The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-11-04
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

There are ten state tickets In the
Geld i'm Colorado.
A big strike of Joliet QIl.) steel
workers is said to be impending.
A diabolical attempt topoison fam
tly was unearthed at Paducah, Ky.
Texas has raised its quarantine
against Mississippi and Louisiana.
M. G. b. Stubblefield. circuit clerk
of Scott county, Mo-, died of heart dis
ease.
The old Mountjoy homestead at AL
ton, Ky, was burned, causing a loss of
81 900.
The saw mill of the Ozan Lumber
Co. at Prescott, Ark, was destroyed
by fire; loss, $4,000.
Charles w. Few, wealthy and prom
inent citizen and an old soldier, died
very suddenly at Delavan, Ill.
Colored soldiers are said to be be-
coming engaged to Cuban girls with
the expectation of settling in the is
land.
Baptist minister at Paducah. Ky..
was tried by his brethren for kissing a
l5-year-old girl. He asked pardon, and
was forgiven.
j. Bruce Shearer, one of the most
prominent dry goods merchants of
Lawrence, Kas., died at his home of
acute pneumonia.
William Galloway, well-known cit
izen of kewanee, ILL.,, was struck by a
freight train, and died from his in
Juries in five minutes. He was ~
years old.
John Mcdaniel, aged 80, while drill
ing coal the Lumaghi mine, near Col
linsville, ILL.,, was badly burned on the
face, chest and arms by premature
explosion.
John Brown, ~ years old, farmer
of Richardton, N. d., lost $4,000 in
cash in negro resort at ST. Louis.
The money was the result of the sale
of his farm.
M. L. Eppstein, manager of the
opera house at Denison, Tex. has been
arrested for giving Sunday perform
ances. The warrant was sworn out by
ministers of the gospel.
Gov. Jones of Arkansas has offered
reward of $3.50 for the arrest and
conviction of the unknown parties
who killed William King, merchant
of Gregory, on October 81.
A member of the Spanish peace CON-
| mission at Paris authorizes the state
ment that the terms imposed by the
United States in regard to the Phil
ippines will be rejected
Samuel Waddell and wife of Chilli
Gothic, Mo-, were bound over to the
grand jury on a charge of criminal
neglect, causing the death of Mrs
Waddell's six-year-old daughter.
AT Fayette, Ark, Rev. William In
gram died at the advanced age of So
years. He was one of the oldest
preachers in Arkansas, and was known
over the largest portion of the state.
Gov. Tanner of Illinois has honored
requisltion for the extradition OF
George Debaum and John Haggin, un.
der arrest at Decatur, ILL.,, and wanted
In Vlgo county, Ind, for grand larceny.
At Brazil, Ind, as Charles Bachelor
was cleaning his shotgun, it was acct.
dentaliy discharged, and the contents
lodged in his ten-year-old brothers
right side and thigh, wounding him
fatally.
A proclamation has been issued nv
Gov. Tanner of Illinois Offering a re-
ward of $500 for the arrest of Joe FL
lius, wanted at Heenanville for the
murder of Thomas Sheehan. on Octo-
Der %.
The Transmississippi and Interna-
tlonal exposition at Omaha closed
Monday at midnight. The closing
hours of the enterprise were the most
brilliant in the history of the five
months exhibit.
DIR. Hugh Wilson, a prominent phy.
siclan, was shot and probably fatally
wounded by posse at Warwick. Ga.
in an attempt to escape apprehension
on charge Of completely in a sensation
al insurance fraud.