The Forrest City times., 1899-07-28
PALESTINE TIMES.

Crops are looking nicely since the rains
 The heavy wind on last Friday night blew down great quantity of our corn. but we hope it is not damaged to any gieat extent.
 The extensive rains washed up the grad ing here very badly last week in some places. but we hope the contractors will come out all right in their undertakings. The sick are convalescng Miss Ethel Enrnes is able to be up again and was ,nl al church last Sunday morning.
 Mir WiIl Burns is. at home visiting rel G,ises and friends He is connected. with the Anerioan Telephone Company.
 The Rev. MT. Howard, of Brinkley ir@ pastor of the Cumberland Presbyte- ran church here. preached last Sunday morning at II am. Mir. Howard will rrotract a meeting at Woods school house this week if the people desire to al lead.
 F M Gorum announces hia,seif for county and probate constable. We wish ! m success.
 Squire Pace came very near hay ying a ,,;te war in his court last "Wednesday The iracus was declared by [, man named Taylor. who invited another cit zen by ilr name of Jones out of the court room, Ili order that he might give him first :, AS, up to.date !" lieking' according to ihr l.tsst improved methods. Being a mrmber of tue athletic club and scrapper of nu mean ability, Janes would have ac. cep,ed the proposition of Taylo had il not been for the interference O. i.Ie Jls ice. who told Taylor that if he slld noi behave himself he would fine him twenty five dollars for contempt of court. TLis ,d'"t had very soothing effect on the ire of Ia, Tor. and after begging the courts pardon, promised that he would never offer to fight again in the vicinity of the court room.
 Mrs Read, of Memphis, is visiting her sister. Mrs. H. l. Gorum, of th, city.
 Miss Pearl Davis, of your city. who is teaching school at the Woods, school II ase visited home folks last Saturday ai,d sunday.
 Jerry Burns invited all his old time friends so 20 and help cut bee tree that he had found. The boys all joined him. bat when lhe tree was fsled the supposed bees were found to be swarm of nosou. furs.
 Mr. R. P. Bailey has returned home from Spring Creek, Ark, where he has b vn visiting the family of Mr. Gillam' whose little son, Earl, has Aaen quite ill recently.
 Mrs. Maggie Ware, of Marianna. Is visiting the fomiles of s. F. Svlcer and Mrs Sullivan. of this oity.
 Tell that highly esteemed and cultured pencil pusher at Democrat that we sup p se the steam gin he was expecting has arrived. IL was sighted in the mail ear at P.,iistine the other day We could no, have been mistaken because it was labeled, in big black letters. "Silver Bills Steam Gin. Demncrat, Ark,
 A. E. yontrain is on the sick list this week.
 We are having a high old time here pi,w with our school directors ana sensa- ti'ual oceurences are the order of the day. P,lhaps the most amusing incident which has yet been the outcome of this agitation was the attempt of one of the auect0rs, whose life had become a bur li n to him, to commit suicide The rlsh act was prevented by his good wie, found him suspended from a seant. ns n the stable, with an old b. nd brill t as'und his neck, She cut him down. and after working diligently restored him to i.e The poor mans first consc.on> ,ord, were in the nature of a reproof to h wsse tor having snatched him trorl ihr tw, cf death. and he sad Dear, why d'dnt you let me alone q little while o'2ec would have soon been walking ti- golden streets of the New Jerusalem Y i le heartless and unsympathetc wife re. D 'ed: '" Yes, and wouldn't you be a pretty thing hangin' round on those gold ea streets with an old blind bride tied round your neck, why they'd take you iAr t male, and have you plowin' the Gar Gen of Eden. Get out O here, and go gel snne shoes for Lucy. and don't i,t n,e hear you talking about tlsr golden streets any more.
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