The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

In the House Of Commons, uleu Tn lOh- don. Balfour or Goschen will succeed him.
 GENERAL. DOMESTIC.
 In . Kansas City courtroom Frank Rowlen, upon being convicted of fraud, shot himself in the breast.
 A number of prominent persons visited the scene of Government Improvements in the Missouri River.
 Some awards in damage cases before Referee Grover Cleveland have proved unsatisfactory to defendants.
 Arrests of Omaha's lynchers are being made rapidly. Evidence is cited to show an alibi for the lynched man.
 John Hoey, president of the Adams Ex- press Company, has been deposed by the Board of Managers for malfeasance in ofice.
 Judge Bryant of the Federal Court at Paris, Tex, instructed the Grand Jury to return no indictments for beer selling in the Indian Territory, as the law did not prevent it.
 The past week has been one of almost unprecedented storms on the Atlantic and scores of lives have been lost and much property destroyed. A big English steamship is reported lost with all on board.
 In the Philadelphia city scandal in- quiry 1t has developed that Bardsley re- ceived the rebates on oity advertising. Governor Pattison's efforts to oust Mo- Camant and Boyer are not expected to succeed.
 hax kcv nh the Chicago Times for SA0O,oOo.
 A quarrel among Minnesota Democrats has led to a mission to ex-President Cleveland.
 Deputy Sheriff Bolton lit a match in Horton's cotton-gin near Memphis. The loss is Sl0,000.
 It is conclusively proved that the sto- ries of recent trouble in Guatemala were altogether unfounded.
 A live trolley wire at St. Joseph struck a stovepipe from . railway car and a panic ensued, but no one was hurt.
 James 6teibe, an Swear old boy, died in spasms at Elizabeth, N. J., two weeks af- ter having been bitten by mad dog.
 In a midnight affray at Champaign, H., Daniel Renner shot and killed . man named Voorhees, and mortally wounded another named Creque, as he says in self defence.
 A test case decision declares the Texas alien land law void.
 Governor Hill has met with another de- feat in county politics at Albany, N. Y.
 President Hays of the National Prison Association criticised the prison methods of this country.
 Leavenworth, Kas., will soon try com pressed air AS 2 method of furnishing power to factories and street cars.
 The anti-lottery campaign opened in New Orleans last night. The Baptist Church has joined the anti-lotteryites.
 Raffall Edwards, aged l2, stabbed Artie Wilson, about the same age, in Shelby vile, Ind. The wounded boy may die.
 Joe Coe, negro, who had assaulted a 5-year-old girl and was in the Omaha Jail for his crime, was taken out at mid night and lynched by a mob, which broke dow the steel doors, killed him with blows as soon as they could reach him and hanged him naked before the Opera House. The Fire Department, po- lice and Governor were powerless to pre- vent.
 Murat Halstead, in discussing the re- moval of General Boynton from the Cin- cinnati Commercial Gazette, denies that John R. Mclean owns any share in that paper.
 Pretty Mrs. Yancy, New York widow who has smuggled Sl 900 900 worth of dis- monds in various trips from Europe, with the aid of pet pelican, has disappeared with Sa0,00O worth, and Chicago and a New York firm, whose agent she was are in mourning.
 Mir. and Mrs Cleveland have decided to name the baby Ruth.
 Lewis P. Everett, a mining expert of San Diego, Cal, denies the stories of the vast wealth of the Temescal tin mines.
 The U. s. s. Despatch was totally wrecked on the Virginia shore sixty miles northeast of Cape Charles The crew were saved.
 At Macon, Ga., four men killed their cousin, a girl aged IT. They were whip ping her father, and the murder was committed when she appeared in defence of her parent.
 Ex-Senator Reagan, who was Postmas- ter General of the Confederacy, has writ ten an interesting history of the depart ment.
 Denver can accommodate 5000 visitors during the Knights Templar conclave in August, 1892, but notice is given out that those desiring the choicest quarters should apply at once.
 The senior class of McAlester College, at St. Paul, Minn., deserted in body.
 It is believed that the bounty on Louis- iana sugar will fall far below first esti- mates
 Illinois State Board of Equalization has practically completed it's work for this year.
 The Westchester Presbytery has recom- mended important changes in the Com fession of Faith.