The Forrest City times., 1892-07-29
STATE N EWS.

Little Rocks swimming school is now in operation.
 A fair association has been organized at Southwest City.
 A great deal of sickness is reported Tn Ouachita county. '' D.
 Citizens of Prairie are talking about holding n county fair.
 Des Arc is shipping large quantities of shingles to Little Rock.
 The crop prospects of Howard coun- ty are brightenlng day by day.
 Farmers of Lonoke county report a good corn but poor cotton crop.
 The Desha Lumber and Flaming company's mill resumed operations on Monday.
 A mule which was tied to tree was stung to death by hive of bees on Mulberry creek.
 The pea and potato crop of Jackson county will be good, but corn and cot ton will fall short.
 Weaver, populite candidate for pres ident, will visit Arkansas before the September election.
 The cotton mill, which is located at Mammoth Springs, sold 33, 900 yards of gingham ill two days.
 The early corn crop in Dallas county is an assured success, while the cotton Is small yet growing rapidly.
 The Melville institute faculty has been reofgauiZed with Prof. G. A. Jones of Vernon, Texas, at it's head.
 A colored boy named Nathaniel Car ter, Il years old. was drowned in the Arkansas river at Little Rock Mon day.
 The Lost Louisiana mine has con- tracted with Chicago parties for the immediate establishment of d 100 ton plant.
 For the first time since reconstruc- tion days the republicans of Washing ton county have nominated county ticket.
 B.F. Johnson of Washington county had three ribs broken Saturday by kicks from frightened horse he was driving.
 The postoffice at Oregon, Boone coun- ty, has been made a money order of | flee, and Mrs. Luna Lucas appointed postmistress.
 The corn of Sharp county is doing
  This county has had bountiful crop ot blackberries.
 William Lincoln, colored, of Scott county, fired off his shotgun at tree a few days ago. The load entered his boys skull, and killed him.
 Since the rain it is conceded that Logan county will have good corn crop, and from the latest report cotton is doing very we'll, though small.
 While fishing in Ba, Meto last Saturday, J. W. Airing o of Jackson vile was drowned. He was a student in the Little Rock Commercial college.
 Henry Howard and Joel Jones, ne- groes, quarreled about woman Satur- day night and Jones was shot and in- stantly killed by Howard, who is in jail.
 several ladies and gentlemen at Batesville have organized bathing club, and frequently disport them selves in the clear waters of White river.
 The lumber mills along the Cotton Belt railroad have held d meeting and arranged to secure 800 cars for the ex- elusive use of the mills to get their lumber to market.
 A prisoner by the name of Freeman, who was in jail at Lonoke for selling liquor without license, escaped. He ieft note saying "he was going to see his folks to make bond"
 G. N. Hart of Pine Bluff shot a ne- gro named Nathan Thomas last Sun day morning for an attempted out rage upon the family cook, colored woman, who appealed to Hart for pro- tection.
 D. w. Cronin of the Foster Cornice and Metal company of Little Rock has recently obtained letters patent for a central draft lantern. one-half interest of which he has sold to Northern capi- talists for SlO,000.
 s. NJ. Edwards, indicted by the grand-jury of Sevier county for at tempted rape upon his stepdaughter. blew his head off with a shotgun Sat urday rather than face the conse- quences of his crime.
 A very sad accident occurred near Mineral Springs last Saturday. One Mir. Richardson accidentally shot his little son with pistol. The ball en- tered the back, pentrating the body, from which the boy died Sunday.
 A state encampment of the Arkan- sas militia will meet at Clinton Park, in Little Rock, on August 8. Fully 300 soldiers will go into camp. It has been decided to give sham battle during the encampment. Dress pa rades and drills will be given daily.
 MT. R. w. Earnheart, the distiller, shipped seven-three fine fat hogs to St. Louis Saturday. These hogs were clever months old and averaged 29O pounds each They sold at the top of the market, and netted MT. Earnheart Sl175. Plant hogs.-Batesville Guard.
 Dr. R. P. Wright, the Little Rock newspaper reporter convicted of biga- my four years ago and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, was en- titled to release Wednesday, but of ficerS arrived from Texas, where he is wanted for murder and arson. and took him in charge.
 A bloody affray took place in Lafay- ette county between Mir. Grantham, a night watchman, and a Mir. Tugwell, in which the latter received a knife wound from which he died. The cause was a trifing dispute between three children, which was taken up by the two above mentioned. The slayer was committed to jail on a charge of mur- der without bail.
 Coons have been bothering young corn on the Hughes farm and else. where. We met gentleman the athpr