The Forrest City times., 1891-12-25

from now until January lst, 1892, will receive TIE TIMES from date of sub scribing until January lst, 1893, for Sl.50. The sooner you come the
 longer you may have the paper for your money.
 John J. Crisp was married to Miss Nollie Jones at the home of the brides
 uncle, E. F. Giles, in Johnson town | ship, on December 20, 1891, Rev. J. 4. Mason officiating. TIE TIMES extends hearty good wishes for the future hap
 piness of the young couple.
 We regret to learn of the burning of the barn of our cid friend r. R. l lloshall, south of town, last Friday morning, which was evidently the
 work of an incendiary. Mr. Hoshall l lost 300 bushels of corn and all his | farming implements, which were not | insured.
 A Mir. Hobbs of Missouri arrived on the west bound freight Monday morn l ing and will lecate on farm about
 one mile west of the Mcdaniel place. | Mir. Hobbs has eight head of fine Nor 1 man horses, which will be quite an l acquisition to the blooded stock of St. I Francis county.
 If you want cheap toys for the little | ones Cristmas, go to II. B. Gwyn & | Co. They have large and varied
 stock, and rather than carry them l over they will sell these goods at or l below cost. Remember this when you
 are ready to make your purchases and l give them call.
 We were pleased to meet our young
 friend Oscar Prewett "Wednesday evening Mir PreMett is now employed
 on the St. Paul branch of the St. Paul l branch of the Frisco road. running
 between Fayetteville and St. Paul. Ark.
 He is one of the best railroad men in
 Arkansas-or any other state.
 The Chritmas entertainment given i by the Palestine school was postponed
 until last (Thursday) night. TIE l TIMES regrets it's inability. owing to
 sickness and scarcity of help, to have
 q representative present. We trust 1 that public expectation was not dis
 appointed. In fact, we are sure it
 was not.
 Miss Pearl Alley left Tuesday night
 for Gainesville, Texas, to visit her
 sister, Mrs. s. 4. Cherry. Our society
 young people will sadly miss this esti- | mable yonng lady. and will look for l
 return-for return she will, notwith-
 standing the efforts certain to be made l for her retention in Texas. because | she admits there are now attractions
 in Forrest City which did not former
 ly exist.
 The fond parent who wishes tn give his son a Christmas present that will
 make him happy and erect mon
 ument by which his deeds will always
 be remembered. should buy life
 scholarship in the Little Rock Com
 mercial College. This school pre-
 pares young men for business, and | puts them in a position where they
 will always be indspendent For full
 particulars write NJ. A. Stone, Presi
 dent, Little, Rock, Ark.
 The lovers of fun in our city are
 anxious to get up "a Mardi Gras ball. We see no reason why this could not be 1 done. The expense would be tri6ing
 and it would afford great amusement
 to the participators and spectators. | The day might be spent in masquer-
 adng on the streets and the night in l dancing. Some one should take the matter in hand, and we are sure suf-
 flcient interest would be displayed to | insure the success of the affair.
 Owing to the rain Monday night the
 meeting called by Mayor Brown to con sider the feasibility of raising fund to contribute toward the erection of the Forrest monument did not materi- alize It has been suggested-and we think the suggestion good one-that i the meethig be postponed until after the | holidays. when our people will be in bet ter condition every way to give the mat | ter the proper attention The matter will
 be brought before the public at the
 proper time.
 A jolly lot of excnrsiOnists passed through on the Little Rock and Mem
 phis road Tuesday morning. An extra
 followed the regular passenger and
 was so heavily laden that it was nec-- essary to "doublen the hill east of town. The boys took advantage of the delay to perform their matutinal
 ablutions in the pools of water along the railroad track. claiming that the aqueous fluid was too scarce in Texas to be used for such purposes. About 9:S0 o'clock still another long train
 pulled up at the station, and among the passengers we soon recognized the beaming face of our old friend, J. I. Williams. an attorney Of Dawson, Texas, who was enroute to Fine Ap-
 pie. Ala, and who Madame Rumor saith
 is on "business" bent, though he re- fused to diyulge the name of the young lady. We hope all of the Lone. Star states representatives will enjoy a
 merry Christmas with the "old folks" and friends back in the older states.