The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-12-04
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

wealthy citizen, hanged himself.
Tom Watson says that he is ont Of
politics and refuses TO talk for pnbiica.
ton.
Hon. Thos. d. Reed. it is said. NAV
have to fight for reelection as speaker
of the house.
Nj. heene has been appointed post
master at Atlanta, ILL.,, vice John w.
Barr, removed.
The fifteenth council of the Union
American Hebrew congregations is in
session at Louisville, XIV.
Tuesday witnessed the heaviest de.
livery of wheat in the history OF the
81. Louis merchants exchange.
The pension appropriation bill prob.
ably Will be reported to the house tho
hrst or second day of the session.
The presidents message is practical,
ly completed, with the exception OF
that part touching Gu ban affairs.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher fell Mt he,
daughters home in Stamford. Conn.
and was SO badly hurt that she is con.
fined to her bed
Tom Moriarity, while en- route to his
home, 4 few miles from Natchez. Miss.
was waylaid and assassinated, being
shot off his horse on the roadside.
/ Joseph +. Johnston. of Birmingham.
was inaugurated governor of Ala
| bama, to succeed William C. Oates.
Rain married, to some extent, the exer.
/ rises.
A successful test of the new electric
| apparatus for inflicting the death pen.
Atty was made at the Ohio penitentiary
! ut Columbus, the subject being IS.
! year-old horse.
/ One of the legal advisers of the Astor
amlly authorizes the denial of the re-
/ ported engagement of Mrs. Charlotte
/ astor Drayton to George Haig, of Lon
Ion and Dublin.
Nathan Lampson, the man who, dur.
ing the Indian outbreak in Minnesota
1864, killed Little Crow, the famous
sioux chieftain, died at Browns Val.
ey, Mimi, aged 90.
The comparative statement of the
receipts and expenditures of theUnited
States shows that during Novem Der.
| 1896 the total receipts were S25. PIC. 696.
and the expenditures Sa2, POO, 700.
| The Cincinnati cham Der of commerce
passed resolution petitioning con-
/ Eress to create "A new cabinet position,
That OF commerce and manufactures,
to be presided over by secretary.
| Thomas Fraz er, a saloon keeper of
Lebanon, o., gave himself up TO the
! police at Cincinnati, saying he was the
man who stole the tray of diamond
rings from Oakamp's iewelry store.
Thomas L. Fenlon, of Leavenworth,
kas., well-known attorney. was
stricken with paralysis while arguing
case in the supreme court at Topeka
His right side was paralyzed and his
speech affected
A medal OF honor has been awarded
to John ). Durham, of Kansas City,
kas., late sergeant Co. +, First Wis
| consin infantry volunteers, for distin-
guished gallantry in action at the bat
tie of Perryville, Ky, Octob Der 8, So2
Thieves entered E. C. Benedict's hem
merry at Green ich, Conn, and stole %
choice Leghorn chickens. Commodore
Benedict has offered a reward for the
capture of the thieves. His chicken
farm is soft spot with the commo-
dore.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that on
November 20 the amount of national
bank notes in circulation was S235. 3I2,-
103, au increase for the month of S4l4.-
446, and for the last IL months of S2l,-
440, 901.
Judge w. l.. Cundiff, of Enid Okla.
has been committed 20 the territorial
insane asylum, having become vio-
lently insane over politics. Cnndiff
formerly lived in Nebraska, and made
the speech that first nominated Bryan
for congress
The Chicago Tribune says: Within
less than month temple dedicated
to Confucus is to be opened by the
Chinese residents of Chicago in a down
town hall, and missionary campaign
against Christianity is to be begun by
the Celestials.
Sheriff Melching uncovered plot to
blow up the county Jail at Fort Wayne,
Ind, with dynamite. The leader in
the plot was John Riley. alias j. f.
Butler, a Chicago thief, against whom
jury last week returned a verdict of
ten years in prison.
The mammoth don ble-deck, double
track steel bridge between Davenport,
Ia, and Rock Island arsenal, jointly
owned by the government and the
Rock Island road. was opened Tues
day. 1t replaces the old steel bridge
erected % years ago.
The house of Henry Hewitt, farm
err living in Campbell county, Tenn,
near Pioneer, was burned to the
ground, and with it persisted his 13-
year-old daughter. The fire, which
was of incendiary origin, was not dis
covered until the roof was falling.
MUST GO 10 Prison.