The Green Forest tribune., 1893-06-08
the WEEKS NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Everything Eliminated But Facts For the Special
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in May was ,O77, ,2S3, daily average of $4,000
THE Government officials have no
fear that cholera will gain foothold In the init
ed States.
THERE is still heavy drain on the
gold reserve, and has now reached the lowest
point yet.
DIRECTOR ScHwAB claims that the
Fair made over $3.50, 900 In May and will do bet
ter June.
THE gold in the treasury is now at
the lowest point reached since the resumption of
specie payments.
The Kentucky State Building at the
Worlds Fair was formally opened and dedicat,
ed last Thursday.
CArTLEMEN have invaded the Chero-
kee Outlet again The War Department hes
been notified to expel them.
THERE was general shaking up in
tho Pension Office. q number of charges being
made in important places
For the first month of the Worlds
Far the attendance and receipts have not been
what the directors hoped for.
EDWIN Booth is gradually sinking and
while he may not die soon his physician says
that he will not again rally.
AT Virginia, Mimi, last Saturday
eight tons of dynamite and giant powder explod-
ed, wrecking several houses.
AT Barva, in Russia, Prince Bargram
and Prince Mustagha quarreled and fought
duel In which both were killed.
AT the Y. M. G. A. anniversary IN
Boston, Oliver Wendell Holmes was present and
Csc, khao al
The Plankinton bank, of Milwaukee,
closed its doors Thursday and made an assign
ment due to the recent Lappen failure.
THE United Presbyterian General As
sembley has finished its labors at Monmouth,
ILL.,, and will meet next year In Oregon
]. FARMER JoHN HUGHES near Guthrie,
o. T., dug up a skeleton and near 1t was 81 500
in old coins and large amount in bills.
On the Chicago market Friday cash
wheat and July wheat touched the lowest points
b ever known and there was almost panic.
BIDS were to have been opened at the
Treasury Department at noon Saturday for tne
s Cherokee bond issue, but none were received.
Miss CARRIE SMITH, daughter of the
late confederate General E. Kirby Smith, has
been appointed Postmistress at Swanee, Tenn
A PROBABLY successful attempt was
u made to assassinate Squire Knifin, the new
Y Postmaster at Guernsey, this State. last week.
Apy1CEs from members of the Amerl-
can commission state that there Is little nope OF
q speedy conclusion OF the Bering Sea afDitra-
ton.
FIVE men are in Jail at Russellvllle
on charge of shooting Deputy Marshal Harrison
a who was not killed as stated in our last week 8
{ issue.
ACCORDING to evidence presented to
4 the senatorial committee investigating the mat
fer. the contract labor law is being iagrantly
violated.
THE name of Robert Lincoln is al
ready being prominently mentioned in connec-
tion with the Republican presidential nomlna-
tion in 1896.
On Friday morning mob took Sam
uel Bush, who assaulted two women, from jail
at Decater, Ill and lynched him with little show
of opposition.
NEGOTIATIONS have been successfully
concluded for the cession to the government and
opening to settlement of the surplus Sioux lands
in South Dakota.
COLONEL J. M. WEAVER, who fled
from Van Buren in January, 1892. being an em-
bezzer to the extent of $40 600 Or more, has been
caught in Pennsylvania.
AT Aurora, Mo-, the other day, Geo.
Walsh was killed by a stroke from billiard
cue in the hands of c. NJ. Clark. The men had
quarreled over billiard shot
The valise of Louis Halberstadt OF
Napierville, Ill who died in Brockville, Onta-
'rio, two years ago. was recently sold for s2 1t
contained gas stock worth $l07, 600.
DIR. GRAVES, convicted Of the murder
of Mrs. Barnaby, by sending her at Denver
bottle of poisoned whisky has been granted
new trial and released on $50, 900 bail.
The White County Bank at Beebe
. was placed in the hands of a receiver, Wednes-
dsy of last week The liabilities are S2o,O
with scarcely any assets to meet them
THE trial of Lizzie Borden, accused OF
tile murder of her father and step-mother, was
begun at Fall River, Mass, Monday The pro-
ceedings are being noted with all-absorbng in
s tcrest.
SssS Four Mormon elders have mysteri-
& &u6lY disappeared in ST. Clair county. Ala and
81 81 ~ Believed that they were murdered by cit-
x6l}l of the county who objected to their mission
& 1ry sfork
4 RE Presbyterian Assembly, has, by
q lgR96 majority decided in favor of the appeals
kk& prosecutors of Dr. Briggs from the finding
" Presbytery of New York. thus finding tn e
9a guilty OF heresy- 4