The Forrest City times., 1894-05-25
TIE STATE IN BRIEF.

ne state Horticultural society met 18th. '"e ~'o' ~f'h ana
 There are twenty-two stave mills in 900 of capital.
 ne Rogers Lime and Waterworks 70. mas increased its capital stock from s12,O00 to S25.000
 The weighing of mails in Arkansas. begun April F, has closed. This is done every four years.
 William Aliens 14-year-old son was drowned while bathing in the Arkan- sas river at Van Buren,
 The Springfield (Mo.) Democrat says the Frisco and Gulf railways both want to run into north Arkansas.
 Says Warren dispatch: Fire broke out Tn the dry house at Carpenters tniil and So,o00 feet of lumber was de. stroyed.
 MT. Mathew McDermott died at War ren. The interment occurred at Der mott, Chicot county. He was Knight of Pythias.
 J. A. Woodson, A. J. Niemeyer and Louis Cohen were elected school di- rectors in Little Rock, and the 5-mill tax was voted
 At Fort Smith, while riding b;cy- Gle, George Sengen, II years old, ran into horse and buggy, receiving probably fatal injuries. At Little Rock all dogs found run ming at large inside the city limits on and after June 1, 1894, without license will be impounded and killed. The Helena light guards have been reorganized. There are about forty men in the company, and they will at tend the interstate drill at Little Rock in full force
 Judge John Jordan E. Cravens. ex- congressman from the Little Rock dis trict, announces himself a candidate. for the democratic nomination for su- preme judge.
 Henry Miller, farmer, residing 9 miles west of Little Rock, believes he has discovered gold mine on his farm. He has ordered machinery and will try to extract the yellow metal
 Gov. Fishback has been requested by the Little Rock board of trade to write paper for the southwest trade con- gress that convenes at New Orleans, June 12. He has accepted
 Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage, the great Brooklyn divine, preached at the First Methodist church, south, Little Rock, on the evening of the 20th, to the largest a,,r ,r,, 1,J ,,, Ln
 The school election at Warren was quite spirited. The bone of contention seems to have been the contest of the high school affairs. Those in favor of the present management won the day.
 Captain and Commissary James B. Dent of Riverside. has been elected lieutenant colonel and Lieut.. Geo. A. Hillhouse, of Newport, major of the Second regiment, Arkansas national guard
 Financial Agent Carroll of the peni- tentiary has turned S269.SS into the state treasury, being the net revenue for April. Of the S30,000 appropriated for the penitentiary S23, 900 has been re- turned.
 Gov. Fishback and Attorney-General Clarke are of the opinion that the suc- cessor to Judge Mansfield, appointed by the former, will hold until October, 1898, the date of the expiration of Mans fields term.
 The Arkansas exhibit at the Worlds fair is bearing valuable fruit. Hardly a day passes that some new colony of c., Dt in, Sanfinr, of the state, drawn hither by the little exhibit made at Chicago. A special excursion by the colored people of Little Rock carried at least ], 1000 persons to Pine Bluff the other day, leaving early in the morning and returning late in the evening, spending the best part of the day in the Bluff city.
 At Warren q rabid dog attacked little son of Mir. Glasgow and bit him severely on the hand. The dog also bit several dogs on the way through town, and attacked everything as he went along. The mayor issued a proclamation ordering all dogs to be closely confined.
 Mai. P. K Roots, of Little Rock, de- parted for New York city the other day. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Emily, and his niece, Miss Francis, daughter of the late Col Logan H. Roots. The young ladies will sail shortly from New York for Europe, where they will spend several months.
 A quantity of spurious coin is being infected into circulation in Little Rock and is becoming quite common. The s.,. ,r,,,e;cto mostly of 0l1arterS and