The Forrest City times., 1897-09-24
.CURR ENT TOPICS.
THE JEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

to an estate of $500. 900 in staffordshire, England.
 ON the 10th Secretary Gage left Washington for Chicago, to remain until about October TO-
 THOMAS A. AND WILLIAM E. JACKSON, ex-confederate soldiers, and brothers. who got separated in the h:ttle of Chickanauga and have not met since, each believing the other dead will have 8 reunion in Nashville. Tenn, soon.
 THERE is visiting in Hartford. Conn.,, . young African. black as midnight and deaf and dumb. who claims to be a Hebrew. He writes Hebrew and Loschen khodish with great huency. i Loschen khodish is the language of the books of Moses. and is only used | by highly-educated Hebrews. WoRKMEN engaged in digging an ex- cavation under the Trumbull Conn. church. on the 18th. unearthed a petri- fled giant eight feet in height and built in proportion. Local experts say the mummy must have been l50 years old. It was found in bed of quick sand, 20 feet beneath the surface. WEYLER's hatred of Evangelina Cis- neros has been intensified by the agita- ton in the American press in her favor. and he will now attempt to demonstrate that his course was right by proving, ] through perjured witnesses. that Evan gelina was guilty of the crime of incit- | ing insurreetion.
 i A CYCLONE passed over the vicinity of Ceunentville, Ind. on the i6th. Its path. which was about four miles wide, is marked by demolished buildings and ] fallen telegraph poles. Conside ra ble damage was done to growing crops. Several people were slightly injured. AT the cabinet meeting on the l7th. 1t was decided to send company of in- fantry to Alaska as soon as possible to preserve order there.
 DANIEL kAUFFnER. tanner, of New ark, \. J., was instantly killed by a drill engine on the Pennsylvania rail- way on the 17th.
 | IT showed in western Kansas on the l7th.
 1 A TERRIFIC wind storm passed over the state fair grounds at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 10th, blowing down trees. overturning tents and killing two per sons, one baby i'll its mothers arms One horse was killed by falling tree, and the storm spread general couster- nation and created panic in the | grand stand.
 A TELEGRAM has been received at the state department confirming the pre- ss reports of tine capture by insurgents of the government position at Quezalte u- ango Guatemala.
 REPORTS received in Caracas from all the departments of Venezuela confirm the election of Senor Andrade, liberal, as president The vote was almost unanimous for him, and the liberals largely increased their majority in con- gress. President Crespo denies that the government interfered in the cleo tion, as has been charged.
 ANULFo ARROYO, who, on the 10th, assaulted President Diaz of Mexico. was | lynched at night by mob of common | people. About twenty of the lynchers were arrested.
 THE post office inspectors at Denver, Col, believe that they have unearthed scheme to defraud the govern mel t. Postal cards, supposed to be counter. 1 felt, have been found in the Denver mails, and arrests are likely to follow. It is said that the cards have been sold in large quantities.
 AFTER 75 years of vain search in which one man lost his reason, anoth- CT his life, and half dozen their for tunes, the long missed silver mines oi Clark river, in Kentucky, are said tc have been located As consequence the people in that part of the country are searching for riches.
 FIFTEEN new cases of yellow fever developed on the 17th in Edwards Miss; nine at New Orleans and seven Ocean Springs. There was one death at New Orleans. Exodus from the in. fected districts to the north and east continued. Quarantine was declared by number of towns that previously had taken no action, and quarantiues already established were strengthened
 IT is stated that the grain dealers oi Manitoba have formed a combine by which the dealers, millers and grain syndicates will keep down the price oi wheat. It is also asserted that the 1 ohhho nave JoiutQ Ill ana agreed not t( assist any buyer who does not join the syndicate.
 AN engineer on the Seattle X Inter national railroad recently sent two prospectors into the Mount Baker re zion, in Washington, to get samples ot ore. When he reached Sumas, on the 10th, he received samples and had them assayed. They ran So, 300 to the ton, and he deserted his engine and took to the woods.
 THE great Dismal Swamp of Virginis and North Carolina, covering an area oi perhaps 400 square miles, was reported atire, from one end to the other, on the 17th, the result of an unprecedented drought and excessively hot weather
 THE records of the coroner's office of Cook county, ILL, show an unusua number of suicides during the weel ending on the 18th. No less than | persons ended their lives by variou, means HanpinU and 1rinl,inu oor