving mil lions of dollars has been uncarthed on the | Mexican border. A motion for new trial has been ff,ade | ih the el0O, 600 breach of promise casb of Miss Cammerer at New York. Congressman Bland has written letter | saying he is not candidate for either Gov
 ernor, Senator or tho vice presidency. A. K. Owens famons Mexican colony at Sinaloa is reported a miserable failure. A Texas girls neck was broken by Q runaway horse. A St. Paul young lady was fatally pol soned by q kid glove. Tho new Sheriff's attempt to close tho Denver saloons Sunday was dismal fail urc. Marshall Field has donated the land for the proposed Baptist University in Chi cago. A 4-year-old Georgia boy was fatally scalded by his older brothers while playing at hog killing. In an address at Cleveland Mrs. J Ellen Foster explained the objects of the new w. C. T. U. Maurice Barrymore was arrested in New York for obstructing tho sidewalk, but was discharged. Price cutting between New York electric light companies has reached such a point that trust is spoken of Kansas farmers arc joining the Alliance in great numbers and will enter the next campaign Mrs Hirschfied of Helena, Mont. cow hidcd \ rejected suitor of her daughter who had slaudered tho girl. John K Lynch is in trouble in New York because he passed sighting remarks on the aristocracy In q horse car There is war in Massachusetts church congregation because the new minister put a stop to public and p-omiscuous kissing. Tho most interesting phenomenon of the mild winter so far is the sudden appear ance of thousands of seal in Long Island Sound Miss Caroline J. Cammercr has received a verdict for s!4, ,ooo in her breach of promise suit against Clemens Muller of How York A man supposed to be one uf the prose cutting lawyers in the Cronin case. is in an insane asylum in San Antonio Tex, having lost his reason while travelling The deadlock in the Iowa House of Representatives is still unhroken. Six Indian murdercrs were hanged on the
 same gallows al Fort smith, Ark Senator Allison of Iowa has been nomi-
 mated for reelection to tho United States Senate Large numbers of negroes are moving in
 the direction of Oklahoma and the Cherokee strip. \. C. Blake, alias A C Williams was
 arrested al Kansas City for blaekmailing A C. Gorham A close finish in the race around tho world between Nellie lily and Bessie Bis.
 land is expected Rev Dr Lyman Abbott has been in stalled as pastor of Plymouth Church,
 Brooklyn Miss Frances Willard has issued cir.
 cular 10 the W, c, r |, of the country. The League of Republican Rcsahmsssoa Clubs Of Kansas has declared In favor of
 the repeal of prohibition, An insane mother at Cannon Lake, Minn. killed two children and fatally injured two others and herself Ata meeting of the Johnstowu Relief
 Commission an official report Of receipts
 and expenditures was made. The Afro American convention in Chi
 eago was very harmonious gathering
 Several resolutions were adopted.
 Three hundred people at Carmi Ill,
 have been driven from their homes by
 floods The wires arc all down and details
 cannot be had
 A syndicate has been formed for the pur.
 pose of controlling all live stock shipments
 from this country. All cattle will be sent
 through Canada.
 The Manufacturers Record of Baltimore.
 prints an interesting series of letters from
 well known statesmen regarding the
 South's marvellous progress.
 A Kansas officer is at Memphis. Tenn,
 to take charge of the arrested embcrxlcr
 James Fortner