The Forrest City times., 1890-02-08
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY s. 1890.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

uGNGnAL DOMESIbC. The Waco Water Works Co. of Texas has been sued for Sl3o.0oo, A financial crisis has been resched in the Montana situation. A bloody duel with knives was fought at
 Morris Park, N. J., Sunday. In New York the presbytery voted to revise the form of confession. Over 900 delegates are present in Dallas, Tex, at the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. An Illinois court decision has been found sustaining the action of Speaker Reed.
 Judge Grinnell has decided that ex- Editor
 West of the Chicago Times must go to prison. Non-citizcns in the Chickasaw nation have refused to pay their taxes and trouble Is feared. An English syndicate is trying to secure control of the leading gas plants of the United States. The Chicago Presbytery has voted in favor of revision of tho Westminster Con fcssion of Faith. There are better prospects for compro> mise of the Iowa deadlock than at any time before. Judge Field of Kansas City, Mo, has de. cidcd that negroes can Dc excluded from the theatcr parquetta. James Abercrombic of St Joseph says his namc was forged to telegram indors- ing prominent citizen for postmaster of that place. A meteor weighing several tons fell in Texas. Nine lives were lost in an avalanche at Sierra City, Nev. Mrs. rs~nell Is reported in an utterly dcstitu, .ondition. Col. Gryowski proposes to utilize the wasted power of Niagara Falls. The editor of sensational Sunday paper was cowhided at Birmingham. Plucky Minnie Strauss of Newark, N. j., cowhided a nonpaying boarder. Senator Plumb writes advocating moro adequate supply of currency. The 'lost" Adams mine is now believed by experts never to havo been found The Southwest Missouri lead and zinc belt produced SIS, ,4sa worth of mineral last week A tale well authenticated comes from tho East that the ground hog did not hibernate this winter. One Kelly, near Alligator Bayou, Ark. is said to have killed his wife and her ig-
 year-old paramour. Ten lives were lost in the Boston fro, which is now said to have been the work of an incendiary. The story that Armstrong of Conway Springs, kas.. was nearly killed by iratc creditors is denied by himself Iceman Conner, who cut of his head with an ax in New York. was driven to despera- ton by tho breaking up of his home by a faithless wife Over eco policemen were fought by 2, e,so0 Polish women, who objected to an obicc- East Buffalo, x Y. The charges of bribery in the Ohio sena- ,orship fight are to bc investigated Near Linden, Tex. Hardy Sheffield killed Colin Kirkian and himself Capt Benfeld charges tho anti Mor-
 mons of Utah with wholesale election frauds, The prcss of the country are generally commenting on the situation 'at Washing ton. George Tohler was hanged at Fort smith for murder Tho snow blorlsadc iu the Sierra Mpun.
 tains is reported broken at last
 Lucia Zaritc, the smallest of women, died on a snow bound train near Truckce, Gal. A grand reception was teuderci to Rear
 Admiral Kimberly at san Francisco.
 Tho Ohio contest for Lieutenant Gov
 ernor closed with victory for the Demo
 cratic candidats.
 Letter carrier John $. Eastwood Of New York City is under arrest in Chicago for
 higamy. Several wives claim him.
 Charles Williams, notorious crook
 was cap,ared at Denver and started back to Ohio. where he Is wanted for murder
 Several prominent citizens of Indian Ter.
 ritory havo been arrested on charge of
 murder preferred by alleged horse thieves. Following the closing of the New York Sixth National Bank tho Lenox Hill Bank
 has suspended
 Miss Bessie Bisland reached New York
 on Inc Bothnia Thursday. having consumed 76 days. 10 hours and 4s minutes in her trip around the world A very bitter debate took place In tho New York Senate over the adoption of tho Worlds Fair bill. IL was referred to a con ferrncc committee. The builders convention at St Paul has concluded it's labors, The Ontario Parliament passed the cd dress of loyalty ta England. An accidental shot killed boy and drove his mother insane at St Joseph, Mo, The President of Costa Rica is travelling through the United States incognito.