The Forrest City times., 1897-03-05
MADISON TIMES.


 tow of barges for the Mccoy Lumber Co. of Helena.
 Miss Cliff Nash, of Forrest City. daugh- ter of our townsman A. N. Nash. was the guest of Mrs. II. H. Divine last Sunday.
 George Apple came up from Helena on the Zip Mccoy, Tuesday, and stopped of here.
 Mrs. W. A. McBee has been suffering intensely for the past week with a rising In the palm of her right hand.
 The Spring term Of the public school will open next Monday.
 l.. II. McGulfie. road master on the old Madison and Forrest City road, with his corps Of assistants, did some excellent work last Friday and Saturday. The road is in first-claSs condition now.
 Captain A. White is loading a barge with slaves for the New Orleans market.
 II. $. Evans, the custodian Of the l. $. snag boat, is spending q few days with his parents at Dardanelle. Captain Henry Mayer is ih his place.
 Albert Cobb, coIored, proprietor of the ionsorial parlOr, Is erecting a bakery on Main street We wish himabundant sue. cess and may his bread be such that i. will be eagerly sought after by tue best people of the town.
 pr. Evans. of Dardaneil.. brother of II. 5. Evans, Of Dardanelle, is here seeking a location. He comes wei recommended and we hope that be will decide to locate in Madison, for we Know Of no better b. cation any where for good physician.
 w. A. Melee has opened blacksmith and general repair shop in Madison. He is tlrst-class mechanic and doubtless will get liberal share of patronage.
 The White River Slave company shipped thirty cars, containing A54 500 slaves, dur. ing the months of January and February. last. Their receipts have been unusually large, both by rail and river.
 Wheeler & Co. received fifteen cars of logs this week and shipped two cars of lumber.
 A. NJ. Nash is saving a nice let of cypress lumber now.
 F. Nj. Clancy was in the Bluff City Monday.
 M. N. Gaines came down on the even- ing train Saturday and returned to For rest City on the next train. We heard of young beau saying that it was an aeei. dent that caused him 10 be in Madison. Sunday. It seems 10 us that that is rather queer name for young lady.
 Ed Berry's gin narrowly escaped burn ing at an early hour Monday morning. The fire was discovered by John Bell. who had come from Forrest City on the early train; he gave the alarm ana soon a large crowd gathered and by heroic efforts and the aid of fire extinguisher the flames were soon subdued. The origin of the fire is mystery, but it is supposed that tramps sleeping there accidentally set it. If 1t had burned the loss would have been great, as it would have burned the depot, two box cars and about thirty bales of cotton which were on the plat form and would have endangered several other buildings. The loss was small and will not exceed twenty-five dollars.
 We have heard of freaks and we seen them, but the record was broken here Tuesday night during the thunder storm. Lightning in some myterious way struck the inside of Ed Berry's store house with. out doing any injury to the building on the outside. The wall is ceiled and papered and the lightning came through where a nail was driven in the wall melted the head off tue nail and scorched the paper sbout the size of half dollar. IL then played hide and seek" with cof- fee pots, tin buckets and other articles that were on the top shelf; 1t then came through the shelf, etruck some stove pipe elbows that We suspended to the wall by means of wire, melting the wire and making holes in the elbows about a half inch in diameter. It then passed down the canned goods department unsolderlng about forty cans of corn. oysters, baking powder, etc, and thence to kraut barrel that was under the shelf and burnt the cloth that was over it, and went out be- tween the floor and ceiling and through the wall on the outside, melting another mai and splitting plank for about a foot. and went into the ground under the edge of the house. The damage was inconsid erable.
 NIT. Copp, of Illinois, nephew Of Capt. ]. G. Stern, arrived here the first of the week. He and his mother will occupy the house recently vacated by F. NJ. Chaney.
 T. l.. Humphrey was forced 10 employ an assistant to enable him to fill the many orders for plow stocks that he is receiving.
 The guage shows lS.4 feet and a 9-l0 rise in 24 hours.
 We failed to learn what stage of water