The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-10-06
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.


Springfield for the October term
The convict lease system has beer
abandoned in Jefferson county. Ark.
A serious coal famine is threatened
as O result Of the strike at Decatur
III.
The first Iowa congressional district
has organized good roads associa-
ton.
The first days tax collection in New
York. Tuesday, for 1879, amounted to
S2.651.ss6.
Beef on the hoof reached 81 pei
hundred at the stock yeards in Chi
oago Tuesday.
The weekly Texas crop report shows
that the drought continues with in
creased severity.
The union tailors of Rock Island. H.
are on a strike for ten per cent. in
crease in wages.
Extraordinary exertions are being
put forth on both sides TO end the
two years strike at Pana. III.
Gen. Lawton dispersed the insur.
gents in the vicinity of linus. Tues.
Gay. driving them to the westward
The fire at Sebo. H.. did great dam
age, leaving only two buildings of i'm.
portance in the center OF the town.
The democratic carnival at Dallas
Tex. closed brilliantly with the dol.
lar dinner and much oratory Tuesday
night.
Details of the fight with the Yaqui
Indians at Ortiz show that three Mex,
lean soldiers were killed and -four
wounded.
L. r. Rankin was killed at BRENNAN,
Tex, by the explosion of a stereop-
tican reservoir while ne was giving a
lecture.
The Illinois board of equalization, in
session at Springfield. will assess the
capital stock of all the state corpora.
tons assessable.
As the result of Emperor Williams
advice, the University of strassbur2
will receive a Catholic faculty, thu.
ending a long and bitter controversy.
There is a suspected case Of small.
poX al Carbonate. Ill. and DR. Egan
secretary of the state board of health
has sent DR.. Sullivan of the board 70
investigate.
1t has been learned from high au.
ttority that Admiral Dewey will visit
Princeton. Y. J. The admiral received
his degree of Ii. ID. from Princeton
university.
David \. Ball. one of the democratic
candidates for the Missouri guberna
torial nomination.says that a man WIN
is afraid of primary elections is afraid
of the people.
Mrs. Caroline Brush. of Hermann
Mo, 80 years old. was stricken with
apoplexy. Tuesday night while walk
ing along the street, in ST. Louis. ant
died in a few minutes later
The nine prisoners charged with be
ing implicated in the murder of Ami.
Carr at the Fredonia mines. were
granted a change Of venue from
Marion, H., to johnson county.
The large seed-cotton wareroom o
the Weld q Neville Round Bale CottoI
Gin Co., at Ardmore. ]. T.. was burned
Tuesday. The building contained 100.
600 pounds OF seed cotton and was de
stroyed.
The elevator of \. +. TAYLOR & Co.
at Mount Vernon. H., was totally de
stroyed by fire. II is supposed to hav,
been the work of incendiaries. Tn,
building contained 5000 bushels O
wheat and other produce.
The Yelled Prophets parade ant
ball at st. Louis. Tuesday night wer,
on the usual scale of splendor-per
haps little more so, and hundreds o
thousands of people thronged tn,
streets 10 see the pageant pass.
The contract for erecting the TIVE
large buildings for the asylum for fee
BILE minded children at Lincoln. III.
has been let. W. f. Hoyle, of Lincoln
was the successful bidder His bid WA
sl62.950. The appropriation was $500,
ann