The Forrest City times., 1897-01-08

No MORE revenue cutters are avail a. ble for service in connection with the neutrality and navigation laws. The Forward, the Me Lean and the Winona are stationed along the Florida coast from Tampa, on tine west to Cape Florida. on the east The Boutwell,, at Jacksonville; the Colfax. at Charles ton. and the Morrill,, at Wilmington, are also assigned to that duty.
 PHILIP DUNCAN ELKINs, father of United States Senator Stephen E. E,kins. died, on the 3d, at the sena- tors residence, "Halliehurst, at Elkins, W. Va. Mir. Eikins was aged s7 years, having been born m Fauquier county, Va, July f. 1909. He was colonel in the confederate army.
 THERE were exported from the United States during the past year bicycles to the amount of S3, 100000. Of this amount Sl. 200, GOO went to Great Brit ain; S220,000 to Germany; SEQ, OO0 to France, and S5l5, 900 to British North America. Bicycles to the amount of s35, GOO were shipped to Africa, and war-stricken Cuba purchased 5000 worth.
 ON the 2d the associated banks of cess of the requirements of the p5- percent rule.
 CLARENCE Cook, city editor of the Fort Wayne Gnd.) Sentinel, was run down by an electric car on the evening of the 3d. His right arm was so badly crushed that it was amputated at the elbow.
 HoN. J. J. DAVIDSON, of Beaver, Pa, the well-known repu blican congress- man-elect for the Twenty-fifth district, died on the night of the 2d at Phoenix, Ariz., where he had gone in the hope of improving his health.
 THE Berlin Tageblatt asserts that France and Russia have agreed to in- tervene at Washington to prevent breach between the United States and Spain.
 OFFICERS on searching the farm of Joseph Robelier. near Bryan, Okla, found two .arge caves filled with wa gon loads of stolen goods, including blows, harrows and other tools, chairs, ta bles, carpets, books, stoves and scores of other articles, many of which were identified by neighbors as hav- ing been stolen from them during the past three years.
 JUSTICE MITCHELL in the supreme court of Pennsylvania, on the 4th, rendered an opinion reversing the yer dict of Si5, ,000 for libel which was found in the common pleas court against the Philadelphia Times and in favor of ex Mayor William B. Smith, of Philadelphia. A new trial was granted the Times.
 THE correspondents of the Madrid newspapers, the Imparcial, Heraldo and Cores spondencia, now in Havana, have received orders from their respect i've offices to proceed to the island of Porto Rico at the beginning of the month of March and there await in- structions
 THE Wyoming state general hospi- tai at Rock Springs was burned to the ground on the 4th. The ten patients were removed, but one. woman, died from fright while being taken to the temporary quarters; loss, S45, ,00o, with S15, GOO insurance.
 MINISTER TAYLOR it is said, informed Secretary Olney several days ago that the authorities at Madrid were on the point of relieving Gen. Weyler of his command in Cuba and of appointing as his successor Capt Gen. Rivera.
 SIR HENRY ST. JoHN HALFoRD, BART, W ho was the captain of the Brit ish rifle team which visited the United States number of years ago, died in London. on the 4th, in the sixty-ninth year of his age.