The Forrest City times., 1892-10-14
STATE NEWS,


burned at Newport Sunday morning.
 [verson Turner, d negro. accidentally shot and killed his wife Monday, at Newport.
 The Little Rock canning factory is making heavy shipments North of canned sweet potatoes. Lonoke is preparing for one of the grandest barbecues in its history, to take place on the 2lst inst.
 Paragould's magnificent operahouse and several stores were burned We'd nesday morning of last week. 1ncen- diary.
 Frank Bumm. Texas Pacific switch man. had his foot badly cut last Sat prday by an engine in the Texarkana yards.
 Miss Maud Baughman and Josie Caldwell of Pine Bluff were thrown out of a buggy and each severely in- | jured.
 | Pedlo was burned September 26. with about all of it's contents. Damages about $500.
 The arrest of man 73 years of age, charged with bastardy, was one of the queer things which happened in Green wood Saturday.
 Mir. W. s. Pollard of Fayetteville was painfully hurt Tuesday afternoon by his horse running away and throw ing him onto fence.
 A public meeting has been called at Mulberry, on the Sth, for the purpose of considering the building of roller Touring mill at that point.
 Little Albert Sneed of Conway had an arm broken in the oil mill Saturday. His clothing was caught in the shaft and he was thrown to lhe floor.
 Miss Maud Noe, who has been teach ing school in Sharp county, abandoned her school two weeks ago on account of scarlet fever in the neighborhood.
 Mrs. Summer Kerby was sent to jail from Mammoth Spring Monday to serve out a $40 fine for keeping man unlawfully around her premises"
 Thos. Valley of Hardy, while assist ing in tearing down an old building in the upper end of town, was struck oii the head by |: falling log and badly IT. jured.
 John Shehan, an employe at Van Etton's shingle mill. near Corning, ac- cidentally fell on d his breast across a board last week and was almost in- stantly killed.
 By order of the commissioner of pen sions the Boone county board of sur geons will hold but two meetings in each month bereafter-on the first and third Wednesdays.
 l Eugene Moore. formerly of the Clarksville Herald-Journal, has pur- chased and assumed control of the Stephenville tfexas) Empire, one of the best weekly papers in Western 1 Texas.
 At the colts show at Conway, E. A. 5olton's l-2 months old, weighing 49S pounds, Almary simmons mule colt, 4 months and II days old, took the premiums. Witt Brothers gave l the premiums.
 The county judge of Craighead coun- | ty will order public road cut out and | graded to Buffalo Island ill the eastern part of that county. It is the inten- tion of the judge to work all the county convicts on said road.
 MT. R. c. Bennett of Drew county lost two bales of seed cotton on his farm. near town, on last Friday, by fire, and one of his tenant houses, in which the cotton was stored. The ori- gin of the fire is unknown.
 Col. J. D. McDonough of Fort Smith has declined the position of private secretary to Governor Fishback, re- gently rendered him. Mir. McDonough is rising young lawyer and has wisely decided to stick to his profession.
 The store of Messrs. DeLlsle Broth CTS at Gayoso, Mississippi county, was destroyed by fire last Friday night Two of the clerks had narrow es- cape from being burned to death. Loss estimated at S7000. Insured.
 Fox hunting affords splendid sport these moonlight nights for gentlemeh of Searcy. Several of the boys went out on Backbone Ridge Tuesday night and captured fine specimen of red fox, after two or three hours chase.
 Two men engaged in fight in the rear of a building on Main street Jonesboro, Tuesday and one of then was stabbed in the arm with d knife The cutter was arrested, and the cuttee had his wounds dressed by a physi clan.
 The bale of Mrs. s. B. Eoff, of liar rison, met with peculiar accident some days since. By slight fall il dislocated it's hip joint, the trouble not being discovered for some time. Wher discovered surgeon was called aDe the limb set.
 Milt House of Lonoke lost one o his fine horses last week. The anima was hitcled to blow, and becoming frightened ran away, kicking the plov in a furious way. In the runaway the animal so injured itself as to die from the effects of it.
 Three colored prisoners made theil escape from the Mississippi county jai last Tuesday night. They effected their escape by means of bar of iron furnished them by two prisoners, who were temporarily incarcerated during the process of cooling of jag.
 Two suspected white caps of Drew county, named Hammill and Goodwin respectively. were arrested last week and lodged in jail, with indictments against them for murder in the frs degree. Warrants have been issued for a number of others, who will, nt doubt, be apprehended.
 The south bound Frisco passenge was derailed at Doyle's spur, two milel south of Fort Smith, Monday after noon. The mail car and two coaches were thrown from the track and badl, damaged. Several of the passenger
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