The Osceola times., 1888-02-04

AT Rsvenna, o., on the 23i, Judge John
son overruled the motion for new
trial in the case Of "Blinkey" Morgan.
and sentenced the prisoner to be hanged
IN the psnitentiary at Columbus, March
10, 1883
CHARLES KITCHEN, n highly respected
citizen Of New Hone, Bucks County, Pa,
was shot there on the morning OF the 23d
by Harry f. Gettys, and expired in about
twenty minutes. Gettys gives as his rea-
son for the murder that Kitchen was the
destroyer of his home, Gettys is also
highly respected citizen, sober and in
dustrious.
A FIRE broke out near Portrero, in the
suburbs Of San Francisco, on the 18th, aud
destroyed two blocks Of dwelling houses,
rendering over forty families homeless.
Loss estimated al $4,000.
S. G.. +. INsLEY, aged thirty, and his
mother, AGED sixty-fve, blew ont the gas
upon retiring at the Howard House at
Newton, Kas., on tho night OF the 2ith.
They will probably die. They were go
ing from Illinois TO Kingman County,
Kas.
THE Memphis (Tenn.) police made i'm
portant arrests on the n ght of the 18th in
the persons OF w. J. Nen, z. 7. Conway,
J. II. johnson and John Ford, four river
pirates, who have committed many dep
relations between Cairo aud Memphis.
Two freight trains on the Wheeling
division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
colided near Cochrane Mills, fifteen miles
from Pitts burgh, Pa, on the morning OF
Al. r.tl tat.lg al
demolished and three men killed and five
Others injured.
Ir has been discovered that the late
Charles Albert Kebler, the Cincinnati at
torney who committed suicide, was driven
to the deed by the approaching revelation
of heavy forgeries committed by him in
the mnnagement of estates and OF trust
funds committed TO his car,e, l.J1uW :
ANOTHER batch of alibi testimony was
introduced. in the Coughlin ,trr.l al Ha.
VIENNA, o., on the 25fh. During the after
noon experts In penmanshir. were cal led
TO prove that Coughlin wrote tho nauict
on the register Of the Metropeltan Hotel
ne Elyria on February 4, the day Of the
Ravenna tragedy. 'eAfiN !
| PATSY SHEA, young man OF twenty
| five years, who has been employed ON the
| Burlington a. Missouri road, at Lincoln
| Neb., for the last two months, was kileo
ON the morning OF the Goth while attempt
! in : to make "a coupling. r-rVTw
TIIF jury in the scbolten inquest at Do
| iver, England, returned an opinion that thu
collision was due TO an error on the par
of the officers of the Scholten, in trying t'
cross the bows Of tho Rosa Mary withon
making allowance for the strong tide
which was flowing. ~
Ar an early hour on the morning OF thI
25th the Standard 1hoater at Sioux City
Ia, was discovered 10 be on fire. ant
shortly afterwards was reduced to ashes
together with tho entire wardrobes an,
properties of tho place.
On the evening of the 20th the dwelling
of Carl Honikel at Wausau, Wis, wa
burned and Honikel aud his five children
persisted. Mrs. lionikel escaped, but 4
insane.
OK the 2Gth twenty sight buildings were
destroyed by fire in 'Potrero, the western
part of San Francisco. The loss is $I5,
900. Many families were rendered desti
tute. .z.- 81
on the night of tho ~ h Maroellus Bari,
ley, confined in the watchbouse at Bethel
o., for drunkenness, set il on fire. II wa
burned TO the ground and the prisone
was burned TO death.
on the 21th Noddy Moses, a would-b
rain-wrecker, was arrested at Woods, W
Va. and jailed,
OK the 21th three Indians confined i
the Glendivo (Mont.) County Jail al
tempted to murder two white prisoner
aud then hanged themselves. '~
On the 2lth crazy Chinaman created
panic on Denver q Rio Grande traii
near Grand junction, Col. He cut severa
people and was finally killed.
On the 26th ltho steamer Cheviott, fror
Melbourne 20 Sydney, was wrecked ont
side Port Phillips Head. The steerag
I passengers, most of the officers and crew
to the number of sixty, perished Th
master aud officers we're exonerated frou
all blame.
OK the 26tb. at Tif'in, o., the dead bod,
of child was found in the chimney of ~
iunoccupied house. its skull had beei
! crushed within stone,s after which IL wa
forced through q stoye-ppe hole into th
chimney.