The Forrest City times., 1896-09-18

There is considerable silly talk on the
streets about the Wolf. Coffmap affair.
Conman was not 4 prisoner AZ the time
OF TIE dIfiicultv. or at any other time.
literally speaking. Ii seems To have
been personal matter between the
men, aud both are much to blame.
The following leaguers of Wynne Mt.
tended the devotional meeting of the
Epworth League on Tuesday night.
sept. 3: Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Misses
Smothers. Lancaster, Griffin, SDowden,
Smothers and Wells; Messrs. Brewer
Snowden and Dezron. They seemed
very much pleased with the League and
the reception which they received. We
hope they will come again.
Hon. Frederick Kramer, treasurer
OF all the grand Masonic bodies cf Ar.
Kansas died ut Colorado SPRINGS, Colo.
last week. and the funeral was held mt
his home in Little Rock Sunday, under
the auspices Of the Grand Cousmand-
cry, knights Tempar. The following
Sir knights and ladies of this city at.
tended Geo. p. Taylor. L. Rollwage
and daughter, Miss Minnie. Ellis Tur.
ley and wife. Capt. james Russell, and
several members of Apollo Comman-
derry No. II, who reside at Mariana
and other points.
In an apparent vacant spot In the
cemetery the grave diggers were dig
glng grave for the reception of
corpse, and when they reached "A short
distance IN the earth the pickaxe struck
u coffin and the point OF the implement
lmpaled the skull of n buried body.
The number of forgotten graves makes
IL almost impossible to find place to
dig grave without encroaching on
someone's last resting place. The Gem.
etery Is nothing more than n pasture
for stray cattle, and the echo of the
footsteps OF the mourners barely die
away ere the emblems OF love and re-
spect grace the horns of some bovine,
ane the hogs scatter the mound.
Among the pleasant memories of
life are the annual bivouac of compa-
MES and regiments of the late confed.
crate states army. Since the closing
of the war no company has met with
more regularity than company "C.n
Ninth Tennessee infantry, enlisted at
Covington. Its members make it n
DUTY to attend. coming from all over
the country. Their next reunion will
"a, and Forrest City will be represented
by >. T.. Sweet who was an honored
member of the company and bears rec
ord of his bravery in the loss of an
arm, lie will be accompanied by his
family.
j, There is more Catarrh In this sec.
ton Of the country than Ill other dis
, eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed TO be incura-
! bic. For great many years doctors
pronounced it IL local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurahle. Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be a. con-
stitutiOnal disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarph Cure, manufactured by +. J.
Cheney & CO., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the. system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case, it fails to cure.
Send for circulars aid testimonials.
! Address +. J. CHENEY &. Co,
Toledo, o. Sold by all druggists, 75c.
An early morning scrap" between
John Bryant and John Hudson was
pulled off Sunday morning a short dis
lance west of town, in which stick
and pistol figured to the extent of
putting one of the contestants in the
grave-the other in the county Jail.
The principles have been occupying
the SANG house and the difficulty lead
ing to the tragedy arose over the ques-
tiOn of furnishing wood and water for
the culinary department. Hot words
soon entered into the solution of the
question. whereupon Hudson ordered
| Bryant from the house, emphasizing
his command by the use of stick upon
the body Of Bryant, who drew pistol
and fired fatal shot, which took effect
in the breast Of Hudson. causing death
/ in few moments. Officers were at
once notified and started for the scene
but met Bryant coming into town to
surrender himself. He was brought to
town and locked up. The above ac-
count is substantially the result of the
c1roner's inquest. Both parties are
cOlored
inOk nnt