The Forrest City times., 1904-08-05
A farmers union has been formed at

Al Ashdown the residence of Chas Dupree was burned with contents.
 The officials of the roads entering Hope have agreed upon a new Union depot
 No county ticket will be placed in the field by Pulaski county republi- ans
 The land agency of the non Noun. tain al Dardanele has been discon. tinued
 Little Rock labor organizations will rave parade on Labor Day. Septem- Der ,.
 The Arkansas mineral exhibit is at .raeting much attention al the Worlds Fair.
 Robert Mowery of Hot Springs has been issued patent on an ice-cutting machine.
 \ movement is on foot to build an east and west line from Arkansas to Oklahoma.
 All foreign miners left spadra on J2ly 2 and the threatened trouble was aYerted.
 It is stated that the Arkansas Vest ern railroad may be extended south from Naldron
 The retail grocors of Little Rock decided to admit retail merchants to their organization.
 C. F.. Shumaker of Little Rock is preparing to establish wheelbarrow factory at Magnolia.
 It is intimated that Manager NJ. !. Fina of the Little Rock baseball club will not return in 1905.
 Mrs. Will Perry, who killed her husband at Hot Springs. was released on 5000 bond July 29.
 Four new carriers have been added to the Little Rock post office force. making total of thirty.one.
 Frank Williams was drowned, July sl, at Camden He fell from a skiff while out on pleasure trip.
 W. o. Davis. a carpenter. fell three floors while at work on a Little Rock building and was fatally injured.
 Fire at Newport July 2S burned the millinery store of Mrs. Moore and Jackson's paint shop. Loss, 5000.
 The cheap coach excursion rates to the Worlds Fair will be continued by Arkansas railroads during August.
 Ike Brizzell, negro. was killed by Clabe Cook, another negro near Foreman, July 26. Cook surrendered.
 Ben Bohannon killed Dallas Slsson a' Huntsville recently by striking him with some blunt instrument and escaped.
 An eight-story office building is talked of for the southeast corner of Second and Center streets in Little Rock
 Postmaster Holt of Little Rock has been notified by the postal authorities that morphine can not be sent through the mails.
 With appropriate ceremonies the corner stone of the new Prairie coun- ty court house at Des Arc was laid August f.
 A large part of the equipment issued to the state militia prior to 1901 was condemned by board of survey at Little Rock.
 Mrs. Daugherty, of Bonneville. re ceiyed telegram that her son. Ben. jamin, was killed by train at Indian apolis. Ind.
 Clarence Hafer. a Little Rock city fireman. was thrown from a freight car at Mayflower July 2 and serious ly injured
 Mrs. w. B. Empie, of Newport, died July 90 in Little Rock infirmary. The interme2t took place at Fort Wayne. Ind
 The 2-year-Old daughter of Lucian Ramseur of Little Rock. died. August 1. at Niagara Falls. The mother died a month ago.
 A reward of slOO has been paid 10 H H. Reynolds of Guthrie, Okla. T. for capturing Albert Mathews. who was hanged st Fl Dorado recently.
 A train crew on the St. Louis and North Arkansas railroad was assaulted while on duty by seven desperadoes and compelled to leap from the run ming train.
 J R. Young was fined s100 at Little Rock for 'assaulting an infant by placing it on the doorstep of an orph- anage It was alleged to be of ille- gitimate birth.
 Jack Allen of Little Rock escaped from hospital where he was con fined for temporary insanity and wan dered in the woods three days before he was captured
 The construction of the White River branch of the Iron Mountain has reached Yellyille. Regular train sery- ice between Newport and Melville will be put on soon
 W. F.. Mellard of Union county started to Ashley county three weeks ago to visit his sister, but has not arrived. and 1t Is feared he was drowned ha