The Forrest City times., 1892-09-23
STATE NEWS.

Baptist College opened last Tuesday morning.
 Tbe Grand Jury found r true bills. A majority were against blind tigerers. -Paragould Press.
 The Paragould cornet band has or ganized. The band numbers 17 with new instruments and the finest make.
 An exclusive boot and shoe store will open in Paragould in q few days. The stock has already been purchased in Chicago.
 Frank James the noted ex-outlaw stopped at Little Rock last week, while on his return to Texas after visit to Missouri.
 Green county jail contains six Para gould citizens convicted of blind tiger ing who were unable to pay their fines and did not give bond.
 The city council of Little Rock Tues day appropriated Si 900 to be used by the board of health to prevent the in- troduction of cholera into that city. The spoke, hub and singletree fac tory at Walnut Ridge is running on full time and the company is making arrangements for increasing the ca pacity of the plant.
 J. G. Fleming & Co.,. of Memphis will open an immense stock of drugs at Helena. in the near future. The contemplating people of all sections are coming to Arkansas.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. J. Prichard, of Little Rock, aged respectively 62 and 52 are the proud parents of a baby girl just | born to them. They have been mar ried six years and this is their first.
 The town of Batesville decided not | to levy any corporation tax for 1892, | as there is some $I ,500 on hand in the l treasury, which is considered as sufil- cient for all needs for the ensuing l year.
 BATEsvILLE, Sept, 17-Max Brown a student of Arkansas College, aged l7. 1 son of Rev. J. NJ. Brown, a presbyte- 1 in White rlver this afternoon while 1 bathing.
 The managers of the Memphis tele- 1 phone company are thinking of rum l ming wire to Marion, and the wire will connect with all the boxes in the I City and the service will be in every respect, the same as in the city. It l will be great convenience. 1 Prof. W. W. Walton, teacher of | Hurricane, Green county was tried last Saturday on a charge of assault and battery on the person of Maggie Cudd, one of his pupils. The evidence was somewhat sensational and damaging to Walton. He was fined S250 and sentenced to 20 days in jail. ! Sixty-two of the witnesses iil the celebrated James billiard murder ease passed through Brinkley this week enr0uie to court at De Nall's Bluff. 1 Dillard is charged with the killing of
 Wm. Walls, (white) and John Stayton, | (col. in the political riot in 1888 at | Clarendon.-Ex.
 | John Leimer. well-known German 1 citizen of .Argenta, was taken from his home on the night of the 18th, by a crowd of masked men and given a se- we're whipping. He was stiil ped from head to foot and tied to a tree. Wife l beating is the cause assigned by his neighbors.
 An infant child belonging to some unknown person was hid in thrash CT in Carroll county. A moment be- l fore starting the machine, when all was ill readiness. and the driver was ready to ply the lash. the feeder lifted up the apron of the thresher and there found The baby just ready to go through at the first move of the ma chinery. The child was taken care of by kind ntighbor. No claimant has been found and no one can identify the little fellow.-Ex.
 Paragonid grows and keeps grow l ing. Timber and brick is being put on | the ground opposite Dr. Walls on | Court street for two new residences, 1 large and handsome, one for Dr E. Is. | Trustworthy, most excellent and ris- | ing young physician. the other for Mir. | A B. Hays, a most worthy and popular citizen On the N. W. corner of Court and Cumberland streets, opposite court square, a handsome two story residence is goiug up for Prof Geo. R. Hopkins with all the modern improvements, ap- pliances, and ornaments. .--Paragould Press.
 | Monday evening, near the iron bridge across Pt. Remove, James Morgan at tempted to board passing freight train but missed his hold and fell, the ends of the truck striking him on the shoulder bruisiug him up badly. He
 was picked up and brought to his home in this city. The doctor says he does not think any bones are broken, but he may be injured internally so that he will die. Morgan had been at work and concluded he would save long walk by catching the passing freight which was running about 15 miles an hour with the above results.-Moril- | ton Pilot.
 Jim Robinson was shot in the thigh last Sunday while resisting arrest. He 1 got into row about two months ago | in Plummerville and cut man in the 1 lungs, but made his escape. His where abouts were discovered and posse set out to effect his arrest. One of the men came up with him when Robinson pulled his pistol, but before he could use it, was shot in the thigh, when he in jumping over the fence fell and broke his leg near the thigh, when he was captured and taken to Hummer l will. where he is now under guard. | His real name is supposed to be Ma ron Allen, and he is charged with be- 1 ing implicated in train robbery in Texas Morrilton Pilot.
 The Paragould Press is urging the company to revive the canning factory at that place, which for some reason has been allowed to suspend opera tions. 1t says:
 | Now is the time to revive the can ming factory. The little town of Harris burg is operating her factory success fully and with profit. Her factory was 1 purchased late, and not more than half enough tomatoes were planted to keep