The Forrest City times., 1894-01-19
STATE CuILINGS.
News Items Cleaned from Various Sources
 for Reader of This Paper.

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 Col E. H. Adair is confined 10 his I bed al Fort Smith. The Pine Bluff Graphic is working hard for more factories
 The season at Hot Springs is opening with fatsering prospects.
 The Little Rock '. NJ C. A recently raised q .coo to push its work
 Six families from Chicago have re- gently settled in Prairie county.
 Boone county claims to be the best hog-producing county in the state
 Mack Roland. ex-sherif of Boone county, has raised an sl5-pound hog
 The Nevada County bank has been incorporated with capital of sa5. 900.
 Judge ". II. Sanborn has signed the bill of exceptions in the case of Banker Allis
 In Little Rock a l2-year-old boy picked the pocket of Thomas Goodwin of SIS.
 The general merchandise firm of : Ware < Williams, of Washington. has failed
 Arrangements are being made to re move the conxicts to the Sunnyside plantation
 The W. L. Clark Furniture Co, of Lit tle Rock, has been placed in the hands of receiver
 The stock of general merchandise of Wn- Fried. of Fulton, was attached the other day.
 Sheriff Owens, of Independence coun- ty. paid s6oo into the state treasury the other day for whisky license
 An effort is being made 10 induce Pine Bluff merchants 10 close their places of business al 6:So D n-
 Congressman McRae's bill 10 adjust the Arkansas swamp land grants has been reported favorably to the house.
 The Memphis (Tenn.l Commercial subcribed sle0 towards the fund 10 secure the Little Rock & Hot Springs railway.
 NIT Homer Prince, editor of the Searey Economist, and Miss Pearl Miles of Helena, were married the other evening.
 large eastern syndicate has sent St Louis expert 10 examine the coal fields of Pope, Sebastian Johnson and other counties
 Sam Jones lectured at Conway the other day on Get There All business houses closed 10 allow everyone chance to hear him. Col. H. C. Hinton. late of the state treasurers office, announces that he will be candidate for state treasurer on the democratic ticket
 Mir. Lynwood Brickhouse and Miss Hattie Chitwad were married in Little Rock December II. They just told their friends about it the other day.
 News Nelson. a young man formerly of good reputation. was convicted in the Clay circuit court of stealing s6o, and sentenced to one year in the state prison.
 C. J. Brantlev, of Little Rock, has been appointed to position in the government printing office at Wash ington. on recommendation of Con- gressman Terry.
 D. ". Moore, majorgeneral com manding the Arkansas division of United Confederate veterans. has is- sued an order designed to perfect or ganization throughout the state.
 At Little Rock. upon the application of D. H. Thomas, Chancellor Carroll appointed T. NJ. Seawell receiver of the property of J. c Cross. who. the plain tiff alleges, is indebted to him in the sum of 5000 on a promissory note given on February $. 1892
 The state burning board met in Lit tie Rock the other morning and sched uled SITS. 597. .4s in warrants, which were burned. They were as follows: General revenue. slIe.T70-61; common school fund. s5i.5is2s: pension fund, sI53; sinking fund s77.oI.
 Lola Clardy. a colored woman, living miles from town. went to Center Point to do some washing leaving her six small children at home. During her absence the cabin in which she lived caught fire and was entirely com snmed All the children. except the youngest, escaped.
 Jim Jones, a colored convict who es- capped from the penitentiary in 1892, was captured in Mississippi the other day and returned He says he escaped to visit the Worlds fair. He was sent from St Francis county for twelve years for forgery. and had served three years when he escaped The post office and the passenger depot of the Valley road at Cotton Plant were burglarized the other night The post office is loser ti5o in stamps. . sa5 registered package and SIS in cur rency. As the depot agent had remit