The Forrest City times., 1892-10-21

 Rock Sunday morning much improved in health.
 gJ. C.. Kelso, the Magnolia banker, has been arrested charged with em- beZzlemeut.
 Last week the Brinkley Argus is sued neat little ''extran descriptive of the fire, etc.
 The authorities in Little Rock threat en to close the poel rooms which flour ish in that city.
 Jim Marshall was arrested at Mag nolia Sunday afternoon on charge of illicit distiling.
 W. A. Simmons discounted forged note on J. A. Mason to the bank of Augusta for S255. Simmons escaped.
 Capt. John Kane, who was gallant so dier ill Hindman'5 Legion, died at Helena last week.
 The residence of Judge D. Reeve of Little Rock WAS burglarized of S500 cash Friday night.
 The last sitting of the Craighead county grand jury resulted Ill the find ing of 13S bills oi indictment.
 l.. E. Holt. q carpenter of Pine Bluff, fatally stabbed George Williams, d lnaehinist, in d difficulty Sunday.
 The 4-year-od son of David Neal of Warren was run over by wagon Mon day afternoon and probably fatally injured.
 Billy Forester, the Little Rock safe blower who recently escaped from the Lonoke Jail, was captured Saturday ill Chicago.
 Judge Williams and Judge J. c. Par ker have been appointed by Judge Caldwell to appoint federal election supervisors for Arkansas at the No vember election.
 On casual estimation there will be about 25, QUO gallons of sorghum made in Grant county this season. This will be a saving of sS0O0 to tie county Grant County NeWa.
 W. M. Neal cf ..'.na hs brought suit sainst the HsJer compa- my t0I 490 for 1, euuod i'll the pur. chase Jpprtg looking after the intere the company.
 The Consolidated White River Bap- tist association (col0reG) has decided to establish d college at Brinkley. The building site has already been pur- chased and work will soon begin.
 Master George Johnson, son of Mir W. II. Jahuson, who is only years old and weighs iitty-fiye pounds, picked :22222 pounds of cotton one day last week Pretty good picking. Columbia Ban ner.
 During Treasurer Morrow's term of office, which began January l, 1899, and will end January 1893, he has cancelled and scheduled to the state business board bonds and scrip amounting to $2 ,645, ,S9l.5a.
 Arkansas oak appears to be in de- mand at the North for cabiDet work and interior finish. A St Louis lumber dealer has given one of our mills an orGer for 900 600 feet of red oak Aarkansas Press.
 S9Rev. William II. Jernigan, for sixty three years member of the Methodist church and fifty years a local minister, sunday afternoon, aged o4 years Il months and day.
 Kelley's liverystable at Brink!ey was destroyed by fire on the evening of the 18th. The building contained 1900 bushels of corn and sixty tons of hay, which were lost. All the stock and vehicles were saved.
 Prof. Cobleniz, who is teaching at Apple Hill. reports that one day last week the little girls killed twenty-four snakes, averaging about fifteen inches in length Still it was not good day for snakes. Prairie Grove Banner.
 George b. Tompkins, the l7-year- old son of W. J. Tomphins, picked 405 pounds of cotton one day last week while Lee McMillan picked at the same time 333 pounds. Who can beat this picking cottonp-Prescott Democrat.
 ". J. Sanders has left at this office a twig cut from an apple tree upon his place measuring eighteen inches in length, upon which has grown sixteen perfect apples. If you doubt this, come and see for yourself Randolph Herald.
 Hempstead county. with popula- ton of about double the population of Howard county, spends $500 year for the support Of her paupers, while Howard spends about Sl600 on hers. Evidently something is wrong some where. re.-Nashyille News,
 The corn crop of the county this fall is the largest ever produced. MT Frank Baker alone has 1000 acres of corn in Big Bottom, from which he will gather 50,000 bushels. A ready market for our surplus corn is found in Southeastern Arkansas. where only cotton is produced. -Batesyille Guard.
 James Smith. convicted of embez. clement in the Crawford circuit court at the December term, 1891, and sen tenced to three years in the state peni- tentiary, has been, upon the recom- mendation of the circuit judge, the prosecuting attorney and other citl- zens. granted a full and free pardon by Governor c. c. Hamby.
 A young man named Nathaniel Pearson was found dead in the'corn crib or his fathers place near Strickland last Wednesday morning. He had been to party in the neighborhood the night before and coming home late it is be- lieyed he entered the crib to pass tho remainder of the night In taking off the pistol it was probably accidentally discharged, intlieting a wound from which he died in too brief time to raise an alarm.-Fayetteyille Sentinel.