The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Blanton returned
Wednesday night from n two-weeks'
visit in Mississippi. and they claim the
holiday to have been most pleasant
| one. :.
The Knights OF Pythias met Monday
| night and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Sol Lewis, cham
c-lI0r commander: .. p. Wolff, vice
chancellor; J. G. Bell, prelate; j. NJ
Brown. keeper of records and seal; II .
Is. Gwyn, master of finance; j. w.
Beck. mastered excheqner; John Cat
ling. master at arms This is a set of
officers of which any lodge might well
feel proud, comprising, as it does, the
foremost business and professional
| men of our town. The lodge should
certainly prosper under their admins
tration.
A few days ago most horrible MUIR
der was committed abont half mile
north of Brinkley, all the parties con
Drained with sadiron. his body mutt.
lated. his legs tied together and the
corpse cast into we'll. Yesterday
i
| summoned by wire to the assistance
Of Marshal Kelly. of Brinkley, who had
arrested four men on suspicion. II
seems he caught the right parties. as
| Mr. Sherman informs us they confess
ed the crime after his arrival Their
speedy apprehension reflects great
credit on the officers. Now let the
courts do their duty.
i
/ Mention was made last week of a
successful bear hunt by George B. Nal
Tory and party, but VIZ were not in
formed until later that Bruin had de-
scended to the level of n blind tiger
operator. Friend Mallory tells us that
tie bear WAS chased to his lair in a
dense tlicket of cane and briars, and
at the entrance of the den he found a
half-pint whisky bottle. The flask was
tclean rs a new pin. the glass shining
fEs though from much handling. Whpth-
et its condition WAS caused by frequent
REP enshings or from being used as a
play thing could not be told: but any
way bruins reputation suffers. A bear
with good-siZed jag would bp Il bad
animal to meet-perhaps almost as bad
as some two-legged brutes.
There were no watch" parties Sat
urday night TO bid farewell to the old
year and welcome the new. but the
event was celebrated by the boys in a
Dianuer that left no doubt of their de-
termination to make themselves heard
TIE bells Of the several churches and
the town clock were set 4 ringing with
enthusiastic vim, and the whistle at
the electric light plant screeched out a
nerve-racking treble, till even the noise
loving small boy must have been salts
fed with the din. Luckily our people
had braced themselves against the an.
nual uproar, and barring the loss of
half an hours sleep, no harm was done
The usual fusilade of firearms was
omitted. the Youngsters probably hav.
ling expended all their powder on
Christmas.
The Little Rock & Memphis railroad
is no more. On Sunday, it began
the transaction of all business in the
name of the Choctaw & Memphis Rail-
road company. Letter-heads. waybills.
etc, now read "Choctaw & Memphis. ?
and it is presumed the system of ac-
counts in vogue on the main line of
the latter road will soon be adopted on
the Little Rock Il Memphis division.
There has as yet been no intmation of
anv changes among the old employees,
and it is not probable that any now
holding positions will be disturbed for
some time, ii at all especially among
the subordinates. 1t will be quite a
while before our people can accustom
themselves to the new name of the
road. But the change augurS well for
our people. for Memphis, Little Rock
and the entire West.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred
Monday afternoon just over the Cross
county line, near Colt. in which J r.
Stevens was slain by Sid Wilkins The
weapon used was Il double barreled
shotgun, and four loads were fired in.
to the victims body, tearing his body
| nearly in two and laying bare his heart
and vitals. The particulars as far as
we have been able to gather them, are
as follows. The trouble originated
over farm that Wilkins was living on
| that Stevens had rented. and was to
| have possession on the first of
the year. Stevens drove IN
with two loads of corn to put in the
crib, when Wilkins ordered him not to
go inside. Stevens paid no attention
to the order, but drove in and said he
WAS going to unload the corn, when
wilkins shot him. Wilkins is the son
of one OF the oldest and most highly
respected settlers of Cross county. Sid
Wilkins and Stevens had some trouble
over negro killing several years ago
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