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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-02-17

LITTLE Rock. Feb l5.-From the number of
reports presented each day in both branches of
the Assembly from the various committees il
would be fair to presume that the said commit.
tees are doing their utmost TO expedite legisla-
tion and also TO recommend only such bills for
passage as appaer to be necessary TO the wei.
fare OF the commonwealth.
In the Senate yesterday many bills were re-
ported adversely and but few favorably.
A few new bills were presented and referred
Bill No. 1884, for the relief Of Jasper Hutchinson
sheriff and collector OF Sharp county, Bill No
lsS. to amend section e0l3 OF the digest Bill
No lS9, TO create the Linwood and Auburn
leyee district in Jefferson and Lincoln counties
Under the head of "house bills on first read.
ing" large number OF bills from the popular
branch OF the Assembly were read and referred
House concurrent resolution No Is to request
the secretary of agriculture Of the United
States TO withdraw the national quarantine
against Arkansas cattle, was adopted.
House bill No. A. to amend the law prohibit.
cry TO the expectation Of game and fish, from
this state. was defeated.
House bill s.. TO determine the number OF JUS
tices In each township, passed by . vote OF Is
TO ..
House bill No. Il. TO amend section 1854 OF the
digest, was passed by a vote OF % to ..
The senate adjourned at II a. IN. until this
morning.
In the house after the presentation OF the
usual batch OF petitions. tafy resolutions. etc,
house bill No. 81. 10 regulate the working OF
public roads, argued at length, and finally
went over as unfinished business.
The house then proceeded to the considera-
ton OF Senate business and senate bill No 33
providing for the removal OF county seats. was
read the third time.
The bill provides that in case q county seat
obtaining court house, which originally cost
$1,000. should be removed, that the court
should remain at the original county seat un
less the petitioners for the removal pay 5000
After considerable discussion on motion the
vote by which the bill was ordered 10 its third
reading was reconsidered for the purpose OF
amendment.
Senate bill No. Al. to prevent preference in
cases OF assignments and attachments was
read the third time.
An elaborate and interesting discussion Of
this bill ensued. exhausting the days session
and pending further discussion the house ad'
lourned
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Runaway and SIN ash Up.

Mr.. Morrill, drove in from Falmouth
vita his two horse team yesterday morn
ing and left his horses on High ST., near
Congress for few moments. While he
was gone they were. frightened at some
thing and ran down the street. In front
of the house of Mr.. Robert Ingalls, near
Grant street, stood Gil. Lang's grocery
wagon. Down the hill towards this team
came the big load of wood behind the
two frightened horses. The heavily loaded
team struck the light grocery wagon and
smashed it into flinders, throwing the
horses in one direction and the groceries
in another. Mr.. G. N. Lang, the driver of
the delivery wagon, had narrow escape
from what would have been instant
death. He was just mounting his seat
when the load of wood struck the de.
livery wagon and barely. had time to
spring out of the way. The horses were
found to have sustained no severe in
juries. Nothing was left of the delivery
wagon but the wheels s%sp
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Less Money and More Experience.

A confding ticket agent in this city
hasn't as much faith in human nature as
he had, but he has more experience. He
was applied to by Portland party to
help him to Ego up the road' to point
where considerable in his line was going
on and where he had been promised
work. The ticket agent at first hesitat-
ed, but at last concluded to help the man
and did so. He not only let him have a
mileage book, on his promise to send it
back as soon as he arrived, but he let
him have some money to buy some tools
he needed. For the first day or so he
expected to get his book back; then he
grew anxious, and wrote to the parties
who were to employ the man, asking
them if he had arrived ali safe. They
replied in effect that he arrived, but was
gloriously drunk; that he did not 60 to
work, and that for all they knew might
still be drunk. The agent has since
traced his man back to Portland, but
has heard nothing of his book, and is
$25 out.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
The Plymouth Church Organ

A good story is told of the late William
Chase. Mr.. Joseph Gilman, who recently
died, was at one time organist at Ply
mouth church. The edifice was destroyed
by fire and also the organ. Mr.. Gilman
planned a new organ for the new church,
not very expensive one, and the order
was given to Labogh & Kemp of New
York. The organ was not finished whe n
the contract time arrived, but finally Mr..
Gilman was sent for to come to New
York and test it. When he sat down to
the organ he exclaimed, "Why, this can't
be our organ, | gave no order for these
two stops. There must be some mistake ="
But Mr.. Kemp said there was no mistake,
although there were two more stops than
were ordered. He finally told Gilman the
secret, and said that the reason for the
delay in finishing the organ was because
Mr.. William Chase of Portland, had Or
dered two extra stops. This secret gift to
the church amounted to about $1,000, as
the stops were very expensive and desira-
BILE. Mr.. Chase afterward told Mr.. Gilman
that he felt as if he would like to make
present to the church, though at that
time he had severed connection with it,
and he resolved upon this way of doing
it, 1t will be remem bered thai it was
Mr.. William Chase who gave the chime
bells to this church when it was first
built.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
PERSONAL.

Col. Fred Atwood of Governor
Cleaves's Council, paid the Reform school
a visit yesterday.
O. A. Tuell, ESQ.,, of Augusta, law
partner of Hon. Fl. M. Heath, will short
ly depart for Southern California, where
he will reside, as his health will not adj
NIT of a further residence in Maine.
Col. S. Fl. Allen, warden of the State
prison, was in the city yesterday.
Capt. smythe of the Dallas, has lately
lost his eldest daughter, Miss Mary H.
Smythe, at Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Mr.. A. j. Quin, assistant New England
passenger agent for the Grand Trunk
line, is in town arranging for the Pull
man cars required by Mr.. A. M. Sawyer
party to Chicago, Friday. The party
will number 12O sure, and probably more
will send in their names before the
start.
Misses G. S. Ford, F. j. Knight and G.
A. Bradley will leave tomorrow evening
for Washington, D. c., to attend the
meetings of the National Young Peo-
pies Christian Union, which are to be
held in conjunction with the Universalist
General Convention, October II, IS and
10. They are delegates from the local
society of the Church of the Messiah of
this city. After the convention adj
journs they will remain in Washington
for few days sightseeing.
RonelloIB. Sleeves of this city, has
accepted the position of representative
of life insurance company at Salem,
Mass.
Mr.. H. S. Beale, who is now aresident
of Texas, is visiting his old home in
Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
OBITUARY.
Charles r. Dyer.

The subject of this sketch was born in
Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth, June 3, 1864,
being 80 years of age at the time of his
death, which occurred September -. He
was the only son of Ephraim and Caro-
line J.Dyer. In 1856 he married Fannie
M. Cloudman, daughter of S. B. Cloud
man of Gorham, by whom he had one
son. He received his education in the
common schools, White Rock High
school and Gray's Business college, Port
and. At the age of eighteen he entered
the employ of the Portland Water COM
pany, and remained in the Office to the
time of his death. He also had an in
terest in the Belknap Motor company,
being treasurer of the same, and was an
agentasfor the Heckler Powder company
of New York. Mr.. Dyer was a thorough
business man, of sterling qualities, and
highly respected by all who knew him.
He was very genial and social in his
manner, making and keeping many
warm friends He was member of Ivan
hoe lodge, K. of P, q delegation from
this lodge conducting impressive cere-
monies at his funeral. He leaves a
widow, one son, a father, mother and
two sisters to mourn his loss, who have
the deep sympathy of the entire COM
munity in their sad bereavement. @.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
The Hopkins Suicide.

By the inhabitants of the Court House
district in East Cambridge, Mass, Ed
win S. Hopkins. who committed suicide
at Rutland, Vt, on Monday, by taking
strychnine, was considered an odd man,
rather popular with certain class of
city employees that is not called upon to
work constantly. The firemen on
Third street knew him well and familiar
ly called him 'Hoppy." He was, to
this class, "good fellow" generous
and invariably happy. To them he paid
last visit on March 9 last, leaving on
the evening of that day for Portland.
Some years ago he married the widow
of his brother, and few days after the
marriage his wife died by accident. A
man that knew him we'll told reporter
that any sudden grief, which may have
caused an alteration of the mind, could
hardly have been due to SO remote an
occurrence. His stepson, together with
man from Lockhart's, took charge of
the body when it reached Boston Tues
day afternoon. Mr.. Hopkins was quite
well-known in this city, having boarded
at the Perry House nearly all last winter
and was expected again this winter.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
WHERE HE GOT HIS MODEL.
His Grandmother's Hash Tray and the
Yacht vigilant'

Mr.. Martin Sargent, the well known
clerk of the Casco Bay line, devoted part
of his recent vacation to calling on MI.
Colby, who is native of Lubec, the Ia
nous designer of fast yachts, ana owner
of the Colonia. Mr.. Colby has furnished
designs for every famous American yacht
although his design originally furnished
for the Vigilant was mot adopted. Re-
Gently he visited the home OF bis parents
and found the old wooden hash tray
used by his grandmother. After attent-
lively studying it he sawed it in halves,
and after a slight remodeling OF the
stern he produced with one-half so good
a model of the Vigilant that it has ever
since been displayed in the rooms of the
New York Club, nailed to the usual PAN
ell, and bearing the inscription above:
''Model of tile Yigilant;;'' and below,
''My Grandmother Hash Tray" Upon
learning that Mr.. Sargent was not a
down-East yacht builder seeking points,
Mr.. Colby became quite communicative
and showed his visitor the model of a
new yacht to be built to contest for the
Americas cup next year. In this COM
ing boat there will be three separate
centre-boards, one forward, another amid
ships and a third placed well aft By
this arrangement the difficulty of falling
off at certain junctures is expected to be
obviated. Owing to the form of the
boat, the rudder, if placed as usual,
would be brought nearly yamidships, and
will, therefore, be placed at an angle
from the overhang.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
THE GRACE CASE.
The Defendant Bound Over to the Superb
OF Court.

The case of Frank Grace, alleged to
have robbed Edward E. Morrill, of 500
called out crowd that completely filled
the municipal court room Yesterday
morning. There was good deal OF evil
dence, George Libby, Esq. appearing
ney Webb for the government. The
scene at the Adams House was de-
scribed, and the evidence was on some
points conflicting. All parties agreed
that they were all more or less intoxica-
ed.
Frank Grace traced as we'll as he could
the progress of the flag" he claimed to
have had. He asserted that Morrill,
gave him bill, probably $50 bill, and
told him to buy liqnor. AT the time he
did not know how much money Morrill,
harded him. He said he was SO con-
fused after he was arrested that he did
not know what had happened. AS h.
woke up behind building. and as it had
been his habi. to put money about in
different places, he suggested thas it
might be well to look around where he
had been. Of the money found he
claimed that SIS was his own. He de-
MED that he intended to keep the money,
but should hayv handed it back to Nor
riil after he got sober enough to do it.
He was closely and sharply cross exam
ined by Mr.. Webb.
MI. Libby, in his argument, denied
that Grace manifested the least DISPOSE
ton to convert the money to his swn
use. He termed Morrill, "the banker for
the crowd that night" and failed to Sc e
that Mr.. Webb had introduced any evil
dence to show that Grace took any mon
ey from Morrill, without his knowledge
and consent. He held that all the evil
dence showed that the money came law
fully into the possession of Grace. In
his opinion Grace was too drunk at the
time to have formed criminal intent,
and he moved for his discharge.
Mr.. Webb said: IF it please the
court, the case has been so fully made
out that leave it with your honor"
Judge Gould said that there was moth
ing for him to do but to find probable
cause and to bind the respondent over to
the grand jury at the January term Of
the Superior Court. He fixed the bail
at $500. Grace, who evidently had ex-
pected to be discharged, broke down
completely when held by Judge Gould,
and cried like a child. He is young
fellow, and freely admitted on the stand
the way he had been living and expressed
desire to have one more chance. If
Grace is indicted he will be defended by
MI. Libby.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
A Young Thief.

A boy by the name of Comstan be
came acquainted with a Boston boy who
was boarding on one of the islands this
summer. Young Comstan became quite
intimate with his new acquaintance, anG
invited him to visit his cousin, Mr.
Frank Head Of Scarboro, who, with his
mother, lives on farm near the village.
The new friend was very popular, and al
went well until last week the boy from
Boston suddenly disappeared, taking
with him winter overcoat belonging to
Mr.. Heald, considerable money and Other
things. A few articles have been found
in pawn shop. but neither the money
nor overcoat has been heard from.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Rufus Joy Heard From,

The venerable man-o' war s-man, Ru-
fus Joy, SO well known to many Of the
older citizens of Portland, has been
heard from. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Joy left Portland rather suddenly
some months ago, going to Boston with
the avowed intention of returning in a
day or two. AS he did not return, some
fears for his safety were entertained, but
it seems that the veteran is safe in the
Sailors Snug Harbor at New York, where
he is probably anchored for the rest of
his life. 1t will be long time before
the mention of Rufus Joy will fail to call
up recollections of the wild adven-
lures and remarkable escapes with which
his name is associated The old man
has probably paid his last visit to what
is to him the most sacred spot on earth,
the grave of his mother.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
BRIEF JoTTlNas.

Yesterday was another fine October
day.
Lately some one stole boat from VIM.
Trefethen's raft.
The staging has been taken down from
the Portland Savings Bank front.
The Knight, Kicker, Philbrook testi-
monial concert netted about $500.
The freight traffic on the Maine Cen
trail road is so heaYy that it required
three extra trains yesterday, and then
100 cars loaded with freight remained in
the yard at Waterville. The same con-
dition exists at Brunswick where go cars
were waiting.
A cottage belonging to a Mr.. Young OF
Boston, at Rockbound Park, has been
entered by thieves through rear win
dow and many things Of value have been
stolen. The thieves searched the cot
tage from top to bottom and took every
thing they considered worth carrying
away.
There were awards made by the Worlds
Fair committee Tuesday to e. T. Burrowes
s. Co., Portland, for wire window
screens and wire doors.
During the races at Rigby Park, Mon.
day, four men were playing cards in the
shelter Of the stairway into the grand
stand. It was when the wind was blow
ing fiercest that partridge came hust-
ling into their retreat, knocked one
mans hat off and dashed across the
table, There was panic and scrabble,
and grab for the bird, which lost
few tail feathers but escaped.
The Portland Public Library has re-
ceiyed from Miss Sarah S. Thayer, OF
Northampton, Mass, four bound vol
umes of the Independent Statesman"
weekly paper published by her father
Abijah W. Thayer, in this city, between
1921 and 1926. These volumes contain
some of the earliest poems of Longfellow
Greenville Mellen, Nathaniel Deering,
and other Portland poets of that day.
The earth cayed in on Pleasant st.,
Deering, Tuesday, when an Italian was
at work on the sewer and buried him te
the neck. Ills IollOW WOlhiAOA tOSSuCu
him.
The Boston SMaine engineers are max
ing a new survey of the road from Ports
mouth to Portland for the erection Of
mile posts, and to fiatten some of the
curves in the present line.
1t is understood that three appraisers
are soon to be appointed by the
selectmen of Cape Elizabeth tc
appraise the land on the easterly side
of the Peoples Ferry wharf. The pres
ent wharf is not wide senough for the
growing business, and it is proposed thai
the town shall purchase from John
Spear, the owner of the land, enough OF
it to make the wharf of sufficient width.
The Pharmaceutical examinerssw in
session in the Mayors private office yes
terday examining candidates for di-
plomas as druggists. There were six can
didates.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Married in Scotland.

All the members of the St. Andrew 8
Society of this city, will remember Miss
Annie Cross, who, a year or SO ago, sang
the songs OF her native land so charm
ingly at the annual gathering of the
clans here. Miss Annie was married
yesterday in Scotland to Neil McTaggart,
ESQ.,, of Saltcoats. Scotland. The happy
couple will make bridal tour through
the Highlands, and in a few months ex-
pect to visit Portland, where Mrs. Nc
Taggart has SO many friends. The bride
is the youngest daughter of Mr.. Andrew
Cross of this city.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Real Estate Transfers:

The following transfers of real estate
in this county have been recorded at the
registry of deeds:
Observation-Disclosures M Raymond to
william T.Wyer. William W. Lamb to
Fred A. Ward.
Otisfield-Hannah S. Ward to Benja
mSn S. Moors.
Portland-James r. Hill to Levi Alex
ander. Henry L. Gregg to Carrie S. Wood.
Harrison-William F Needham to Chas-
Needham.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Mrs. Kate Douglass Virgins Reading.

Mrs. Kate Douglass Wiggin, the charm
ing authoress, will give reading for the
Free Kindergarten. on Thursday evening
October 10th, at Kotzschmar Hall. Be-
sides Mrs. Wiggin's reading, Mrs. Hen
ry St. John Smith and Mr.. Herbert W
Barnard have kindly consented to sing
and Miss Mary Alice Cobb-whose de
lightful accompaniment at Nine. Caper
toms concert will be remembered by
those who were present-will officiate al
pianist. The tickets are for sale at Lor
ing. Short & Harmon's and of the com
mittee.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Badly Cut.

Yesterday morning, Charles Wyman, a
young man employed at Charles Days
toy store on Congress street, was engaged
in washing the front windows. The
sters slipped and threw him off back
wards. He struck his head on the stone
step of the store with such force as to
cut a great cash that surgeon had to
take several stitches in. The steps struck
the plate glass window and smashed it.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
The TincaI Club.

The I'incal Club have voted to devote
one evening month to the reading OF
some book, and last evening they met
with Miss Mantle, on North street, and
listened to the reading of "a Fair God, y
by General Lew Wallace.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
Thatcher Relief Corps.

Thatcher Relief Corps will be inspect
ed Friday evening, October 10, at 7.3o
o'clock, by Mrs. NJ. A. Stuart of Bidde-
ford, conductor of the Womens State
Relief Corps. A special meeting is
called for that purpose, and it is hoped
every member will be present.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
J. r. LIBBY.
A Cash Discount of Ten Per
Cent to you.

Thank you!
Thank you heartily!
We have so many words Of
praise from you concerning
our Fall and Winter Car
ments; We've heard you
say that they are "charm-
ings" Stylish" "effec-
tive," moderate priced"
and a hundred other pleas
ant things that we are inn
PEELED to give you a benefit.
For a few days we shall give
every customer who buys a
Garment of any kind, Of US,
A Special Discount Of
TEN Per CENT OFF.
This will make a $40 Car
ment cost you $l8.
A $40 Garment cost you
$500, etc. ~
This offer is partly in graf
itude toyou for your words
of commentator. And
partly from the selfish mo-
tive of desiring to make
this the greatest Garment
season we have ever had.
We never before owned
such a splendid stock of
Ladies' and Misses Car
ments. We never before
had such confidence in our
ability to suit YOU.
Ten per cent off the price
Of any Garment in our stock
for a few days.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-12
THE PRESS.
new ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.

Owen. Moore & Co.
Zines Bros.
Ira F. Clark g. Co.
+. O. Bailey s. Co.
The Atkinson Co.
Eastern Furnishing Co.
j. r. Libby 6.
II. j. O'Connell.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Reading-Mrs Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Eoncert-W. j. Ryan.
New Wants, To Let For Sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
their app opriate heals on Page 6.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-06
NUMBER II
FOR MINNESOTA DAY.

A worlds fair dispatch says: The
First regiment band, of Minnesota,
will probably accompany the Third
regiment to the worlds fair onMinne-
sofa Day. 1t is the intention to have
the band and the militia escort Gov.
Nelson and staff from the Chicago
Beach hotel to the FIfty-seventh
street entrance and thence toFestival
hall where the speeches will be made.
Following the exercises there the gov
ernOr's party will be escorted to the
banquet hall, at the eastern end of
the grounds, to lunch. After this, a
reception will be held at the Minneso-
ia building. The Third regiment and
band will have pleasant quarters just
outside the Fifty-seventh street en-
trance in what is known as Corbett's
pavilion. About 800 soldier boys will
be fed and domiciled there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-06
ArERICAN TIN.

In spite of the bitter war free
trade Democracy has waged upon it,
the manufacture of tin plates in this
country still continues as will be seen
by the following which we clip from
the Chicago Inter Ocean:
BY Special Agent Ayers report we
learn that more than Al 600, 900 pounds
of tin plate have been made in the
United States during the last quarter
Of the fiscal year. About one-half of
this has been made upon American
''black plate, (Which is to say it has
been wholly of American make, from,
American produced material, except
as to the tin metal, which is import
ed from Australia and MALAGA alike
by British and American makers of
tin-plate.
But for the threat of repeal of the
tin plate duties every pound of tin
plate made in the UnitedStates would
now be made on American "black-
plate" There is no trick or secret in
the manufacture Of "black plate" It
is made just as the thick iron or steel
plate used it the foundation Of zinc
plate, or galvanized iron as it often is
called, is made; it requires machinery
OF finer gauge, that is all. But such
machinery is expensive, consequently
those tin plate factories that had not
prepared for the manufacture of
"black plate prior to the disastrous
election of 1892 refrain from ordering
costly plant until assured of protec-
tion to their trade.
Nevertheless. Al 900. 0e0. pounds and
more of American made tin plate half
of it wholly an American product, is a
fine showing for three months of an
industry that had no existence until
the Mckinley law called it into being.