The Forrest City times., 1892-04-22
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company the plaintiff was awarded siVo0 damages. The suit was for sl0.- eoo for personal injuries.
 Four pupils of our colored high school viii graduate and receive their diplomas tonight. The exercises will be heid In the colored Baptist church. and promise to be quite interesting.
 John Swartz's trial resulted in an acquittal Of the charge of assault with intent to murder, but he was rearrested before leaving the courtroom on A i charge of carrying a pistol and fined fifty dollars.
 MT. A. $. Taylor of Wynne and Miss Cliiiie Moore of Johnson township were united in marriage last Sunday even Ing at the residence of the brides uncle, Mir. J. F. Kels0, Rev. Jas. A.. Mason officiating.
 G w. Welch, the brick contractor now building the Baptist church at this place, spent Wednesday at Brink Icy. He is making an estimate on the Drickwork for new Methodist church
 in our sister town.
 Miss Lou Bottoms received the sacra- ment of baptism and was admitted as member of the Baptist church last Sunday. On the same day Miss Minnie Cloud and Ellis Hurley were received into the Episcopal church.
 C. II. Sanders, c. l.. Eggleston and Geo. T. Taylor left Monday morning for Fort Smith to attend the meeting of the grand commandary of Knights Templar. They anticipated good time, and doubtless enjoyed it. On Monday last Miss Sadie Davis
 began teaching private school in the l public school annex We are pleased
 to note that her school is well patron
 ized. Miss Sadie is thoroughly com
 petent instructor and d great favorite
 with her little charges.
 The excellent work done by the un- disciplined fire brigade at the fire Mon- day night glyes us a faint idea of what could be done by well-equipped and disciplined company. Somebody start the ball rolling and let us have some thing to fight the fire fiend with.
 The second number of the Exposition Graphic which, like the first, is issued in four separate editions, in the En- glish. German, French and Spanish ' languages. is out. It may be obtained at any newsstand, or of the publisher, the Graphic company, 50 cents copy. The yards of the Iron Mountain road | at this place are being thoroughly bal lasted with cinders and will soon be equal to any railroad grounds in the country. The buildings and grounds of this road at Forrest City are a credit to the company and all ornament to the town.
 Through the influence of numerous friends the governor vas induced to remit $l50 of the so00 fine assessed against J C. Barrett for selling liquor without license. Up to yesterday af- ternoon no action had teen taken by the governor in the case of J. J. Ables, who had also been fined S20O for the same otfense.
 Following is list of nonresident attorneys who attended court here the past week: M. T. Sanders, J. J. Horner, Helena; NJ. J. Manning, Clarendon; K. A. McCulloch, James F. Brown, Mari anna; George II. Sanders, John M. Rose, G. E. Rose, R. W. Balch, Little Rock; John c. Palmer, Brinkley; 0. r. Lyles, w. c. Weatherford, Memphis; George Sibley, Lonoke.
 The Forrest City cornet band was out Friday evening and discoursed some excellent music. The boys deserve credit for the proficiency they have at tained in so short time, their per formance comparing most favorably with that of much older bands. We were surprised and delighted with the manner in which they played, and hope our people will tender all tue encour- agement in their power. They deserve it.
 Frank Sherman.is free man once more, jury of his peers having de- clared him to be not guilty of murder. The charge has been hanging over nm since 1889. The jury rendered the yer dict Saturday morning. In thls con nection it may not be out of place 10 state that one of the fiRest arguments ever made in criminal case in the courts of St. Francis county was ut tered by Hon. R. J. Williams in de- fense of Sherman.
 There has been so much moving around lately that We have been unable to keep up with all the changes Of abode. Paul Hank has taken posses sion of the old Nash homestead, va eating his former dwelling on South Washington street, which IS now unoc- cupied. Mrs. Charles Meyers has sur rendered the rooms over Cbriscos store and now occupies tho VOgel property on South Washington street where George Martin was recently domiciled.
 THE TIMES last week inadvertently omitted mention of the splendid work accomplished by the famous evangelist of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, Rev. W. NJ. Robison, in the serles CT meetings held in this city. He awak- ened the careless, stirred up the wicked and strengthened the faithful m a manner which can but result Tn great and lasting good to the entire commit nity. As result of his minlstrations ol,ite a number of additions have been and will be made to the various congre- cations of the city. We hope to see him in our midst again.
 The veterinarian of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment station. with inc view of making an investigation Of the causes of hog diseases in this state and of testing certain methods or preyention of hog cholera now largely employed in the North and west. re ouests communications from farmers df the state who may have this. or othar contapious disease among tnelr