The Forrest City times., 1891-10-30
STATE NEWS.

Newport is making d war on "the pistol toter."
 Cotton ill the vicinity of Prescott is reported little of.
 The Ozark Democrat has completed its fourteenth volume. Up to date II 900 bales of cotton have been received at Fort smith. | Tn. establishment of Il brewery at Eureka Springs is an assured fact.
 Tie col0rrd people have decided not to hold fair at Pine Bl1n this year.
 A Mir. Davis, of Prescott, was, found dead in his stable. Heart disease the cause.
 Four hundred carloads of paving brick have been shipped from Fort Smith.
 Rev John r. Lowry has concluded a successful revival meeting at Hot Springs.
 There is talk of moving Jackson port Lodge No. l9l, A. r. and A. M., to Newport.
 The Boone county Sunday School Con yention, held at Harrison, was very largely attended.
 Col J F. Sellers. of Perry county, is mentioned as d probable candidate for l attorney-general.
 An Ozark county, Mo, four mill is to bc removed to Mountain Home, Baxter county, Ark. Tie Weekly Progress has been re- vived at Batesvilr by Messrs. Denton, Dallam & Trevatlap. Dr. J. T. laden has been elected president, and Dr. Gladden. secretary of the Crittenden ceunty Medical Board.
 The colored school at Marion is closed ill order to give the pupils an opportu- nity of turning all honest penny pick ing cotton.
 Congressman John II. Rogers was presented with d handsome gold headed cane, the gift of lis friends at Fort Smith.
 Dr. 4. B. DeLoach, a prominent physician, well-known over Arkan- sas, died at Texarkana from an over dose of morphine.
 James Wood, of Shiloh. wh ile split ting large log, fell between the two halves, which suddenly closed, crushing him nearly to death.
 Hon. John II. Rpgers has been elect cd a member of the Fort Smith school board, to fill the vat ancy caused by the death of J. II. T. Main. Judge Thomas Orr has qualified as clerk of tnc United States Court at Texarkana. made vacant by the reSig- nation of Dr. W. F. Thurm. J. W. Newson. confined in the Jack son county jail on charge of robbery, attempted suicide by cutting vein in his lsit arm with piece of glass.
 MT. s. Daltroff is the happy father of a pound boy. The name of the little stranger is Wilbur. Shields seems to feel as big as Grover Cleve- land.-Ripsaw. The latest acquisition to Arkansas City is the wholesale and retail wagon and carriage house of the Woodward Southern Carriage Company, of Bowl ing Green, Ky. Farmers in Arkansas are ordering good deal of wheat, and the acreage this fail will be larger than ever be- 1 foSe. Good wheat and grain crops wogld be of more benefit to them than q sub~treasury bills.-Texarkana Dem- ocTat.
 II is with pleasure we note the exist enee of 4 heslthful journaiistic senti- ment throughout the State against the pegnicioss habit of pistol toting. This means that our next Legislature will make the pistol toter subject to impris- OnmenN.
 fhe Arkansas press and people gen sraliy seem t0 bc tn dead earnest about edectiBg q rotation in office when the next election comes round. This is right ana proper. let ls92 witness general shaking up of some of the ''old dry bones. "-lIhe Bluff Commercial.
 The gin and gTist mill belonging to A. F. Embry. located two miles south of Alma. together with ten bales of cotton, were destroyed by fire Sunday night This is the third giD and mill Mr. Emlay has had destroyed by fire within the past five years.
 Te< Southwestern Arkansas Musi- cal Association, that met .t shllo, elected the follo~ing ofeeeTs: Rev. R. W. Dufur, president; VI. A. Me Nees, vice president. J. U. l-and-s, secretary, John stevens. treasurer: Prof. Jerry Landrs. lecturer, Hey. R. W Dufur, chaplain.
 Mir. kanpln. aged sl, father Of the proprietoy of ths Maupin Mil. near kedrOn, was walking the rAlIuad track Monday evening. Meeting the south bound passsuger train on the Cotton Belt railway. be failed to get far enough from the train. and was struck by the corner of the baggage car and was mortslly wounded. His skull was crushed. arm broken, and he received other internal injuries from which he died in two hours.- Cleveland County Advocate.