The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-03-27
When BABY vas sick, we gave her caStoria.
When she was a Chill she cried for cas,oria.
When she beoame Nisz. she chung 70 Castorsa.
When she had children. she sasst them csstorla-

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Can't +. +. liaskins and Lieut.. Geo.
Mallory are rs happy as little boy
with his trst pair ~ bouts. The occa-
sion being the receipt Of a pair Of fine
blooded fox hounds. Inst sunday. prs
ent to Capt llasklns from his brother
~ Prince Edward county. Va Poor
reyuafd Is M the same AK as Crockett
c"nn-ready a. come down without "
struggle,
Spring Is usually ushered In with
snake stories. but u change of venue
has bteu taken--or in other words
Il chicken story usurps the snakes right.
! a gentleman of credibility says he
heard n noise among his chickens, the
other day aud reached the barn Nv time
tn ser his pony devouring the last of.a
brood of buf cocltius. lie tells this
story right IN the face. So To speak, OF
The circuit court now in session.
Henry Sulctr. In the camp ~ NJ. ".
| Gaines. south of Blsckiish siding. re-
Gently had "A thrilling experieiP.r with
Il mai COW. Walking through the
swamp. the crazpd beast attacked him
most furiously. and not wishing tn Kill
the annual. hr sent bullet through
the rabid CIV IS ears; this only served
u further eiIrare her, and the stint
and brave man. by the shelter of trees
and the u.s. of "A big club. after "A run.
ming Il chi OF t''re'~quarters of a mile,
e u led the II M beast.
1HE TINES taxes pleasure in snnoune.
ing that Robert l.. Arnold ~ a candidate
for recorder 0f Forrest City. lie has been
reared in this city. and needs no intro
luction at our hand. We wish to say
however. that h. has considerable of
flee experience. lie n A. present employed
il the circuit clerk- .fli.c. aud is fully
competent Ia discharge The duties at ;he
Office To which he aspire. His is a lauda
bic ambition. aud his personal popularity
| VIII make h u, strong fytlowing. He
asks fair consideration OF III. claims.
| Notwithstanding the inclemrn,
weather quite a crowd attended the
temperance talk Monday night. at The
Presbyterian church by Mrs. Alice
(! David. of Kansas. The Baptist cliuir
| furnished excellent music tor the &c.
| casion. After reading Of the scripture
and prayer by Rev. Bozrman. Mrs.
| David WAS introduced. who IN a very
pleasing manner outlined the object
| purposes 81 the w. &. Il. ". ana pro-
ce-ded 10 organize "A Union. meeting
| with agreeable success. The followin Y
are list of the officers Of the Forrest
City Unioa: Mrs. Otto Rollwage. pres
| ident; Mrs. j. NJ. Preweit, secretary;
| Mrs. r. Cummings. treasurer.
The arrival of the Italian ship Mae
caropi" nj the port of Madison last
week was the cause of rejoicing among
| the buttomi folks, and the question
now with Them is to whom ARE they in
debted Tor this resumption 0f foreign
commerce. Some claim the credit is
due To the contemplated "damming
and locking OF the ST. Francis river;
while others claim the same for the
scheme Of "leveeing and bridging" all
| the sloughs and bayous. BE this as il
may. il is no less the fact that a ship
from sunny Italy, ladened with fruits.
wires. oils. silks. etc. now lays at an
| chor at the port of Madison. Aud 4. :
aIIZIng thr Importance of this trade, in
anticipation Of "A brush with Spain. n
call should he made on the government
| for an appropriation for deienses along
the banks of the ST Francis This ~
ii rare chance for another candidate for
Congress.
A very interesting point was reached
| in the Thomas Case just afternoon
yesterday. 1t seems that twelve men
: had been selected 10 try The case. and
( had been sworn: but as AN extraordi-
nary precaution against mistral,
| the ciurt questioned the jurors Az ain
/ about having paid thrlr poll tax for
| 1894, wlIen II WAS discovered that Wi .
| Gnrley. one Of tue Jurors, WAS ia
doubt whether or not, tie had paid his
/ poll tax and he was sent III company
with al officer To his home at Madi
son 10 look for his receipt and satisfy
/ himself bry doubt whether he had
paid or not. Upon returning To the
court lie stated he had not paid lis
/ poll tax, and thereupon was discharged
and the court summoned another jn-
! ryman. Before answer could be mane,
! the counsel for defendant asked for
tlr discharge OF the prisoner. on the
plea al ''once in Jeopardy. PA spirited
argument resulted in whicl, the Judge
! took hand, and overruled the mo
/ tlon. stating that lit would give the
supreme court another chance, where
! upon the defense excepted, and the
| tedious work of selecting another JUNIOR
Was projected with. Some six or eight
men were excused before one could
f, be found who ''iilled the BILL" when
! the trial fsraepp1pd