The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
REPORT OF TIE GRAND JURY.
 March Term. 1897, St. Francis County Circuit Court.

St. Francis County Circuit Court. To the Hon. II, N. Hatton, Judge, pre- siding:
 We, the Grand Jury. respectfully sub
 nit the following report:
 ] We have Eeen in session eight days. i during which time we have examined 1 lllty-nine witnesses and from their eyi- Gence we have returned seventeen true
 bills. eleven of which were felonies and six for misdemeanors.
 Our entire body examined the jail. and found it in a good sanit;r; oondi
 ton. We also found that the prisoners confined therein are treated as we'll as people in their unfortunate condition could be.
 A committee from our body visited the places in Forrest City where poi sons are sold and reported that the proper records were kept for same
 A committee from our body visited the poorhouse and reported as follows: We. your committee to examine the county poorhouse of St. Franels county Deg leave to report as follow: We iound SIX Inmates. five colored aud one white, two of whom are lnsane-4,ne woman and the other a boy, both col 0red. We found one girl paralyzed from the waist down. She says she had not had any medical attention for d year. We found one old man with q sore leg. and think he needs regular medical attention. We found one old woman who has rheumatism and phthisis. The white man has dropsy, and has been there only one week. They all say they are very well fed and cared for, except ihe paralyZed girl, {, who thinks she would do better if sbe had better variety of food. The keep CT, MT. lizard, tells us tbat there has not been any physician to see the pau perS since lie has had them this time, and thinks It very necessary to have one occasionally; says he has repeated ly applied to the county judge for one As far as We could see. he house was kept as well as We could expect. We find that the magistrates of the county have made their reports as re- quired by law.
 From the reports of the road over seers We find sOme of the roads in bad condition, bn account of there being so much water that they could not be pro- perly worked. Among these reports we find reports from parties whom the records do not show to be overseers, The records also fail to show that anv of the parties who have recently been | appointed road oyerseers have been no- i tiGed of their appointment, and we would suggest that the records be cor rected up to date.
 Tine committee from our body who examined the county records reported | that they found the same kept in bu- slness like manner. s Our body having been repeatedly re- qnested to express thelr preference as to a court houSe site, took d vote on same after having discussed the matter, the vote was in favor of the lot owned by the county, joining, the jail lot
 Fourteen being ln favor and two against same.
 Owing to the amount of scrip al- ready outstanding which necessitates the charging of very high prices for all public work done by contractors, we would recommend to our public officials to be very careful about involving the county deeper in debt.
 Having completed all business wli:h we have had under consideration, we
 would respectfully. ask your honor to discharge us from further services. We desire to return our thanks to the Eol II. N Hutton, judgt; Jno. T.
 Hicks, prosecuting attorney; ". E. Williams, sheriff; G. B. Mallory, clerk and all other officials for courtesies shown us and assistance rendered ill the discharge of our duties.
 J. Nj. NICHOLS, Foreman. ! w. 5. HEMENwAY, Clerk.