The Forrest City times., 1890-05-17

aENERAL DOMESTIC.

 A switch engine exploded at Buffalo and killed two mon. The race for senatorial honors in Ken. lucky is growing interesting. Seyenty-dyc people were rendered homo less by the Akron, O., cyclone. Squatters arc giving land owners trouble in Wctzel County, West Virginia A fraud Is beating the Odd Fellow lodges of Southern Illinois by playing sick and pretending 10 be a member Ex President Cleveland has written q letter rcomplimenting the Farmers Alliance on its stand on the tariff question. The Zig Tag Company has at last stranded in san Francisco, Frank Moulton, the
 financial backcr, having had enough ex- perence The unknown beautiful young girl who shot herself through tho heart at Washing | ton Court House. Ohio, turns out to be Jennie Benson of Rome City, Ind, who had had trouble with her affianced The Northwest has been visited by a | badly needed rain. A terrific tornado has done serious dam l age at Blythedale, Mo A grand-jury Is Investigating the Means murder at Gainesville, Tex. | A gigantic fro insurance combination is | being organized in New York A North Carolina negro was killed by an | ordinary house cats attack firm of builders at Chicago is accused of trying to import contract labor w. k, B, Dubois won the Harvard ora torical contest prize. He is a negro. Constantine Schaeffer of Chester, Minn, killed his wife and child and himself. George Rice lost his case against tho Standard Oil Trust in tho court of last re sort
 The destruction of lifo in the Chenango County (N. Y,) Poor House was greater than at first reported Board of Trade certificates have in creased $500 in price In Chicago since the
 abolition of bucket shops Walton's shady companions have been committed at Montreal for stealing part of of the Dallas (TeS funds from him. The Clayton. Brcckinrdge committee has left Little Rock. It k expected to report
 in favor Of unseatlng Brcckinridre Stone cutters arc on strike at San An tonic, Tex. Severe storms arc reported ttroushou, Missouri md Illinois. Original package saloons arc becoming fashionable in Kansas, Gov. Throclmorton has withdrawn from the gubornatorial race in Texas Lieut.. Edwin II. Weeks of the United States Army committed suicide at San Antonio, Tex. Minister Palmer has returned to this country from Spain, and coutcmplatcs re
 signing Castaways of the schooner Eliza Mary were attacked hy natives and four whites
 and II blacks killed Undertaken Mccarthy will appeal bis complaint of treatment by naval oniccrs at Samoa to President Harrison. In battle between farmers aud COW
 boys near the Canadian River in Oklahoma, five farmers are reported killed and several woundel on both sides
 Senator Beck was finally laid 10 rest Thursday. The Y Nj C. A convention ia sall ia
 session at Nashville James Bevard died at Lewiston. IL. from hydrophohla
 New York had an asylum horror in which several lives were lost But few special invitations have been issued by tho I.ce s,atao committee Nude models before mixed classes Is q question agitatlng art students in New York The Leaphart lynehing in South Carolina is developing A strange case Of forgery and
 murder The outlaw band of monnshiners If Jas per, Ga, is GU trial for their iuccndarisul and murders Two colored youths of n and Ia year. arc to be hanged at Columbia, x. c. fo, killing their sicpmotbcr The Longue Poiute Insane Asylum, re.
 ccntly burned with such horrible loss of life, is to be rebuilt. The estate of Thomas W Pierce has been taken into court at Salem, Mass Ii is valued at q, ,so, GOO The congressional Inquiry at Little Rock Ark, closed after taking some testimony by Powell Clayton and Maj Rrccklnriaxe The Cronin conyicts at Iolet. ILL, prlson
 arc said to be trying to establish commanl cation with friends outside with view te corrupsing prison officials. The Illinois wheat crop report for May i shows the area winter killed to be ss per cent of the area seeded; the condition of
 that standing for harvest. 5a per cent of an average yield, and tic Eeaelal state ot
 affairs, B per cent short of a May aver age
 The labor troubles are gradually bcco,n ing adjusted.