The Forrest City times., 1899-07-28
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.
The Red river fin Arkansas continues

The Red river fin Arkansas continues threatening.
 The striking street car men at Cleve- land, O.. protest against the presence of troops.
 The employees of the Republic iron and steel plant at St. Louis have had their wages raised.
 The weather bureau reports favora. blc conditions for the agriculturist in Missouri during the past week.
 A cloudburst, Tuesday night, de stroyed s20,000 worth of property in the business part of Morristown, Tenn
 Andrew Carnegie offers to give Fort Worth, Tex, $50,00O for a public li- brary. provided the city will maintain 1t.
 Col. W. J. Bryan will speak in Des Moines, Ia., on the night of August 15, which is on the eve of the Democratic state convention.
 An American citizen has filed a claim against the Transvaal for $2,- o0o,000. The state department is re. quested to press it.
 &hCNatitf. tt s0t. NldlE COuIltN (Ill.) farmer, was caught on a trestle by train and met death by falling be- heath it. A companion escaped.
 Gen. de Gallifet, Branch war minis ter, has degraded Gen. de Negrier, and arrested Capt. Villanueve. owing to their having criticised the ministry.
 Tn Grimes county, Tex. a negro was lynched by a mob of whites. The tragedy grew out of race riot, in which two white farmers were wound ed.
 For sending an alleged indecent let ter to his wife at Lathrop, Mo-, Mark Pound, 24 years old, has been arrested by post office inspector and placed in jail.
 The contractors on the battleships Kentucky and Kearsarge have called for the eight-inch guns. and the two great men-of-war are nearly ready for business.
 Mrs. Augusta Styles, who shot and killed her aged mother, in Chicago, be cause she imparted family secret to her granddaughter, Belle Styles, was acquitted.
 The members of the Second Oregon, at San Francisco, have objected to the form of discharge prepared for them because it does not contain the word honorable"
 John Barber, better known as Grandpa" Barber,who lived on Beaver Dam creek, twelve miles northwest of Poplar Bluff, Mo-, is dead. He was 103 years old.
 Bishop Horstmann of the Catholic diocese of Cleveland, O., has issued an address calling upon his people to up. hold the law and pray for the restora- ticn of peace.
 Defects have been discovered in the plans of the two new battleshirs Maine and Missouri, which, it is said will necessitate 200 tons of armor be- ing left off of them.
 Henry Novels, negro, attempted to assault Miss Rosaline Davis at the lit. tie town of Hattiesburg, Miss. A mob quickly formed and went in pursuit caught and lynched him.
 'S ASauS hCdith utDdTtIneuI nGS received information from Vera Cruz Mexico. that during the month of June there were 465 cases of yellow fever there, of which number 1855 died.
 Lord Brampton, who, before his ele. vation to the British peerage, was dis. tinguished as Judge Hawkins, and who retired recently. aged s2, has tired oi idleness and began working again.
 William Armstrong, who was ar. rested at Port Angels, Wash, on a fugitive warrant by Detective FranI, Tyrell, of Chicago, will not return tc Chicago until he has tested the extra. dition laws.
 Judge Otis of the United States dis trict court at St. Paul, Minn., has de. cided that express companies can mol be compelled to submit statement o1 gross earnings to the railroad comn,is sion of the state.