The Forrest City times., 1890-05-03
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1sot
GENERAL DoMEsrrc.

GENERAL DOMGs1IC.
 Kansas farmers refuse to give crop s.a- tistics on the ground that 1t depresses prices.
 Wm. Sansoucie and Amel Mead wcre arrested near Middlebrcok, Mo, for high way robbery.
 Nothing Is yet known as to the exact time of Kcmmler'a execution by electricity at Auburn, N. Y.
 A hunting party has been surrounded by the Indian Territory.
 An emphatic denial of sensational charges is made by the governor Of the Leaven. worth Soldiers Home.
 Kansas capitalists interested in Sedslia Mo, tell of new scheme to make that cits the capital of Missouri.
 The labor situation throughout the coun try shows but little change.
 An Indiana farmer rubbed his cows with kerosene to destroy vermin They caught
 fire and burned to death, along with . hay stack
 Ono large cfevasse in the Lower Missis sippi has been closed, the river is falling and the worst Is thought to be over in tht
 flooded districts
 Two hundred colored property owners oi
 the Mississippi Valley, representing &l0. 00o, 900 of ofproperty have pctitioned Congres,
 for aid in building levces On the Missis sippi River.
 Six negroes have been drowned in tho floods of Louisiana.
 Baltimore, Md, was visited by des
 tructive hail storm.
 The American Theosophical Society is
 in session at Chicago
 Dallas, Tex, has been visited by the
 worst flood since 1884, doing s5oo, 900 dam
 age. Tho Farmers Alliance is making .
 strong fight for political supremacy in Ala
 bama. Large quantities of rich gold bearing quartz are said to have been found in West Virginia Eloping Mrs. Barker of Bloomington, 1ll., has rcpcntcd and begged her husband's forgiveness. The original of Gen. Lees order biddinf his army farewell has been discovered among some old papers ut Wheeling, W. Va Judge ]. A. Campbell of Jackson. Miss,
 has plan for sufira<yc. based on allowing
 a lahtled proprietor several votes, accord ing ta his holding of real estate. Five prisoners escaped from the New.
 berry fMich lail. Albert W. Tonrgcc the novelist, haa
 been granted a pension Three men were publicly whipped fos horse stealing in Delaware The Americus Rcpublican Club gave i,s fourth annual dinner n, Pittshurg iasl week A strange epidemic as Muheic, Ind. i. supposed to be La Nona. the new Germar epidemic. Wolfberger. an Iowa teacher, asks sass. ooo damages cf an injured husband for : sarring aud fes taering There was hig Isrmcrs' Alliance meet ing al lniiana polls There is strong
 showing for the order in Indiana The governments prompt action will proven, any actual suffering In the sieodci districts, and every effort Is hsing mads to check the overflow. The labor troubles a. Chicago arc still complicated. Heavy rains at Gainesville. Tex. flooded the town and drove many families iron their homes Seven lives were lost in fro in silh factory at Casasanana. Pa A depiorable state of affairs exists In the ovcrilowed districts Of Louisiana St Paal's biz distiilery has passed into the hands of the whiskst trust. A severe earthquake was experienced 1ut .t,sst fh.sI Ix&.<i4t The proposed silver law has given new life 10 New York Stock Exchange dealings At Long Meadow. Mass, an octo1cnarian bridegroom has left sexagcuarian bride. It is claimed the staten Island suicide was really Eyrond, the French murderer. An attempt was made to assassinatc Judge Botkiss in Grant County. Kansas, because of an impartial decision. At Warrensburg Mo, in tho Fishes murder trial Fisher pleaded guilty and | nolie prosequi was entered in Mas Swear lngen's case. xxx M. S. Cana. an Aiahama newspaper man, who won't to interview menher of tht Mccoy Hstfieid band. is supposed to have been murdered. The strike fever is proving very con taxious. The McCxila court martial made little progress Wednesday. A negro ravisher was shot hy mol near Tcxarkana, Ark. The funeral of Judge George II. Hurck hartt took place at Hunts ..As, Mo. The colored Meshodists asc holding | general conference at Baltimore J. D Fishcr was mercilcssiy cowhidet by three mea nt CottAgeville, $ (.