The Forrest City times., 1896-10-09
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.


 A i5-year-old white girl named Lat ta' of Guthrie, Okla, eloped with Franl, Lewis, negro
 Neal Gross, colored brakeman was Killed near Tcxarllana. Ark. while endeavoring to set brake
 Fire at Stanberry, Mo deStrovad iour business houses, entailing a loss ot 5000; insurance, &, 400
 white man camping out with negroes near Liberty, Mo. was taken out by whitecaps and severely whip- ped.
 The third annual Spokane fWasb1 Fruit fair opened Tuesday, and will continue for ten days.
 Every department of the Indiana iron works at Muncie has resumed giving employment to over 800 men.
 WI nile stealing a ride on an Iron Mountain freight train at St Louis. Joseph Leonard, a painter, fell between the cars, and his right foot was cut of.
 John Adams, of Meridian. Miss. shot and killed Matthew Robinson, during quarrel. The murderer and his vic tim were each but l6 years of age.
 cyrus Wirt, wealthy resident of Elkhart, Ind, who was 75 years of age and settled there in 1850. fell dead in his yard from heart disease.
 The body of Felix Delmonte the coachman who shot his employer. George Sheldon, at Houghton, Mich. was recovered oy dragging from Port age lake
 The regular Iowa democ ratic state committee has practically given up the light against allowing the gold ticket to go on the Australian ballot.
 At Berger, Mo, Joseph Mossmann. shoe merchant committed suicide by hanging.
 MT. and Mrs. William J. Cole, resi- dets of Rockford, Ill.,, for 5z years. celebrated their sixty-tifth wedding anniversary Twesday night.
 MT. and Mrs. F. l.. Calkins eele- brated their golden wedding at Rock ford, H., Tuesday.
 James Bryne, aged 60 years, a porter. while attempting to cross the Missouri Pacific railroad tracks, in the western part of St. Louis, was struck by a train and fatally injured.
 Rev. W. P. Cummings, the oldest minister in the county, died at Rock viile, Ind, aged S5 years. He had mar ried more persons and preached more funeral discourses than any other dozen men in the county.
 The grand jury, at Sedalia, Mo, in- dicted Alonzo Rembaugh, son of a prominent miller, for murder in the first degree for the killing of his youngest brother, Harvey, last April.
 The British steamer Cayo Romano arrived at Havana, having in tow the new armed launch Dependiente, bought in England to reinforce the Spanish coast guard service in Cuba.
 It is reported that a terribly disas- trous fire has occurred at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and that l5 squares of the town have been destroyed, including the most important and valua ble edi- fees in it.
 George Fred Williams has declined the nomination for governor of Mas sachusetts on the ticket chosen by the faneuil hall faction of the democratic party.
 James Lamont, claiming to be bar Der of St Charles, Mo, who was in jail at Fort Scott, kas., charged with attempting to mnrder three policemen, broke jail by saving off three steel bars.
 Michaels' university at Logansport. Ind, was burned to the ground Tues day. eutailing loss of S50.OOO, with 1000 insurance. The eD0 students escaped. but lost most of their cloth ing and considerable money.
 The New York court of appeals handed down n decision in the Gould tax case. upholding the commissioner of taxes of New York city in assessing the personal property of the Gould family at slO, ,OOO. .00O and levying taxes on that basis.
 Gus Burnett, the noted Kentucky turfman, and Mrs. Carrie Ricke. both of Paducah, eloped to Metropolis, III. A young brother of the groom and a younger sister of the bride were mar ried at the same place in the same way last May.
 PostmaSter-General Wilson has is- sued an order prohibiting such notices as Please send out" or Please post up" being placed on the wrappers of third-class mail matter Such notices will subject the matter to drst-class rates.
 The police of Litchfield, ILL. found an immense lot of stolen goods in a vacant lot, consisting of groceries, harness, wheat, guns, a violin, school books, lap robes, etc. A man named Jerry Choteau was arrested. He con fessed his guilt and gave away the gang.
 Mrs Mary Shreve Ransom. the rich est woman in Louisville, Ky, has two political bets. One is wager of $500 that Col W. C. F. Breckinridge will be returned to congress from the Ash land district The other is bet of Sl 900 that Mckinley will be the next president.
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