The Osceola times., 1888-09-15
Miscellaneous Items.

The suit by the Bell Telephone company
TO enjoin the exchange operating the
Southern Telephone Company at Little
Rock was decided recently before United
States Circuit Court Judge Brewer. lie
delivered long and very able oral opin-
ion, granting the injunction on the grouhu
that the recent decision of the supreme
Court Of the United States was conclusive
on such motion.
New post-offices have teen established
at Bethesda, Independence County, James
L. Porter, postmaster, and at I.adi, flKe
County, Martin V. Rains, postmaster.
The recent wedding at Littls Rock OF
Mr. l., II. Owens, of Kansas City, and MISS
Dora Apperson, of Little Rock. was the
swell society event of the season.
The Altheimer branch of the Cotton Belt
route has been completed and connected
with the little Rock & Memphis road in
Argenta. Trains are now running over
the road regularly.
A correspondent writes: "lf evcratown
in Arkansas needed more houses that town
is Conway There isn't, nor has been,
even vacant shanty in town since Christ
mas. Some enterprising man could make
money by coming here and putting up
number of tenement houses"
George Harris and Percy Galloway, half
brothers, had fight at Little Rock few
evenings since which resulted in the latter
shooting the former dead on the spot.
They are both colored. Galloway had
sold stheir mothers horse and kept the
money and Harris went to him to get it
and was killed when he asked for it, Call
laway is in Jail.
John Jones and Nelson McQuestin, the
two men implicated in the robbery OF the
st. Louis, Arkansas g. Texas express train
at Kingsland some weeks ago, and arrested
in the lower portion OF Ashley County,
had their preliminary examination and
were bound over TO await the action Of the
grand jury in the sum of 81 900 each: fall
ing to give which they were committed to
Jail.
Sam f. Ryan, who was convicted at Lit.
tie Rock OF indulging in the speculation Of
leaf tobacco on a small SCALE and selling
whisky without paying the special tax,
and sentenced to thirty days imprison-
ment in the Randolph County Jail at Po-
cahontas, and fined 800 and costs OF pros
ccution, has been placed in that Jail by
Deputy United States Marshal H, N
Faulkinbury.
Articles of consolidation have been
filed with the Secretary of State CONSOLE
dating the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Springfield Railroad Company with the
Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis Rail
road Company, the former existing and
operated under the laws of Kansas and
the latter Missouri and Arkansas.
Ed Hall shot and killed his neighbor,
7, fam
Both parties are colored. 1t appears that
Hall was abusing his wife. when she fled
60 the neighbours, and when he demanded
that she be driven out W arren refused,
when Hall produced a shotgun and blew
Warren's head OFF.
| Prof Reuben Carroll, president of the
American Well Drilling Company Of
Louisville, KY, recently visited th0sdil
fields of Scott County at the instance OF
the owners, who live in Little Rock He
says there is no doubt that there are
'rivers of oil" there, at from 1900 to .
90 feet below the surface, and that
valuable minerals abound there, especial
" iron and coal. Wells will be sunk at
once. He also says that he is certain
gas can be found at reasonable dis
tance down at Little Rock.
The sentence of Hammett Wells, who
was to have been hung at Warner last Fri
day, was suspended by the Governor until
June Ii in order that he might have more
time to consider the general circum-
stances surrounding the killing. There IL
Averv large petition TO the Governor ask
ing that the sentence be commutcd to life
imprisonment.
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FIVE miles west of Arkansas City, VIM.
Burke shot and killed his neighbor Geo
Gil. Burke walked to town and gave him
self up TO the officers. The in
quest developed the fact that
the difficulty originated about a
COW, the property of neither Of the
parties. Mrs. Burke gave her husband the
gun with which the deadly work was done.
Cecil was entirely unarmed. A warrant
for Burke's arrest was at once issued, and
he was held for trial on preliminary ex-
animation.
The convict camps must 90.
The residence of c. O. Brack at Little
Rock was burned few nights ago. 1t was
fired on the outside by an incendiary.
Loss, 5000; insured for 5000. The sta
bles and clubhouse belonging TO Angelo
Marie were burned about the same time
A fine horse and several carriages were
also consumed The loss is about -, 900;
uninsured.
The |. o. q. F. Lodges Of Little Rock.
Conway and Greenbrier celebrated the
sixty-ninth anniversary Of the order in
this country In suitable way at Conway
on the 26th inst.
The esteemed wife of Mr.. Pettigrew died
in Texarkana few days ago.
Annie Williams was murdered few
days since at Sedgwick.
Sarah Boyle, aged eighteen, living In
Little Rock, suicided a few days ago. She
was the daughter of reputable parents.
and had been led astray by young man
under the promise Of marriage. 1t is be-
lieyed she was temporarily insane. She
drank cup of milk containing strych-
nine, and died in three hours.
Sheriff Il. l.. Landers of lizard County
recently placed VIM. Hayes in the peni
tentiary to serve term of three years for
crime which warranted the punishment.
Rev. Ben Hogan, who several years AGO
was known as one of the most successful
prize-fghters of the East, Is now doing
evangelistic work in this State.
The city dog Law will 10 into effect in
ldttle Rock Aav !.