The Forrest City times., 1896-10-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

COMMISSIONER LAMoREAUx. of the general land office, has made his an- nual report to the secretary of the in- terior for the past fiscal year. The total land selections during the year were "a. 209, 900 acres, of which 4,s30,- ei5 were homestead entries and 6, 7s9, . s9l railroad selections. The total va cant public land in the United States is 6O0, 0,040, ,67l acres, of which 3i6, ,65l, s6l are surveyed and esa ass, siO unsur- veyed.
 A FIRE that caused the loss of three lives and nearly slo0 O00 worth of property visited Lsdonis. Tex, recent ly. Nine houses, eight of which were brick, situated on the west side of the public square, and much of their con tents were consumed.
 CARROLL D WEIGHT, United States commissioner of labor. stated in his recent annual report to the secretary of the interior, that the work of the cen sus office was now substantially com pleted and that the tables were in the hands of the printers. lie also stated that he would be ready to report to congress by December plan for a per manent census bureau.
 AN explosion of ammonia occurred at the schmidt brewery at Indianapo- lis. Ind, which completely wrecked the cold storage plant and badly in- jured eight men.
 TIE eight-year-old mute son of An drew J. Andrews. of Irville. O., secured his fathers gun during the absence of the family and pointing it at his baby brother fired. killing him instantly. The fratricide was not thought to be accountable.
 FULL advices from Cedar Keys. Fla. late on the 2d showed the almost total destruction of the town and the loss of 39 lives It was feared however. that the loss of life at Cedar Keys proper Is as nothing in comparison with the number of spongers and fishermen who were drowned. The Mary Eliza re- ported that nearly 100 vessels were anchored on the sponge bar aud that all of them but % were lost As these boats carried from four to ten men each, the loss of life must have been great Reports from 76 surrounding towns showed that s7 persons were killed and 62 injured. These were the known casualties
 A PASSENGER train was held m on the ed by masked men about % miles from Albuquerque. \. Nj A deputy marshal on the train took in the situa. ton and killed one of the robbers The hold-up was a failure financially, the robbers securing no money
 TIE Alamo hotel at Hot Springs. Ark, was destroyed by fire on the s0th, the guests barely escaping with their lives and losing all their personal property.
 RECENT Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch stated that the proposed big window. glass trust had collapsed
 HE Farmers and Merchants -four ing mill at Montrose. Col, was burned to the ground Loss. s50. 900: insur- anee. S25.0OO.
 THE semi-eentennial celebration of lowa's statehood opened at Burlington on the lst At an early hour canpons ooomed from the bluffs. bells rang and whistles blew. The parade. the grand est ever seen there, started at II a. m and was witnessed by 2s.OOO people 'ov. Drake and Vice President Steven son rode near the head of the column. Brass bands from all over the state were in line. Floats representing the progress of Iowa from lsi6 to 1896 were also in line.
 THE steam gin of ]. l.. Moorehead at urapevine, Tex, with l60 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire.
 A HURRICANE swept over Savannah. oa'' on the 29th doing damage to the amount of s75o,0OO and causing the loss of nine lives