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The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

THE late Gen. Butler. with n, his CO.
ccntricities had his good side; and those
in the south who may yet feel ine'i:ed
20 exeerate his memory may do SO with
n little less vigor when they learn that
his was the first subscription 10 The
confederate home at Richmond; that it
was his bunting that decorated. with
ont cost. the building in which was
held the great fair in aid of the project.
and that more than one cx-confederatc
soldier Owes his present prosperity 10
the helping hand extended by Gen. But
Ter Bat the general never proclaimed
his benefactions from the housetops
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Tabuls,ed Cotton Receipts.

Accurate data as to the receipts OF
cotton for 1899. as compared with 1891.
would be hard TO get. However, the
following table will in great degree
approximate the receipts for January
l, 1892. and January /. 1928. At various
points the picking season is over anG
crop has been marketed, as the price
has been unusually satisfactory. Some
little cotton yet remains, but it IS in
second hands, none TO speak of being
in the planters hands. Receipts up tc
Inr,n,.r. fNnA ~ nj 1909 arn.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

II is announced that Russia will
send three warships to New York to
take part in the naval demonstration
in connection with the Columbus fetes.
These vessels will be under the COM
! mand of Admiral Kazenakoff.
On the 18th, at the session Of the in
dependent labor party at Bradford.
England, the miners committee re-
ported in favor of the abolition of over
time. piece-work and drill-work; the
establishment Of forty-cight hours as a
legal weeks work; the making of pro-
vision for the sick and disabled and for
orphans and aged widows; the collec-
tive ownership of land; adult suffrage,
and the abolition of the house of lords.
IT is announced that the deepening
Of navigation in tho St. Lawrence and
elsewhere is to be completed upon a
| uniform l4foot basis, and in three
years time vessels of 1900 tons burden
| will be able to steam from Great Britain
into Lake Superior.
4 LINE of swift ocean steamers is IL
be established between Canada and
Great Britain, completing the through
| Canadian line from Great Britain "a
| Asia.
THE vicinity OF Mount Pleasant, Ia,
has nearly had an epidemic Of gold
hunting. While digging a post-hole,
| recently, Farmer Riddle found pot
containing 5000 in gold. He concluded
it was buried by his father and divided
the money among relatives Now 9th.
ers have gone to digging post-holes.
News was received on the 10th that
| indicates that the long threatened rev
olution against the government Of
President Hippolyte of Hayti has bro
ken out 1t is stated that battle hal
been fought in the streets OF L;Ansc d,
| Neau. a settlement back of Port-au
Prince
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Az Invalid Burned TO Death.

Dick Taryater, an invalid, was
burned TO death OF Yelivile a few days
ago.
Mrs Tarwater who had nursed her husband
for three Years Left the house for a few mo-
ments 10 get bucket Of water 1t Is supposed
that coal snapped from the fire place on 10
the bed. and Tarwater, being unable to move
hand or foot account Of rheumatism could
not e1tiDgui.h the fire. Whs Mrs Tarwnter
reached the house her husband was dead, and
the flames were consuming the bed. She ex-
tiDguisded the flames and saved the house.
Tarwater was well known il the community.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

Ok the morning OF Il who he
postmaster of Williamstown. Mass.
entered his Office he found that the
safe had been blown open and the en-
tire stool, OF stamps. some 1000 in num-
Der, had been stolen.
DCErNG . heavy sicct-storm, on the
14th. the French steamship st. Marie,
from Marseilles 20 Ilavre, ran down an
Italian bark off Vile Franco. The
bark went down with all her crew OF
thirteen men.
DOMINGO TAEAGSCLLo, an Italian.
and Sing kec. a Chinese. were hanged
at Nanaimo, Il. G., on the 10th. Each
murdered a fellow -countryman. Kee
walked to his doom firmly, while Ia
ragnello had to be dragged to the scat
fold
COUNT JOHANN KRAsICKs, membe of
the upper house of the Austrian parlia-
ment, committed suicide in Vienna, on
the 10th, by jumping from the third
story window of hotel lie squan-
dered vast sums in specializing. His
losses deranged his mind
THE Massachusetts buildings at the
Worlds fair narrowly escaped destruc-
ton, on the 18th, by fire. While the
watchman was getting drunk, five
blocks away. stove upset in the struc
ture. The damage was not serious.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Protest Against IngersoIl's Visit.

The ministers of Atlanta, Ca, are il
arms over the proposal of a local liter
airy society to invite Col. Robert Inger
soil to lecture in that city.
The crusade is led by Rev. Henry c. Morri
cen. general secretary OF the Southern Meth.
odist church. who says: We can not afford +
crafty curiosity at such cost We know Col
Ingersoll's peculiar views; will know
them no better when he has coma ant
gone. But to send for a man and pa,
him to come into our city with the pres
tige of a national reputation, combined with
polished eloouence. q whitening ridicule and
mstchless magnetism. and for the sole purpos
of having him SO all his powers to caricatur
ur Christianity aud. as far "a possible to him
destroy the faith OF our children and set then
afloat in tho murk and fog OF a hopeless agnos
ticsm, the very thought lias in it a sadness tina
bids you stop and think. This sentiment 4
Joined in 10y ministers OF other Protcstan
churches
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

TIE final figures show that there
was an Increase of a little over . per
cert. in the bank cleariuGs Of the coun-
try in 1889 as comparcd with those OF
1891. Evidence from Other sources,
too, appear to indicate that there was
an actual expansion of business ia the
year to something like this extent
Moreover, no falling of is in sight. M
the signs seem to point to an active
period OF trade in 1856.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
A wealthy burglar.

T. W. Bidgood, so years Of age, was
arrested at Atlanta, Ga, on the charge
of burglary.
1t is stated that he has been svstemsticall,
robbing the store OF w. w. Middlebrooks 70
some time For more than a year tho plac,
has been relieved of large amounts OF grain
Several days ago patrolmen were told that
Bidgood had been seen removing some goods
that had been sold. They took him in chargs
aud raided the barn, IN the rear OF the
store. There they found a stock Of
stolen stuff. When faced with tbs
discovery. Bidgood acknowledged everything
In the neighborhood where he lives he owns
the buildings in which are two general stores
drug store, wool yard. a meat market and
several houses. He had retired from business
ana his reputation has slw avs been the best.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

TIE profit-sharing experiment Of
Sims & CO.. brush and broom manufac-
turers at st. John, \. b., has worked
SO successfully that the contract has
been renewed for another year. The
earnings o. the business were divided
between capital and labor in the pro-
portion which the wages paid during
the year and the capital employed bore
10 each other. after deducting interest
on capital, salaries of managers, allow
ancc for depreciation of plant, and one
per cent for pension or invalid fund
for the benefit of disabled employees.
The men received dividend equal to
about two per cent. Of their wages and
would h II received more except for
sad d,
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

During the administration OF Gov.
Eagle he examined into and passed
upon every applica ton for pardon filed
in his office to the number of BIS.
This covers the applications filed or on
file during the past two years. OF
these 33i have been refused; 13l have
received favorable action, and thirty
three, which were incomplete have
been pa ssed.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
History of battlefield Album.

In s64 Thomas Kcyes, of Ionia, Mich.
picked up an autograph album on the
battle field OF Murfreesboro.
Until few weeks ago it had laid forgotten Ii
sn old trunk 1t was stained with blood Tn.
first page, which probably contained the own
er's name. wac missing. Ga its recent dis
covery Mr. Reyes examined the album
with great care. The first autograph was be
low a sentiment indicating that the album
was parting gft from a southern maiden To
soldier boy who about to fight under the
confederate flag. The girls name was Maths
Corbin. and her home was some Mississippi
town. BY correspondence with Officials in tia!
place Mr.. Keyes got into communication with
the lady herself aud returned to her tho album
Her lover was mortally wounded at Murfrees
boro, and she writes that she FASTENED to h'
side and married him few hours before be
breRthed his last Shs now resides in Muir.
freesbore aud still BEARS the name OF the dead
soldier
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

The grocery store OF Ed Baughman,
at Pine Bluff, was destroyed by fire the
other night. The loss will aggregate
$4,000; insurance, $500. The cigar
factory OF MoallanKamp e Baughman
was also badly damaged. The origin is
sbrouded in mystery, and was evident
~ the work Of robbers, as those first at
the fire found the safe opened and ran
sacked, and. II is thought to cover
their guilt, the robbers set fire to the
building.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

TIE anti-rcpublican and other unrulv
elements ia Paris are at disadvantage
because of the impossibility OF erecting
barricadcs. Louis Napoleon baiit as
phalt pavements ard carted away all
the stones in the streets TO protect him
self against violent protests against his
tyranny His work bears fruit as an
aid in protecting the repu bile which he
sought to stranple
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

SOME of the London newspapers went
into spGsms over the Bakersvillc (N.C)
tragedy, which proved to have been the
result OF the vivid imagination of a
mendaeious correspondent. and pub
lished long Trades on the carnival of
crime" in America. 1t is doubtless true
that the sum total of crime reported
daily in the United States, owing TO
our unparalleled news service, is some
what startling, but if Johnny Bali
would look at home he would find that
crime is rampant in his own domain,
and that, for uuadulterated devilish-
ness, London can show us examples OF
criininalitv that would make us blush
for our amateurishness.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

THERE are free labor camps in the
north that are little better than those
of southern conviets. Contaminat ted
water. unclean rooms and bedding, inn
perfect ventilation and improper dis
posal of waste matter are complained
of in Gods country" as well as in the
nouth. The cholera germs, should
they come along next summer, will
lack no accommodations in any section.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Outlaws the White Cap.

Gov. Stone of Mississippi has is
sued a manifesto declaring Thu
counties Of Amite, Pike, FrankliE
and Lincoln in state of outlawrl
and calling on all officers to assist
him in bringing TO justice the per
petrators of the numerous white-caT
outrages in southwest Mississippi. The
governor offers a reward of 500 for the
arrest and conviction of each white
can
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

INFORMATION as to the disposition Of
the 81. A00, coo of Panama funds sent to
this country would be more interesting
to the american people thar to the
Panama shareholders. As the money
is gone, the important questions now
arc who got it and for what service was
it paid? The answers to these ques-
lions are of chief moment on this side
of the water
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Found Dead In His Room.

A. ]. Hickey was found dead in his
room ut the Ramsey house in Para
gould on the 18th. lie was 20 years
old and was " stranger. Only forty
cents and his name on paper was
found on him. lie was in position of
praying when found.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

Maj. j. Taylor Ellison, president o
the jefferson Davis Monument associa
ton. says that it is probable that tn
from New Orleans TO Richmond, Va,
for final interment in the carly spring
and that he has received a number o.
satisfactory letters froE. collectors o.
the monument fund.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

THE French presidents wife is ac-
cused of spending too much money on
her dress. The French ladies, how
ever, must be allowed little more
time to get accustomed to republics.
Women are naturally royal and do not
take to simplicity. Besides they do not
paw store bills and taxes.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Let The Light shine Forth.

The Little Rock Democrat truthfully
says; Arkansas lacks nothing more
than judicious advertising. We have
one OF the best states in the Union-in
many respects the best-but the world
does not know it. We have hidden our
light under bushel."
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

DOES it look well for minister to
ride bicycle?" is asked on current
bicycle calendar, and the answer given
in the words of Rev. A. S. Mowbray, OF
Newport, Del, is up and coming: 1T
depends upon the age to which he be-
longs. If he is - mem Der of past age
he is manifestly out of place. Given a
modern man and a 10 odern invention
they fl
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

NJ. GAsrELLER, French deputy, was
invited to a banquet few days ago,
and when called on fora speech simply
thanked the company for inviting him
TO be its guest and added: French
deputies are not often asked to ban
quets nowadays; it requires courage to
invite them"
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

The electors proceeded to vote for Q
messenger TO carry the electoral vote TO
Washington. and on the first ballot
Mr.. VIM. VI. Kavanaugh, business man
ager Of the Little Rock Gazette, re-
ceived a plurality of the votes cast, and
was duly declared elected
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

FERDINAND DE LEssEPs excuses his
bribery of French statesmen on the
ground that he could no more help
bribing them than he could surrender
ing his purse to highwayman with a
drawn pistol. II this is true, French
statesmen must have been taking les
sons from Russian bureaucrats.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
burned Out on - Cold Night.

Near Versailles, Ky, Mr.. and Mrs
VIII T. Turner and Mrs. Mildred Nash
awolEe az o'clock the other morning
to find their dwelling enveloped i
flames. They barely escaped witt
their lives, and in the bitter cold droV'
Il miles to neighbor's. The dwellin!
was insured for So, 500 and contents TO
$500.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

Wadleigh's old mill at Atkins, Tenn
burned the other night 1t was use
as lodging house. Joe English jumpe
from second-story window and u
neck was broken. Tom Ashton va
suffocated while trying to escape J.
the elevator. Twenty other lodges
barely escaped with their lives.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
The New Owners of the Can,t.,

The Mivelza Hotel Co. have filed ar.
ticles of incorporation at Little Rock;
capital stock, $50, 900. The company
will conduct the Capital hotel
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

defective fue caused the destruc-
ton Of frame building in Pine Bluff the
other night, and hard work on the part
of the firemen saved Hicks ice fac.
tory and other buildings from destruc-
ton
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

THERE isa strange silence concerning
the Mexican "rcvolutionists' in the
past week or ten days. This, perhaps.
means that they have got out of harm 5
way for the time being and are plan
ming new raids of brigandagc.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Representative Wright Ill.

Secretary of State b. b. Chism has
received notice that Hon. Austin
Wright, representative from Little
River county. was unable to attend
the legislature at present owing to sick.
ness.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Want the Penitentiary Removed.

The Little Rock city council will petit
ton the legislature to remove the state
penitentiary outside of the city limits
Gov. Eagle also recommends it in his
message.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20
Sam small Returns Go JournalIsm'

Rev. Sam w. Small, the noted eve =
gelist who spent seven years on :
rostrum following his remarkable "
version. has returned TO journalism
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

Greene Cole was sentenced at Chatta
nooga, Tenn, to ninety-ninc years
the penitentiary for the part he took
the murder of Konrad Meller. Sher
man Cobb, his accomplice, is serving
life sentence 1T beats looking ups
rope" was Coles comment on the ser
tence
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

ScarleC fever is prevailing in ROE,
Ga. Several deaths have occurred !
Gently. Other cases are reported bre .
ing out, and it is feared that the ~ ~
ease will spread at all the pun
schools.
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

The Arkansas presidential electors
met the other day and east their votes
for Grover Cleveland for president of
the United States. The certificate of
the governor showed the following
The Forrest City times., 1893-01-20

The Arkansas Electoral Vote.

Total receipts al points named 122.2el 81,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04
East BURKE.

Mrs. Lydia Randall is worse again
LAIN Dapue has moved into Mrs. How
lands house.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant of St. Johnsbury
are visiting here.
Farmers are nearly done sugaring, and
report not an average crop.
Albert Jenkins is getting ready to go
10 pittsfeld, n. H., to work.
Mr. Wyman is to have boarding
house for his help in the Gushing tene-
ment,
william Beden was much worse Sat
rrday night. but is more comfortable at
present
Mr. Harris has his store thoroughly
reoared on the inside and will soon put
| in a TALL stock Of new goods.
Charlie Hail has finished work at Mt.
Ryvw farm. Loren Aver and W. b. Cod
Edn. commence there this week.
Grace Olson has commenced work for
4 Mrs. Webster, and Abba Brigham will
work in the new boarding house.
Rev. G. +. Burnham, wife and son spent
f the Sabbath with his sister, Mrs. David
+ Gson en- route for his new appointment
The new NJ. Z. minister arrived here
Saturday and occupied his pulpit Sun
4 day morning; his family are expected by
4 the middle of the week.
The village school, taught by May Gil
LILLIAN, commenced Monday with about
rs scholars, and there are several mor'
coming. Miss Gilfillan boards at Mr.
|Gegory's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04
[From another source.1
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Once more we hear creamery talked
of. The air is full oft.
Mrs. Terry died on Saturday of pneu-
monia, and was buried from the new
church on Tuesday. Her age was 50.
Considerable help comes from Canada
this spring. In one day IL from one
small hamlet were on the train coming
to the States.
In the issue of the Goth, W. N. Gilfllan
is said to have transferred his daily
paper business to John A. McLam 1t
should have been dairy paper business.
Last week numerous fires were started
by the engine. One of these spread over a
large part of Geo. Dunnett's farm, and
the buildings would surely have burned
had not neighbors rallied and over
come it.
Schools opened on Monday. The
directors chose w. T. Nolan as clerk OF
the board and Nelson Park as superin-
tendent. In this district Miss Jeanne
Hale has the primary and the higher
school is to be taught by Miss Cragie
from st. Johnsbury, who taught in
Groton last winter. At the Corner,
Miss Wallace; No. 2, Miss Nellie Bone
upper district on the turnpike, Miss
Morrison, and Miss Wallace in the
lower one; at No. 6, Miss Rhodes; No
8, Miss McColl. There will be no school
in No. g. or in the Whitelaw district, OF
the Red School House district.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04
LUNENBURG.
ford is moving to Burke.

Mr.. Stafford is moving to Burke.
Miss Nina Dawson has returned from
Proctor.
Mr.. Briggs has moved on to his farm
in Concord.
Mrs. Annie Balch has been quite sick,
but is slowly recovering.
Mrs. Hartman and son from Gorham,
N. H., are visiting at Mrs. Gordon's.
The schools in town will commence
this week, with Miss Dodge and Miss
Hurlburt in the village school.
Will Balch returned from Boston last
week; he has been employed there as a
taxidermist for several weeks.
Mrs. Cheney returned from Berlin last
Saturday, where she has been visiting
her daughter for several weeks.
The ice cream supper last Friday
evening was quite successful; the c. E.
society realized about twelve dollars
from it.
We wish to correct a mistake in our
last weeks items. IT was Mrs. Susie B..
Sisby who gave the chair to the Con-
gregational church, instead Of Mrs. Levi
Silsby.
There were several children's sugar
parties last week; among them those OF
Miss Bessie and Susie Dodge, and Miss
Maud Thompson, when the young folks
had good times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04
WEST CONCORD.

1t is our sad duty this week to chron-
lcle the death of our well known towns
man, Oliver S. Richards. Mr.. Richards
was born in this town 3S years ago,
and with the exception OF few years
mas always resided in town. Deceased
was business man of rare ability and
was well and favorably known through
out northern New England, having been
'or several years on the road as sales
man for the Singer sewing machine
company and later in the employ of A..
L, Bailey of St. Johnsbury selling pianos
and organs. He ever enjoyed the fullest
confidence of those in whose employ he
was and to name his friends would be to
name all with whom he was acquainted.
MS long and lingering illness terminated
ABOUT 6 O'Clock Sunday afternoon, April
~ The gricf-stricken wife and other
trends have the sympathy of the entire
in their time of great trial
and sorrow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04
WEST BURKE.

Fishing opened early Monday morning.
trout estimated to weigh PA pounds
1 said to be waiting to be caught, in the
nll pond.
An those who have subscribed and are
Iruested in village sidewalks are re-
|ursted to meet at the G. A. X. hall, Sat
(srday, May 6, at 8 p. m. to elect COM
uittee to proceed with the work and to
Transact any other business that may
come before the meeting.
The house and barn of John Hannet,
( on the old DR.. Carpenter farm, mile
south of this village, was burned last
Saturday afternoon. The fire started in
Henry Gaskills barn on the south side
n Of the road. Gaskill had no insurance,
but Aannet was insured; cause of fire
81 unknown.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04
GREENSBORO,

Mary Daniels is in Burlington doing
her spring shopping.
The village school began Monday with
Mss McAllister of Cabot as teacher.
Mrs. Soules, and her two children,
from Burlington, are visiting at her
mothers, Mrs. ingalls,.
A cold time for fishermen, when the
law against fishing through the ice has
to be observed after May LIST.
E. o. Randall has returned from mar
ket with new goods. Mrs. Kinney also
visited the Hub and brought home
spring millinery.
The outlook for summer boarders is
favorable for our town. Already Perrin
Bros. have their rooms all spoken for.
They have charge of the boarding house
formerly kept by W. W. Goss. Boarders
are also expected at the Caspian Lake
house