The log cabin Democrat., 1906-07-26
The governor has refused 10 par

manslaughter for killing his broth er-in-law Frank Philips. in the southwestern part of Little Rock. The petition was signed by the Phil lips family on condition that Stew art leave the state and not return. More new wheat than usual is being put on the market at Rogers. The quality is very good and it is sell ing at 70 cents per bushel. Old corn lis selling on the streets for 60 cents per bushel. Irish potatoes are sell ing at 50 and 60 cents per bushel. Apples are coming in by the wagon loads and selling at $125 and $1.50 per barrel.
 There is good prospect that the proposed Masonic Orphans Home will be located within the suburbs of Little Rock if a healthful site can be found within easy connec- tion with the street cars, good roads, city light and water, and the consid- eration being reasonable.
 Hot Springs ice dealers have di- yided the territory of their victims, none of the wagons being permitted to invade the territory of the other. Ice sells at 40 to 50 cents per hun dred, there not yet having been a raise under the divide"
 The Epworth League of Carlisle wants creameries, electric light and power plant, ice cream and cold drink parlors, rice farms, etc, to cease working on Sunday.
 Ben l.. Griffin, secretary of the Farmers Union is in Little Rock Little Rock for the purpose of com- pleting plans for the state conven- tion which will be held at that city August Z, 8 and 9.
 All the Little Rock clerks ac- cused of being members of a gang to defraud their employers of val uable property by systematic thefts have given bond and their cases will go to the grand jury.
 The Sharp county Sunday school convention at Sydney was one of the finest ever held in that part of the country. Rev. W. Fred Long, gen. eral secretary of the association, at- tended.
 Andy Lane was acquitted at Jas per of the charge of killing his fath- er-in-law, and Silas Sutherland was convicted of murder in the sec ond degree for killing Marion Lewis by stabbing him to death at a dance March l, 1905. %
 The whole number of acres of land taxed for 1905 is 22,314, ,506; value, $103, 3,939,90S; value of railroad property, assessed by state board as rolling stock, $7,327,219. We also confess to 45,012 watches, valued at $4S2,5O6.
 The mill tax for Confederate pensions has caused large increase in the amount of money raised fo1 this fund. The amount this year is estimated at $275,OOO, an increase of about $SO,OOO over that raised year ago.
 The preachers and the working people of Little Rock are getting mixed up on the Sunday closing question, and the papers there arr full of arguments pro and con o1 the question.
 Little Rock citizens have peti. toned the prosecuting attorney tc prevent the running of street car; on Sunday, the opening of any kind of business, including cigar newsstands and soda fountains.
 P. J. Marriott, who owns a farm near Urbanette, raised 1,1S0 bushels of wheat on 5S acres, and sold tt Berryville Milling Company, or railroad track, for $SS5.
 Joe Mccarthy, deputy postmaste at Osceola, has been appointed de putty clerk, to succeed w. A. Fow Ter, resigned to go into cotton busi ness.
 A bearhunt ison in Jefferson-coun