The Forrest City times., 1892-01-01
STATE NEW s.

Prescott will soon be Illuminated with gas.
 The teachers of Green county or | gauized an institute.
 AnA. o. U. ". lodge was organ fzed at Dardanells last week,
 Robert H. Shorts residence in Searcy county was burned few days ago.
 The Paragould Slave and Heading factory gives daily employment to six ty men.
 At Texarkana, on Monday, mad dog bit three persons before 1t could be killed.
 Rev. F. A. Jeffett and Miss Annie Cook were married at Helena last Tuesday.
 The Quitman Monitor, with NJ. R. White as editor, made it's appearance last week.
 Dr. F. NJ. Compton, prominent physician of Little Rock, died few days ago.
 Onions thal measure sghteen inches ia circumference are raised in Wash ington county.
 Burglars blew open the vault of the bank at Fordyce Saturday night, but secured no booty.
 A. Gottleib, jeweIer of Pine Bluff, assigned Tuesday with liabilities or Sl700. Assets not stated.
 Miss Mamie Crews was killed by the accidental discharge of pistol III Littio Rock q few days ago.
 Clint Brown and a man named Scroggins were both wounded in row at tE..rrun Al, l'hrietm.l2 HAv. Nevada county furnished nearly all tue holly and mistletoe used in St. Louis for Christmas decorations. Some miscreant entered the office of the Arkansas Echo in Little Rock Saturday night and pied all the type. A man named Lamox was fatally shot by one Spence, in Lee county, on the 25th ult. Too much holiday whisky.
 Mss Ellen Wise, aged IS years, was perhaps fatally burned at her home near Lanark in Bradley county on the 27th ult.
 The poor children of Little Rock were rendered delicious dinner on the 25th ult. by the Christmas club of that city.
 Tou2hs administered sound drub- ping to Officer Conway, who was trying to arrest them on Saturday night Tn Little Rock.
 A negro who was wanted for mur- der in Crittenden county was shot and killed near Marianha Monday by off cers while resisting arrest.
 The Hot Springs papers are urging the people of Hot Springs to make an organized effort to secure the next meeting of ths National Editorial As sociation.
 The body of an unknown white man was found Monday tied by the wrist 10 cypress knee in pool or water near the Scriggs farm Ill Pu- lashi county.
 Richard Anderson of Indian Terri tory, on visit to friends at Prairie Grove. WAS accidentlv shot in the right side last Saturday while hunting. The wound is supposed to be frtal.
 Citizens of Quitman. in Cleburne county, held an indignation meeting last week and adopted resolutions cen- suring the town council for not en- forcing the laws against drunkenness. Tate Robinson was shot ard killed by his onin-law, young man named Brooks. near Stephens OH Monday. the difficulty originating from the fact that Robinson had whipped his daugh- ter, Brooks wife.
 A coat and shirt full of bullet holes and blood stained were found near the Pinnacle Springs and Quitman road in Benton township Il few days ago. They are supposed to belong to the man who was murdered in Matthews township last July.
 Isaac Bunch, living on Pond Creek. went to the Williamson place, on the Saline, last Saturday, to attend church, and while there was struck with apo plexy of the heart and fell from his chair speechless. He never recovered consciousness, and died Sunday.-Se- vier County Democrat.
 Our fish ponds have received sup ply of young carp from the govern ment. They reached here last Thurs day evening. by express, in tin buck cts. In about two years ClarSsville will be known as a great fish center, and orders for German carp will be received daily from villages like Ozark and elIyillc.-Clarksville Herald Journal.
 Ou tIlt DiHit VI siIV h'SA stable of l.. E. Hopper, at Mountain Home, was burned. Mir. Hopper lost five head of horses. c. A. Eastman two head, West Plains mail line two, J. c. South one. The college horse. bridle and saddle were burned up. The fire was not discovered until it was too late to save anything. The loss to the college is sl40.--North Arkansas Her. aid.
 Last Saturday distressing affair occurred at the residence of Mir. Will lis Wilson. One of his children. hay ing the toothache, was lying down by the cooking stove, in which there was a fire, and on which were vessels con taining hot water and lard. The child accidentally kicked one of the legs of tho stove out. thus upsettin2 it, turn ing the hot water and lard over On 1t and the baby, scalding both severely, so that the chances for the recovery of either of them are very slim.-Prescott Democrat.
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