The Forrest City times., 1898-05-20
OTHERWISE UNNOTICEr

A shortage spf s4oo has been found in the Neeleyvilie CNo.) post office.
 Mir and Mrs J. c. Nuelsen ceie- brated their golden wedding at St. Louis.
 call has been issued for Missouri populist state convention in St. Louis, July :.
 Immense orders for provisions for the army keep the St. Louis whoiesal. CTS busy.
 Oscar Serval. . prominent business man of Lebanon, Mo, was killed in runaway accident.
 The middle-of-the-road populists will meet in Omaha, Jane l3, three days be- fore the other populists meet.
 All shipments to South American ports from St. Louis have been aban- doned on account of the war.
 The St Louis grand jury failed to re- turn any indictments against the al- legged municipal mbly bribers
 The president may issue bonds un- der the existing law if the senate de- lays action on the war revenue bill.
 The department of agriculture's spe- cial weekly report of the condition of crops says that the prospect is inn proved.
 Mcager news has been received of a cyclone in Nebraska Tuesday after noon- Albion. Wood River and other towns suffered.
 The Ohio naval militia refused to en- list save as body. As result 400 seamen have been ordered from Hi nois instead of 200.
 Ambassador Hay, at London. reports that Mir. and Mrs. McGrew were not among the missionaries killed in Afri- ca short time since
 At the populist state convention at Springfield, H., the fusion element bolted- The middle-of-the-roaders nom- mated state ticket.
 Judge Wilson, of Seattle, Wash. and James Wesley, of Tacoma. have arrived from Dawson City, bringing 500 letters and sll ,ooo in gold dnst
 A Jewish lodge at Louisville. Xiv. resolves to pay its members who join the army, assist their families, and AcSp lhein Ill gOOu stanQlng.
 Dr. Edwin Brant Frost, of Dartmouth college will become a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago at the beginning of the next school year.
 The earl of Kimberly said in the British parliament that alliance with the United States should not be ex- pected, such consummation being a remote possibility.
 Gov. Holcomb of Nebraska has issued commission to W. J. Bryan, permit ting him to organize a third regiment of Nebraska volunteers, whose services will be rendered to the president
 As soon as the 125,0O0 volunteers called for by the president are in the field, thoroughly equipped and organ ized, the president, it is said, will is- sue call for 25 5,ooo colored troops
 At Huey, H., burglar broke into a store, was arrested and taken to Car lyle, indicted by the grand jury, plead guilty, was sentenced to the peniten- tsary, and started for there, all in l2 hours
 In the mountains near South Pitts burg, Tenn, Deputy Sheriff William Raulston was fatally shot by Charles Russell. whom he was attempting to arrest on a charge of passing counter felt money.
 The volunteer army is rapidly near ing completion. Reports received by Adjt. Gen. Corbin, up to the night of the l7th, showed that 92 ,5so men had been mustered in. Eighteen states had completed their quotas.
 Capt. Leutz, commanding the United states steamer Alert, now at San Diego, Cal, reports that there are two Span ish gun boats of about 150 tons at Quay aquil, Ecuador, and that they have been there much longer than neutral ity laws allow.