The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
STATE NEWS.

The cotton acreage of Lonoke county has been reduced fully 5 per cent.
 Buffalo gnats have made their ap- pesrnncc in the overfiowed districts.
 The police of Little Rock are raiding the Chinese opium joints of that city.
 The first Chinaman has arrived at Eureka Springs and Will start a laundry.
 FOfty-seven unlicensed dogs were captured and killed in Little Rock Friday.
 Hot Springs entertained the Turner societies right royalty tho first of the week
 All the streams in the state were flooded by the ulins the early part of tho week.
 Governor Eagle attended the South- ern Baptist convention at Atlanta. Ga lest week.
 The cornerstone of Jackson county's new courthouse will Dc laid on Saturday. the s.th inst.
 The fruit growers and shippers un- lon of Washington county met at spripgdaie Saturday.
 An unknown man was killed by the cars in the Cotton Belt yards at Joneshoro last week.
 A malady closely resembling rabies Is killing cattle ih the Putnam neiRhboihood. Randolph county.
 T. c. Lee. aged GO year, committed suicide at Jnnesboro on Thursday of last week. He used shotgun.
 According to the springdale News, a home for the cure of drunkenness Is 10 be es- tatlished at Rogers
 More than so,00o bushels of wheat will he produced in oii Trough bottom. Jack son county, thi- year.
 The grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias wiil meet in Little Rock next week, commencing Monday.
 Mrs. Mollie E. Helms of Hot Springs sued sam Hur for sander and obtained yer dict for s5.gpo damages.
 The state association of undertakers, numbering about fifty members, will meet nt Hot springs on the t5th inst.
 Three men were last week sentenced to be hanged at Fort smith fer murders coui- mitted In the Indian territory. Pulaski county democrats will hold their convention on suue [. The township primaries will be held on Junei.
 The old frame buildings in the busi- ness portion of spfingdsie are boing replaced with substantiai brick structures.
 Burglars recently made \ wholesale raid upon the business houses of Evening Shade. securing considerable cash.
 George Cope of Carroll county was arrested last week for wantoniy and mali. ciousiy shooting a neighbor's COW.
 The Camden Democratic club gave an entertainment Friday night for the benefit Of the Arkansas Worlds Fair fund.
 Jesse NJ. McChesney. a former Bates vile boy, vas recently married to q young lady of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.
 T. c. Gray of Lonoke is the cham pion bird hunter. He has killed and shipped over loso snipe in the past two months.
 The fourth annual convention of the Arkansas State fircmen'r association will be held at Pine Biun on August to and II.
 The city council of Prescott has de- creed that al unmuxxied dogs appearing upon the streets shall he killed bY the narshal.
 Strawberries in the northwestern part of the state are said to have been injured somewhat by the copious rains Of last week.
 c. R. Davidson of Little Rock rode T2s miies on bycicle fin Ave hours one night last week, breaking the record by if,s miles.
 Carl Gist was in his barn when the storm struck C Monday afternoon. blowing the building down and severely injuriug him.
 The Monastery Marienstadt, three miles north of Morrilion, was destroyed by q cyclone sunday evening. Loss, about fis.t.o.
 The levee at Brooks mill, thirty five miles below Greenyille. Miss. on the Arkansas side, gave say Monday and a largo territory Is under water.
 Mrs. J. l.. fsrham was cowhided on the puhllc streets of Hot springs last week hy Mrs C. V. nale. Of whom Mrs. parham bad spoken slightiagly.
 In an altercation at Risinger's mill, near Eidorsdo. last week, Jim Reeves was stabbed and instantly killed by Nose Fur tough. both colorct.
 For the four months ended April 90 the shiPmea.s of eggs irou. ba;esville sggre- gated GAsn doxen ilssi1o cgssi aud netted the shippers about fia,osS-
 The grand lodge of Knights and La dies of Honor Niil meet nt I0nexisouo next Wednesday. the i,th Inst royai welcome by the citizens is promised.
 An s-year-old son of John Offuts of Icrmott chleli oouhiy. feii into bucket ot seaidiug water Saturday, from the elects Of which ho died in feN hours.
 Mir. and Mrs John Mcdowell of Baiesyille oeiebraied their golden wedding on tle .~fa 4if. fheY wrfe married lu rt Louls county, Mo. Aprli 1s. isig.
 Owing Co bad health. which would prevent him froui making eanvass, Judge E, N. Royal has withdrawn frftu fhe race tof The state senate tu the aonesaonu district.
 The Washington County Sunday school convention met wlth the Fiaeysr,i sun aay -schooi on the tath. tith and f1th lnsts.. and an interesting programme vas rendered.
 J. II. Reynolds of Hendrix college, Cunway. Noa tue medal ln the recent inter state orstosical contest at ArkAdeiphiA. tie eaE trcated to an ovation upon his rcturn Go Conway.
 A rum0r was current on the streets of Little Rock a few days a2u that Slaughter, one Of the negroes hangcd on tte ofh, bed -ooia. O. hfe." The nggrtcs wers Miia with sapeFstitsous terror.
 A 2-year-Old daughter of Pleas TuT- ncr, an aitorrey of 1exafkans. vas playing with a hcx or matches sunday. shen her clothing eaukht Ire and shc Nns so badly 1 burned that she died the safue nixht-
 Rev. Thomas J. shelton, once pop uiaT minister of the gospsi in Liitle Rock. sa- ] arussfel fu that gifk aHl t0k httH lH a -fa fa Of hssastiF tntuxtcatiou and k<ked Hp ia the calabooss. lie e subject to iits of insanity.
 l.. D. Slaughter and Toln Bailey, both eolored, wero banged at Llftie Rock lasi Of his pSFamour and the latter fog killing q fcsi.flsr for the paFnslsa of robbery Tue nes ks of both the malefactors were hruken.
 On Friday last W. $. Hammond of Piggott. Clay county, left fot fs1as That | kne. ~hefe the money gas kept catered the house. broke open a trunk and ahttractcd ess therefrom. In the lot o1 money were 2v silver | half-doiass coaned in ioss.
 The Cabot correspondent of the Ark ansas Democrat. under date of the tth inst. says: IL. A. Taylor. a farmer living tn the | Pigeon hoO-t country. twelve Iniies east of Cabot. brought to this market saturday ham hei she posls9 oi which lt vas art welshed over | 50O pounds net
 A. J. Grant, superintendent of the poorfarm. was in the city today. Last week he buried a Mr-. Kate Newton. She died a pauper. In 1852 she was Mrs. Waters. wife Of D. C. Waters. county and probate judge of Jackson county. He afterWard represented the county in the general assembly of i-sS and died white in office Ills widow married q man named Newton. but he has been dead for many years. Mrs. Newton dic not know her own age. but from the best data 0bfainable she was 1 ln the neighborhood of lW-Newport News, May 6.