The Osceola times., 1888-05-26
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

lv They found him late at night sleep
ing under a tree, and hanged him on one
of the limbs.
A, pntnovn man was thrown from
va,on with which horse was running
owov. in Little Rock, a few nights ago,
and his skull was crushed. He is said 10
Ioot very much like man who attempted
suicide there recently by taking chloro-
form, but there was no way OF estaoiish-
ing his identity.
A blaze was discovered in Phil Pfeifer's
cotton warehouse at Little Rock Few
mornings since. The Waterman oil inc
Union machine-shop, who discovered 1ne
fire, Immediately alarmed the hremen Oh
the Torrent Company, who turned oue IN
stantly and resolved TO extinguish the
flames, IL possible, without giving gem
eral alarm. They succeeded IN controlihH
| tine flames before it reached coal'oh
warehouse adjoining. The loss will reach
about 81 800
The Mccarthy Life Guards, the new
| Little Rock company, have elected the
following officers: President, f. U.
| CLARK: vice. president, w. 7. Hughes;
secretary and treasurer, 7. B. Rawlings;
| CAPTAIN. J. Waters; FIRST Lieutenant, ).
w. Tucker; Second Lieutenant, j. NJ.
DUNCAN: Quartermaster, r. +. Harrocks
This company is the old Quapaw Guards
reorganized, and named after j. II. Nc
Carthv. patron, through whose generosl'
| ty the full company will be presented
with new uniforms. The company has .
membership Of seventy.fve.
A passenger on south bound Iron
Mountain train was awakened the other
night from his slumbers at Newport, by
the mearthlv whistle OF engines at that
place. several trains having met there. IL
was about the hour that the new year Is
generally ushered in. The passenger, Mr..
Joseph T. Magalc, on his way to Galves-
ton, Tex, sprang from his berth in the
Pullman car aud jumped through double
plate glass window, under the be-
lief that two trains were about to collide.
He fell to the ground, some ten feet be-
low. His face and head were badly cut
aud scratched, two fingers on the left
hand were njured and his left side and
leg had a number of CORY wounds to re-
mind him Of his nights experience. He
was carried to Little Rock, where he was
properly cared for.
The town Of Morrilton, in stead of going
gone dry, and there will be no whisky in
Morrlton for two years longer.
Little Sallie, baby daughter Of Secretary
Of State E. B. Moore, is recovering from
severe illness, caused by a blow on the
head from a stone, thrown by careles,
boy.
The mailbags on the Plummersv lille and
Marshall route which left Plummersvill'
a few mornings since, were subsequently y
fond on the roadside, cut open, and all
the registered packages rifled and th'
rider missing.
The last General Assembly passed al
act prohibiting the sale of fermented
liquors within ten mil es of Ouachita Col
legc after the first of January, 1888. This
puts whisky out Of all possible reach fo
the town Of Arsadaiph'a.
George u. Williams, who killed hi
mistress, a wealthy married woman from
Leayenworth, Kan. at Hot Springs, lit
tie over a year ago, has been placed In tn
! penitentiary for twenty ono years. II
was sentenced nearly year ago, bu
! managed to escape from Jail, and was re
CAPTURED while working in a saw-mil a
Pine Bluff. Williams belongs to one o
the most prominent families in the state
, aud the rash deed was committed whil'
he was drunk.
The question of local option has bee
the all.absorblng question at Arkansa
CITY recently. The Prohibitionsts lai,
before the County Court a numerously
signed petition asking that no licenses b
granted there for this year, which thu
"ants" met with a counter petition, al
, leging that the prohibition petition wa
signed in a number of cases bv non-resi
dents, and after three davs' fight Judge
, Peterson decided the ohibtionists haC
not a majority, and therefore grantee
license
, Captain @. T. Huggans, chic enginee
of the Valley Route extension from Var
Buren, to Fort Gibson, says that stee
, track has been laid from Wagner {,
. the Memphis, Kansas & Texas crossing al
Grand River, where an iron bridge will
, have TO be constructed. The force will b
taken to Van Buren,, and track will b.
) laid in a westerly direction until com
pleted. The road will be completed by
February IS, when double daily passenge
, service will be established between Lift |,
: Rock and Wagner, l. 7.
VIM. skirving, switch engineer at Littl
Rock, on the Iron Mountain road, while a
: work on his engine, few mornings since
observed the dead body Of a man lying b.
, the track at the Iron Mountain freigh
house at the Union depot. The head wa
cut Off and lying in the center of the track
, and the body lay on the west side. From
, the appearance of the mans clothes an'
the trail on the ground, il woul'
seem that the body had been dragge,
some distance by the cars. II was evi
dent that the body was decapitated by
train going south, and IL is supposed tina
the local freight was tho train. Whei
, the body was found il was warm, an,
evidently had not been dead long. n
, one recognized the man, but on his persol
! was found Swed ish memorandum bool
with a passport bearing the name o
, LaUrits Alfred Olsen.
Judge Hill. of Little Rock, recently ei
/ fected settlement with Judge Crawfor,
of Saline County Of the Indebtedness du
Pulaski County. The debt was created
when that part of Saline County, nov
t known as Perkins township, was cut Of
of Pulaski County and attached TO Salin
in 1873. A portion of the debt o
Pulaski was imposed upon Saline Count,
for this, amounting to $1,000, for whicl
the debtor county issued warrants whicl
have been held by the creditor county 70
five years without any benefit accruin
| therefrom.
The County Court at Goldman granted
petition against the sale OF liquors il
the town Of Goldman, making it 'dry'
town for two years.
This ought to be great year.
The infant daughter OF Rev. J. NJ. Nc