The Forrest City times., 1892-06-03

didates for the other state officers.
 The happiest man in town is our young friend R. J. lZard, and he has enough to make him happy. A beauti- full ten-pound daughter made her ap- pearance at his home "Wednesday morning, the 1st inst. We coHgratu- late the joyful parents, and hope the little iady will grow up to be as beauti- ful and good a woman as her mother. In other portions of the state Fish back has been almost tue unanimous choice of the democracy. We take 1t that St. Francis county is no exception to the rule, and that very large ma- | jOrity of democrats here favor his nopi- nation. In order to have our prefer ences voted in the state convention 1t | is necessary to instruct our delegates. Let them be instructed to vote for | Fisllback for governor.
 Ralph Izard, brother of W. H.. Izard and Mrs. J. T. Fondren of this place. at present an engineer whose run is between the City Of Mexico and San Luis potosi, on the Mexican Ma tiopal railway, WAS married or May 24 at Laredo, Texas, to Miss Annie Peters. Ralph is a Forrest City boy and has many friends here who join in best wishes fur him and his bride. May they live long and prosper.
 The pupils of Miss Sadie Davis's school enjoyed most delightful picnic at stuart springs last Friday. The day previous Miss Sadie secured as- sistance and went out to the springs, | where she had, swings and hammocks put up, tine grounds cleaned off and | placed in condition for croquet, etc, and when the time arrived the little | folks found everything ready to en. hance their enjoyment. 4 delicious lunch and merry time rewarded all who attended.
 A tornado passed south of this city on Tuesday last which did consider able damage. On John pope's place !, cabin containing several persons was demolished, but none of the inmates, | fortunately, were injured. On G. w. l kiiby's place the damage was consider able, caused principally by falling tim Der. On ". $. Graham's place the timber is piled over the fields in such profusioD that it will require two or three weeks of hard work to remove il
 80 the crops can be cultivated. Other
 fields suffered similarly. When the storm struck the St. Francis bottoms
 the crash of falling timber is said to
 have resembled the report of musketry.
 On Saturday last our friend George ". Kirby brought to our office mum
 Der of sweet potatoes of last years crop. These potatoes were as sound
 and as good as when first put up. and
 the fact is established beyond question
 that they can be kept for q year or more
 in as good condition in this section as
 anywhere in the world. Mir. Kirby is
 of course. prepared for keeping them
 as they should be kept, and anybody else can do the same. We thank Mir
 Kirby both for the potatoes and for the
 opportunity affored of publishing the
 fact that they can be kept in first-class
 condition for year or longer in this climate-a fact winch is frequently
 disputed.
 The Little Rock Gazette, acknoTl.
 edged the leading newspaper.of Arkan-
 sas, has Iadopted new departure
 which will be appreciated by all whC
 desire the fullest amount of news at
 the least cost. Everybody is interested
 in political affairs this year, as county state and national officers are to be chosen. The Gazette enjoys every facility for gathering the news from every part Of the country, which il serves to it's readers fresh every day 1 In order that this medium of keeping posted may be within the reach Of all l the Daily Gazette will be sent to any part of the state at tho remarkably low price of g for three months. In each case the cash must accompany the order. Now is your opportunity tC secure great daily newspaper very cheap. Subscriptions taken at tie news stand and correspondence saved Ollie Berry IS a negro who delights in making a walking arsenel of himself, but his enthusiasm as a peripatctic ar mory was somewhat dashed last night ! by Night Marshal Jennings. For some | time our people have been annoyed by 1 tho discharge of firearms upon the streets after dark. and last night the | fusilade reSembled a young battle. Marshal Jennings laid" for the perpe- l tratOrs, eand succeeded in hagging | Berry, upon whose person he found s gun. one chamber of which had just been discharged. Berry was marched off to jail, and by the time he works ont a fifty-dollar fine on the county farm he will probably see the error of trying to appear as bad man. | Berry is not the only person who in- dulges in the fun of shooting on the streets at night, nor is the practice con | fined to his color. There ere number i of young white toughs about the town l who deserve tern on the county farm, and we hope the last one of them will get it.
 There seems to be little movement on foot to undertake to send our dele | gates to the state convention unin. structed. Just why this step is being taken is not altogether revealed to us, but 1t is probably the work of the Lit l tie Rock machine politicians, together
 with a fear that such instructions may l iniure some local favorite for another office. Be this as it may, We warn democrats that it is trick in one in | stance and false alarm in the other
 and that cur delegates should go to the state convention fully and closely in.
 structed The reason for this is ap- parent: Every means, fair or unfair,
 wise or unwise, true or untrue, will De resorted to to defeat f'ishback for gov ernor. Nothing, known to the profes- sioDal politician or the political trick. ster will be left undone to induce the delegates to disregard their instruc- ti0ns. It is therefore necessary, if the people wish to rule, to send men to the convention instructed tn vote as the
 majority of the voters would vote, and select men whom you know no influence could change. If the PEOPLE wish tc rule they must take political matters into their own hands and instruct their