The Forrest City times., 1892-01-22
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

GENERAL DOMESTIC.
 Jim Burwell, desperado, locked up his taller at Lenora, Kas., stole his revolver and horse and got safely away.
 An explosion of natural gas in Lan- easter, O., destroyed a large residence without seriously iniuring any of the occupants.
 The Presbyterian General Assembly Committee on the Revision of Faith eliminated the doctrine of infant damna- tion.
 Carlyle, H., lost her fight with the Water Works Company in the State Supreme Court, and must now issue bonds to settle.
 Henry c. Dowd, . religious maniac, suspected of being "Jack the Slasher," was committed in New York, together with his insane brother.
 According to . court decision the ex- Treasurers of Wisconsin must turn over to the State the interest they pocketed on public deposits.
 A convict in the Kansas Penitentiary hanged himself in the "dark hole" Rumors of cruel and inhuman treatment causing his act will be investigated.
 Mrs. Adam Wuchter of Whitehall, Pa, has neither eaten or drank for 853 days. She says death has forgotten her and her case puzzles all the doctors.
 drunken man talked about the Graves case in a Denver saloon, and the friends of Dr. Graves claim that the drunken man sent the poison to Mrs. Barnaby.
 Fire destroyed the Deardorff block in Kansas City. Loss, s150 900.
 A priest in Salvador was murdered by . lover who was jealous. The lover was lynched.
 The shortage of ex-Treasurer M. J. O'Brien of the Catholic Knights of America is S75, ,S23.23.
 Decreased cotton acreage is expected to result from the work of the recent Memphis convention.
 An engineer and fireman were blown to fragments by the explosion of loco- motive boiler near Birmingham. Ala.
 John Bardsley is reported to be break ing down and thought to be nearly at the point of making & confession.
 Joseph Landaur, Wall street broker who has been annoying Jay Gould, is held for examination as to his sanity.
 The question of the right of cities to assess property holders for grading streets has been raised in suit filed in Iowa.
 J. E. McCurdy of Ottumwa, To-, who left for a hunting expedition down the Mississippi some weeks ago, is reported missing.
 The Department of War has made in- quiry of Minnesota as to how many troops that State could furnish in case of sudden declaration of war.
 A monument to the Anarchists hanged in Chicago several years ago under the Illinois conspiracy act will be unveiled during the Worlds Fair.
 The latest advices as to Garza are that he is nothing but a miserable fugitive pursued by two Governments, instead of the leader of a formidable revolution.
 "Black Tiger,n who has fooled the officers in the Indian Territory for so long, played his last trick on them by dying of pneumonia in bed instead of with his boots on."
 s'Jack the Slashsr," a mysterious per- sonage suspected by the police of having attempted to cut five mems throats, was arrested in the act of hacking at a drunken mans throat.
 The bank of London and Mexico earned 47 per cent. on . capital of q, 500. 900.
 Cardinal Gibbons has written letter denouncing the Louisiana lottery.
 James Avery, . thief, has made two escapes from jail at Scottsburg, Ind, within fortnight.
 Mrs. James Vaughn of Washington County, Ky, fell into fireplace and was burned to death.
 Joshua B. Wickham, said to be 116 years old and to have voted for John Adams, die d at Ottumwa, To.
 Citizens near Deming, N. M, have asked the commandant at Fort Benton for pro- lection against Mexican raiders.
 Litigation is in progress in New York over the estate left by Sydney Smith, . wealthy lunatic. who died in 1888.
 "By" Orner has been positively identi- lied at Liberal. Kas., as one of the mob that assassinated Sheriff Dunn.
 Jesse Brown was hanged at Paducah. Ky, for killing John Larry. Jealousy was the motive. Both were negroes.
 An extra session of South Dakota's Legislaturs will be called to appropriate money for the States exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
 People living in Western Colorado are passing through some remarkable experi- euces incident to the intense cold and deep snow.
 Two female members of an opera com- pany were burned to death in Q wreck on the Northern Pacific Railroad near Brsinerd, Minn.
 This winter has been the coldest for four years in the Northwest. The ther- mometsr in Pembina, N. D., was 4s below zero.
 Ksarney, Esb., unveiled . bust of Gen. eral Phil Kearnsy.
 \ motion will be made by the Sioux Heila attorneys of Mrs. May Neyins Dlaine e incrsass her alimony.