The Forrest City times., 1899-08-04


 express and railway agent, manager Western Union, cotton agent for Wide. ner. bridge draw engineer. etc etc. MT. smith immediately took sick and went home to Marion, Ark. and Mir. Dan Mohler. of Palestine. was called to hold the fort until Col. Smith re- turned.
 There was time when we boasted one of the finest 'foads in the country between this city and Madisn: in fact. no prrttier road could have been found anywhere, but alas. how different now. Ihe bridges aiding this splendid drive have not been repaired since the road was opened-some of them are broken down and others are in such deapi. dated condition that it is unsafe to cross them with wagons and buggies or on horseback. It does seem that we should have gotten enough of the 5000 bridge money to have made this road passable.
 Miss Gray Taylor will leave Forrest City with a party of students for Ben tonville College. BentonvilIe, Ark. on the evening of August 3l over the Iron Mountain road. The party will get special reduced rates, and from Little Rock on. will have their car gaily deco. rated with the College colors. They will be met at Bentonyille by reop- | ton comnittee of students who will welcome them to Bentonville. This is an excellent opportunity for those who wish to attend school this year. The college offers excellent advantages at remarkably low rates.
 Unintentionally we neglected to mention d social event last week which took place Wednesday at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. R. S. Stevens It was the celebration of the 9th birthday of. their sweet little daughter. Miss Win nie Davis Stevens. Dainty little inv- tations were issupd and about thirty little friends of Miss Winnie responded and few older ones Games and romping were indulged in, and refresh. ments were furnished. Unwittingly | the little ones made a beautiful picture when they crowded and scrambled over the limbs of a fallen tree in the yard, the gay ribbons, beautiful dresses and happy faces. likened them unto fairy dance of ye olden times. Lots of fun was crowded into time between the hours of , and o'clock. Miss Win nie received many nice presents.
 Mir. M. Y. Hancock, of the -Four Hundred."is making preparations for the accommodation of his rapidly in- creasing lunch and meal trade. Mir. Hancock has been engaged in this bus mess for some time but his business has enjoyed such healthy increase during the past month that he finds it necessary to enlarge his stock of edi- bles and delicacies and go into the feed business on a larger and more extensive scale. He IS accordingly building new and ro0my shelves and large lunch counter. which is now nearing c0mple- tion.and in d short time he will be pre-. pared to furnish meals and lunches at nominal and trade winning prices. Having provided an excellent cook, he guarantees satisfaction, and his estab- lished reputation as a caterer will at tract many hungry and thirsty mortals to this popular place.
 Civil Engineer Frien has just finish ed the plans and specifications of the contemplated improvement of the courthouse grounds. There will be two terraces, starting from Church street and rounding at the northeast corner of the jail yard. These terraces will end in d gentle slope to the railroad. The grounds on the south and west sides will also end in slight terraces. The large sycamore tree in the northeast corner will have d mound built around it, adding materially to the beauty of the surroundings. The entire grounds will be sodded with Bermuda and orna. mental trees planted. There is no bet. ter way tn perpetuate one's memory than by leaving d living monument be- hind him, and there is no more attrac- tive tablet than a beautiful tree. and we would suggest that next Arb0r Day be celebrated by individuals donating and planting trees within the parks and courthouse grounds.
 Saturday Squire German had two ca ses before him which required the wis dom of Solomon to adjust. and the Squire was equal to the emergency
 The facts are as follows: It seems that Lewis Trout suspicioned that Brad Towns was too intimate with his Trout wife. The woman confessed and Trout went after Towns with q shotgun to make him confront the wo man. Towns didn't believe in coercion and slipped off to town and had war , rant issued for Trout. charging him with drawing gun. Trout took to the woods, and while the officers were look : ing for him, Towns stole in and made off with the woman. Trout hearing oi it came to town and offset the warrant for his arrest by having one issued fol Towns. charging him with abdnctinl his wife. The parties were brought be , fore Squire German. who solved tht , problem by dismissing both suits. The parties to the suits then shook hands and went home, feeling that the law and their honor had been yindicated . Both parties are negroes and live II Griggs township.
 Mir. i. w. Mallory, the genial propri etor of the Pearl saloon. is one of thu , most progressive whisky men in thu city, and is continually originating some plan toadd to the attractions q } his popular bar. Recently he has beer ] Identifying his place in many ways having purchased additional propert, and .xfop6a6 tho huiidinu n ardar | 4