The Forrest City times., 1893-09-15

During the absence oi o' I..ki
 ,nd wife in Missouri, their sweet Htlle hahv became ill, and on Tuesday morIic ;ng about S:S0 it's life was despalred or and that afternoon at o'clock It dled; The naren.s were telepraphed the sad news of the child's condition, and came in great haste, but could not reach home before life had become extinct The remains were inferred in the Mt. Vernon cemetery. Rev. F. k. Taylor ofScjating. The family has the kinoeSt sympathy of the community.
 An exchange gives list or seven classes of people who do the lomn no good. First, those who go out oi town to do their trading. Second, those "Ilo prefer a quiet town to one or push anu business. Third, those who tblhH pus- mess can be done slyly without adVeI- Using. Fourth. those who der1de pup lie spirited men, Fifth, those WHO op, nose every movement not oflgiha'eu nv themselves. Sixth, thosei who op- pose every public enterprise that coes not appear to benefit them. seventh. those who seek to injure the credit or an individual.
 Alec Becker left for Chicago Sunday evening in response to d telegram rom his brothers physician. seating that very complicated operation would nave to be performed, and that It was nec- essary for him to be present. lie mss ad the train foF Wynne, but Jumped into his cart and drove up, and IL IS said. got there before the tram did. and in good tune to catch the Cannon M,lln for St. Louis Dispatches ln@- cate that the operation was performed in highly satisfactory manner aad the patient is getting along alright. He is H. Becker, of Mamanna.
 A w. Fleener, of Wheatley, who has been in jail some six or seven months has been at large on bond since September 5Sh. and but for the Dung- ling of his attorney would have had his liberty month earlier. The pa- pers authorizing bond were returned. without notice to the Clerk, Tn sln- gle package with other papers that had been taken out of the office; and when returned were pigeonholed, and but for an accidental alluSlon to the mat hpr. Fleeuer would have been in jail until court. He is charged with em- iheZzlement by the Pacific Express Co..
 Paragold ought to gst 5000 bales of cotton this season if the crops prove to be as good as now indicated. ana while the price may be low, the yield will be much greater and will make up the difference. Although wheat IS lower than for years. still with onr roller mil4s here at home to furnish she flour the money will almost ali be kept at home With the amount of building that has been and is being done. fur Eishing employment for merchanics. and many other things considered, We have great causes for feeling thankful that it is well with uSs-Pre5s.
 w. A. Pearson brought to this office Tuesday d few heads of rice. the pro- duct of St. Francis county. He gath cred it from patchof about two acres being paised by colored man across L'Anguille. These heads were not picked for theif quality. but taken ill., discriminatory from the aeld, and judging from their weight and looks we would suppose will yield about 40 bushels so the acre. Rice retails in the stores as five cents per pound. If it can be grown successfully here, there | is big money in it at half that price. It might be well for some of yoa farm CTS to think abOus this.
 R. A. Haynie was in town yesterday on crutches. He is just recovering, sufficiently to beaSle to get about. from the effects of an accident. On the 24th of June Bob WIS in town. and in at tempting to split a piece of of a board his nck-knife slipped and stuck into his foot behind tle ankle and just above the heel. The foot sweled and lester ed, and confined Bob to his room and he was unable to walk for two months | The limb is beginning now to yesume it's old functions. and we are glad of 1t. because We believe Bob Haynie is an h0Dest, hardworking man and true | friend, and we don't like to see that kind of man handicapped.
 Jas, Russell received a telegram from a Memphis commission house Wednes- | day, offering twenty-five cents per gal lon for two carloads of sorghum. At first one would think this sum very small for sorghum. but we understand
 from MT. Russell that it is a medium good wholesale price, From 15D to POO gallons per acre is easily made, and it
 requires very httle cultivation. How ever, Memphis is not the best market
 for our products. At least we know
 whereof we speak when we say that the Canning Co. received ten cents per dog
 f. O. b. Forrest City, for tomato-s, last
 year. to be shipped to southwestern points. more than Memphis brokers
 would offer for them f. o. D. Memphis
 and this. too, notwithst anding the fact
 that this country polbrs a large portion