The Forrest City times., 1890-01-04
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Organized horse thieves are making life miserable for East Tennessee farmers
 A Texas steer put to rout the troops sta toned on Bedloes Island, New York har- bor.
 The prospects for getting an eight hour working day May are said to be most en- couraging, by the Federation of Labor leaders. .
 James A. Byrns, of Tcrre Haute, Ind, an inveterate cigarette smoker, blew out his brains
 Trouble is expected in Oklahoma in the spring between the 'soonersn and the reg. ular settlers.
 NJ. c. Patterson, a contractor of Decatur, H., is missing and is thought to have been murdered and robbed.
 Victoria Schilling, whose elopement with coachman made sensation some years ago, is reported dying with consumption a, her fathers house.
 metal at Dallas, Tex.
 William Major killed his family of three and then committed suicide at Mt. Vernon, Mich
 An attempt is to be made to drive tho Sclavs and Huns out of the Pennsylvania coal and coke regions.
 In wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at White Sulphur Springs 10 per. sons were killed and 10 injured, two seri ousiy.
 Three hundred armed men entered the jail at Barnwell S. C., just before daylight the other morning, took out eight negro murderers, bound them to trees, and liter ally shot them to pieces The citizens of Barnwell have issued circular, in which they tate that they were driven to the deed by repeated murders of whites by nc. groes.
 The Ohio Senatorship fight Is now cen tering at Columbus
 A Mississippians wife has skipped with SIP, GOO and another man.
 Ella Wasserman Is dying in an Indiana prison for love of child not her own
 An Hort is being made to secure the Cherokee Strip for the sole usc of negroes.
 Chemicals have been under consideration by the House tariff committee at Washing. ton.
 No settlement is ye, in sight for tho Montana muddle.
 Mir. Morton Fisher, wealthy Califor. nian, died suddenly in London the other day.
 Boomers are endeavoring to start new town near pierre, $. D., and trouble is feared.
 Sailors have formed uuion to forco wages upward
 John Hoos was found at Chicago with bis skull badly crushed.
 Three Catholic bishops worc consecfated at St. Paul, Minn.
 An appeal has stayed the expected cleo trio execution in New York
 The influenza is reported as generally existing throughout the country with few fatalities
 Mrs. Parnell says she has received bu. one fourth of the s, GOO reported presented to her
 Bridgeport, Ill, Is charged with resisting and killing an officer
 New YorlS's grand jury has taken up tho electric light wire question.
 Tho St Louis lines have decided to main tain existing passenger rates.
 The yanderbiits are steadily buying up the stock in their lines hold by outsiders
 North Dakota is reported to bc bankrupt
 The pittsburg Southern Coal Co, has do cided te dissolve.
 The influenza is reported 10 have reached Denver. Colo
 X typhoid fever epidemic is raging at Jersey City, N j.
 Three children were burned with their home at Omaha, Neb
 The American Geological Society is in session in New York
 An unfavorable situation is reported by steamers from Brazil
 NJ C. Martin of Beebe, Ark. was assas sinated Christmas night
 Mother Aloysa died at Greensburg, Pa, the result of an old attack of typhoid pneu monia.
 There is no longer hope of rescuing even the bodies of the men buried at Angels Camp. Cal
 Press Harrod killed Barnet, Fallis with an axe near Albany, Mo.
 At Ludlow, Mass, John Basseste killed his wife and fatally stabbed himself
 Trouble Is feared at Clarksyillc, Tenn, over the shooting of negro by an officer
 A peculiar story of buried treasure comes from South Carolina.
 Seven railroad fatalities havo occurred in Chicago within 4s hours.
 Four persons were asphyxiated Wednes- day night while sleeping
 X row in a pawnshop at Chicago resulted very seriously.
 Tho electricalexecution apparatus of New York was tested Thursday.
 The stamp sellers Of Chicago are unable to keep their accounts straight.
 The Cronin Jury hrihing cases will be pushed by State Attorney Longenecker.
 The Pittsburg Southern Coal Co, a largo pool, has decided to resume separate sales by the firms which arc members.
 The rioting at Jesnp, Ga, has ceased, but armed guards patrol the neighborhood Three whites and two negroes are dead.
 Union Pacific earnings for II months show an increase of ksss 900.
 The distribution of the stock Of the new Houston and Texas Central Company has been prohibited by the court until trial of the legality of tho 70 per cent assess ment can be had
 Secretary Windom advcrtises for bids for tho Alaskan seal fishing privileges.
 The Para rubber market is in very bad condition.
 Lawrence Austin turns up again. this time in Kansas under a charge of horse stealing.
 Boston's Four Hundred has been scandal ixcd over the escapades of several of its members.
 Cailaghan's war on powderly has Tod to an attack by tf4e former upon Pennsylvania judges.
 Col. "Bohn Ingcrsoll has given his views on Christmas as holiday from an infidels standpoint.
 Ex Treasurer Burke of Louisiana is said to be in Honduras, whence he cannot Do ex- tradited for his cmhexxlemcnts.
 A strange suit was decided at Kansas City, Mo, in which il developed that ne gress had just learned that she was free.
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