The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27

Buy your Hay. Corn. Oats. Bran and Cow Feed from NJ. R. Stone. My Cow Feed is composed of one third each of cotton seed meal, bran and cotton seed hulls ground to- gether. It is the best milk and but ter producing feed that can be used. Try it. Sa
 T. Q. Fitzpatrick has purchased q one third interest in the general mer- chandise business of II. E. Gwyn X Co. We congratulate Messrs. Gwyn and Knight upon this valuable acquisi- tion to an already popular firm, and MT. Fitzpatrick upon the splendid com pany he has gotten into.
 The report that Miss Mary Cum mings was ill of dyphtheri created con- siderable anxiety and excitement in town the first of the week. While the symptoms were those of this dreaded disease 1t is DOW known that she was only afflicted with a very severe sore throat, and is rapidly recovering.
 Richards Comedy Company, which is said to be one of the best on the road will play Little Nell tomorrow (Satur- dayl night, at the Winthrop opera house. They carry tirst-clasS band and orchestra. Read press notice else where, and go buy reserved seat ticket which are now on sale at Win throp drug store.
 The proprietors of the news stand are well aware that many dollars are sent to the city for music II is their desire to supply the trade, and will make 1t to your interest to buy of them. X large invoice of music has just been received. and they ask you to examine 1t before sending an order away from home.
 X particularly attractive line of mens and boys Clothing is on sale at the mammoth store of Russell, Graham X Go Representing. as 1t does, the product of the most reliable manufacturers we are sure thoughtful people and those who like to have things right. will appreciate their large stock to select from.
 The popular man" is always an un- safe man He IS invariably shallow, often insincefe, commonly mere demagogue, usually incapable of giv- ing sound advice, and owes his pOpu- larity to his art of offering pleasing follies fallacies and futurities as S'ihSti- tutes for plain truths and inexorabls facts Portland Oregonlan.
 Mrs B. T. Mauning'S choir will sing at the Baptist church Sunday morning and night. The selections will include To, Come. Let Us Sing by Willard; and, "lnspirer aud iIearer of Prayer" by the same composer, which are per haps the most beautiful and soul-stir- ring voluntaries that have ever been sung in Forrest City. Also, & number of choice hymns.
 | Miss Pearl Stalworth, of Evergreen, Ala, niece of Prof. George L. Jackson, and who has been visiting in the county, received a telegram Saturday evening announcing the death ot her father, William Stslworth, and left Sunday morning for her home, T. k. I,oshal accompanied her as far as Memphis She has the sympathy of many friends here, made during her visit.
 MT. Collier, representative of the Appeal Avalanche, was in the city Monday. The Appeal is now the lead ing paper in Memphis, and is fast coming to the front i'll all the towns where it is known. It Is the only paper in Memphis that gives the associated press dispatches, and, of 1 than either of the other papers pub- lished. FIX.
 Many years practice have given c. A. Snow X O.. solicitors of patents, at Washington. D. C. unsurpassed success in obtaining patents for all classes of inventions They make a speciality of rejected cases, and have secured allowance of many | L..f bod rr.- l jected Their advertisement in an other column. will be of interest to inventors. patentees, manufacturers and all who have to do with patents.
 Geo. P. Taylor, Jr., aged five years, was badly burned Sunday by powder. | He had picked up several cartridge shells. and, securing bottle of pow der belonging to an older brother. poured it into tin cup Presumably. he was trying to load the shells. At any rate, on his knees, with the pow der just under his face, he touched a match to it. His face is very badly burned and his eyebrows and front hair singed off Both eyes are so swollen he cannot see. It was feared he would lose his sight, but the indica- tious are now he will not. Mrs. Fay Tor, who is qnite ill, was much dis trsssed. The family have the kindly sympathy of many friends.
 Sunday night, about o'clock, just as J. V. Brahic had closed his front door and had started to his back room a negro knocked. The old gentleman asked what was wanted. and the negro replied: Some tobacco.n Mir. Brahic opened his door. and while in the act of cutting the tobacco the negro struck him with large flat rock, knocking him down, but not senseless. The negro then proceeded to rifle his pock- cts, but the old man raised all alarm and the negro, becoming scared, ran ! off before he had secured any money. Mir Brahic is quite aged and feeble. d , perfect gentleman, in reduced circum- stances, and keeps small store west ! of H. $. Gwyn X Co.'s. He is quite severely hurt. The negro has not been arrested.