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The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Accidentally Killed His Sister

Near Ashland City, Tenn, Planter Sam Jones' son, aged 12, killed his sis ter.
 He was carelessly handling pistol in the presence of his three small sisters, and point ed it at the eldest, aged 8, and raising the ham mer pulled the trigger simply to frighten her. The pistol was discharged, and the bullet pene. trated her head near the left eye. The chill dren's mother out in the yard heard the shot, and rushed into the house to find three ter rorized children weeping over the corpse of her oldest girl
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
or Revolutionary Lineage.

Hanna Moore Smith, maiden lady of 90. and the only immediate child of one of the soldiers of the revolution in Georgia, was buried at Smyrna.
 She was descendant of Gov. Moore of the colony of South Carolina. but it was through her father that she lay claim to revolutionary honor. He had married a grand -dau inter of Gov. Moore. and. when the of the revolu- tion broke out, became one of Marion's men. Miss Smith was always very proud of her revo- lutionary lineage
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Killed by Powder and Dynamite.

At the rock quarry on Little river, north of Searcy, it is the custom to fire the blasts at 6 o'clock every even ing.
 The other day two men started to load the drilled holes with dynamite and powder One of them. K A. Knight, of St. Louis, carried can of giant powder and another carried sticks of dynamite In passing near an engine spark fell into the can of powder. exploding it. and, of course, the dynamite also. Knight was blown high in the air and killed instantly, while his assistant was fearfully mangled, his body being cut and gashed by flying rock, pieces Of can. etc. He died. Strange to say, there was not even a scratch on Knights body. nor were any limbs broken. death seeming to have resulted from concussion. Another work man injured, but not seriously. Knight came from St Louis only day or two be- fore. claiming to be familiar with work of this class
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
A Historic Pile Burned.

The old guard-house in the United States jail yard at Fort Smith was al- most destroyed by fire.
 The building was famous for having had con- fined within it's walls many famous federal and confederate prisoners during the war, but had lately been abandoned. The building was within l50 feet Of the United States jail, and there was great panic for time among the prisoners Incendiarism is suspected, with possible view to wholesale jail delivery
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Death Results from a Cold Bath.

Wickham Taylor was found dead in the bathroom of his residence in Nor folk, Va.
 It is supposed death caused by heart failure superinduced by plunging into cold wa ter MT. Taylor was 42 years of age, the junior member of the firm of George W. Taylor Co.,, extensive coal and ice dealers and a brother of Col. Walter H. Taylor, president of the Ma. rine bank and late adjutant general to Gen Lee He leaves a wife and several children.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
The Arkansas "Drummers."

The Travellers Protective association of Arkansas elected the following off, fcers at their Little Rock convention
 President, J. c. Harby. Little Rock: secre tary and treasurer. w. H. Bass. Little Rock; first vice president. T. D. Bouland, Van Buren; second vice-president. w. B. Cheatham Little Rock; third vice-president. Rimon Bloom. Pine Bluf: fourth vice e-president. T. c. Cryer Little Rock: fifth ce-president. John Witherspoon Fort Smith Delegates to the national conven- tion. Fred Woodcock, E. Lucus and F. s. Edmonson.
 The next convention will be held at Pine Bluff.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Death of Capt. H. s. Taber.

Capt. Ii. $. Taber died at San An tonic, Tex. few days ago.
 He was for ten years in command of the United States engineers for the Arkansas dis trfct with headquarters in Little Rock. He went to Texas three months ago in search Of health. The remains were returned to Little Rock and buried with military honors. Capt. Taber graduated at West Point in the class of ig7a
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Knew She Was Going.

While conversing with the family Mrs Sara Rees, of Selma. Ala, sud- denly raised her head and said Good by, am gone." and died in few min utes.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
NEW POST OFFICES.
Badly Burned.

Charlie Rich. aged 3, grandson of Mrs. c. A. Roney, of Hot Springs, was badly burned by his clothes catching fire, probably from match. Mrs. Roney was burned severely in rescuing the child.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20

A Mysterious Case.

Bruce Llewllyn. a farmer, aged 20. was found dead near Sevierville, Tenn, with a shotgun near. No one seems to know whether it was suicide, accident or murder.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Killed by a Rival.

At Gallatin, Tenn. Alonzo Lyons was escorting Miss Cally Clean, who was engaged to Henry Clark, when Clark shot from concealment and killed Lyons.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
New Postmasters.

Garrettson, Jefferson county, NJ w. Ware, vice w. P McDlll. resigned. Vineyard. Lee county, w. 0. Hopkins, vice Geo. G. Johnson resigned. Roberts Miller county. B. B. Ramsey. vice Joe Bedingfeld. resigned.
 NEW POST OFFICES. Lutre, Union county. Adolphus H. White, postmaster
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Tea Raising in south Carolina.


 A dispatch from Washington, D. C., says:
 The British foreign office has published a re- port from E. K Rawson Walker. consul at Charleston on tea raising in South Carolina, in which he declares that, owing to the eli matic conditions, that part of South Carolina where the plant has been cultivated. gives promise of great success In the production Of tea there. Opinions of experts are given which show that the product ranks very high. being worth from 25 cents to 35 cents a pound wholesale, and that last season about S7Is pounds of cured tea per acre were secured. The plants are still young. and much better results are confidently predicted.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Children B turned to Death.

The cabin of John Duncan, negro, about miles from Pineville, Ky, caught fire and burned down. cremat- ing three small children. The children had been left in the house alone. and were too small to get away from the burning building.
 Colored Baptists Send Money to Africa.
 The Colored Baptist Foreign Mission ary society of Texas during the past year sent s2OO to African missionaries. Their women are taking much interest in foreign missions.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
Validity of an Assignment.

An adjourned session of the Hot Springs chancery court was begun at Malvern the other day for the purpose of trying validity of the R. X Il. Ber- ger assignment
 These men were business a. Malvern. and failed December. 1892, owing in excess of si00. 000. They executed a voluntary deed of as signment. in which they undertook to prefer a large number of creditors. including a number of near relatives, for the large amounts. The unsecured creditors at once assailed the as- signment on the ground of fraud. and the liti- gation has been pending ever since. Fully twenty-five attorneys are interested in the case. There is now in the registry of the court A4 900 awaiting the decree of the court. Chan cellor Leatherman represented the creditors, and was consequently disqualified. On the,as sembling of the court the members of the bar present selected Judge Charles B. Roberts. of Little Rock, special chancellor, and the hear ing commenced.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
An Alligator story from Georgia.
An alligator story which beats the record comes from Early county, Ga.

An alligator story which beats the record comes from Early county, Ga.
 Some negroes were at work in a turpentine farm near Damascus cleaning the trash and straw away from the boxes preparatory to burning of the woods, when they came across an alligator who had crawl led out during the warm spell to put on his n CIV spring sult but who was knocked back into state of dormancy by the cold snap The old fellow was lying there stin. hard. motionless and crusty, and the negroes decided that they would make an end of him by burning him; so they dipped turpentine out of the boxes and covered him over with that substance and then heaped pine straw on top of him, and then poured more tur- pentine on that
 When the fire began to blaze. his alligator ship suddenly awoke from dreams of icebergs and hoar frosts into what he supposed was the land of perennial summer, where the bad ga tors go. Nevertheless, instinct was stronger than intellect. and Old Crusty decided that. even though he were in hades. he would split for a pond. He splitted. and through the pise woods he went, leaving a long streak of fire. His rapid flight to the pond gave him the ap- pearance of a gorgeous meteor floating away, leaving behind it tail of flame.
 A minute later the gator was rolling over pond but the woods were burning.
 The festive darkies who @ minute before were waiting and watching in unfeigned glee to see the gator burn. were now busy fighting fire. After a long while they succeeded in put ting it out. but ten crops of boxes had been de stroyed
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
A Decision Affecting the Allis Case.

Decision Auectfng the Afiis Sases
 A dispatch was sent out from Little Rock the other day stating:
 The supreme court of the United States has made decision of great importance to the stockholders and depositors Of the defunet First national bank of Little Rock Judge Mcclure, one of the attorneys connected with the suits growing out of the failure of the bank. said:
 Tn the case alluded to. E. L. Harper. who was the vice-president and general managing officer of the Fidelity bank of Cincinnati. ob- tained a loan of sa00.0oo from bank in the state of New York. It was claimed that the loan was made to the Fidelity bank. and that 1t absolutely received the benefit of the loan. The receiver of the Fidelity bank. Mir Arm strong. claimed that the bank received no benefit from the loan. and that Harper. as vice. president and general manager. could not bind the Fidelity bank for the payment of the goo 0O0. The supreme court said that the power to borrow money not given to na- tional banks; that the business Of such banks was to loan and not borrow money: that if one attempted to borrow money on the credit of national bank it was the exercise of an extraordinary power. and that persons dealing with such a person were put upon mo- tice and bound to make inquiry as to his au- thority. and if it appeared that the loan had not been authorized to be obtained by the board of directors. then the bank could not be held for the repayment of the money"
 What bearing does this decision have on the First national bank affairss" Col Mcclure was asked
 I'll. c. Allis, while president of the First na tional of this city. on several occasions. ob- tained loans amounting to more than s2500oO, from number of banks without the knowl- edge of the directors. One such loan for s45.- 900 was from the Bank of Commerce. St. Louis. That note has not been paid. is now in suit. end the defense is made that was interposed in the case I have referred to, and which has just been decided by the supreme court of the United States"
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20

Cheap Foreign Labor for Cotton Fields.
 A dispatch from Pittsburgh, Pa., says:
 The Lawrenceville district of this city has made another exportation of Hungarians. ltal- ians and Slavs to the cotton plantations of Texas The crowd numbered 200, which makes 100 already sent from the one district alone and the third exportation from Lawrenceville in three months. An agent is working in the neighborhood. and is selecting from the for eigners, who come in droves. He says that every morning there are at least fifty waiting for him to send them to work. but only the best are sent. They shipped to all parts of Texas. and are fast taking the place of the ne- gro, as their labor is so cheap and the cotton growers find them better workers. The work ingmen of that end of town take kindly to the issue, and say they would contribute 10 fund to send all in the city there
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-20
for Infants and Children.

Castoria .sso well adapted to children that lrecommend 1t as superior to any prescription knowp to me- H A ARCHER, N. D..
 Ill So Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. '.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30

was grit, though: saved. my ffesaonce
and swore he'd have it af1 toldS
Wilder livin' yet?'
"Yep Thinks Bill's aNbigge- hero
N old Grant-'most makessme ASHAMED
O. comm home sometimes
The tramp drew his arm aGossshis
face. sBill want no saint" he said,
hoarsely.
''She's forgot all that anow. Say.
comrade, / live near her. Come over
and tall, bit; she'll"
The tramp hastily picked up his
stick with the little red bundle on the
end of it.
Guess not, comrades must move on
nov-been a movin' on sence Manas-
sas'
He walked rapidly away, though
with a slight limp.
"PshawW said the old soldier,
watching him. ''GAssin' about Bill I
forgot to ask his name. Too lateanow,
though" he glanced at his crutch-
Clear of the town, the tramp halted
and pulled up his ragged sleeve. On
his dirty arm was tattooed eagle.
''Bnl Wentzel's grave-an' Billiwasa
hero" he muttered; best let him
rest"
Then he limped forward in the twi-
light
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
HONOR THE SOLDIER DEAD.

Preparations are being everywhere
made to celebrate Memorial day, which
is nearing US with its sacred memories
and tender influences. Time is carry.
ing us steadily further away from the
scenes of civil strife, and nature has
covered 1.-THE red-streaked battlefields
of the nation with a carpet of verdure.
The sound of the cannon and the clash
of swords, the tread of mighty armies
and the sobs OF the brave boys on the
tented field and of loved ones at home,
grow more and more indistinct as the
years GO by and new generations come
upon the scene of action. The bitter
luminosity which was engendered be-
tween sections has been mellowed, and
the angel of peace, sweet, holy peace.
spreads his white wings over the lakes
aud plains and mountains of the north
and over the cotton fields and cotton
beds of the south. Mighty changes have
been wrought in thirty years. But
myriad of graves are among us, the
same graves that were filled from 81 to
'o5. Chairs have been vacant in our
homes during all this time: the empty
uniform and the battered sword are
still in our closets. We still remember
and love the boys who went out from
our loving embrace to face danger and
death upon the battlefield Year by
year the graves become more numerous
in the cemetery. Year by year the vet
Grams grow grayer, and the strong man
of 81 is marching with feebler step on
ward toward the great final reunion.
Such are the only changes that the
years have made in the features OF
Memorial day
1t is becoming in people TO remem-
Der the sacrifices of-the soldier who
gave or offered his life for them and
their interests. Rome. proud, imperious
Rome, forgot the men who had fought
her battles, and reveled in luxury
while some OF them languished in pris-
on cells America is appreciative of her
brave. Once year she scatters flowers
upon their graves, and all the time
their memories are embalmed in
her grateful heart. any people who
Will pause to drop a tear upon the
tombs Of their dead soldiers. have rea-
son to respect themselves and 10 claim
the respect Of others; and while we are
remembering the dead our hearts will
swell with thanksgiving that we are
IN the shadow of flag of a united
republic. whose different sections are
animated 10y a common hope, COM
mon inspiration and a common des-
tiny.-Farmers' Voice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
en Il WENTZEL, HERO.
EY ELISA ARMSTRONG.

q he tras mp leaned over the cemetery
ZEN &c and nodded at the old soldier
wh, ,. thoug h the Memorial day exer'
eIse- were, over, was still busy over
grs We
+ IN int been buryin' no union inshere,
have, YEP"
The old soldier laughed. ''No. we
amt"
IT 70 as one of-'em,'' the tramp sre-
marked .-th Illinois"
The a Id soldier Strengthened up.
..Wa. We. Know Bill Wentzel?"
The ira, mp caught his breath.
e.Fello.r as named tn colonel Old
Undertaker, yesknow.
sYes|I "A Jew him."
This herA liis grave"
"Biu Wentz Il 's-grave?"
Eyes: hisws ltler had trouble findin'
him after Mann ssas. Only recognized
him by tn eagT. tattooed on his arm.
Bill used to Al. v that eagle fairly
ccreamed when he had tn rheum-
,tism." the. old SD sdier laughed; ''Bill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30

His first battle, What soldier does
not think of it to-day? The years have
rolled backward: he feels again the
exaltation Of youth and the RELENTLESS.
determination to do or die. He re
members the grim irony of the man
who had already ''smelied powder
and had heard the song of the bullets
about him
He remembers, too. the thought of
the dear ones az home, the praye,
and then-the battle. His veins
thrill as of old. he seems endowed
with the strength of ten He is not
dreaming; no. he is living over the 81
preme moment OF his life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
They DID MOI Die. W.

Drums and fl fes and flags for Ne.
mortal day and roses white as honor
and red as blood 10 coversthe rest
ing places of those. who counted
life not too ,dear TO give it to
{. heir country. acalmly't they answered
toSthe roll call or the GreattSeryeant
D. sath, and joined the vast encamp-
me mt. To-day the world ia better that
sue VI men have lived, and the children
of The third gena-ation treasure, as .
pric eiess heritage. the memory Of their
deeds, The love, of country shines
more,l,rightly for is baptism Of blood
-andix so no bravo man died in vain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
Brave Hearts and True.


How that mother worked on alone,
weaving, hoping. praying-and watch
ing for news from the front-sending
tender. loyal. scrawling letters; and oc-
casionally there came brave word Of
cheer from Silas far, far away
One morning a shadow fell on the
floor as the widows shuttle was bob
bling to and fro with its busy clickitv
clickity click, weaving and hoping for
news.
Then the village doctors kind voice
said: Good morning"
eyer carpet amt quite done vet, doc
tor. Seems ez if Il can't do my stent
till after the mail train gifts m, but I'll
do my best. What? lez didn't KUN
for the carpet? Then-O, doctor, what
is it? Yer son amt? Bad news? No.
faint fer me, not my Silas, my brave
boy"
The head dropped forward on the
loom, and one hand tried vainly to
push away the words.
The doctor brushed his hand across
his eyes and tried again to read the
words his son had written:
DEAR FATHER: Snas Blodgett fell at Shiloh.
Break the news to bis mother as best you can
Tell her Comrade W. sends these lines to her:
Where the foremost nag was flying
Pierced by many shot and shell;
Where the bravest mep were dying.
There your gallant Silas fell"
1found him. father and gave him . drink OF
water from my cauteen, but saw he was 60
ing fast He could inst whisper: Tell her
tell mother-her boy -died-on the field"
thought he was gone but he said: Tell her
the red-fsays be-brsve-motheru know, an
Try ter be-"
So they brought him home to his
mother. May 30, 1894, the village doc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30

Mem orial day. sweet wfh flowers
and bri yht with sunshine; what day
for con trades to meet and fight their
battles pover! A day on whick the past
seemsre al and old songs are sung, old
ljests ,restived. How naturally the foot
keeps ss,ep with the old refsxins, how
glorioussly floats the old hRi That
story OF, the charge Of Seven Pines or
Gettysbah g-what hosts Of snemories
it recalls1 How the blood flies to the
wrinkled. check at thought of itand
how the s,rutch keeps time 10 the roll
ing drums, The past is the present on
MemorialSiay
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30

Father don't like that young man
who comes 20 see Nellie
Mother-It may be nothing seriouA
He has been sending her flowers
and bringing her confectionery for
weeks
Others have done that and dropped
of OF their own accord
But last night he brought her some
chewing gum"
Dear me. Tha. looks scrioux He
loves her. Are you sure OF it?"
Il saw him give her the gum, and
she put = IN her mouth
oh, That's al right II She "a.
there and ebered gum SIZE doesn't love
him GOOD News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
The Iorsider,rn r.

Said New York boy 70 his father:
Pa, what makes you look so anery?''
Il look angry because / am vexed a,
hearing your mother scold Won for
your badness.
We'll. pa. you should do as do. |
hear ma seoldinr yoo for your badness
forty times day but never remind
YOU of it, for I ALWAYS think YOU have
been punished enough already. Alex
srsa. ia Tares sifk:n1s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30

THEY'VE PUT A FLAG ON IT TO-DAY.
tors grandson was leading some one
who CROPPED her way with unseeina
eyes toward grave in the churchyard
This feels like it,
"Yes, that'sright. granny, an they've
put flag on it to-day"
''Hev they? can't see it any more.
Tn glad it's there an so would he be.
Silas, he set great store by this here
posy I've brought. It's liveforever-
an so l thought I'd plant a root fer
him here to-day, an then when I can't
come no more it will be green an fresh
an brave-like."
So the loving, wrinkled hands,
guided by the child, planted this Me-
mortal day ''posy"-the ''posy" the
dead soldier sleeping under the red.
white and blue had thought long years
ago was brave un.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
The Boy.

The 10y.
The sur tshone in at the east window.
mother s voice called up the attic
STAIRS. 8 Silas, Silas, where's my little
drummer boy? Time to march among
them we, Ids in the posy field"
Swift anne the answer, and there was
sunshine on the wonan's careworn
face as she listened for the sound of
that lit lie drummer boys feet and his
childish voice calling:
"Yep. I've turned out, mother.
Comm I'll make the enemy skedad-
dean then I'll drum"
The neighbours said: "They never
seenstkvo folks fset so much store by
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
Remember the Living.

In strewing flowers on the graves Of
the nlustriors dead. remember TO cas-;
few upon the pathway of the living.
The old soldier. perhaps crippled snd
poor, deserves gratitude as well as the
comrade whose name il ca-Ten on .
monument De. too, offered his LIE &C
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
Sot 50 strange. After All.

''It : strange wha; q time we have
with cooks dear said Mrs Tnnis-
cups Dawson was telling me to-day
that they've had their ior Ten years
Yes dear and did be tell you who
abe s-zsge'
no whsg-
His wife Pearson
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
A Fellow Feelb0G.

How sin9nlarly appropriate IL 1.
that theistreet car borses sbsuld wear
Gags on:Memerial dayr'
"Why'sor'
"Well. they're mostly veterana. you
know. DE troit TriSnne.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30

"Is Decos alton day noticed on ship
board?" asked landsrnan ofts sailor.
"Oh, yes,ssir, often!''
"Oftenp",
Eyes; the<sptain make. sideck ora
tion whenever he feels like it-s"-Tsxae
Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
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