The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06

THE reu,nt hot winds have ruined many thousand acres of promising corn in central and eastern Kansas. Hun dreds of fields which promised a yield of 30 bushels an acre have been parched by the intense heat.
 OFFICERS of the steamer Miowera, just arrived at Vancouver, B. c, say that Honolulu harbor is dotted with British, Japanese and United States warships, and that condition of un- rest pervades the people of the city.
 SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN, serior member of the foreign affairs commit- tee on the democratic side, is going to Hawaii for the purpose of making personal examination of the conditions of those islands.
 TIE crews of the 40 hfe-saving sta tions of the United States government stretching along the New Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May. went on duty, on the 1st, after being out of service since May 31.
 TIE congress of Nicaragua was for mally opened, on the 2d, by President Zelaya. In his address to the house he said that Nicaragua was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the United States engineer commission which is to survey the route for the marine ca nal from the Atlantic to the Pacific across Nicaragua.
 OS the Ed United States Senator M. S. Quay, of Pennsylvania, announced his intention of making an early trip to the Hawaiian islands. to- make a careful study of the country, its pros- poets, and the advantag or disadvan- tages which will accrue to this country through annexation.
 Two MEN. known as Henry Duff and J. H. Edgar, whom the police believe to have been noted crooks, foug Int a duel in a small room in Denver Col lodging house on the 2d. Duff was instantly killed and Edgar was fatally wounded. W
 THE Chinese water course, con- monly known as the West river, has finally been opened to trade and com merce as far westward as Woo-Chang- Flu. popularly known as Ny-Chan, which has been made a treaty port.
 REV. HENRY DAY, D. D.. widely known throughout the Baptist church as preacher and editor. died on the Ed, of paralysis, at his home in Indianapo- lis, Ind. He was born at Westfield, Mass, in ISIS.
 IN addition to the rich gold fields Alaska is said to contain a lake of almost pure petroleum which recent assays report to be of incalculable rich ness.
 THE Hammond Edge Tool Co.,, at Ogontz, a suburb of Philadelphia, re- sumed operations, on the Ed. after a shutdown of two months. About one hundred hands are employed.
 A SMALL tornado passed through the northern part of Greene county, la, on the 2d, sweeping away barns, houses and stacks of grain. Several persons are reported slightly injured.
 ON the 2d Acting General Merritt appointed J. P. Green, a colored politician of Cleveland, O.. as United States postage stamp agent. Green immediately qualified.
 AN extensive robbery of art works and other articles of great value took place at the Vaud cannonal museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, on the 2d
 WORK was resumed, on the 2d, at the Bohemian branch of Wheaton & Co.'s glass works, Melville, N J.
 ALL departments of the Cleveland O. rolling mill opened on the 2d. About ?. 900 men were given work
 BALL BROS, of Muncie, Ind, amo np the largest fruit jar manufacturers in the world. are preparing to introducs machines for blowing fruit jars.