The Forrest City times., 1892-10-14

+. IaughingbOuSe'S new reSluence
 in the northern part of town is begin ming to ''show it's shape" and is a
 beauty. Feuner says he never expects
 to build but one house and that one
 will be built according to Hoyle.'
 By the way, there is novelty about this house in the way of about eighty pillars for foundation. and sheeting
 under the weatherboarding
 Our young friend J. l.. Brandon re- turned last week from Texas. to re-
 main short time and attend to some important business matters. His gen. eral health is improved, we are pleased to state. although he has been under the weather" since he came. Next week he will go to San Antonio for the winter, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. J. D. Baugh, who will remain several months.
 Mir. Emmet Rodgers and Miss Della Edgar were married at Jonesboro on Wednesday last. the 18th inst. TIE TIMES acknowledges an invitation and extends best wishes to the happy pair Mir. Rodgers is the talented ed it0r of the Craighead County Sun and was chosen representative Tn the legis- lature at the late election. The bride | foremost business men.
 Hon. II. F. Roleson, our new prose- cutting attorney. arrived in the city Saturday evening, accompanied by his wife. Mir. Roleson will enter upon the duties of his office on the 3lst inst. at Marianna. In electing him the voters of the First judicial district acted wisely in selecting one of the brightest and brainiest young lawyers in the state. He will perform his work faith fully and well.
 On Monday next J. D. Davenport will leave for Seattle. Washington, going via Salt Lake, Utah, to visit his l friend. Leslie Knight. Dan is prime favorite with all our people, and his departure is d source of general regret. | He possesses the esteem and c0nti- dence of all with whom he has come in contact, both in business and social relations. and the very best wishes of Il legion of friends go with him to his | future home.
 William Manning of Goodwin has succeeded in growing crop of cotton which is something unexampled in that staple. The fibre measures three inches in length, which places it ahead of the sea island variety, and i. is worth between thirty and forty cents per pound. A bale was shipped to Memphis and the cotton has created great excitement among the brokers of that city. If our farmers generally would emulate Mir. ManuIng's example in growing none but this grade of cot ton, the sub-treasury scheme will have been solved to the satisfaction of all.
 | A. D. Davis and NJ. I. Fisher were married at the county clerks office at 10 o'clock Saturday night, Elder J. II . Cason officiating. They are residents of Johnson township. Early in the evening they put lip at the City hotel, claiming to be man and wife. Land lord Izard discovered they were not married, and secured their arrest. To square" matters and avoid trouble, Clerk Stern was found, license pro- cured and the marriage ceremony took place ;ts above stated. Quite d crowd of gentlemen, hearing the rnmor of an impending marriage, repaired to the clerks office to witness the ceremony. | On Wednesday night Deputy Sheriff l Aldridge went to Wheatley and ar- rested Alf Fleener on warrant charg- ing him with embezzlement. Mr. Fleener has been acting as agent of the Pacific Express company at Wheat ley, and. Tn checking him up. it seems the route agent found shortage. His | friends stoutly insist that if any short age exists it is the result of clerical error, and not of an intentional act. 1 Our information is that an execrable neighborh0od quarrel is probably re- sponsible for Mir. Fleener's arrest. TIE TIMES desires to emphasize. here and now. its absolute belief in Mir. | Fleeners utter innocence of any in- tentional wrong. He immediately gave bond in the sum of 5000 und was released.
 The trial of John Stevens ended yes l terday afternoon, the jury return ing verdict of not guilty. Our readers will remember that, in February last. | Mir. Stevens killed negro named George Brown near Blackfisli. Brown had waylaid Stevens in the swamp and assaulted him with an axe. when Ste vens drew his revolver and began firing at his assailant. Not until the revol- yer was emptied did Brown fall dead. The case was reported to the authorities and a coroner's jury investigated and TtluIUGu d NtIuiCt cNOHtl bjI. | Stevens. The trial in the magistrates court resulted in a verdict of acquittal. | The case was brought before the grand I jury and an indictment found. As we have before stated, it was plainly a | case of self.defense, and we congratu- late MT. Stevens on his exemption from further annoyance in the mat | ter.
 The farce comedies (se-called) of the present day are built, not written; in proof of which assertion may be taken as an example "A Turkish Bath" l which has scored such q tremendous success throughout the entire West. The first few months the piece was al most an entire failure. Nevertheless, Manager Macoy pruned and planned and used the blue pencil freely. He put in new characters, kept adding specialties and novelties and engaged Miss Heath, acknowledged by all theat- rical people as the greatest soubrette on the American stage, and the result has been one of the greatest farce con- edy successes ever known. A well-de fined plot is altogether foreign to farce comedy. Of course we are using the word in its facetious sense, for, strictly speaking, farce comedy originally meant land naturally means) anything but what it is now applied to. and the refuge of the technicalists. which takes the form of the hyphep or no hyphen, now holds but little water. What is