The Forrest City times., 1892-11-18
STATE NEWS,

| Tue Brinkley dramatic club will soon present the Poacher's Doom. A family named Fischer. from IllI. l nois. have located at Springdale. W. A. Barrier and family moved to ! Brinklcy Mucsday from Cotton Plant. There will be nreman's ball at Brinklcy on the night of the 2tth Inst. Total indebtedness of Arkansas is now q. .000, 4Sa.50, according to the report of Treasurer Morrow.
 McRae. democrat, carried Nevada county by majority of ono vote over Bush. popuite. for congress.
 Miss Kate Butler and Martin Mutt. a runaway couple from Harlow. were married at Pine Bluff last week. Burglars entered a gun store at Pine Bluff last week, and took rcvolyers, knives and razors to the amount of 500.
 Work on the ground for new stave factory was commenced Monday at Brinkley and will soon be ready for the factory to be built.
 Sanford Baum and wife started for Arkansas this week where they intend mak- tug their permanent home.- welcome Minn.
 Wednesday of last week Levi Bradley of Harmony fell on circular saw and was badly cut. pieces of meat being taken on in large pieces
 The citizens of Pine Bluff have or ganized \ local Building and Loan Associa- tion. which is sure to be of inestimable value to that city.
 T. B. Einmerson at Little Rock one day last week got big jag on and shot at n switch engine which he tried to stop SO he could cross the bridge,
 The Springdale roller mills are ship png from two to fonr cars per week. This mill now turns out as fine flour as any mill in bp tat Gt i'm ala
 Col. Thos. II. Watterson, an uncle of Henry Wattcrson of the Courer-Journa and one Of the best known railroad men in the South. died at Little Rock last week.
 Tom Jones, a prosperous farmer on Crooked Creek. raised 250 bushe of sweet pc tatoes on one acre of ground, and has sold sixty bushels at fifty cents per bushel.
 II. Em enberg, cigar and liquor deal CT of Little Rock assigned last week. Liabil- ties s2, ,t00; assets, s2O000 He had been in busi- ness in the Rose city for nearly thirty years.
 The JonesborO Sun demands of their next grand jury that they indict the deputy United States marshal who violated the state law by going behind the railing in the voting room.
 B. II. Merrill of White county raised this year on six square rods of ground nftecn bushels of potatoes, yellow yaris and triumph varieties. At this yield it would De 400 bush els per acre.
 Our next postmaster will be demo- crat and one not at aii tinctured with mug wumpery or any other ism. One that has done service for his party aud d man of the people -Jonesboro Sun.
 The state board of penitentiary com nissioners have rejected all bids for tho lease of the conviots, and will advertise for moro bids. The best bid received was less than the state is now receiving.
 J. l.. Lucas, an contemplating cotton weigher of Morrilton has riyxed mp a crane for lifting cotton bales out or wagons, there by saving the pulling and straining and cuss- ing usually required to get n balc out of wagon bed.
 The Dewitt Dispatch says an effort will be made by parties ia Arkansas county to county out of portions of Arkansas. Monroe, Prairie, Lonoke and Jefferson, with Stuttgart as the county seat.
 4 bold burglar entered the residence of Judge Estes cue night last week at Tex arkana. Tue judge was awakened and open cd fire, the burglar returning the compliment. Five shots were fired none of which took cf feet. The burglar escaped.
 One of tbe largest cotton transactions of the season took place at Helena last week. T. J. Tanner Co; sold 2o0 bales or Allen cot. ton. graded middlng, measuring lls to 1a inches, for si3,00o. The price per pound was i2a for i50 and l2 cents for the other fifty.
 The Texarkana Furniture and Manu- facturing company are putting in au electric light plant of their own, and will have 200 in- candescent lights burning in few days. thus enabling them to run their machinery at night in order to keep up with their orders A, w. Bennett, the operator who is blamed for the terrible wreck of cars and the loss of two lives at Cabin Creek, is out in a newspape article declaring his innocence of any neglect and denying that he fs crazy. as reported by correspondents to the Little Rock papers.
 While working in the culinary de- partment of her house ono day last week Mrs. Wnningham of Morriton, upon breaking an ordinary egg. was astonlshed to md that II tirely separate from the yelk and albumen of the larger egg.
 The north Little Rock people are circulating petition to have their territory thrown out of the city of Little Rock. Their petition is signed almost unanimously in North Little Rock. and is receiving many sjgners on this side Of the river. The petition win be presented to the city fathers. Wm. Hollin living near Magnolia was called to his door Saturday night and shot to death by an unknown party. No cause is known for the dastardiy assassination. A murderer, and if the right man should be caught Judge Lynch will sit on this court J. W. Melvin, while under the in- fuence of bad whisky shot and killed A. T Smiley. n bartender in II. Wolfs saloon a, New Lewisyile. on the night Of the llth Melvin shot hun four times. each ball passing | through him and killing him instantly. Nel win left immediately and has not been seen ! since.
 A colored man named Sam McKiel living near Poplar Grove recently fell int | the fire and was awfnlly burned. A part ol | his skull came of and he had plaster put I over the brain. Anyone can see tue brains | when the plaster is or. He went to the poll. | Tuesday of last week and voted the democrat | ic ticket
 Some brute in the guise of man. l says the Alma Democrat: "maliciously and | without cause, badly cut presumably with | knife, the fine brown mare belonging to 5. M Adams. Saturday afternoon. The mare wa
 in her stable and IS IS supposed that th'
 wretch in passing slipped his hand through [ l crack and inflicted the wound. The cut IS oi works and had tine blow that inflicted tn, | wound bee n the least bit heavier the mar 1 would have been ruined. man who wOul. be guilty of such an act. deserves Inc deati penalty.
 The subjoined petition is being circu lated in Hot Sprines by the Knights Q Labors. To the Generaly Assembly of the stat | of Arkansas: "tbe undersigned citizens O | state of Arkansas desire to call your atten tion to the unprotected condition of th' miners of our state, to the evils of the convio | lease system which are too well known to re | quire enumeration here. Also 10 the urRen | necessity of state reformatory Tor young | criminals and we do hereby petition you | honorable body to name iateiy take up thos' | important questions and pass such laws a 1 will bring about the proper amendment O the matters referred to, and your petitioner | will ever pray, etc.
 1 Some young men and boys at Clarks | vile rigged D an old piece of pipe that has | been used as a cannon during the celebration ctta rad xxlf n