The Forrest City times., 1896-11-20


grant lands in the northwest territory.
If Coxsuceeeds IN estabiishinr his con-
tentiOn the titles 20 the homes Of
about 10000 900 people in Illinois IN.
diana. Michigan. W scousin and Ohio
will be placed in jeopardy.
CHARLEY ALLEN. a negro. vas shot
70 death BY a mob near Mckenzie.
Tenn, for assaultiug white yiri.
IL the Vanderbilt eunessee football
game at Nashville. Tenn. on tie l4th.
a scrimmsge occurred between the
PLAYERS aud good many bruises we're
inflicted The university Of rennessee
team left the feld and the game went
10 Vanderbilt.
JAMES B. SPUREIER- printer at
6leuwoOd Springs. Col shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Miss Nina Cor
nell and slightly wonnded James Z.
Wilson, her escort, aud then sent
bullet through his own heart. Jeal-
ousy was the cause
The stable of Yrs. W E. D. Stokes
near Lexington. Nv. was DESTROYED by
fre aud Josie 2 the worlds record
pacing mare, ant SIX other valuable
horses were buried.
HENRY BT.AShISsTIP, the oldest man
in Kentucky. died at his home near
Fairview On the 18Th OF a compl ication
of Diseases. aged 30 years. He was
the father Of IS children. II Of whom
are stjU living. the eldest being past
so years Of are.
TIE barn and stable at Col Bon
Maddox's stock farm near Fort Worth.
Tex. were DESTROYED BY fire on the
18th. The loss was fully $50. 000. The
fire was said TO be of iucendiarv origin.
Nine Hue horses were burned 10 death
The barn vas the finest in Texas.
The final examination at London of
Edward J. ivory, alias Edward Bell.
the Saloonkeeper OF New York and al
legged Irish dvnamiter, was sensation
al. the principal witness against him
being Jones' British spv who had
gained admittauce 70 secret Irish So
cieties N America and also possessed
the secrets Of tae Clau-ua-tfaei associa-
ton. ivory was formally committed for
trial
OFFICIALS Of the war department
denied without qualification the story
q
18th to the effect that the deoartment
had called on railroad companies for
rates for the transportation of traops
and war materials from the west TO
gulf ports.
An express train on the Louisville Il
Nashville railroad, was wrecked near
Montgomery, Ala, by train robbers,
who had torn up n rail and fast ened it
out of line. Two mail cars the bag
gage car aud two first-ciass coaches
were shattered, but only three persons
were seriously injured Bioodhounds
were set on the trail of the wreckers.
who failed 10 get any money, out no
clew was obtained
A SPECIAL dispatch to the Chicago
inter Ocean from Washington on the
18th said that the war department had
called on the leading trunk line roads
running TO Kew West, New Orleans
aud the other gulf Duros Tor an imme-
date statement Of their capacity 10
move troops. supplies and heavy war
material. Caution as 10 secrecy was
imposed on all roads called on for IN
formation.
A FIGHT occurred in saloon in
Leadville, Col. at an early hour on the
18th in which five men were stab ed
and one at least viii die Fifteen or
20 men were engaged in the affair.
which was an outcome Of the miners
strike, the strikers calling some Aus
trian miners seahs.
FANNY sCH0FIRLD, a country girl 3
years old, has been lodged in the e0un-
ty jail at Oswego, N. T., on the charge
of administering arsenic 10 two small
children Of Albert F cid, Of Co.ose,
whose hired girl she was
THB magnates composing the West
eru Base a. league went into session
a late hour on the 18th at Chicago
Ban Johnson was reelected president
and the old board Of directors We're re-
tanned. To was agreed to keep Column
bus and Grand Rapids n the league for
another year. TIE schedule committees
viii meet n yankee in March 70
arranEe the schedule Of games for the
com II season.
THE Western Freight association has
an horned all roads in the association
% reduce Minnesota rates on potatoes.
/ The cut caused hood in the potato
market at Chicago on the ETH which
brought out blockade ia the
FREIGHT yards there.
TIE Chicago manual training school
was destroyed By fire on the .sth 1t
was one Of the best equipped inst tn
tions of its Kind n the country. Loss.
5000; fully insured.
WALL street recently went into hvs-
terics over rumor that Cornelius Van
der6ilt had died suddenly at MS home
in New York Upon invest ga5ion the
rumor proved tn De untrue,
THE United Daughters Of the Con
federacy in session at Nash vile Tim.
selected Baltimore Nd. as the next
place Of meeting. The officers elected
were: Mrs Fitzhugh Lee. 81 Lynch
burg Va, president; Mrs John P.
Hickman, % Nashville, Tenn. record
/ ing secretary; Mrs J. Jefferson Thorn
as, OF Atlanta, Ga. treasurer. Kiss
I Kate Mary Roland. Of Virginis .or.
responding seere tary-
Mas GRACE TAYLOR. aged =. was
found dead On the Burlington tracks
al Bushnell HI She was Respondent
I because Of fam 2 trotl b Is artt il WIS