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The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE first week of the Worlds fair closed with continuation of the cold and windy weather. although the rain that had fallen during the exposition hours had not been sufficient to inter- fere with the visitors enjoyment of the buildings and exhibits.
 ON the 9th the associated banks of New York held SIP, s35. .175 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule.
 A MEMBER of the Harvard crew denies that Harvard has agreed to row in the Colum bian regatta at Lake Geneva, Wis. He says that so far as Harvard IS concerned race in the west is entirely out of the question.
 ON the 7th 60. 900 would-be visitors to the Worlds fair were shut out by the Sunday-closing order.
 ON the sth the long drought in Aus tria and Hungary was broken by gem eral rainfall which insures the safety of the endangered wheat crop.
 AT Meadville. Pa. on the sth. in the court of quarter sessions. Judge Hem derson filed opinions quashing all the indictments, nine in number. against the Delamaters for em bezzlement. The courts action is severely criticised by depositors in the wrecked bank.
 THE United States treasury is gradu- ally building up its gold reserve, which was depleted to considera ble amount on April A. The gold in the treasury on the sth footed up S97, ,s64, 505. The lowest figure was reached April 25, when it was s92, 752 ,9l0.
 IRE second week of the Worlds fair started off with plenty of sunshine, work going ahead under high pressure and large crowds arriving on the grounds early by rail and by steam boat.
 ON the 10th the fleet of Colum bus caravels started for Chicago by way of the St. Lawrence river. The Pinta will be lowed to Quebec by the Ameri- can cruiser Chicago and then will be lowed by the Bennington. The Santa Maria will sail under her own canvas. The caravels will be dismantled at Que bee in order to go under the locks and bridges between there and Chicago.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

Oy the sth the dock warehouses as the Basin du Kattendy, Antwerp were destroyed by fire The warehouses con tained wool. cotton and sugar, and the loss amounted to 1000, GOO francs.
 A TELEGRAM from Durango, Col, on the sth. said it was reported that Lieut. Hummer. Indian agent at the NavaJo agency. was killed while trying to ar rest Costiano. A friendly Navajo sad it was probably true. as the Indians would kill him if he attempted to arrest Costiano. Trouble is certain if the re- port proves authentic.
 CARLYLE W. HARRIS, convicted oi causing the death by poison of his girl wife. Mary Helen Potts. died in the electrical chair at Sing Sing tN. 1.) prison on the sth. Seventeen hundred and sixty volts of electricity were sent into his body, and death was instan- taneous. On the brink of the grave he declared his innocence of the crime.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
CONDENSED TElEGRAMS.

The British fleet in New York waters has loss over seventy men by desertion since the ships reached that port.
 Warner the patent medicine man of Roebes- ter, N. r., has failed, with liabilities reaching q ,OO0 .900
 The Columbus caravels will leave New York to-day "Wednesday for the Worlds fair via the St. Lawrence and the lakes.
 St Louis bankers have placed large amour, Of gold at the service of Secretary Carlisle.
 Three men were drowned al Dixon, Ill., as the result of the capsizing of a tatboat.
 Lizzie Borden, charged with the murder Of her parents, was arraigned at New Bedford, Mass, and pleaded not guilty.
 The Indiana miners have voted in favor of the demand for a five-cents-perton advance or to strike if il is refused
 The ediet of the president denying inter views to the horde of ofice-seekers is general ly accepted as wise proceeding.
 Capt. Robert koehler of Rock Island. H. attempted suicide by opening the arteries in one Of his wrists
 John Havenden was clubbed into insensibili. " by four negroes near Sedalia, Mo, and robbed of slc0 and his watch.
 A number of Nebraska farmers have been swlndled by men who take notes for groceries which are never delivered.
 D. A. Apperson of Moniteau county. Mo went to Jefferson City and voluntarily entered the penltentiary to serve out two years term. the supreme court of the state having affirmed the sentence imposed upon hlm for the killing or Press Moore. ex-mayor of California
 The federal circuit court of appeals of Cali fornis has dismissed the libel against the Chiilan steamer Itata, seized with arms during the Gillian war.
 The Spanish infanta Eulalie has arrived at Havana S splendid reception
 Samuel Gompers, of New York. president of the American Federation of Labor is in St Louis 10 attend the Broommakers national convention.
 foung Herman Baer, who surrendered him sell 10 the Cincinnati police. saying that he was wanted in St. Louis for forgery will be re- leased as his father paid the checks and has no more use for him.
 general courtmartial has been appointed 10 meet at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich May Ie Tor the trial of Lieut. William NJ Williams. of the Nineteenth infantry, on the charge of non payment of debts
 The break in the ice in the St Lawrence ohamoley and Riehelieu rivers has caused nooos ln many Of the low-lying districts Of the province Of Quebec
 John Grinnall died near Delaware Bend. Tex During life Grinnall was passionately attached 10 dog. II was his dying request that the dog De Killed and buried with him and it was granted
 frime Minister Gladstone has offered the piaee or poet laureate. made vacant by the death of Lord Tennyson, 10 the distinguished art critic, John Ruskin.
 one hundred and fifty miners employed by the Pana dll.) Coal Co., have struck against a o-eeh' reduction per ton in the price of coal
 Lima Neltzert. l6year-old daughter of a .aIner hvlng near otterville Mo, attempted iou Ia' creek on horseback She was thrown on in the stream and saved her u,e h. swimming ashore ''
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

THE announced postponement of the rl.cnetarv conference until November next is looked upon in Washington as another indication of the presidents purpose to call congress in extra ses- sion in the early fall
 ON the sth Dr. Ely Mcclellan. nephew of Gen. George B. Mcclellan. lieuten- ant-colonel and deputy surgeon-gen- eral of the United States army. and at tending surgeon at the headquarters of the department of the Missouri, died in Chicago of uramia.
 GEN. MANUEL GONZALES, president of Mexico and governor of the state of Guana luato. died on the sth.
 Col. LAMoN. President Lincolns pri- vate secretary and later his biographer, who enjoyed the most confidential rela- tions with the martyred president, and d man of brilliant attainments and na- tional reputation, died in Martins burgh, W. Va, d few minutes before midnight of the 1th.
 ON the sth Privy Councillor von Bis marcll, eldest brother of the German ex-cha ncellor, died in Berlin
 HERR ROZwADovIZKI, a member of the Austrian reichsrath, and who owns land in Russian Poland, where he occa- sionally spends some time, has been ex- peled from Poland with his family by the Russian authorities.
 ON the sth it was said at the New York Players club that Mir. Booth had passed comforta ble night, and that his condition was much improved.
 Two Vienna exhibitors at the Worlds fair. who were arrested for disposing of their art-work goods to visitors at the fair, were before Commissioner Hoyne, on the Sth, and placed under bonds of $l .000 each, and cautioned not to repeat the offense. They pleaded ignorance of the law.
 ON the sth United States Judges Me kenna, Morrow and Hawley. sitting as circuit court of appeals at San Fran cisco. affirmed the judgment of the United States district court of southern California, dismissing the libel against the Chilian steamer Itata. and releas- ing the vessel and two thousand cases of rifles which she had aboard when seized by the United States marshal in San Diego harbor two years ago.
 SIR JAMES LONG, proprietor of the ! Sheffield (England) Telegraph. who visited the Worlds fair opening week says the Chicago show is the greatest ever held. the most extensive, the most costly. and, architecturally. the most imposing It was question of money. and never before had so much money i been contributed for such purpose The buildings were much ahead of those at Paris.
 JOHN w. HII.LMAN. the hero and chief conspirator of the famous "Hillman in- surance swindle" of Kansas has been found on the Pacific coast, and has con- fessed. For fifteen years his relatives have been trying in the courts to prove him dead in order to collect about AO.- 900 insurance on his life. Several of the persons implicated may have to an- swer to charge of perjury.
 1 H. H. WARNER, the well-known pat ent medicine man of Rochester N. Y., made general assignment in New York city, on the sth. without prefer ences. His liabilities are roughly esti- mated at q .OOO, 900. but the assets are not yet known.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

ONE of the Worlds fair restaurant concessionaires is evidently intending to recoup himself for the cost of his outfit in manner novel to Americans He charges ten cents for the use of the dishes upon which is served viands at fully three hundred per cent profit. While not, under ordinary circum- stances. in favor of resort to the boy colt, its application in this case might teach salutory lesson.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

WHEN a woman calls for help in Chi cago nowadays only the inexperienced visitor responds. When he reaches the dark alleyway in flying to the rescue he is seized by footpads, who confscate whatever valuables he may have about him. However, he may as well lose his money in this way as to drop it into the high-priced soup at robbers roosts dis guised as restaurants.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

THE south will have to look out for its laurels. What the governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina has nearly passed into pro- verb: but it is liable to be switched off by what the governor of Oregon tele- graphed to Secretary Gresham in reply to a caution regarding the treatment of Chinese. "I will attend to my business: let the president attend to his" was Gov. Pennover's reply.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

ACCORDING to Secretary Hoke Smith. public offices should exist solely for the benefit of those who do not fill them. That is very fine sentiment. but there is very little comfort in it for the colonels from Mir. smiths own state who would like to hold some of the places not yet made vacant by the pres ent administration.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

JUDGE MooS, of Chattanooga, Tenn. in his charge to the grand jury, urges them to indict for murder in the first degree all who have conspired to take the life of prisoner of the law. He is a courageous judge, and if there were a majority like him we would soon see the end of the cowardly murders com- mitted by mobs on victims who are ut terly helpless against them.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

JUDGE BROWNING, of Burlington. la, predicts greater flood in the Missis- sippi valley this year than the deluge of 1892, because the deep snows yet in the northwestern pineries will melt suddenly. The state of the atmosphere, however, would indicate one of the most gradual thaws on record; but we are promised torrid weather by the middle of the month. so look out
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

REV. JAMES VERNON. of Henderson, Ky, says: All abuse of Sunday news papers, all demands for the stoppage of Sunday street cars. Sunday trains. Sun day steamers, based upon the grounds that these things are at war with a Heaven-appointed institution, are sim ply the frantic vaporings of an unre- fecting superstition"
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

THE assertion that new evidence had been discovered in favor of the con- demned wife poisoner. Carlyle w. liar ris. was not borne out at the hearing before the special commissioner appoint ed by Gov. Flower of New York and the governor, very properly, refused to interfere, after being humbuQged into putting the state to the expense of the hearing
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

THE register at Stanford university announces that ex-President Harrison will begin his course of lectures on in- ternational law next October, when the new school of law will be opened.
 Besides general instruction in law. the course includes training in branches that will fit students for the public
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
service.

IT would be interesting to know if the harper of Tara was paid any com mission for using the instrument with which he shed the soul of music through those ancient halls. It is likely. how ever. that the musical arrangements of those primitive days were not SO com plete as those of our Columbian fair are alleged 10 be
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
THE FORREST CITY TIMES
lAHpv0leI a vADAKiN, Publishers
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS.

THE paid admissions to the Chicago fair are now running at the rate of less than sle0, % week. Undoubtedly they will be better later on. but if they are not very much better the hole Chicago will be in will be too large to pull in after if
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

THEODORE THOMAS, the great or cnestral leader, is in danger of being divorced from connection with the Worlds fair. If reports from Chicago are correct he is largely responsible for the unharmonious condition of affairs in the musical department, under which certain makers of instruments have had to either submit to blachmail or a boy colt. The powers that be have become aroused, and an investigation is under way.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

REPORT comes from Burlington. la. that the largest load of lumber ever shipped in barges was recently started on the way to St Louis. The tow con- sisted of seven barges with 2.27o, ,o00 feet of lumber and 760, GOO laths. and the hull of an old steamer now used as B barge with 100000 additional feet of lumber. St. Louis is and has been for some time the big lumber and furniture trade center of the Mississippi valley.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21

La vile dc Louisville, Col, qui con-
tient 700 habitants ct est battle au-des-
sus dune mine dc Charlton, sentence
graduellement dams lie sol ct bientot ellie
aura complement disparu.
Mcschacebc: La roulaison COM
| mence sur plusieuls habitatious cettc
semalne. LIE rre!n'dement, parait-il. est
gencralement fable, CO qui dOit etre at
tribue a la condition arriGree de Ia can
ne.
La Loterie de la Louisiana fat sou
dcrnler Placement trimestriel pour FH0-
pitale de Charlie on envoyant au treso-
rier d'ctat un cheQue ponr lie trimestre
finissant le u decembre, date oil "a
charte expire.
LIE premier sucre do Ia recoie de 1893
reCu la NOuvelle- Orleans est arrive
samedi dernier. LIE lot sc composite de
vingt-deux baris dc centrifuge Classi-
tie "of yellow" CO sucre etc vendu il
etc. Ia livre.
Tn journal de St. Louis suggere Ii
dee dune exposition uDiversello dams
cette vile Gu 1908 pour c0mmemorer le
eentenaire de lachat dc la Louisiana oui
o fait de In valIee du Mississippi une par
tie des Etats-Unis
lie terrassement de Ia vote ferree du
Prot. Knapp est achieve jusque chez
Mr.. Eugene Calais cinq milhs de Point
Breaux. Les ingenienrs en- CO moment
trent la ligne de chez Darmas Guidry
a Point Breaux.-Fallce du Teche.
On ne salt pas au juste combien de
personnes ont peri par le dernier oura-
gan, ct on ne 10 saura jamais; il ny
pas Il douter que le nombre do ceux qui
ont peri est entire 1900 ct 5000; Fouragan
de la Derniere Tie en- 1856 nest rien i
cOmparer avec elui-ci.-Sentinelle de
Thibodaux.
On lit dams lie VaIlee du Teche, de
Pont Breaux:
LIE bayou TGche est tellement has
qu'On en- volt le fond. LIE transport
des produits est devenu dtficile ct coli
teux. Aussi ia population sc reiouit-
ellie de Ia perspective procLane dune
vote ferree.. &c pays-ci pourra sc re-
faire des delais que lui a occasionnes
ga Tongue periodic d'isolement.
Une dep6che de ThomasyilIe, Gie.,
dit que deux negres qui avaient yole
une boite de poudre dc Is livres, Sc le
partagaient au domicile de Pun d'eux.
lorsqu'il en- est tomb6 I'm peu sur 10 plan
cher. Tn DIES deux malfaiteurs en- ayant
Jete I'm pen au feu, ellie mis- lie feu Il ce
Qui etait a terre ct la boite elle-meme a
pris feu. L'explosion a dGmoli la mai
son ct mutile les deux larrons.
La jolie Ella Darlington scaudalisc
toutes les cOmmeres, rendu jalouses
toutes les jeunes files ct charme tous
les garcons de Westminster, Penn, lundi
dernler en- parcourant les rues dc cette
vile monte d califourchon sur I'LL che
val: Cest bien Ia mode aujourd'hui,
settlement clio n'etait pas encore plus
atrl'ee a Westchester qua St, Landry,
St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21

The DEMOCRAT begs to remind our
merchants, planters and business men
throughout the parish that it is prepar-
ed to fill out any order for bill heads,
note heads, letter heads, bread and 9TH
er tickets, and in a word, for any order
in the job printing line, at short notice
and at fairand reasonable prices. Our
facilities for turning out neat and cheap
job work are unsurpassed and people
requiring anything in that line will but
consult their own interests in giving us
a call and seeing for themselves what
bargains they can make. Give US a
trial,
St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21
LIE DEMOCRATIC DE ST. LANDRY.
Un Appel la Generosite du Public.

Nous nous faiSons un vif plaisir de
publier le mandenent suivant venant
de Monseigneur Janssens, lie chef de
fEgllse Catalogue ell Louisiana, qui
fait appel a tons les cnnrs g6nereux ct
charitables pour venlr Il Iaide de
ceux qui sont aujonrd'hui dams la souf-
france ct la misere, victimes du terrible
oGragan du soir du Ter cOurant:
Archercche de la Nourel'e Orleans
Nouvelle Orleans octobre, 1893.
Nos II csc cheers Flcres.
C'est le cPur plein de tristesse que
nous vOus ccrivODs cette lettre circu-
laire proscrivant une quote cause DIES
desastres occasionnes par Ia derDier cy-
clone. III y await IN mnis peine que
le convert de Lockport await etc detruit
par une tempete sembable qui await
fait plusieurs victlmes. HeIas &C de-
sastre, quelQuc tristc fulfill, n'etait quo
10 precurseur dune calamite plus
grande encore.
La presse Locale vous GeJa mis- an
courant DIES details de la ruine ct de la
desolation semees par le cyclone deyas-
tateur du Ter octobre.
SEES rsvages defient toute description.
En- une unit des villages enters ont etc
aneantis, dcux mile persunues. plus
peut-etre, ont peri, quatrc eglises ont
etc detrultes ct trois autres cndOmma-
gees.
Les pertes materielles sont immenses.
On men connait pas encore toute l'e-
tendue.
Combicn dc families se trouvent sans
asile ct sans ailments?
II serait dificile d'imaziner une de-
ISOLATION plus complete.
Mails a fimmensite de ces maux nous
devOns Opposer nOtre inepuisable chart
te.
Ceux qui ont etc frappes sont nos fle-
res. lis veulent avoir un temple pour
adorer Dieu. II leur faut DIES ecoes OIL
leurs enfaDts apprendront LIE connai-
tire, Lui qui commando aux clements.
lis ont bes0in des pr6tres pour les con-
soler, pour prier pour les morris. DIES pre-
tres qul aides par vos aumOnes leur
transmettront Repression de votre
amour ct de votre sympatbie ct soulage-
ront leur misere.
Ecoutez done, cheers fleres, Ia voix
de la charlie, ct soyez geoereux. Ecou-
tez auss la voix DIES morts qui ont etc ST
soudaiDement apDeles dcvant rEterDel.
Au secours materel, joignez raide spi-
rltuelle de vOs prleres pour ceux Qui ont
peri pendant cette horrible mutt
Mons ordonDons done qu'une quote
soft fait dams toutes les eglises ct cha
pellee do notre diocese lie Quatrieme d.
manche d'octobre, dams 10 but explique
plus haut ct que lie produit en- soft en-
voye uu Rev. Chancellor.
Cette circuaire sera ue d toutes les
messes lie d!manche qui suivra Ga recep-
ton.
T. JANssENs,
Archeyeque de la Nouvelle Orleans
Par ordre de Sa Grace
j. BOGAERTs, Y. g.
Que chacun sc rappelle que cette
quote, ordonnee par Monseigneur. AZ
fera lie quatrieme dimanche de &C mois,
Costa dire, domain 20 octobre, 1893, 4
toutes les messes de ce jour, ct que cha
Gun 90 prepare bonner grandement ct
Ia ;1,,s,, l.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21
Good Service.
Prompt Returns.
COLUMBIA RICE MILL,
NEW YORK.

We beg to call attention to the
fact that we have commenced mill
ing for the new season. Planters
who propose shipping rough-to be
milled on toll-will do we'll to write
us as to the amount they are likely
to ship and the probable date of
shipment. This will enable us to
place same on our mill roster, and
bS the turn being thus engaged,
immediate attention secured as soon
as the rough is received.
Holders of old crop will do we'll
to send it right along before new
crop makes it take a back seat"
DO not mix the old and new to-
gether, as they mill differently and
both suffer.
Care should be taken to pack in
good, strong bags; also, to mark
plainly, that lots may not get mixed
with others coming to us by each
incoming steamer.
DAN TALMAGE's SONS,
No. 1I5 Wall Street,
no5-Gm New York.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21
Turkey Creek.

Tho weather is all that could he desired for
gathering cotton but altogether TOO dry 1or
the mill men. ~
We regret to announce the death of DR.. Walk
or of Beaver Creek which took place at Chloot
one day this week.
wears old and was raised in Pine Prairie
We had frost two nights this week.
Miss Carrie Green who has been spending the
last Two weeks on Cocodrie came home to stay.
Marvin singletary who has been sick for tho
last Is days is improving slowly
We regret very much not being able TO attend
the wedding of Miss Eva Young; the happy
couple has our congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Vidriue have been spending tho
last two weeks at their old home i'll Vile Plato.
Mr. Remi Vidrine and wife have been visit
ing her father, Mr. j. 3. Singletary, for the last
week.