The Forrest City times., 1892-12-09
STATE news.

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A grocer at Mammoth Springs adyertises
peanut seeds for sale.
The Saline river was out of its banks from
Saturday until Monday.
The Becbe broom factory started up in full
bias, Tuesday morning of last week.
A military company organized at Augusta
las week and viii be called Campbell Rifles.
The Marianna Index has passed the nine
teenth mile post OF journalism IN good form.
II is reported the Cotton Belt railroad has
absorbed the Momphis aud Little Rock line.
Work is progressing on the new -four mill
at Paragould The structure viii be 62Si6 aud
1 stories.
An eagle which measured feet inch from
tip to tip was killed last week in Independ-
enco county while eating u goose.
Precocious boys in Mammoth Spring have
the bean shooter craze. The deadly bean
shooter is inhibited by local law.
The mayor of Little Rock appointed Frank
lMcMahan chief OF police, vice II. II, Sanders
resigned, to take effect Dec. 18th,
A meeting OF cx-confederate soldiers viii be
held at Augusta December %, for the purpose
of organizing a camp of ex-confederates.
Elder penrod. pastor of the Broadway Bsp-
tist church of Pine Bluff, is conducting re-
vival meeting at the Baptist church of stutt-
CART.
A KNIGHTS and Ladies of Honor lodge was
instituted at Monticello, Drew county. last
week by I. Ii. Webb, ID g. p, with 52 charter
members.
Four families from Paris, Texas, located
at Rogers last week They wanted TO rent
houses. temporarily, but there was only one
house in the town for rent.
Professor Lily, late musician of the Main
circus, made contract with the Parasould
band, but for some reason unknown jumped
the contract and the country too.
Among the aspirants for postmastership
are numbered many editors. And their elaims
should and doubtless will be iayorably oon.
sidered 70 the workers the sweets belong.
A circular has been issued by the hotel
keepers of Hot Springs and distributed on In
going trains, warning visitors to beware OF
the ghbtongued drunlnor who infests the
town.
party OF young ladies' In Marianna be-
guiled the hours one day last week by dis.
gulsing themselves as gypsies and making a
tour of the city asking aims. They got their
AIMS full.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has purchased
5000 acres os coal land IN Franklin county, and
viii commence developments immediately
A large coalng station is 10 be established at
the mines.
Argenta has three candidates for the post
tnastersllip who did not contribute a cent 10
ir1 Hu
the campaign. Invisible in war and invine-
bic iu peace, as il were. Out upon such pa
irots.
The chapel at the Arkansas Industrial uni
versity with its six hundred handsome fold
ing chairs, its incandescent lights. ITS neat
stage aud carpe;ed aisles presnts handsome
and most inviting appearanoc.-FaYe Re
publican.
Mrs, Fannie Adams, who is accused of the
murder OF her husband, at Earle, two weeks
ago. denies that she confessed her guilt, says
she did not kin her husband, and asks that
Judgment be suspended until she is tried,
She is in Jail
John Wilson, a half-witted gardener. who
lives in the suburbs of Jonesboro was ar
rested last week on charge of incest. The
girl states that her father has been very cruel
10 her and has praciiced tue inhuman treat
ment for three years.
The oar factory now in course OF erection
will be one of the most substantial factory
buildings in tl.e state and the largest oar fac
tory In the South. III we are not mistaken,
there are but six other oar factories In this
country Monroe County sun,
In the family Of Jonah w. Tucker of
this place resides the mother and grand
mother, aud great-grand-mother and great
great-grand-m The great-greatgrand-
mother has six sons and daughters living, the
oldest of the sons being 6s years old and the
Youngest 45-Russellvile Democrat
People are coming in from every direction
to locate in Benton county. Week before last
a party OF twenty-five came In from Nebraska
and Minnesota and last week over twen-
ty got OF the train at sulphur Springs, look
sng for locations in the Apple Orchard OF
America" There is plenty OF room for ALL
Rogers Democrat.
A country schoohouse near Sloan Springs,
in which Elder Woodruff. a second adventist,
was preaching. was slightly shaken by the
discharge of dynamite cartridge Some
ouery scrub who did not indorse the religious
views of the elder rcsorted to that means as
a check upon preaching. No person was in
jured by the explosion.
The bank OF Lonoke made general assign
ment today to Hon. w. p. Fletcher. Some OF
the creditors. as nearly as can be learned. are
as follows: Lonoke Building and Loan associ-
alton, 81. 300; Lonoke county treasury, s7,4oO:
Bowe g. Son, s1O0. E. Dickerson, 5000; jack
Clemen, s400: Capt. Jack Goodman. s2oo.
Cash on hand in bank, $500
The new organ for the public school ar
rived Wednesday and was put in position at
tho schoolhouse and used for the first time at
chapel exercises Thursday morning. This
organ purchased with funds collected by the
Young ladies of the school. at the instance Of
the principal, Prof. Observation-Disclosures
News,
One of the most peculiar fatalities ever re-
corded occurred in Howard township. this
county, on the 23d nit. The house OF Dave
Clark, a colored farmer, was burned TO the
ground. together with its contents and negro
babe, au orphan being reared in Ciark's fam
ily. perished In the burning building IL
woald have been possible to save the child
but for the over-zealons guardianship OF a
watch dog, which kept at bay all intended
rescuers until the infant was burned TO
Grips and the house was id ashes.-Morriiton
Pilot.
There are candidates for the posotfiice at
this place who took no part in the late elec-
tion excepting TO vote, who never attended
political meeting and never paid cent
toTartIs a ca mpaign fund, men whose politics