The Forrest City times., 1894-06-22
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
,..,asrer Tom smith Escapes.

n E;shback writing out receipt for uv 0'oo ,,a;d him by the state for captur- s'~ Tom smith, murderer, messen- ms s arrived at the executive office with s sss following telegram:
 ' .r rrsHBAcK--Send bloodhounds. Tom o,.,, ov escaped this morning; send Riddle with sml- H. c. SANDERsoN, Sherin.
 p;ad,e. with several dogs, left inn
 ia;atelv. Smiths crime was the mur- aSr If Ben Riddle, brother of William Riddle. About a month ago Smith s..ered Biddle's grocery store, at Al ,.an Little River county, and pur- 'hased some canned goods. which he s.a at the store. He then started to walk ~, of the store without paying for .sa ,oods. and when Riddle demanded ,hs nav Smith paid the bill. but cursed and abused the storekeeper. Riddle struck him with an ax handle and torced him out of the store. Smith re- ,urned with a Winchester and shot Riddle twice as he stood in the door. Ws Riddle, brother of the dead man. living in Alabama, started out to brnt the murderer, and after trailing him for thirty eight days, captured him ot Pueblo. Col, and delivered him to the sheriff of Little River county.
 An Accommodating Road.
 The Missouri Pacific passenger train from Little Rock arrived two hours late at Pine. Bluff few nights ago. The cause of the delay was never heard of in railroad annals. The Pine Bluff Commercial gives the following almost incredible, though well-sub- stantiated. account of it: When the train arrived at Redfield. the conductor and engineer received an order from Little Rock to sidetrack the train and return with the locomotive and bag gage ear to take on two drummers and their trunks. In the mean time, the messengers had to wait two hours in the woods, and a picnic party, which was waiting for the train 3 miles be- low Redfield, was also delayed until the two drummers and their trunks ar rived at last, when the rapid transit journey was continued.
 fSank StOcknOiuers Sueus
 Another important suit growing out of the failure of the First national bank of Little Rock has been filed in the federal court in Little Rock by Re- ceiver Cockrill against the stock holders of the defunct bank. This suit is brought for the purpose of collecting the 92 per cent. assessment levied by the comp troller of the treasury on the stock of the First national bank Several of the defendants held old stock, upon part of which the assessment has been paid, but stockholders declined paying the assessment upon what is known as the new stock, which they claim had been irregularly issued, and therefore not liable to oreassessment. The amount involved in the suit is the assessment of 92 per cent. on $91 300 of stock.
 New POstmasters.
 Horsehead, Columbia county, w. H. Dumas. vice Mollie F. Lee, resigned
 trenton. Phillips county, Alex. Tableman, wee simon krow, removed.
 :, imboden. Lawrence county. J. H. Porter, vice C '. Bacon resigned
 Judea. Madison county, H. A. Mcfarland. vice !, J. D. Edwards, resigned.
 Boston. Madison county, w. R. Obanian, vice John Hunter. removed.
 Cannon. Benton county. G. W. Gambill. vice A. Flncannon resigned.
 ,hienmond Little River county, EStelle L.. Jonnson. vice Emma Sanderson. resigned ,Lelgler. Boone county, G. w. Zeigler, vice Mary E. Doty, resigned.
 NEW POST OFFICES.
 Fryatt, Fulton county, wm. Fryatt, postmas-
 NEW MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
 ooiiege Heights, Tarry. Warner. Wilton.
 Two Men Shot.
 Near Fulton a negro of desperate reputation named Gus Simmons, who was wanted upon some charge previous y preferred, shot two other negroes, .alyln Mccormick and Sam Stewart, kliling the latter and mortally wound 'ng the former. It appears that Sim mons was passing near a house in which Mc.ornick and Stewart were located, ana being hailed by them thought it was for the purpose of arrest, and immediately raised his gun and com menced firing with the above result.
 Arkansas si. A. R. Encampment.
 me state G. A. K. encampment of arkansas was held in Rogers. Large crowds were in attendance. At an otfi- ciai meeting Maj. Thomas H. Burress was reelected state commander, de- ieating ex-Postmaster Hewitt, of Fay e.leviile. and w. T. Brooks. of Hunts Vile, whose friends were urging their claims Gen. Bigger, of Dallas, Tex, ana Col. Boles. of Fort Smith, ad- aressed the old soldiers.
 Johnson County Potatoes.
 Dr. Buchanan of Clarksville, shipped e,.. 1wo carloads of potatoes to Kansas NllE. tho fr.cf f.,af x.-1,,.1, 1,xrx,, chir,Iad